Rethinking Social Policy (Published in association with The Open University) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761967540 ISBN 13: 9780761967545

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

Rethinking Social Policy is a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the complex mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy.

Contributors at the cutting edge of social policy analysis reflect upon the implications of new social and theoretical movements for welfare and the study of social policy. Topics covered include: criminology and crime control; race, class and gender; poverty and sexuality; the body and the emotions; violence; work and welfare in Europe. Examples are drawn from a variety of welfare sectors such as: social services and community care, health, education, employment, and criminal justice.

This is a course reader for The Open University course (D860) Rethinking Social Practice.

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`...several "student-friendly" features...It is, though, the range of topics explored in this volume, which distinguishes it from others in the field, and renders it a particularly valuable resource for students' - Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0761967540
• ISBN 13: 9780761967545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Lewis Gail, Gewirtz Sharon, Clarke John H.