The Goals of Social Policy (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032251239 ISBN 13: 9781032251233

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

First published in 1989, The Goals of Social Policy is an invaluable text that will give students an admirable introduction to the central concerns of the study of social policy. It asks what have been the traditional concerns of social policy as a subject of academic study, and what its context should be in the changed political environment of twenty-first century. Three issues receive close attention for their future implications: social policy and the family (focusing on gender), social policy and community (including race and public order issues) and social policy and the economy. Retrospective chapters examine the relationship between social policy and social research, social theory and social work.

The book will appeal particularly to students of social policy, social work, sociology and political science, as well as to those in applied fields such as criminology, health studies, education and women’s studies with interests in social policy. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in keeping abreast of the latest thinking about social policy.

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About the Author

Martin Bulmer, Jane Lewis and David Piachaud

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032251239
• ISBN 13: 9781032251233
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 346
• Editor: Bulmer Martin I A, Lewis Jane, Piachaud David