Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources (Social Issues Essential Primary Sources Collection) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1414403283 ISBN 13: 9781414403281

Publisher: Cengage Gale, 2006

Synopsis

Social Policy explores how governments and groups have developed and implemented social policies that have shaped societies and influenced social justice and social change. Included are approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters that feature a general overview of the chapters subtopic. The following standard subheads are included in each entry:

• Date
• Source
• About the Author
• Introduction
• Primary Source
• Significance
• Further Resources

All titles contain an introduction to its topic, a chronology of major events associated with the topic, and a general index.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Gale
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1414403283
• ISBN 13: 9781414403281
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 568
• Editor: Lerner K Lee, Lerner Brenda Wilmoth, Lerner Adrienne Wilmoth