Exploring welfare debates: Key concepts and questions - Hardcover

Lee Gregory

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447326555 ISBN 13: 9781447326557

Publisher: Policy Press, 2018

Synopsis

Using some of the hottest current debates about the problems and benefits of state-funded welfare, this book develops students social science understanding and analytic skills. Visually and pedagogically rich, this wide-ranging introduction to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding welfare. In unpacking common questions and assumptions, it teases out how ideas such as neo-liberalism, globalisation and risk have shifted welfare debates. Through its novel structure the book explores the interconnections and overlaps between various concepts, for example how entitlement to support is shaped by debates regarding need, citizenship and equality. Written by an experienced, innovative and inspiring lecturer this book is suitable for undergraduate students of social policy, sociology, politics, public policy, social work, health and social care and those taking courses on welfare theory, principles of social policy, key issues in welfare policy and similar courses.

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Introduces concepts that are core to how policy is formulated and implemented

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447326555
• ISBN 13: 9781447326557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Diagrams, Critical Thinking Questions, Further Reading Lists And A Companion Website Containing Further Policy Examples, Podcasts And Class Activities Includes Stimulus Material
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Provides Students With A Comprehensive Vocabulary And Toolkit For Analysing Policy Examples And Developing Social Science Arguments