Social Work and the Making of Social Policy (Research in Social Work) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447349164 ISBN 13: 9781447349167

Publisher: Policy Press, 2020

Synopsis

Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and social policy.

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About the Authors

Michael Lavalette is a Professor in the Department of Social Work, Care and Justice at Liverpool Hope Univeristy. He has published widely on radical social work and contemporary social movements. He is co-editor of Critical and Radical Social Work journal.

Ute Klammer is Professor and Director of the Institute of Work, Skills and Training at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her main research interests are social policy, labour market and gender research.

Simone Leiber is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her main research interests are social policy analysis, politics of welfare state reform, and social work as a political actor.

Sigrid Leitner is Professor for Social Policy at the University of Applied Sciences Cologne. Her main research interests are comparative social policy analysis, gender effects of social policy, and social work as a political actor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447349164
• ISBN 13: 9781447349167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Klammer Ute