Welfare Theory and Development (Sage Library of Health and Social Welfare Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847873855 ISBN 13: 9781847873859

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

This collection provides a focal point for the study and analysis of welfare in developed societies. It comprises the key contributions that have been made to the understanding of welfare by leading theorists and researchers of social policy from the last century to the present day. It draws in particular on seminal articles and papers published in academic journals and major edited collections which have been important in underpinning both later academic study and policy development. A wide historical reach gives readers across the world access to a range of material that focuses on international and comparative analysis.

Part One: Welfare Theory

Part Two: The Development of Welfare

Part Three: The Social Context of Welfare

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About the Author

Peter Alcock is Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham and Director of the ESRC Third Sector Research Centre. He has been teaching and researching in social policy for over 30 years and is author or editor of a number of leading books in the field including Social Policy in Britain, Third Edition (Palgrave, 2008), Understanding Poverty, Third Edition (Palgrave, 2006), International Social Policy, Second Edition (Palgrave, 2009), and The Student′s Companion to Social Policy, Third Edition (Blackwell, 2008), and has also written widely on social policy, the voluntary sector, social security, poverty and social exclusion, and anti-poverty policy.

Martin Powell is Professor of health and social policy at the University of Birmingham. His areas of interest include health policy, especially New Labour; choice and consumerism; decentralization and partnership; history of health care before the NHS and social policy, especially historical and geographical dimensions, citizenship, equity, theories of welfare state development. He has published widely in various journals such as Policy and Politics, Critical Social Policy and Journal of Social Policy. He is a former editor of Social Policy and Administration.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847873855
• ISBN 13: 9781847873859
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1672
• Editor: Alcock Pete, Powell Martin