Lee Gregory

Exploring welfare debates

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9781447326557
• ISBN-10: 1447326555
• Artikelnr.: 46497433

Autorenporträt

Dr Lee Gregory is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Lee's research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision. He is specifically interested in the role of welfare provision in perpetuating and challenging social problems.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
What is welfare and why pursue it?
Who recieves welfare support, and for what?
Who should provide welfare support?
Is universal provision sustainable?
How does policy shape the experience of welfare support?
Is the welfare state always in crisis?
How does risk change the welfare state?
Is social policy about control?
Conclusion.