P Alcock

Broschiertes Buch

The Student's Companion to Social Policy

Beschreibung

This fully revised and expanded edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy delivers an insightful and comprehensive review of UK and international social policy from a team of leading researchers. Through more than seventy contributions, this authoritative textbook offers complete coverage of all the important debates and issues in the theory and practice of social policy. This newest edition reflects the most recent scholarship from experts in the subject, including the policy agendas of recent UK governments, the implications of globalization, Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Brand-new and updated pedagogic features include problem-centred reviews and assignment questions, with 5-point summary overviews, 'Emerging Issues' sections and links to further resources adding to the book's value as a resource for learning. The Student's Companion to Social Policy, Sixth Edition will be an invaluable resource for anyone studying undergraduate or postgraduate courses in Social Policy as well as other programmes across the social sciences and including professional training.

Autor

Pete Alcock is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham, UK. He retired in 2016 after teaching and researching in the field for over forty years, and his research covered the fields of poverty and anti-poverty policy, social security, and the role of the UK third sector. He is author and editor of a number of leading books on social policy including Why we need Welfare: Collective Action for the Common Good, (2016), Social Policy in Britain (5th edition, with L. Gregory, due 2022), International Social Policy: Welfare Regimes in the Developed World (2nd edition, 2009, with G. Craig), and Understanding Poverty (3rd edition, 2006). Tina Haux is Director of the Centre for Children and Families at The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) in London, UK. She is author of The Impact of Social Policy Scholars (2017), and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Social Policy (2015-2017) and Social Policy & Society (2011-2014). Her main research interests are family policy, welfare-to-work, social justice, evidence-based policy-making and, increasingly, longitudinal research methods. Vikki McCall is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Housing at the University of Stirling, UK. She is co-author of the book The Role of Today's Museum (2020, with C. Gray), and serves on the editorial board of Social Policy & Society and on the Social Policy Association Executive Committee. Her research interests include housing, ageing, volunteers, devolution, poverty, inequality, gender, social problems, urban society, museums and the cultural sector. Margaret May is External Associate at the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) at the University of Birmingham, UK. With over forty years of experience in teaching, examining and researching in social policy, she has edited a number of books in the field, including The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy (2002) and Taxation and Social Policy , (with A. Lymer and A. Sinfield, due 2023). Her research interests include occupational and private welfare, employment policy, human resource management and taxation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W119744870
• 6 ed
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1124g
• ISBN-13: 9781119744870
• ISBN-10: 1119744873
• Artikelnr.: 62580311