Understanding Social Security (eBook, ePUB)

Issues for Policy and Practice
Redaktion: Millar, Jane; Sainsbury, Roy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015. With contributions from leading academics in the field this book critically examines the design, entitlement, delivery and impact of current welfare provision. The first half of the book examines social security across the lifecycle from Child Benefit to retirement pensions. The second half focuses on key issues in policy and practice including new topics such as the realities of life on benefits in an era of austerity, and the pros and cons of Universal Basic Income. . Framework supports teachers and students, encouraging analytical thinking of issues and providing pointers to related sources . Authoritative and evidence-based arguments . Clear section and chapter summaries, overviews, questions for discussion, website resources and a bibliography . Includes tables, charts and text boxes for clarity, interest and appeal This book is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Social Policy taking modules on Social Security Policy, Poverty and Inequality, Income Support and Welfare Reform, as well as Social Work students and those on other Social Science degree programmes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447339496
• Artikelnr.: 52756196

Autorenporträt

Jane Millar is professor of social policy and pro-vice-chancellor for research at the University of Bath, UK, Roy Sainsbury is director of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at University of York.

Inhaltsangabe

Social security: the landscape ~ Jane Millar & Roy Sainsbury
Part One: People and policies across the life course
Social security support for children ~ Tess Ridge
Social security and work obligations ~ Jane Millar
Disabled people and carers ~ Roy Sainsbury
Protecting pensioners ~ Steve McKay
Gender and Social Security ~ Fran Bennett
Social security and the 'management' of migration ~ Emma Carmel & Bozena Sojka
Part Two: Issues in policy and practice
Social security in global context ~ Nicola Yeates
Who benefits and who pays? ~ Kevin Farnsworth & Zoë Irving
Public Attitudes to 'Welfare' ~ John Hudson
Everyday life on benefits ~ Ruth Patrick, Margaret Mbaikaize and Sue Watson
Jobcentres and the delivery of employment services and benefits ~ Dan Finn
Making It Simple? Universal Basic Income ~ Luke Martinelli
Facing the future: where next for social security? ~ Roy Sainsbury & Jane Millar.