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Social Policy in Britain 5th edition [Kõva köide]

(University of Nottingham, UK), (University of Birmingham, UK)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 320 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2022
  • Kirjastus: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1350932701
  • ISBN-13: 9781350932708
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 320 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2022
  • Kirjastus: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1350932701
  • ISBN-13: 9781350932708
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In this fifth edition of the best-selling core introductory textbook, Pete Alcock and Lee Gregory provide a comprehensive and engaging introduction to social policy. Continuing with the unbeaten narrative style and accessible approach of the previous editions, the authors explore the major topics of social policy in a clear and digestible way. By breaking down the complexities behind policy developments and their outcomes, the book demonstrates the relationship between core areas of policy and the society we live in.
The fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover the impact of Brexit and contains reflections on the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for social policy. Each chapter contains comprehension activities to aid understanding, as well as helpful summary points and suggestions for further reading.

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This updated edition of Social Policy in Britain introduces contemporary and relevant issues in the field and skilfully locates them in historical, structural, and theoretical contexts. This reinvigorated textbook remains essential reading for social policy students at all levels of study. -- Professor Anya Ahmed, Professor of Wellbeing and Communities * Manchester Metropolitan University, UK * This newly-revised edition combines examination of core issues and contemporary developments with a deep appreciation of the foundations of the subject. Alcock and Gregory provide a comprehensive introduction to social policy in Britain. -- Dr. Rod Hick, Reader at the School of Public Policy * University of Cardiff, UK * The fifth edition of Social Policy in Britain is a timely and essential update on the radically shifting social policy landscape. Both undergraduate and postgraduate students will benefit from the clear approach outlining the structures, context, mechanisms and mixed economy of welfare provision in Britain. -- Dr. Vikki McCall, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Housing * University of Stirling, UK * The expansive nature of social policy presents a serious challenge for those seeking to do justice to foundational debates within the discipline as well as the latest conceptual and substantive developments. Social Policy Britain provides an accessible orientation to key questions, themes and issues underpinning welfare policy and politics in the UK today. It will be a valuable resource for educators and students at all levels. -- Dr. Daniel Edmiston, Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy * University of Leeds, UK *

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This highly engaging and accessible text introduces all the foundational knowledge readers need to understand and evaluate contemporary social policy in Britain.
List of boxes, figures and tables
ix
How to use this book xi
Acknowledgements xiii
List of abbreviations
xiv
1 Introduction: The development of social policy
1(16)
What is social policy?
2(2)
Fabianism and the roots of social welfare
4(1)
The welfare state
5(2)
The New Left
7(2)
The New Right
9(1)
The Third Way and the Big Society
10(2)
Comparative perspectives
12(1)
The welfare mix
13(4)
PART 1 Structures and contexts
17(78)
2 The state
19(14)
What is the state?
19(3)
The welfare state
22(3)
The functions of the state
25(2)
The limits of the state
27(6)
3 The market
33(12)
The commercial sector
33(3)
The case for markets
36(1)
The market and the state
37(2)
Forms of commercial welfare
39(2)
Marketization
41(2)
Problems with markets
43(2)
4 The third sector
45(12)
Defining the third sector
45(2)
Organization and funding
47(3)
The structure of the sector
50(2)
The history of voluntary activity
52(2)
Contradictions and challenges
54(3)
5 Informal welfare
57(10)
The importance of informal provision
57(1)
What is informal care?
58(2)
The development of informal care
60(2)
Supporting informal care
62(5)
6 Devolution and local control
67(14)
Devolution of policymaking
67(3)
The central-local dimension
70(1)
The development of local government
71(3)
Local authority structures and powers
74(2)
Local governance and localism
76(5)
7 International and European influences
81(14)
The global context
81(2)
Welfare regimes and policy transfer
83(2)
Social policy in Europe
85(1)
The development of the EU
86(4)
Britain and the EU
90(5)
PART 2 Key policy areas
95(92)
8 Social security
97(14)
What is social security?
97(2)
Principles
99(3)
Organization and administration
102(2)
The development of social security
104(2)
Entitlement to support
106(1)
Problems with benefits
107(2)
The impact of social security
109(2)
9 Employment
111(14)
Developing employment policy
111(1)
Policy context
112(5)
Labour markets
117(2)
Welfare to work
119(3)
Employment protection
122(3)
10 Housing
125(16)
Housing policy in the twentieth century
125(1)
Supply and demand
126(2)
Housing tenure
128(2)
Paying for housing
130(3)
Housing provision
133(5)
Homelessness
138(3)
11 Health
141(16)
Health and illness
141(1)
Health needs
142(2)
Promoting health and wellbeing
144(1)
The development of the National Health Service
145(2)
Developments since 1997
147(2)
Raising standards, involving users
149(1)
Covid-19: The impact of the global pandemic
150(2)
Paying for health services
152(5)
12 Social care services
157(14)
What is social care?
157(1)
The development of care services
158(1)
Children's services
159(4)
Adult services
163(4)
Funding adult care
167(2)
Social care and Covid-19
169(2)
13 Education
171(16)
What is education?
171(2)
Equality and education
173(3)
The structure of provision
176(3)
Education in schools and early years provision
179(3)
Further and continuing education
182(3)
Monitoring standards
185(1)
Covid-19 impact
185(2)
PART 3 Theories and debates
187(77)
14 Ideologies of welfare
189(14)
Ideology
189(1)
Theory and politics
190(2)
Neoliberalism
192(2)
The Middle Way
194(1)
Social democracy
195(2)
Marxism
197(2)
New social movements
199(1)
Postmodernism
200(3)
15 Economic development
203(14)
The economic context
203(1)
Capitalism
204(2)
Economic theory and welfare development
206(1)
The collapse of Keynesianism
207(2)
The shift to neoliberalism
209(2)
The global economy
211(2)
Public austerity
213(1)
Brexit and Covid-19
214(3)
16 Paying for welfare
217(10)
The cost of welfare
217(1)
Public expenditure
218(3)
Sources of funding
221(6)
17 Social divisions
227(16)
A divided society
227(2)
Class
229(2)
Gender
231(2)
Race and ethnicity
233(3)
Age
236(1)
Disability
237(2)
Lgbtq
239(4)
18 Delivering welfare
243(16)
Access to welfare
243(3)
Whose welfare?
246(2)
New Public Management
248(1)
Audit and inspection
249(2)
Modernization and governance
251(3)
Opening up public services
254(5)
19 The future of social policy
259(5)
Past achievements
259(2)
Future prospects
261(3)
References 264(31)
Index 295
Lee Gregory is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for almost 15 years and is the author of Exploring Welfare Debates: Key Concepts and Questions. His research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision.

Pete Alcock is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for over thirty years and has authored and edited a number of leading texts in the field including Understanding Poverty and The Students Companion to Social Policy.