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Exploring the World of Social Policy : An International Approach /
Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus.
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2020.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Preface -- 1. Social policy and social progress: how can we explore the world? -- Worlds of social policy -- The world of social policy -- The world of academic social policy study -- Social policy and social change -- Structure of the book -- Part I: Themes and perspectives -- 2. Inequalities and why they matter -- Introduction -- Inequality between and within nations -- Persistence and change in inequality -- Inequality and social policy -- Conclusion -- 3. Varieties of welfare | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- The origins of comparative studies -- Esping-Andersen's regime model -- Developments of regime theory -- Reshaping the original regime types? -- Other regimes -- Using regime theory today -- Conclusion -- 4. Policy processes -- Introduction -- The exploration of power -- Theoretical approaches to continuity and change -- Agenda setting -- From agendas to outcomes -- Policy transfer and policy convergence -- Conclusion -- Part II: Policy domains -- 5. Income security -- Introduction -- The dominance of income security within social policy -- Social insurance | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Non-contributory cash transfers -- Means testing -- Comparing pension systems -- Comparative analysis of income security systems today: an overview -- Conclusion -- 6. Work and employment -- Introduction -- The meaning of work in its social context -- Labour as a commodity -- Comparative international data on employment and unemployment -- Employment policy as social policy -- Work and welfare -- The shift to 'active' labour market policies -- The global labour market -- Conclusion -- 7. Education -- Introduction -- National expenditure on education -- Education and social policy | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Education and society -- Characterizing and comparing education systems -- Education outputs: the PISA data source -- Education as a global enterprise -- Conclusion -- 8. Housing -- Introduction -- Housing and the market -- Housing and the state -- Policy solutions: helping the market or helping people? -- Housing need -- The dimensions of adequacy and inadequacy of housing -- Conclusion -- 9. Health -- Introduction -- Health outcomes -- Public policy as a response to health inequalities -- Health inequalities and health expenditure -- Health policy typologies: the usability of regime theory? | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Types but not regimes? -- Financing and provision -- Conclusion -- 10. Social care -- Introduction -- Private issues or public concerns? -- The relationship between social care policy and other social policies -- Variations in the need for social care -- Pre-school childcare -- Social care from youth to old age -- Care beyond working life -- The need for long-term care -- Approaches to the provision of public long-term care -- Conclusion -- 11. Environment -- Introduction -- Growth and GDP: the dominance of a production perspective -- Externalities and collective action problems | |
| 520 | 8 | |a Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus. |b This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book: explores the economic, social and political contexts of social policy; examines in detail its institutions and fields of practice; illustrates the field's main ideas, themes and practices, drawing on a rich international literature and using pertinent and thought-provoking examples. Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus. Clear, authoritative and wide-ranging, it will be essential reading for students of social sciences taking courses covering social policy, social welfare and comparative policy analysis. | |
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