Social policy and welfare : a clear guide

Author(s)

• Burden, Tom

Bibliographic Information

Social policy and welfare : a clear guide

Tom Burden

Pluto, 1998

• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780745309651

Description

In this accessible book, Burden explores alternative theoretical approaches to the development of social policy, offering a wide spread of comparative material from around the world.

Table of Contents

1. General explanatory perspectives 2. Central concepts in social policy 3. Perspectives on social policy development 4. Social Policy Strategies 5. Social policy issues 6. Social intervention and vulnerable groups in Britain 7. The diversity of welfare states 8. The developed anglophone welfare states 9. Globalisation and social policy References Index

Volume

pbk. ISBN 9780745309668

Description

In this accessible book, Burden explores alternative theoretical approaches to the development of social policy, offering a wide spread of comparative material from around the world.

Table of Contents

1. General explanatory perspectives 2. Central concepts in social policy 3. Perspectives on social policy development 4. Social Policy Strategies 5. Social policy issues 6. Social intervention and vulnerable groups in Britain 7. The diversity of welfare states 8. The developed anglophone welfare states 9. Globalisation and social policy References Index

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Details

• NCID: BA35143824
• ISBN:
  • 0745309658
  • 0745309666
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 261 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 361.61
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Welfare state
  • LCSH : Social policy
  • LCSH : Public welfare