Understanding human need
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Understanding human need
（Understanding welfare : social issues, policy and practice）
Policy Press, 2020
2nd ed.
- : pbk.
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Previous edition: 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p.175-197) and index
"SPA : Social Policy Association" --on t.p.
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This second edition of a widely-respected textbook is one of the few resources available to provide an overview of human need, as a key concept in the social sciences. Taking an approach encompassing both global North and South, this accessible and engaging book models existing practical and theoretical approaches to human need while also proposing a radical alternative.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I - UNDERSTANDINGS AND CONCEPTS
The needs of humanity
The ‘thin’ and the ‘thick’ of need and needing
Needs in theory
Needs in practice
Human need and social policy
PART II - IMPLICATIONS AND DEBATES
Unmet needs and social disadvantage
Articulating needs as rights
The politics of human need
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