From housing, pensions and family benefits, to health care,
unemployment insurance and social assistance, the welfare state is
a key aspect of our lives. But social programs are contested
political realities that we can't hope to understand without
locating them within the "big picture."
This book provides a concise political and sociological
introduction to social policy, helping readers to grasp the nature
of social programs and the political struggles surrounding them. It
takes a broad comparative and historical viewpoint on the United
States, using an international perspective to contextualize
American social policy within the developed world. Provocative and
engaging, it offers insight into a wide range of social policy
issues such as: welfare regimes, welfare state development, the
politics of retrenchment and restructuring; the relationship
between social programs and various forms of inequality; changing
family and economic relations; the role of private social benefits;
the potential impact of globalization; and debates about the future
of the welfare state.
"What is Social Policy?" will be stimulating reading for
upper-level students of sociology, political science, public
policy, and social work.
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