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Understanding Social Security - Issues for Policy and Practice (Paperback, 1st revision of 3rd New edition)
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Understanding Social Security - Issues for Policy and Practice (Paperback, 1st revision of 3rd New edition)
Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
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The political and economic landscape of UK social security
provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial
crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of
a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their
implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015. With
contributions from leading academics in the field this book
critically examines the design, entitlement, delivery and impact of
current welfare provision. The first half of the book examines
social security across the lifecycle from Child Benefit to
retirement pensions. The second half focuses on key issues in
policy and practice including new topics such as the realities of
life on benefits in an era of austerity, and the pros and cons of
Universal Basic Income. * Framework supports teachers and students,
encouraging analytical thinking of issues and providing pointers to
related sources * Authoritative and evidence-based arguments *
Clear section and chapter summaries, overviews, questions for
discussion, website resources and a bibliography * Includes tables,
charts and text boxes for clarity, interest and appeal This book is
suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Social
Policy taking modules on Social Security Policy, Poverty and
Inequality, Income Support and Welfare Reform, as well as Social
Work students and those on other Social Science degree programmes.
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