Making social policy work (Paperback)

Social policy is now central to political debate in Britain. What has been achieved by efforts to improve services and reduce poverty? What is needed to deliver more effective and popular services to all and increase social justice? How can we make social policy work? These are some of the questions discussed in this new and wide-ranging collection of essays by a distinguished panel of leading social policy academics. The book covers key issues in contemporary social policy, particularly concentrating on recent changes. It examines the history and goals of social policy as well as its delivery, focusing in turn on the family and the state, schools, higher education, healthcare, social care, communities and housing. Redistribution is also examined, exploring child poverty, pension reform and resources for welfare. The essays in this collection have been specially written to honour the 70th birthday of Howard Glennerster whose pioneering work has been concerned not only with the theoretical, historical and political foundations of social policies but, crucially, with how they work in practice. It is a collection of primary importance for those working in and interested in policy and politics in a wide variety of fields and for students of social policy, public policy and the public sector.

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	October 2007
Editors:	John Hills • Julian Le-Grand • David Piachaud
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-86134-957-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
LSN:	1-86134-957-2
Barcode:	9781861349576

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