This comprehensive Handbook provides a unique examination of the
key issues and challenges facing society and social policy in the
twenty-first century. Featuring both wide-ranging coverage of major
issues and detailed analysis of social policies in different
countries, the Handbook explores key concepts, policy areas and
institutions, considering welfare and social policy in the context
of wider socio-economic and cultural divisions. In addition to
examining specific policy areas, contributors engage with the
social divisions and complex infrastructures that underpin them on
both local and global scales. Chapters also discuss significant
challenges to contemporary social policy, including the threats to
human and societal wellbeing posed by austerity, migration and the
climate crisis, as well as the opportunities these present to
reshape policy conceptually, ideologically and practically in the
future in response to these issues. Scholars and students in social
policy, sociology and political science looking for a comprehensive
overview of the field of social policy will find this Handbook an
invaluable resource. It will also prove useful to researchers and
practitioners seeking in-depth analyses of particular countries or
policy areas covered. Contributors include: E. Adamson, H. Bochel,
D. Byrne, M. Calnan, B. Cantillon, H. Dean, C. Deeming, A. Dinham,
F. Dukelow, B. Ebbinghaus, D. Edmiston, N. Ellison, K. Farnsworth,
D. Finn, J.L. Garritzmann, M. Griffiths, P. Hall, K. Hamblin, T.
Haux, A.J. He, E. Hogg, G. Huang, B. Hvinden, G.-J. Hwang, J.
Javornik, R. Jawad, J. Jenson, H. Johannson, A. Kaasch, M.
Kitzmann, M. Koch, K. Kuitto, S. Kuivalainen, Z. Li, E.V. Lomeli,
N. Meer, N. Morel, K. Nakray, C. Needham, T. Newburn, L. Panico, T.
Papadopoulos, N. Pleace, T. Reeskens, E. Righard, A. Roumpakis,
M.A. Schoyen, C.B. Solano, M. Spang, A. Vlachantoni, Y. Yang
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