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This highly original and thought-provoking book examines the recent
expansion of social protection in China, India, Brazil and South
Africa - four countries experiencing rapid economic growth and
social change.The authors explore the developments in each country,
analyze the impact of government cash transfers and discuss key
future trends. The study reveals that social protection has
complemented economic growth and supported development efforts and
has been fundamental to promoting equitable and sustainable
societies. The book is essential reading for students of social
policy, economics, development studies and public administration
and will be an important resource for policymakers and
administrators everywhere. Contributors: F. Bastagli, M.P. Gomes
dos Santos, A. Hall, R. Kattumuri, J. Kruger, B. Li, J. Midgley,
L.G. Mpedi, R. Mutatkar, K. Ngok, L. Patel, D. Piachaud, M. Singh,
F.V. Soares, S. Soares, Y. Zhu
This book explores the issue of social exclusion. It asks three main questions: How can social exclusion be measured? What are its main determinants or influences? And what policies can reduce social exclusion? The authors aim to consider how a focus on social exclusion may alter the policy questions that are most relevant by fostering debate in government, research, and academic circles.
First published in 1989, The Goals of Social Policy is an
invaluable text that will give students an admirable introduction
to the central concerns of the study of social policy. It asks what
have been the traditional concerns of social policy as a subject of
academic study, and what its context should be in the changed
political environment of twenty-first century. Three issues receive
close attention for their future implications: social policy and
the family (focusing on gender), social policy and community
(including race and public order issues) and social policy and the
economy. Retrospective chapters examine the relationship between
social policy and social research, social theory and social work.
The book will appeal particularly to students of social policy,
social work, sociology and political science, as well as to those
in applied fields such as criminology, health studies, education
and women's studies with interests in social policy. It will also
appeal to the general reader interested in keeping abreast of the
latest thinking about social policy.
The British Empire covered three centuries, five continents and
one-quarter of the world's population. Its legacy continues,
shaping the societies and welfare policies of much of the modern
world. In this book, for the first time, this legacy is explored
and analyzed. Colonialism and Welfare reveals that social welfare
policies, often discriminatory, and challenging to those colonized
were introduced and imposed by the 'mother country.' It highlights
that there was great diversity in rationales and impacts across the
empire, but past developments had a major impact on the development
of much of the world's population. Contributions from every
continent explore both the diversity and the common themes in the
imperial experience. They examine the legacy of colonial welfare -
a subject largely neglected by both historians of empire and social
policy analysts. This original book shows that social welfare today
cannot be understood without understanding the legacy of the
British Empire. Academics, specialized students with an interest in
comparative social policy, history of social policy, imperial
history, colonialism, and contemporary third world social policy
will find this book invaluable to their studies. Contributors
include: J. Harrison, N. Jayaram, E. Kaseke, R. Kattumuri, J.
Lewis, J. Midgley, L. Patel, D. Piachaud, P. Smyth, K.-l. Tang
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.
This book explores the issue of social exclusion. It asks three main questions: How can social exclusion be measured? What are its main determinants or influences? And what policies can reduce social exclusion? The authors, who include most of the UK's leading researchers in the field, aim to consider how a focus on social exclusion may alter the policy questions that are most relevant by fostering debate in government, research, and academic circles.
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