Beschreibung:
John Baldock is Professor of Social Policy and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of KentNick Manning is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology and Head of the Institute of Mental Heath at the University of NottinghamSarah Vickerstaff is Professor of Work and Employment and Deputy Head of the School of Social Policy, Sociology, and Social Research at the University of KentLavinia Mitton is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Kent
The fourth edition of this well-respected textbook includes three new chapters on the history and development of social policy, making social policy in a global context, and how to research and write about social policy. It is up-to-date with the coalition government's welfare agenda, and remains the best introduction to social policy available.
The origins, character, and politics of modern welfre systems