Download or read book Social Policy Towards 2000 written by Vic George and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments in all advanced industrial societies are involved in an endless struggle of how to 'square the welfare circle', as demand for public services rises due to demographic, social and labour market foctors. Government ability to finance this rising tide of public service demand is constrained by economic and, at times, ideological factors but failure to make welfare provision has adverse electoral consequeces. This is not an issue which is likely to go away. Social Policy Towards 2000 examines the issues and factors affecting the welfare state and by comparing the proposals of the three main UK political parties for the welfare system for the remaining part of the decade, offers a prospective analysis of the future of welfare.

Download or read book Social Policy Towards 2000 written by Prof Vic George and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments in all advanced industrial societies are involved in an endless struggle of how to 'square the welfare circle', as demand for public services rises due to demographic, social and labour market foctors. Government ability to finance this rising tide of public service demand is constrained by economic and, at times, ideological factors but failure to make welfare provision has adverse electoral consequeces. This is not an issue which is likely to go away. Social Policy Towards 2000 examines the issues and factors affecting the welfare state and by comparing the proposals of the three main UK political parties for the welfare system for the remaining part of the decade, offers a prospective analysis of the future of welfare.

Download or read book Social Policy Towards 2000 written by Vic GEORGE and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Handbook of Social Policy written by James Midgley and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises 33 papers grouped under five themes: The Nature of social policy; The History of social policy; Social policy and the social services; The Political economy of social policy; and International and future perspectives on social policy.

Download or read book Social Policy Towards 2000 written by Stewart Miller and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rethinking Social Policy written by Gail Lewis and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-03-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Social Policy is a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the complex mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy. Contributors at the cutting edge of social policy analysis reflect upon the implications of new social and theoretical movements for welfare and the study of social policy. Topics covered include: criminology and crime control; race, class and gender; poverty and sexuality; the body and the emotions; violence; work and welfare in Europe. Examples are drawn from a variety of welfare sectors such as: social services and community care, health, education, employment, and criminal justice. This is a course reader for The Open University course (D860) Rethinking Social Practice.

Download or read book Beyond 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Social Policy Review 13 written by Sykes, Robert and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2001-07-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Policy Review is an annual selection of commissioned articles focusing on developments and debates in social policy in the UK, Europe and internationally. The Review has become recognised as a topical, accessible, well-written and affordable publication and has a substantial readership among social policy teachers, students, researchers and policy makers. Social Policy Review 13 continues the tradition of providing a different style and approach to policy issues from that found in most academic journals and books. Chapters have been purposely chosen to review a varied and interesting selection of social policy developments in Britain and internationally, and to set current policy developments in a broader context of key trends and debates.

Download or read book Social Policy Welfare written by Mark Walsh and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2000 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed specifically for the new A, AS Levels and AVCE in Social Policy, Sociology, and Health and Social Care. It is widely used by students progressing to further study. It covers all the main areas of Social Welfare, including classic themes and debates, and the New Labour approach to social policy and social welfare provision. It is supported throughout by topic revision features and self-test opportunities to aid learning.

Download or read book Social Policy in a Development Context written by T. Mkandawire and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon both conceptual and empirical evidence, this volume argues the case for the centrality of social policy in development, focusing particularly on the message that social policy needs to be closely intertwined with economic policy. It is argued that social policy can provide the crucial link between economic development poverty eradication and equity. This volume is a significant contribution to thinking about social policy in a development context.

Download or read book Social Policy and Social Programs written by Donald E. Chambers and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help student-practitioners maintain their sanity amid mutating social welfare policies and programs by developing critical analysis skills, Chambers (U. of Kansas) presents the field's historical-judicial contexts; a practical style of analysis; and an example applying basic concepts and evaluati

Download or read book Social Policy in a Changing Society written by Maurice Mullard and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linking policy with theory, this introduction to social policy considers a range of interpretations of changes in society, politics and the economy, and assesses their implications for social welfare.

Download or read book Corporate Power and Social Policy in a Global Economy written by Kevin Farnsworth and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2004-01-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just how much influence does powerful business in the UK have on government decision making in relation to social policy? Questions concerning the power and influence of business over social and public policy are increasingly being raised, not just from within the field of social policy but also in business and management studies and, beyond that, in the news and media. They are seldom answered in any satisfactory way. This groundbreaking book investigates and documents corporate influence on social policies at global/regional, national and local levels. It argues that we cannot understand the recent history and present direction of the welfare state unless we focus on the role that business has played in its development. Spanning the complete era of the Conservative governments and the first term of New Labour, it looks in particular at: mechanisms of corporate power and influence; corporate opinion and influence in a range of social policy areas including: education, training, health and social security; changing business influence on social policy in recent years in an international context; business involvement in social policy initiatives and welfare delivery. By exploring bus

Download or read book Social Policy for Social Work written by Robert Adams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Policy for Social Work provides a comprehensive, critical and engaging introduction to social policy for students and practitioners of social work. The text is clearly structured into three parts that cover contexts, policies and issues. The first part explores changing perspectives on social policy and social work and provides an introduction to the broad range of specific policy aspects discussed in part two which include: social security health and community care family and child care criminal justice. Part three focuses on key issues such as tackling divisions and inequalities, the control of services including empowering people receiving services, and future policy trends. Additionally, appendices provide a key to common abbreviations, dates of the main legislation and internet addresses of main information sources on policy and research. Illustrations from practice are included throughout to highlight implications for social work practice. The text focuses on contemporary Britain but also draws examples from European, global and historical contexts wherever appropriate. This exceptional text demonstrates clearly the relevance and implications of social policy for social work practice. It is an essential and practical resource for all students and practitioners in the welfare field.

Download or read book Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China written by Ka-Ho Mok and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Asia is at the heart of the global economic transformation, and the countries of the region are witnessing rapidly changing labour markets, alongside the pressure to cut production costs and lower taxes in order to become successful ‘competition states’. These changes have resulted in increased welfare demands which governments, organizations and agencies across the region have had to address. This book examines welfare regimes in the Greater China region, encompassing mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In so doing, it explores the ways in which the rapid growth and internationalisation of the economy across Greater China is presenting new social policy challenges that governments, social welfare organizations and agencies in the region are having to respond to. Rather than simply describing and categorising welfare systems, the contributors to this volume add to our understanding of how one of the major economic transformations of the contemporary era in East Asia is shaping welfare provision in the region. In turn, in this context of economic change, they examine the new strategies and measures that have been adopted in order to reduce the heavy burden on the state in terms of welfare provision, whilst also attempting to diversify funding and provision sources to meet the pressing welfare needs. Based upon extensive fieldwork by leading scholars of social policy, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian social policy, comparative development and social policy, social welfare and Chinese studies.

Download or read book Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy written by Michael J. Prince and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2000-03-18 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one is content with the state of health and social programs in Canada today. The Right thinks that there is too much government involvement, and the Left thinks there is not enough. In Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy James Rice and Michael Prince track the history of the welfare state from its establishment in the 1940s, through its development in the mid 1970s, to the period of deficit crisis and restraint that followed in the late 1970s and 1980s. Taking a historical perspective, the authors grapple with the politics of social policy in the 1990s. Globalization and the concomitant corporate mobility affect government's ability to regulate the distribution of wealth, while the increasing diversity of the population puts increasingly complex demands on an already overstressed system. Yet in the face of these constraints, the system still endures and is far from irrelevant. Some social programs have been dismantled, but the government has organized and maintained others. Greater democratization of welfare programs and social policy agencies could make the system thrive again. Changing Politics provides the much-needed groundwork for students and policy makers while also proposing real solutions for the future.

Download or read book Social Policy for Nurses written by Anita Fatchett and published by Polity. This book was released on 2012-04-09 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook offers a highly accessible, applied introduction to social policy, specifically tailored to the needs of students of nursing. It provides an essential overview of the changing shape of the NHS and the broader healthcare environment in the UK, helping nurses to situate themselves in a rapidly changing field.