Making social policy work : essays in honour of Howard Glennerster / edited by John Hills, Julian Le Grand and David Piachaud.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glennerster, Howard.

Hills, John, 1954-

Le Grand, Julian.

Piachaud, David.

Series:

CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

History.

Great Britain--Social policy.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Social policy--History.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

ix, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy, 2007.

Summary:

Having undergone a period of rapid reform, social policy is now central to political debate in Britain. Yet, if it is to achieve anything, it must work.

This collection, from a distinguished panel of leading social policy academics, examines key issues in contemporary social policy. Each chapter 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 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.

Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy

Drawing on the findings of the ESRC Center for Analysis of Social Exclusion's extensive research programme into communities, poverty and family life in Britain, this fascinating series:

provides a rich and detailed analysis of anti-poverty policy in action

focuses on the individual and social factors that promote regeneration, recovery and renewal.

Contents:

one Introduction / John Hills, Julian Le Grand, David Piachaud 1

Part 1 The aims of social policy 11

two Principles, Poor Laws and welfare states / Jose Harris 13

three Welfare what for? / Tania Burchardt 35

Part 2 Delivering social policy 57

four Families, individuals and the state / Jane Lewis 59

five Schools, financing and educational standards / Anne West 85

six Financing higher education: tax, graduate tax or loans? / Nicholas Barr 109

seven Quasi-markets in healthcare / Julian Le Grand 131

eight Social care: choice and control / Martin Knapp 147

nine Neighbourhood renewal, mixed communities and social integration / Anne Power 173

Part 3 Redistribution: between households; over time; between areas 197

ten The restructuring of redistribution / David Piachaud 199

eleven Pensions, public opinion and policy / John Hills 221

twelve Distributing resources / Tony Travers 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1861349580

9781861349583

1861349572

9781861349576

OCLC:

144225005