Key themes in social policy / Patricia Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, Patricia, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Key Themes in Social Policy provides an accessible and authoritative introduction to the key concepts used in social policy, from autonomy to wellbeing.With over 100 ideas discussed, this is a comprehensive student guide and is designed to help readers to gain a deeper understanding of major debates and issues. Each entry:explains the origin of the word discusses its relationship to the social sciences describes its relevance to social policy and how widespread its use isoutlines some of the key t

Contents:

Cover; KEY THEMES IN SOCIAL POLICY; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS; ACTIVE WELFARE; AGENCY; ALTRUISM; ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS; ASYLUM SEEKER; AUTONOMY; BASIC INCOME; BENEFIT; BEVERIDGIAN WELFARE; BISMARCKIAN MODEL; BLACK ECONOMY; BODY; BUREAUCRACY; CAPABILITIES; CAPITALISM; CARE/CARER/CARING; CATEGORICAL BENEFITS; CHILD ALLOWANCES; CITIZENSHIP; CLASS; CLAW-BACK; COLLECTIVISM; COMMODIFICATION AND DECOMMODIFICATION; COMMUNITARIAN; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY; CONDITIONALITY; CONVERGENCE; CORPORATISM; CRISIS OF WELFARE; CRITICAL JUNCTURES; DEMOCRACY; DEPENDENCY

DESERVING/UNDESERVINGDISABILITY; DISCRETION; DISCRIMINATION; DISWELFARES; DIVISION OF LABOUR; EARNINGS; ELIGIBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENTITLEMENT; ENVIRONMENTALISM; EQUALITY; ETHNICITY; FABIANISM; FAMILIES OF NATIONS; FAMILY; FEMINISM; FISCAL WELFARE; FLEXICURITY; FUNCTIONINGS; GENDER; GLOBALIZATION; GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; IDEOLOGY; INDIVIDUALISM; INDIVIDUALIZATION; KEYNESIAN; LABOUR; LIBERAL; LIBERTY; LONE PARENTS; MALE BREADWINNER; MATERNITY; MARXISM; MASCULINITIES; MEANS TESTING; MIGRATION; MIXED ECONOMY OF WELFARE; MODELS OF WELFARE; NEEDS

NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTSOCCUPATIONAL WELFARE; PATH DEPENDENCY; PATRIARCHY; POVERTY; POWER; POWER RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RATIONING; REDISTRIBUTION; RESILIENCE; RISK; SELECTIVITY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL DIVISIONS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL POLICY; STIGMA; STRATIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORY; UNIVERSALITY; WAGES; WELFARE REGIMES; WELFARE STATE; WELFARE/WELL-BEING; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781135071370

1135071373

9787026423563

7026423568

9780203594186

0203594185

9781299280403

1299280404

9781135071387

1135071381

OCLC:

830160947