Social policy : an introduction / Ken Blakemore and Louise Warwick-Booth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blakemore, Kenneth, 1948-

Contributor:

Warwick-Booth, Louise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Social sciences.

Great Britain--Social policy.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A highly respected introductory textbook to social policy, updated to cover recent developments.

Contents:

Social Policy An Introduction; Social Policy an introduction; Praise for this book; Contents; List of activities; List of tables; List of figures; List of boxes; The authors; Preface; 1 The subject of social policy; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Social policy: an identity problem?; The story of social policy; Conclusions: the subject today; Suggestions for further reading; 2 Ideas and concepts in social policy; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Social policy principles; Equality, equity and justice; Need; Freedom and rights; Conclusions; Summary of key points

Key terms and conceptsSuggestions for further reading; 3 The development of social policy in Britain; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; The importance of history; Example 1: from workhouse to workfare?; Example 2: public health reform; Example 3: education, the role of government and the concept of the 'contract state'; The development of a welfare state; Conclusions: Britain's welfare history in comparative context; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 4 The global social policy environment; Key learning outcomes

Overview of the chapterThe current context of policy-making; Globalization; Conclusions: global social policy futures; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 5 The contested boundaries of social policy: the case of criminal justice; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Introduction: what is criminal justice policy?; Criminal justice, social control and social policy: a 'penal-welfare state'?; Comparing crime and criminal justice; Measuring crime; The criminal justice process; Conclusion; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts

Suggestions for further reading6 Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; What are the benefits of the welfare system?; Should benefits and services be selective or universal?; Gainers and losers: individuals and groups; How large is the welfare cake?; Social security: who benefits?; Poverty and social exclusion; Conclusions; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 7 Social policy, politics and social control; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Social control and the rise of welfare

Social policy and the political orderSocial control and individual freedom; Conclusions: can social policies bring benign control?; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 8 Who makes policy? The example of education; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Models of power: understanding how decisions are made; The background: education and Conservative policies of the 1980s and 1990s; Centralizing control: the New Labour educational legacy; Policies for the future?; Conclusions; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts

Suggestions for further reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 27, 2013).

ISBN:

9780335246632

033524663X

OCLC:

862048617