Handbook on society and social policy / edited by Nick Ellison (professor of social policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York) and Tina Haux (senior lecturer in quantitative social policy, University of Kent, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ellison, Nick, editor.

Haux, Tina, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Social policy.

Social history--21st century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Social history.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (552 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishin, 2020.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Handbook provides a unique examination of the key issues and challenges facing society and social policy in the twenty-first century. Featuring both wide-ranging coverage of major issues and detailed analysis of social policies in different countries, the Handbook explores key concepts, policy areas and institutions, considering welfare and social policy in the context of wider socio-economic and cultural divisions. In addition to examining specific policy areas, contributors engage with the social divisions and complex infrastructures that underpin them on both local and global scales. Chapters also discuss significant challenges to contemporary social policy, including the threats to human and societal wellbeing posed by austerity, migration and the climate crisis, as well as the opportunities these present to reshape policy conceptually, ideologically and practically in the future in response to these issues. Scholars and students in social policy, sociology and political science looking for a comprehensive overview of the field of social policy will find this Handbook an invaluable resource. It will also prove useful to researchers and practitioners seeking in-depth analyses of particular countries or policy areas covered"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction / Nick Ellison/Tina Haux

Section one: Ideas and concepts

1. Poverty and inequality / Bea Cantillon

2. Needs and rights / Hartley Dean

3. Citizenship / Daniel Edmiston

4. Social investment: Polysemy in perspective / Jane Jenson

Section two: Social policy and social divisions

5. Class / David Byrne

6. Gender / Elizabeth Adamson

7. Religion, belief and public policy / Adam Dinham

8. Race and ethnicity / Nasar Meer

9. Disability / Miro Griffiths

10. Generations and the life course / Athina Vlachantoni and Yazhen Yang

Section three: Welfare systems

11. Western and northern Europe / Bjørn Hvinden and Mi Ah Schoyen

12. Eastern Europe / Jana Javornik

13. Southern Europe / Theo Papadopoulos and Antonios Roumpakis

14. Liberal welfare systems / Christopher Deeming

15. Latin America: Inertia and transformation in five dual welfare regimes / Carlos Barba Solano and Enrique Valencia Lomelí

16. India: Welfare/disfare from nehru's imagination to modi's dirigiste reforms / Keerty Nakray

17. China: Social policy and reforms / Alex Jingwei He, Zilin Lee and Genghua Huang

18. East Asia / Gyu-Jin Hwang

19. The middle east and north Africa / Rana Jawad

Section four: Contemporary social policies

20. Pensions / Kati Kuitto and Susan Kuivalainen

21. Changing work and welfare: Unemployment and labour market policies / Bernhard Ebbinghaus

22. Health policy: In sickness and in health / Mike Calnan

23. Social care / Patrick Hall, Catherine Needham and Kate Hamblin

24. Housing policy / Nicholas Pleace

25. Education policy / Julian L. Garritzmann

26. Family policies and child wellbeing / Lidia Panico and Morgan Kitzmann

27. Criminal justice / Tim Newburn

Section five: Institutions and welfare delivery

28. The state / Hugh Bochel

29. Public-private partnerships: The delivery of public employment services / Dan Finn

30. The third sector and the welfare state / Eddy Hogg

31. Fiscal welfare / Nathalie Morel

32. Social, corporate, occupational: The 'whole economy' of welfare / Kevin Farnsworth

33. Global institutions / Alexandra Kaasch

Section six: Contemporary challenges

34. Debt, austerity capitalism and the welfare state / Fiona Dukelow

35. Transnational social vulnerabilities and reconfigurations of 'social policy' / Erica Righard and Mikael Spång

36. Welfare states, social policies and the environment / Håkan Johansson and Max Koch

37. Migration and the welfare state: Welfare magnets and welfare chauvinism / Tim Reeskens

Conclusion: Looking ahead / Tina Haux and Nick Ellison

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781788113526 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.