The Student's Companion to Social Policy (eBook)

Pete Alcock, Tina Haux, Vikki McCall, Margaret May (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 6. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-74488-7 (ISBN)

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The new edition of the bestselling guide to the issues students will encounter in the study of social policy in both the UK and abroad Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition of The Student s Companion to Social Policy remains the most accessible and comprehensive review of UK and comparative social policy available for undergraduate students. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, this authoritative textbook covers all the perspectives, debates, issues and challenges in both the theory and practice of social policy. The latest edition reflects the most recent developments in the discipline and in social policy-making. New and revised chapters examine critical topics such as the policy agenda of the UK government elected in 2019 and the implications of globalization, climate change, Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. A wealth of new and revised illustrative material, including additional problem-centred review and assignment questions, enhance students learning and comprehension whilst encouraging them to reflect on and reconsider the issues raised in each social policy discussion. A timely, issue-driven overview for students to draw upon throughout their studies, this acclaimed textbook: Provides the analytical foundation necessary to investigate and evaluate the key concepts and perspectives central to the study of social policy Presents up-to-date coverage of policy formation and outcomes, national and international debates and the challenges and choices facing societies Features new and revised coverage of key issues including international and comparative developments, austerity and post-austerity policies in the UK and devolved administrations, public attitudes to welfare and sustainability challenges Offers a range of pedagogical tools such as boxed 5-point summary overviews, Emerging Issues sections, guides to further resources and chapter review questions The Student s Companion to Social Policy, Sixth Edition is essential reading for all those on Social Policy courses, whether specialising in the subject or studying it as part of another programme across the social sciences at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Autor

Pete Alcock is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham, UK. He retired in 2016 after teaching and researching in the field for over forty years, and his research covered the fields of poverty and anti-poverty policy, social security, and the role of the UK third sector. He is author and editor of a number of leading books on social policy including Why we need Welfare: Collective Action for the Common Good, (2016), Social Policy in Britain (5th edition, with L. Gregory, due 2022), International Social Policy: Welfare Regimes in the Developed World (2nd edition, 2009, with G. Craig), and Understanding Poverty (3rd edition, 2006). Tina Haux is Director of the Centre for Children and Families at The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) in London, UK. She is author of The Impact of Social Policy Scholars (2017), and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Social Policy (2015-2017) and Social Policy & Society (2011-2014). Her main research interests are family policy, welfare-to-work, social justice, evidence-based policy-making and, increasingly, longitudinal research methods. Vikki McCall is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Housing at the University of Stirling, UK. She is co-author of the book The Role of Today's Museum (2020, with C. Gray), and serves on the editorial board of Social Policy & Society and on the Social Policy Association Executive Committee. Her research interests include housing, ageing, volunteers, devolution, poverty, inequality, gender, social problems, urban society, museums and the cultural sector. Margaret May is External Associate at the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) at the University of Birmingham, UK. With over forty years of experience in teaching, examining and researching in social policy, she has edited a number of books in the field, including The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy (2002) and Taxation and Social Policy, (with A. Lymer and A. Sinfield, due 2023). Her research interests include occupational and private welfare, employment policy, human resource management and taxation.

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Notes on Contributors

Pete Alcock is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham. He had been teaching and researching in social policy for over thirty years, and has written widely on social policy, the voluntary sector, social security, poverty and social exclusion, and anti-poverty policy.

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey is a Lecturer in Public Service Management at the University of South Wales and teachings across the fields of social policy, public policy and public administration. Her research interests include education policy, the policymaking process, social policy history and voluntary sector.

Laura Bainbridge is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Leeds. Her scholarly interests lie at the nexus between social policy, criminology and political science. She specialises in enforced alcohol abstinence and the multi-level processes in which violence reduction policies ‘travel’ across the globe.

Derek Birrell is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Ulster University. He has published on a wide range of social policy issues, including social security and devolution and health and social care. His work includes books on devolution in the UK, Direct Rule and Northern Ireland and multi-level governance in the UK.

Catherine Bochel is Associate Professor in Policy Studies at the University of Lincoln. She has undertaken research across a variety of areas of social and public policy and has particular interests in the policy process, participation and petitions systems, on all of which she has published widely.

Hugh Bochel is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Lincoln. His wide-ranging teaching and research interests across social policy come together around concerns with the policy process and the politics of social policy.

Claire Callender is Professor of Higher Education Policy both at University College London (UCL) Institute of Education and at Birkbeck, University of London. Her research focuses on higher education student finances and its consequences for the sector, prospective students, students and graduates.

Eleanor Carter is a Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and is also Research Director for the Government Outcomes Lab. Eleanor’s research investigates challenges in coordinating complex public service delivery networks and collaborations.

Paul Chaney is Professor of Politics and Policy at Cardiff University. He is Co-Director of Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD). His research and teaching interests include: territorial politics, public policymaking, civil society, and equality and human rights on which he has written widely.

Daniel Clegg is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on the comparison of welfare states in Europe with a particular focus on unemployment benefits, social assistance and labour market policies.

Bob Coles is an Honorary Fellow at the University of York. He has a long-standing interest in youth policy and helped to establish it as a sub-area within social policy, developing links between policy, research and practice. His research has focused on vulnerable young people.

Micheál L. Collins is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at University College Dublin. His research and teaching interests focus on the economics of social policy, income distribution, taxation, fiscal welfare, pensions, economic evaluation and public policy.

Guy Daly is Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Coventry University. His research interests are in health policy, social care, housing and local government, and the governance of public services generally. He also has significant practical experience of the governance of public services, including as current social housing provider trustee and NHS non-executive director.

Howard Davis is an independent researcher and academic. He previously served as Professor of Social and Local Policy, Coventry University, and Director of the Local Government Centre, Warwick Business School, as well as having membership of governmental and partnership bodies and advisory panels. His research covers local government and public service governance.

Hartley Dean is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Prior to his academic career he had been a welfare rights worker. His enduring academic interests stem from concerns with social disadvantage, human need and welfare rights.

Peter Dwyer is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of York. His teaching and research focused on issues related to social citizenship, inclusion/exclusion, welfare and migration, and welfare conditionality.

Nick Ellison is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York. His research and teaching interests are wide ranging and include UK welfare politics in historical and contemporary perspective, citizenship in theory and practice, policy analysis, and global and international social policy.

Jane Falkingham is Professor of Demography and International Social Policy at the University of Southampton, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change. Her research interests lie at the intersection of demographic change and social policy and span both developed and developing country contexts, with a particular focus on ageing and the changing life course.

Kevin Farnsworth is Reader in Comparative, International and Global Social Policy at the University of York. His work focuses on broad questions relating to the political economy of welfare states, including the influence of business on social policy, economic crisis and corporate welfare.

Deirdre Flanigan is a practising discrimination lawyer with a background in human rights law.

Gerardo Javier Arriaga-García is a Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) at Aston University. His research interests lie in the areas of poverty, inequality, conditional cash transfers and welfare.

Jon Glasby is Professor of Health and Social Care at the University of Birmingham. A qualified social worker by background, he is currently Director of ‘IMPACT’ (the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care).

Howard Glennerster is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. His research and teaching have focused on the finance and economics of social policy and its post-war history. He has published widely on these areas and also been an advisor to HM Treasury and the Secretary of State for Health.

Ann Marie Gray is Professor of Social Policy at Ulster University and Co-Director of Access, Research, Knowledge, a joint Ulster University/Queen’s University Social Policy research centre. Her research and teaching interests include devolution and policymaking, adult social care, gender and social policy, policymaking and governance of services, equality and social justice.

Ian Greener is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde. His research is in the area of health and social policy governance, on which he has published widely, and his teaching focuses on social theory and research methods.

Scott L. Greer is Professor of Health Management and Policy, Global Public Health, and Political Science (by courtesy) at the University of Michigan. He researches the politics of health policies, with a special focus on the politics and policies of the European Union, the politics of public health and the impact of federalism on health care.

Lee Gregory is a Associate Professor in Social Policy, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham. His research interests relate to debates regarding poverty, welfare theory and ideology and alternative forms of welfare provision. His teaching focuses on key concepts in social policy and issues related to poverty, class and inequality.

Jackie Gulland is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. Her work is interdisciplinary and crosses the fields of social policy, sociology, social work, history and law. Her research focuses on disability, older people, caring and gender and how law both reflects and affects inequalities in the welfare state.

Kate Hamblin is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities, University of Sheffield. Her research has focused on technology and its role in the care of older people with complex needs; the balance between unpaid care and paid employment; self-employment and ageing; ‘active ageing’ employment and pension policies.

Linda Hantrais is Emerita Professor in European Social Policy at Loughborough University and an associate in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests span international comparative research, particularly public policy and institutional structures in the European Union, the implications of Brexit, and European comparisons of the impacts of COVID-19.

Bernard Harris is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde. In addition to the history of social policy, he has conducted research into different aspects of the history of health, height, morbidity and mortality.

Tina Haux is the Director of the Children and Families Team at the National Centre for Social Research. Her research...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Öffentliche Ordnung u. Verwaltung • Political Science • Political Sociology • Politikwissenschaft • Politische Soziologie • Public Policy & Administration • Social Policy • Social Policy & Welfare • social policy approaches • social policy concepts • social policy debate • Social policy history • social policy issues • social policy perspectives • social policy textbook • Sociology • Sozialarbeit • Sozialpolitik • Sozialpolitik u. Wohlfahrt • Soziologie • UK social policy • UK social policy textbook • welfare social policy
• ISBN-10: 1-119-74488-1 / 1119744881
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-74488-7 / 9781119744887