Exploring welfare debates

Key concepts and questions

Gregory (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

282 Seiten

2018
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-2656-4 (ISBN)

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Visually and pedagogically rich, this wide-ranging introduction to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding welfare.

This wide-ranging guide to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding social policy. It unpacks common questions and assumptions about the purpose, value and focus of welfare systems and provides students with a comprehensive vocabulary and toolkit for analysing policy examples and developing social science arguments.

Dr Lee Gregory is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Lee's research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision. He is specifically interested in the role of welfare provision in perpetuating and challenging social problems.

Introduction;
What is welfare and why pursue it?;
Who recieves welfare support, and for what?;
Who should provide welfare support?;
Is universal provision sustainable?;
How does policy shape the experience of welfare support?;
Is the welfare state always in crisis?;
How does risk change the welfare state?;
Is social policy about control?;
Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2018
Zusatzinfo	23 Tables, black and white; 33 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4473-2656-3 / 1447326563
ISBN-13	978-1-4473-2656-4 / 9781447326564
Zustand	Neuware