The Student's Companion to Social Policy - Softcover

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9780631202400: The Student's Companion to Social Policy

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ISBN 10: 0631202404 ISBN 13: 9780631202400

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1997

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This superb Companion provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide and essential resource to social policy.

A major resource and comprehensive digest for students working in the discipline: outlines all of the main themes and issues covered in the study of social policy at undergraduate level, setting them in comparative perspective.
Provides a summary of the major sources of material and data available to students of social policy, offering guidance to access to, and use of these resources.
Includes information on how students can study social policy beyond undergraduate level as well as giving guidance on possible careers in social policy and the use of social policy in a range of other careers.

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Book Description:

This best selling Student's Companion provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to social policy in the UK. Students can use it for information, inspiration and guidance throughout their studies, from their first encounters with the subject through to advanced research or employment. Written by a distinguished team of teachers and scholars in the forefront of social policy studies, the Companion: Introduces students to the scope and structure of the subject and its relationship with other areas of study; Covers ideological concepts, the full range of policies and the issues confronted in statutory and non-statutory service management and delivery; Includes issues of gender, disability, race, nationality and migration in its discussions of policies; Provides an overview of the resources that can be drawn on while studying; Explores the application of the subject in terms of further study and career development. For the new edition, all the contributions have been updated to take account of developments in academic debate and policy. Six chapters have been added covering recent changes, including policy innovations under the Labour governments, and additional issues, such as crime and social policy. The index has also been thoroughly reworked and is much more comprehensive than in the first edition.

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This superb Companion provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide and essential resource to social policy which students will wish to keep as a constant source of reference, inspiration and guidance throughout the course of their degree studies - from their first encounters with the discipline through into employment and advanced study.

It seeks to convey the excitement and immediacy of social policy's intellectual and political engagements with the world, and its practical applications in research and employment. Written by a distinguished team of scholars and teachers in the forefront of social policy this volume provides an authoritative introduction to the range of thinking and scholarship.

The Companion sets out to:

Introduce students to the scope and structure of the subject - and its (inter)relationship with other disciplines
Provide readers with a guide to the theoretical and ideological study of Social Policy
Focus on the provision and delivery of social policies
Examine the way in which welfare services are organized and analyzed
Provide an overview and guide to the resources that can be drawn upon while studying
Explore the aspects of further study of the discipline beyond undergraduate level and the use of Social Policy in the pursuit of a range of both specialist and non-specialist careers.