Understanding welfare: Social issues, policy and practice series
Series Editor: Saul BeckerThis bestselling series presents topical and innovative approaches to understanding social issues, policies and welfare delivery from leading experts. Accessible and student friendly, each includes chapter-specific summaries, questions for discussion, illustrative boxes and diagrams to help understanding and full bibliographies. Each book is Social Policy Subject Benchmark compliant, and with an attractive series design this collection builds into a library of essential reading for students.
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Understanding community
Politics, policy and practiceThis topical text provides students with a clear understanding of policy and theory in relation to community. By examining areas of government policy this book explores the difficulties that communities face, discusses new concepts and investigates what 'community' might mean in today's diverse British society.
More infoPaperback price: £15.99 Usual price: £19.99
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Understanding community
Politics, policy and practiceThis topical text provides students with a clear understanding of policy and theory in relation to community. By examining areas of government policy this book explores the difficulties that communities face, discusses new concepts and investigates what 'community' might mean in today's diverse British society.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Understanding the environment and social policy
Using an international and multi-disciplinary approach, this book provides a timely overview of the current issues in environmentalism and social policy. It explores many current debates, including: cities, housing and transport; citizenship and care; employment and green jobs; environmental governance and legislation; and globalisation.
More infoPaperback price: £17.59 Usual price: £21.99
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Understanding the environment and social policy
Using an international and multi-disciplinary approach, this book provides a timely overview of the current issues in environmentalism and social policy. It explores many current debates, including: cities, housing and transport; citizenship and care; employment and green jobs; environmental governance and legislation; and globalisation.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Understanding social citizenship (second edition)
Themes and perspectives for policy and practiceThis updated edition of Understanding social citizenship provides an understanding of citizenship in relation to UK, EU and global welfare institutions. The second edition contains new topical sections on 'Cameron's Conservatism' and the EU and A8/10 migration in the UK.
More infoPaperback price: £15.99 Usual price: £19.99
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Understanding social citizenship (second edition)
Themes and perspectives for policy and practiceThis updated edition of Understanding social citizenship provides an understanding of citizenship in relation to UK, EU and global welfare institutions. The second edition contains new topical sections on 'Cameron's Conservatism' and the EU and A8/10 migration in the UK.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Understanding theories and concepts in social policy
This lively textbook, part of the successful Understanding Welfare series, helps us to understand policy, politics and practice. It combines an in-depth exploration of selected theoretical perspectives and concepts with a student-friendly format.
More infoPaperback price: £15.99 Usual price: £19.99
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Understanding theories and concepts in social policy
This lively textbook, part of the successful Understanding Welfare series, helps us to understand policy, politics and practice. It combines an in-depth exploration of selected theoretical perspectives and concepts with a student-friendly format.
More infoHardback price: £48.00 Usual price: £60.00
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Understanding human need
This book provides an accessible overview of human needs, exploring how they may be translated into rights. It also looks at how social policy can be informed by a politics of human need.
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Understanding human need
This book provides an accessible overview of human needs, exploring how they may be translated into rights. It also looks at how social policy can be informed by a politics of human need.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Understanding social welfare movements
Jason Annetts, Alex Law, Wallace McNeish, Gerry Mooney
Understanding social welfare movements" is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the demands of social movements.
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Understanding equal opportunities and diversity
The social differentiations and intersections of inequalityThis book challenges the official discourse that shapes the debates on Equal Opportunities and Diversity (EO&D) at national, regional and European level and will be a key text for students and researchers of EO&D in many fields.
More infoPaperback price: £17.59 Usual price: £21.99
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Understanding equal opportunities and diversity
The social differentiations and intersections of inequalityThis book challenges the official discourse that shapes the debates on Equal Opportunities and Diversity (EO&D) at national, regional and European level and will be a key text for students and researchers of EO&D in many fields.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
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Understanding the policy process (Second edition)
Analysing welfare policy and practiceThis book explains how and why social policy change occurs. Using core concepts of policy analysis it builds up a fully worked explanation of social policy change that can be applied to any aspect of welfare policy and public and social policy. This second edition of the book updates the bestselling first edition for the post-Blair era with international case studies from numerous countries.
More infoPaperback price: £17.59 Usual price: £21.99
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Understanding the policy process (Second edition)
Analysing welfare policy and practiceThis book explains how and why social policy change occurs. Using core concepts of policy analysis it builds up a fully worked explanation of social policy change that can be applied to any aspect of welfare policy and public and social policy. This second edition of the book updates the bestselling first edition for the post-Blair era with international case studies from numerous countries.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
