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Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice series



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  • Understanding global social policy

    This book, written by an international team of leading social policy analysts, is the first student aimed textbook that comprehensively engages with the field of global social policy.
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    Hardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00

  • Understanding global social policy

    This book, written by an international team of leading social policy analysts, is the first student aimed textbook that comprehensively engages with the field of global social policy.
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    Paperback price: £17.59 Usual price: £21.99

  • Understanding inequality, poverty and wealth
    Policies and prospects

    This major textbook provides students with a critical understanding of poverty and social exclusion in relation to wealth, rather than as separate from it.
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    Hardback price: £48.00 Usual price: £60.00

  • Understanding inequality, poverty and wealth
    Policies and prospects

    This major textbook provides students with a critical understanding of poverty and social exclusion in relation to wealth, rather than as separate from it.
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    Paperback price: £15.99 Usual price: £19.99

  • Understanding equal opportunities and diversity
    The social differentiations and intersections of inequality

    This 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.
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    Hardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00

  • Understanding equal opportunities and diversity
    The social differentiations and intersections of inequality

    This 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.
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    Paperback price: £17.59 Usual price: £21.99

  • 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.
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    Hardback price: £48.00 Usual price: £60.00

  • 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 info

    Paperback price: £15.99 Usual price: £19.99

  • Understanding the mixed economy of welfare

    Although state provision may have dominated in Britain since 1945, there is a growing movement towards welfare pluralism - a mixed economy of welfare - involving private, voluntary and informal sectors. This book, written by social policy and welfare experts, sheds light on this neglected area of social policy.
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    Paperback price: £18.39 Usual price: £22.99

  • Understanding health policy

    In recent years the pace of reform in health policy and the NHS has been relentless. But how are policies formed and implemented? This exciting new book takes a fresh look at the processes and institutions that make health policy. As with all the books in the Understanding Welfare series, this book has been written particularly with the needs of students in mind. However, it will also be invaluable to policy makers and practitioners in the health policy field.
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    Hardback price: £48.00 Usual price: £60.00

  • Understanding health policy

    In recent years the pace of reform in health policy and the NHS has been relentless. But how are policies formed and implemented? This exciting new book takes a fresh look at the processes and institutions that make health policy. As with all the books in the Understanding Welfare series, this book has been written particularly with the needs of students in mind. However, it will also be invaluable to policy makers and practitioners in the health policy field.
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    Paperback price: £15.99 Usual price: £19.99

  • Understanding immigration and refugee policy
    Contradictions and continuities

    The book provides an essential background to understanding debates surrounding immigration and refugee policy. It examines different theoretical approaches to immigration and explores links between immigration policy, welfare and social exclusion, as well as documenting migrants' experiences in negotiating and challenging these policies.
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    Hardback price: £48.00 Usual price: £60.00

  • Understanding immigration and refugee policy
    Contradictions and continuities

    The book provides an essential background to understanding debates surrounding immigration and refugee policy. It examines different theoretical approaches to immigration and explores links between immigration policy, welfare and social exclusion, as well as documenting migrants' experiences in negotiating and challenging these policies.
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    Paperback price: £17.59 Usual price: £21.99

  • Understanding 'race' and ethnicity
    Theory, history, policy, practice

    This much-needed textbook combines historical and theoretical approaches to the issue of 'race' and ethnicity within welfare provision, including an examination of how minorities experience welfare in a range of service settings
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    Hardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00

  • Understanding 'race' and ethnicity
    Theory, history, policy, practice

    This much-needed textbook combines historical and theoretical approaches to the issue of 'race' and ethnicity within welfare provision, including an examination of how minorities experience welfare in a range of service settings
    More info

    Paperback price: £18.39 Usual price: £22.99


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