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Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal
Butler, Ian; Drakeford, Mark
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Description for Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal
Hardcover. This text explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. It describes the process whereby scandals are constructed and pursued, and demonstrates how scandals coincide with key shifts in public policy, in ways that are more complex and reciprocal than might first appear. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFM; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 433.
This book explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. By critically examining some of the landmark scandals of the post war period, using a variety of contemporary records and by close examination of the public inquiries which followed, this book describes the process whereby scandals are constructed and pursued, and demonstrates how scandals coincide with key shifts in public policy, in ways that are more complex and reciprocal than might first appear.
This book explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. By critically examining some of the landmark scandals of the post war period, using a variety of contemporary records and by close examination of the public inquiries which followed, this book describes the process whereby scandals are constructed and pursued, and demonstrates how scandals coincide with key shifts in public policy, in ways that are more complex and reciprocal than might first appear.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333747629
SKU
V9780333747629
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Ref
99-15
About Butler, Ian; Drakeford, Mark
IAN BUTLER is a qualified social worker with considerable practice and managerial experience. He has worked in residential and field settings, mainly with children and their families, in the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors. He also worked as a parliamentary research assistant for members of the Labour Party before taking up a post as a lecturer in Social Work Studies ... Read more
Reviews for Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal
'This is an original and thought-provoking book which is very much to be welcomed.' - Social Policy 'For those who have concerns about the development of policy and the media representation of social work and social care, this is an important book.' - Brian Littlechild, University of Hertfordshire '...a significant and timely contribution to ... Read more