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Michael Cahill - The New Social Policy - 9780631178620 - V9780631178620
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The New Social Policy

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Description for The New Social Policy Paperback. This student text introduces the main themes and issues of social policy. By examining a variety of social topics, such as leisure, work, media and information technology, the book explores the nature of inequality and the impact of social policy. It then considers the future for social policy. Num Pages: 280 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Social policy has been too narrowly conceived for too long, often failing to address the many changes and challenges of contemporary society.

This groundbreaking introductory textbook sets down an agenda for a new social policy. No longer limited to the five services that have traditionally characterized the "welfare state", the discipline must look to the interconnections between these services and other areas of policy.

Michael Cahill here presents a social life of analysis of social policy built on the premise that only if we are sensitive to the context in which government policy programmes operate can we provide good social ... Read more

Chapters on communicating, viewing, travelling, shopping, working and playing examine these areas from the perspective of everyday life. Each chapter focuses on the theme of inequality in the examination of social change and social life: the old inequalities which persist and the new inequalities which have been produced. In addition, each thematic chapter is supplemented by discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.

Timely and accessible, this much-needed textbook will be welcomed by students and teachers of public policy, social policy and administration, and social studies.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631178620
SKU
V9780631178620
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Michael Cahill
Michael Cahill is Principle Lecturer in Social Policy and Deputy Head of the Department of Community Studies at the University of Brighton.

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