| Rethinking European Welfare: Transformations of European Social Policy Contributor(s): Fink, Janet (Editor), Lewis, Gail (Editor), Clarke, John H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 076197279X ISBN-13: 9780761972792 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $55.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: This is an important and timely book not least in considering the EU's inchoate social regime alongside established national systems, that draws attentionto the subtle, yet often neglected, ways in which welfare systems unwittingly distort the lives of their beneficiaries' - "Political Studies " Rethinking European Welfare provides a wide-ranging and innovative rethinking of the study of Europe and social policy and offers new ways of analysing European welfare and its future. Whilst acknowledging the importance of research and analysis of policy making in Europe, this Reader addresses a range of other challenging and provoking issues which have been marginalized or ignored in the study of European social policy. It will be essential reading for students of European social policy, social and public administration, social work, sociology, politics, cultural studies and European studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration |
| Dewey: 361.94 |
| LCCN: 2001269605 |
| Series: Published in Association with the Open University |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.14" W x 9.12" (1.05 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rethinking European Welfare provides a wide-ranging and innovative rethinking of the study of Europe and social policy and offers new ways of analyzing European welfare and its future. Whilst acknowledging the importance of research and analysis of policy making in Europe, this Reader addresses a range of other challenging and provoking issues which have been marginalized or ignored in the study of European social policy. . |