| What Is Social Policy? Contributor(s): Beland, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745645836 ISBN-13: 9780745645834 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $69.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 361.61 |
| Series: Ppss - Polity Political Sociology |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.3" (0.83 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From housing, pensions and family benefits, to health care, unemployment insurance and social assistance, the welfare state is a key aspect of our lives. But social programs are contested political realities that we can't hope to understand without locating them within the big picture. This book provides a concise political and sociological introduction to social policy, helping readers to grasp the nature of social programs and the political struggles surrounding them. It takes a broad comparative and historical viewpoint on the United States, using an international perspective to contextualize American social policy within the developed world. Provocative and engaging, it offers insight into a wide range of social policy issues such as: welfare regimes, welfare state development, the politics of retrenchment and restructuring; the relationship between social programs and various forms of inequality; changing family and economic relations; the role of private social benefits; the potential impact of globalization; and debates about the future of the welfare state. What is Social Policy? will be stimulating reading for upper-level students of sociology, political science, public policy, and social work. |