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New Risks, New Welfare
Contributor(s): Manning, Nick (Editor), Shaw, Ian (Editor), Finer, Catherine Jones (Editor)
ISBN: 0631220429     ISBN-13: 9780631220428
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $43.51  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: August 2000
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Annotation: This book is concerned with the likely developments in social policy and welfare states in the twenty first century. The introduction looks back both to the thoughts that social policy scholars might have entertained at the turn of the last century or two, and more speculatively to what they might have thought in AD 999, at the end of the last millennium. The contributions relate to a number of themes: social change; international or inter-regional change; the type of welfare system; and changes in work in all its aspects, not just paid work.

These themes all affect the future of social policy. The book shows that:


social policy is in general the creature of social change generated elsewhere in society, and to which social policy is a response
the EU and global integration will play important roles in social policy in the future
while the 1990s were dominated by the analysis of unitary types of welfare system (regime), the proposed typologies are less clear cut once the types of social policy such as social care rather than income support, and types of recipient - women or ethnic minorities rather than white male workers - are taken as the focus
the relations of production, specifically industrial relations, are intimately related to the development of welfare regimes, and have changed significantly in recent years


The sum of these contributions is to explore profound changes which are currently underway which will have significant implications for the future of social policy.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - Social Security
- Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
Dewey: 361.61
LCCN: 00-25850
Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.85" W x 8.94" (0.50 lbs) 168 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
This exceptional collection, the third in the Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy series, explores the profound changes currently underway which will have significant implications for the future of social policy. New Risks, New Welfare provides a look at the likely developments in social policy and welfare that will occur in the twenty-first century. Taking an historical as well as a speculative perspective, this book looks at social change, types of welfare systems and changes in work - including welfare work - to navigate a likely course in the new millennium.