Social policy : theory and practice /
By: Paul Spicker.
Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2014Edition: 3rd edition.Description: xii, 497 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781447316107; 9781447316107:.Subject(s): Social policy![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographic references and indexes.
List of tables, figures and boxes -- About the author -- Preface -- Introduction : the nature of social policy -- Welfare in society -- Inequalities -- Problems and responses -- Needs and welfare -- Indicators : quantifying social issues -- Public policy -- Welfare states -- Principles and values -- Strategies for welfare -- Policy in practice -- Welfare sectors -- The organisation of public services -- Value for money -- Service delivery -- Receiving welfare -- The administrative process -- Research for policy -- Evidence and policy -- Social policy for practice -- Social policy : a guide to sources -- Glossary -- Index of subjects -- Index of names.
This textbook has now been revised, enlarged and fully updated. It contains an entire new section on practice.