- 252 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book: • explores the economic, social and political contexts of social policy; • examines in detail its institutions and fields of practice; • illustrates the field's main ideas, themes and practices, drawing on a rich international literature and using pertinent and thought-provoking examples. Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus. Clear, authoritative and wide-ranging, it will be essential reading for students of social sciences taking courses covering social policy, social welfare and comparative policy analysis.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- Preface
- 1. Social policy and social progress: how can we explore the world?
- Part I: Themes and perspectives
- Part II: Policy domains
- Notes
- References