This new edition of an acclaimed undergraduate text offers both a critical commentary on the core areas of social policy in Britain - particularly as they have developed under the auspices of the New Labour government - and an appraisal of the key ideas currently informing British welfare policy. It thus combines discussion of staple topics with original arguments about the new shape of social policy at the start of the twenty-first century.
Combines discussion of core policy areas with cutting-edge theoretical debate
Reputation of editors and many of the contributors as experts and agenda-setting writers
Range of chapters extends the boundaries of social policy as a discipline into important and topical policy areas (such as transport, genetics, and new information and communication policies) which are commonly missed out of competitor texts
Clear editorial structure to maximise ease of use across a range of course types
Nick Ellison
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