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- ISBN 9780745645841
- Weight: 322g
- Dimensions: 147 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 06 Aug 2010
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Daniel Beland is Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan.
