Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with a critical analyses of progress and change in areas of interest during the past year. The contributions bring together internationally renowned authors to provide discussion of the most challenging issues facing social policy today. The field of social policy has a rich history but policies on the ground are undergoing intensive change. Governments around the world are responding to political, economic and financial pressures, many of them linked to the global economic crisis. National agendas typically have social policy at or close to the centre. This latest edition of Social Policy Review presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. It brings together research by an exciting range of internationally renowned authors and examines important debates in British and international social policy. This edition includes a special focus in the third part on work, employment and insecurity. Social Policy Review is essential reading for social policy academics and students and for anyone who is interested in the social and economic implications of government policy.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9781447312741

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.