Screen LibraryHandbook on society and social policy /
This comprehensive Handbook provides a unique overview of the key issues and challenges facing society and social policy in the twenty-first century, discussing how welfare is conceptualised, organised and delivered in contemporary global society. Chapters engage with specific areas of social policy...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This comprehensive Handbook provides a unique overview of the key issues and challenges facing society and social policy in the twenty-first century, discussing how welfare is conceptualised, organised and delivered in contemporary global society. Chapters engage with specific areas of social policy as well as with the social divisions and institutional infrastructures that underpin them. The Handbook also considers how social policy should respond to the challenges posed by austerity, human migration and the climate crisis. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 535 pages : illustrations, forms ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781788113519 (hardback) : 1788113519 (hardback) 9781788113526 (electronic book) 1788113527 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | HN18 |
| CLC: | C916.1-62 |
| Call Number: | C916.1-62/H236 |