Jo Cunningham & Steve Cunningham 
Social Policy and Social Work [EPUB ebook] 
An Introduction

An understanding of social policy is crucial for social workers as it underpins and shapes the legislative framework that they work within. From safeguarding service users and enabling them to improve their lives, to protecting the most vulnerable in society, social policy also has a vital role to play within social work education. It is important therefore for students to engage critically with social policy. This book introduces policy and shows how it has changed and evolved over time, how it reflects changes in society and how it is applied to everyday practice.

Spis treści

Part I: The historical and theoretical context

Chapter 1: Social policy and social work

Chapter 2: The development of social policy and social work in the nineteenth century

Chapter 3: Ideology, social policy and social work

Chapter 4: Social democracy and the development of social policy and social work after 1945

Chapter 5: Neo-liberalism and the development of social policy and social work after 1979

Part II: Social policy, social work and service users

Chapter 6: Marxism, Social Policy and Social Work

Chapter 7: Children, social policy and social work

Chapter 8: Youth, social policy, social work and the ′crisis of youth’

Chapter 9: Adults, social policy and social work: The personalisation agenda

Chapter 10: Ageing, social policy and social work

O autorze

Steve Cunningham is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Central Lancashire. He has taught sociology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level for 27 years. His research interests are focused on welfare history, poverty and social security, the sociology of welfare and children’s political activism. He is the author of numerous publications in these areas.