Michael Lavalette & Alan Pratt 
Social Policy [EPUB ebook] 
Theories, Concepts and Issues

The
Third Edition of this widely adopted textbook has been thoroughly revised and offers an authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the key theories, concepts and issues in social policy. The lively and readable text has been designed to provide students with the essential tools to gain a clear understanding of the theoretical debates surrounding the discipline.

The book is organized into three parts:

• Part One offers a detailed but accessible critique of major theoretical approaches such as neo-liberalism, Marxism, feminism and racism;

• Part Two explores conceptual debates such as distributive justice and postmodernism;

• PArt Three engages with contemporary social policy issues such as children, pensions and the role of New Labour.

It also features newly commissioned chapters to reflect recent developments and current debates within social policy. New areas of consideration include:

• Citizenship

• Post-structuralism

• The politics of food

• Globalization

Student exercises and reading lists feature throughout the text and practical examples are skilfully used to illustrate conceptual and theoretical material, making it the ideal core textbook for undergraduate social policy students, as well as those studying related welfare modules across the social sciences.

Tabela de Conteúdo

THEORETICAL APPROACHES

Neo-Liberalism and Social Policy

Towards a `New′ Social Democracy

Marxism and Welfarism

Feminist Critiques of Social Policy

Racism and Social Policy

CONCEPTUAL DEBATES IN SOCIAL POLICY

Distributive Justice and Social Policy

Citizenship, Social Solidarity and Social Policy

Cultural Turns, Post-Structuralism and Social Policy

Living in a Material World

Postmodernism and Social Policy

SOME CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES

Children, Social Policy and the State

The Dichotomy of Care and Control

`Demographic Time Bomb′, or `Apocalyptic Demography′

The Great Pensions Debate

Social Policy and the Politics of Food

Wage Supplementation, Social Policy and the State

From then Old Poor Law to New Labour

New Labour and the Management of Welfare

Globalization and Social Policy