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Understanding social policy
- Author:
- HILL Michael
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 240p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
A comprehensive introduction to the study of social policy, taking into account changes made during Margaret Thatcher's terms in office.
The justice gap
- Author:
- COMMISSION ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
- Publisher:
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 69p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Discussion document from the independent Commission on Social Justice set up at the instigation of John Smith. Sets out the Commission's vision of social justice; documents the extent of social injustice in Britain to day; and argues that Beveridge's attack on the 'five great evils' of want, disease, idleness, ignorance and squalor must now be matched by a commitment to extent to all citizens the 'five great opportunities' of education, work, good health, a safe environment and financial independence.
The campaign guide 1992: companion volume to the 1991 guide
- Editor:
- COOKE Alistair B.
- Publisher:
- Conservative and Unionist Central Office
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 434p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Maastricht: what does it mean for social services?
- Author:
- SWITHINBANK Andrew
- Publisher:
- Kent County Council. Social Sevices Department
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidstone
Summarises the Treaty and highlights what is different and what is the same as a result of it.
Towards a European welfare state?
- Editor:
- ROOM Graham
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. School for Advanced Urban Studies
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 292p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Collection of essays examining the processes of convergence or divergence that are re-shaping welfare policies in Europe and the scope for individual countries to maintain distinctive welfare systems; the prospects for a supranational (European) social policy; and the conceptual and legislative languages best suited to defining social policy choices that face European societies during the 1990's.
The goals of social policy
- Editors:
- BULMER Martin, LEWIS Jane, PIACHAUD David
- Publisher:
- Unwin Hyman
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 330p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
An introduction to the central concerns of social policy. Close attention is given to social policy and the family, economy and the community.
Social and cultural report 1988: the Netherlands
- Author:
- NETHERLANDS. Social and Cultural Planning Office
- Publisher:
- Netherlands. Social and Cultural Planning Office
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 436p., tables, diags.
- Place of publication:
- Rijowijk
British welfare policy: workhouse to workfare
- Author:
- DIGBY Anne
- Publisher:
- Faber and Faber
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 168p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Traces the emergence of social welfare policy since the 1830s. Looks at the recurring problems posed by a system of benefits, and examines the ways in which many forms of private and public welfare have fostered social inequality.
The politics of field research: sociology beyond enlightenment
- Editors:
- GUBRIUM Jaber F., SILVERMAN David
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 272p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the political and philosophical context of social field research in general, and examines its role in particular fields of study such as service policy, advertising and management.
Ideologies of caring: rethinking community and collectivism
- Author:
- DALLEY Gillian
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 165p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke