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Handbook on society and social policy /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Ellison, Nicholas, 1952- (Editor), Haux, Tina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020]
Subjects:
Social policy.
Social policy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Society and Social Policy
  • PART I IDEAS AND CONCEPTS
  • 2. Poverty and inequality
  • 3. Needs and rights
  • 4. Citizenship
  • 5. Social investment: polysemy in perspective
  • PART II SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS
  • 6. Class
  • 7. Gender
  • 8. Religion, belief and public policy
  • 9. Race and ethnicity
  • 10. Disability
  • 11. Generations and the life course
  • PART III WELFARE SYSTEMS
  • 12. Western and Northern Europe
  • 13. Eastern Europe
  • 14. Southern Europe
  • 15. Liberal welfare systems
  • 16. Latin America: inertia and transformation in five dual welfare regimes
  • 17. India: welfare/disfare from Nehru's imagination to Modi's dirigiste reforms
  • 18. China: social policy and reforms
  • 19. East Asia
  • 20. The Middle East and North Africa
  • PART IV CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL POLICIES
  • 21. Pensions
  • 22. Changing work and welfare: unemployment and labour market policies
  • 23. Health policy: in sickness and in health
  • 24. Social care
  • 25. Housing policy
  • 26. Education policy
  • 27. Family policies and child well-being
  • 28. Criminal justice
  • PART V INSTITUTIONS AND WELFARE DELIVERY
  • 29. The state
  • 30. Public-private partnerships: the delivery of public employment services
  • 31. The third sector and the welfare state
  • 32. Fiscal welfare
  • 33. Social, corporate, occupational: the 'whole economy' of welfare
  • 34. Global institutions
  • PART VI CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
  • 35. Debt, austerity capitalism and the welfare state
  • 36. Transnational social vulnerabilities and reconfigurations of 'social policy'
  • 37. Welfare states, social policies and the environment
  • 38. Migration and the welfare state: welfare magnets and welfare chauvinism
  • 39. Conclusion: looking ahead
  • Index