Handbook on society and social policy
"This comprehensive handbook provides a unique examination of the key issues and challenges facing society and social policy in the twenty-first century. Featuring both wide-ranging coverage of major issues and detailed analysis of social policies in different countries, the handbook explores key concepts, policy areas and institutions, considering welfare and social policy in the context of wider socio-economic and cultural divisions. In addition to examining specific policy areas, contributors engage with the social divisions and complex infrastructures that underpin them on both local and global scales. Chapters also discuss significant challenges to contemporary social policy, including the threats to human and societal well-being posed by austerity, migration and the climate crisis, as well as the opportunities these present to reshape policy conceptually, ideologically and practically in the future in response to these issues. Scholars and students in social policy, sociology and political science looking for a comprehensive overview of the field of social policy will find this handbook an invaluable resource. It will also prove useful to researchers and practitioners seeking in-depth analyses of particular countries or policy areas covered."--
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Subject: |
Social policy Social reform |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cheltenham, Glos, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2020] |
| ISBN: | 9781788113519 1788113519 |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. List of contributors -- 1. Introduction to the Handbook on society and social policy / Nick Ellison and Tina Haux -- Part I. Ideas and concepts: 2. Poverty and inequality / Bea Cantillon ; 3. Needs and rights / Hartley Dean ; 4. Citizenship / Daniel Edmiston ; 5. Social investment : polysemy in perspective / Jane Jenson -- Part II. Social policy and social divisions: 6. Class / David Byrne ; 7. Gender / Elizabeth Adamson ; 8. Religion, belief and public policy / Adam Dinham ; 9. Race and ethnicity / Nasar Meer ; 10. Disability / Miro Griffiths ; 11. Generations and the life course / Athina Vlachantoni and Yazhen Yang -- Part III. Welfare systems: 12. Western and Northern Europe / Bjørn Hvinden and Mi Ah Schoyen ; 13. Eastern Europe / Jana Javornik ; 14. Southern Europe / Theodoros Papadopoulos and Antonios Roumpakis ; 15. Liberal welfare systems / Christopher Deeming ; 16. Latin America : inertia and transformation in five dual welfare regimes / Carlos Barba Solano and Enrique Valencia Lomelí ; 17. India : welfare/disfare from Nehru's imagination to Modi's dirigiste reforms / Keerty Nakray ; 18. China : social policy and reforms / Alex Jingwei He, Zilin Lee and Genghua Huang ; 19. East Asia / Gyu-Jin Hwang ; 20. The Middle East and North Africa / Rana Jawad -- Part IV. Contemporary social policies: 21. Pensions / Kati Kuitto and Susan Kuivalainen ; 22. Changing work and welfare : unemployment and labour market policies / Bernhard Ebbinghaus ; 23. Health policy : in sickness and in health / Michael Calnan ; 24. Social care / Patrick Hall, Catherine Needham and Kate Hamblin ; 25. Housing policy / Nicholas Pleace ; 26. Education policy / Julian L. Garritzmann ; 27. Family policies and child well-being / Lidia Panico and Morgan Kitzmann ; 28. Criminal justice / Tim Newburn -- Part V. Institutions and welfare delivery: 29. The state / Hugh Bochel ; 30. Public-private partnerships : the delivery of public employment services / Dan Finn ; 31. The third sector and the welfare state / Eddy Hogg ; 32. Fiscal welfare / Nathalie Morel ; 33. Social, corporate, occupational : the 'whole economy' of welfare / Kevin Farnsworth ; 34. Global institutions / Alexandra Kaasch -- Part VI. Contemporary challenges: 35. Debt, austerity capitalism and the welfare state / Fiona Dukelow ; 36. Transnational social vulnerabilities and reconfigurations of 'social policy' / Erica Righard and Mikael Spång ; 37. Welfare states, social policies and the environment / Håkan Johansson and Max Koch ; 38. Migration and the welfare state : welfare magnets and welfare chauvinism / Tim Reeskens ; 39. Conclusion : looking ahead / Tina Haux and Nick Ellison -- Index. |
| Course: |
SW507 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (4/F) | 361.61 HAN 2020 | Available |