Michael Hill, Zoë Irving

Exploring the World of Social Policy (eBook, ePUB)

An International Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book: . explores the economic, social and political contexts of social policy; . examines in detail its institutions and fields of practice; . illustrates the field's main ideas, themes and practices, drawing on a rich international literature and using pertinent and thought-provoking examples. Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus. Clear, authoritative and wide-ranging, it will be essential reading for students of social sciences taking courses covering social policy, social welfare and comparative policy analysis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447335016
• Artikelnr.: 59202788

Autorenporträt

Michael Hill is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Newcastle University. Zoë Irving is Reader in Comparative and International Social Policy at the University of York.