Handbook on society and social policy. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nick Ellison, Tina Haux.
• Editors: Ellison, Nicholas, 1952-; Haux, Tina
• 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
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 361.6/1; Social policy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788113526; 1788113527
• Related ISBNs: 1788113519; 9781788113519
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 22, 2020).
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