The Goals of Social Policy

First published in 1989, The Goals of Social Policy is an invaluable text that will give students an admirable introduction to the central concerns of the study of social policy.

Autorentext

Martin Bulmer, Jane Lewis and David Piachaud

Zusammenfassung
First published in 1989, The Goals of Social Policy is an invaluable text that will give students an admirable introduction to the central concerns of the study of social policy.

Inhalt

Tables and Figures Contributors Preface Part I Introduction 1. Social Policy: subject or object? Part II Social Policy: Retrospect and Prospect 2. The Webbs, The Charity Organisation Society and the Ratan Tata Foundation: Social policy from the perspective of 1912 **3. The academic tradition in social policy: The Titmuss years **4. Social work and social policy in the twentieth century: retrospect and prospect **5. Swimming against the tide: the prospects for social policy Part III Social Policy and the Family 6. Introduction **7. The construction of dependency **8. Social policy, social engineering and the family in the 1990s **9. Dependency in the welfare state **10. The social construction of dependency: comments from a Third World perspective Part IV Social Policy and the Community 11. Introduction 12. Social policy: the community-based approach **13. Community development and the underclass **14. Social polarization, the inner city and community **15. Only disconnect: law and order, social policy and the community **16. The underclass, empowerment and public Part V Social Policy and the Economy 17. Introduction **18. Social policy and the economy **19. Inequality in developing countries: a comment on Ferge **20. Can we afford to work? Part VI Conclusions 21. Concluding thoughts: an inside view **22. Concluding thoughts: an outside view Index