This 'new look' edition is designed to provide readers with up-to-date information about developments and changes in core UK social policy areas. Additional chapters provide in-depth analyses of topical issues in UK and international perspective, while the new themed section examines the changes that have taken place in UK welfare since the first Thatcher government came to power twenty-five years ago.Social Policy Review is an excellent source of information and opinion about core aspects of contemporary social policy for students and academics alike. It will also appeal to all those with an interest in 'welfare' in the widest sense of the term.
Social Policy Review 16 is an excellent source of information and opinion about core aspects of contemporary social policy for students and academics alike. It will also appeal to all those with an interest in welfare in the widest sense of the term.
Social Policy Review 16 has been given a new editorial lease of life and has been re-organised to reflect more closely key developments in the UK and internationally.
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"The new look Social Policy Review combines up-to-date reviews of current policies with penetrating historical and comparative analyses. It will be invaluable for students, teachers and practitioners alike." Alan Deacon, Chair, Social Policy Association
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| Introduction |
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Nick Ellison, Linda Bauld and Martin Powell |
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| Part One: Developments in UK social policy |
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one Housing policy: coming in from the cold? |
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two The NHS in England: from modernisation to marketisation? |
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Judith Allsop and Rob Baggott |
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three Developments in social security |
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four The rise of the meritocracy? New Labour and education in the second term |
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61 | (20) |
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five The personal social services |
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| Part Two: Social policy in the wider context |
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six 'Scottish solutions to Scottish problems'? Social welfare in Scotland since devolution |
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101 | (20) |
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seven The primacy of ideology: social policy and the first term of the National Assembly for Wales |
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Paul Chaney and Mark Drakeford |
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eight Attlee versus Blair: Labour governments and progressive social policy in historical perspective |
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143 | (24) |
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nine Christian democracy, social democracy and the continental 'welfare without work' syndrome |
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167 | (20) |
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Kees van Kersbergen and Anton Hemerijck |
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ten Activation through thick and thin: progressive approaches to labour market activation |
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187 | (22) |
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| Part Three: Social policy since 1979 - the impact of Thatcherism |
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eleven Social policy since 1979: a view from the right |
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211 | (20) |
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twelve Mrs Thatcher's legacy: getting it in perspective |
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231 | (20) |
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thirteen Privatisation, privatisation, privatisation: the British welfare state since 1979 |
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251 | (20) |
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fourteen Social policy since 1979: a view from the USA |
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Nick Ellison, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Durham. Martin Powell, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath. Linda Bauld, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Glasgow.
