International Social Policy: Welfare Regimes in the Developed World

International Social Policy: Welfare Regimes in the Developed World

by PeteAlcock (Editor), Gary Craig (Editor)

Synopsis

International Social Policy is a major new contribution to the growing literature on the study of comparative social policy. The book is genuinely international with each chapter written by a social policy expert, or experts, from that country. An overview of themes and issues is provided by the editors in a wide-ranging introduction. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be essential reading for all students of comparative social policy.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 20 Jun 2001

ISBN 10: 0333748662
ISBN 13: 9780333748664

Author Bio
PETE ALCOCK is author of the best-selling Social Policy in Britain: Themes and Issues as well as Understanding Poverty (second edition). He is co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Social Policy and past Chair of the Social Policy Association. He is Chair of the editorial board of the Journal of Social Policy. - GARY CRAIG is co-editor of Community Empowerment: An International Reader, and co-author of Community Work and the State. He is President of the International Association of Community Development and an executive committee member of the Social Policy Association. AE(00): Consultant Editor: JO CAMPLING