The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Exploring welfare debates

Exploring welfare debates

by Lee Gregory (Author), podcastsandclassactivitiesIncludesstimulusmaterial (Illustrator), Providesstudentswithacomprehensivevocabularyandtoo (Editor)

  • New

    Hardcover 2018

    $163.28
Synopsis

This wide-ranging guide to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding social policy. It unpacks common questions and assumptions about the purpose, value and focus of welfare systems and provides students with a comprehensive vocabulary and toolkit for analysing policy examples and developing social science arguments.

$163.28

Quantity

20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 282
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 16 May 2018
ISBN 10: 1447326555
ISBN 13: 9781447326557

Media Reviews
Engaging, well-constructed and thoughtful, this is just the book to get students interested and to make them think. Professor Jane Millar, University of Bath Lee Gregory draws on his experience of teaching and his enthusiasm for the subject to provide an engaging and accessible guide to the key debates in Social Policy. Students at all levels will find this an inspiring and reliable introduction to the subject. Pete Alcock, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham Lee Gregory's book reasserts the core importance of the study of social policy to understanding the increasingly complex world that we live in today. I would recommend this as a core text to every social policy student. Christina Pantazis, University of Bristol
Author Bio
Dr Lee Gregory is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Lee's research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision. He is specifically interested in the role of welfare provision in perpetuating and challenging social problems.