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Understanding Social Policy

Michael Hill, Zoë M. Irving · ISBN 9781405181761
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Publisher John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Author(s) Michael Hill / Zoë M. Irving
Edition 1
Published 16th January 2009
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The eighth edition of this successful textbook provides a
student-friendly assessment of the key substantive areas of social
policy and the context and processes which surround their
development.


  • Written to engage students across the health and social
    sciences as well as those studying social policy as a main
    subject

  • Features a greater emphasis on key principles, themes, and
    issues, an overview of recent policy changes, broader coverage of
    the historical and global context, and new chapters on social care
    for adults and on education and children

  • Uses case studies and other text box material to illustrate the
    contents of each chapter

  • Provides an accessible introduction to key areas of policy
    while inviting readers to consider these in historical, social, and
    comparative context

  • Investigates current constitutional changes and their potential
    impact upon social policy

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