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Social Policy: Themes and Approaches

Paul Spicker

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Preface: The Study of Social Policy. UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL POLICY. 1. The Nature of Social Policy. 2. The Social Context of Welfare. 3. Problems and Responses. 4. Welfare Strategies. 5. Explaining Social Policies. 6. Welfare States. PROCESS: THE ORGANISATION AND DELIVERY OF WELFARE. 7. The Policy Process. 8. Delivering Welfare. 9. The Organisations of Welfare. 10. Providing Services. 11. The Demand for Services. 12. Receiving Welfare. 13. Comparing Welfare Systems. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN SOCIAL POLICY. 14. Research for Policy. 15. Evaluating Social Policy. Appendices

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Preface: The Study of Social Policy. UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL POLICY. 1. The Nature of Social Policy. 2. The Social Context of Welfare. 3. Problems and Responses. 4. Welfare Strategies. 5. Explaining Social Policies. 6. Welfare States. PROCESS: THE ORGANISATION AND DELIVERY OF WELFARE. 7. The Policy Process. 8. Delivering Welfare. 9. The Organisations of Welfare. 10. Providing Services. 11. The Demand for Services. 12. Receiving Welfare. 13. Comparing Welfare Systems. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN SOCIAL POLICY. 14. Research for Policy. 15. Evaluating Social Policy. Appendices

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Preface: The Study of Social Policy. UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL POLICY. 1. The Nature of Social Policy. 2. The Social Context of Welfare. 3. Problems and Responses. 4. Welfare Strategies. 5. Explaining Social Policies. 6. Welfare States. PROCESS: THE ORGANISATION AND DELIVERY OF WELFARE. 7. The Policy Process. 8. Delivering Welfare. 9. The Organisations of Welfare. 10. Providing Services. 11. The Demand for Services. 12. Receiving Welfare. 13. Comparing Welfare Systems. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN SOCIAL POLICY. 14. Research for Policy. 15. Evaluating Social Policy. Appendices

Key concepts: Social policy, Social Welfare, Welfare, Context (archaeology), Public economics, Process (computing), Social work, Political science

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