Author: Offer, John
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 144733535X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Robert Pinker has written extensively on social policy matters since the early 1960s. His distinct approach to understanding concepts such as welfare pluralism is of particular relevance today as welfare pluralism remains an essential component of the policy mix, giving people access to a greater range and diversity of statutory, voluntary, and private sector services than unitary models of welfare provide. Social Policy and Welfare Pluralism presents the first collection of Robert Pinker’s essays in one edited volume. It includes essays on the ways in which welfare theories and ideologies and public expectations have influenced and shaped the political processes of policy making. Other essays focus on clarifying some of the key concepts that underpin the study of social policy. Pinker also reviews the extent to which the United Kingdom has succeeded in creating a ‘policy mix’ in which normative compromises are negotiated between the claims of market individualism and public sector collectivism. The concluding chapter by Robert Pinker reviews the prospects for social policy in the UK over the next five years.
Author: Norman Johnson
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN: 9780870236181
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Focusing on welfare states in capitalist societies, The Welfare State in Transition carries forward the debate on pluralism, identifying and discussing the problems involved in transferring responsibility for welfare services from the state to the other three sectors.
Author: Robert A. Pinker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781447335368
Category : Public welfare
Languages : en
Pages :
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This book presents the first collection of Robert Pinker's influential essays in one edited volume, discussing the key concepts underpinning the study of social policy and the ways in which welfare theories and ideologies together with public expectations have shaped the political processes of policy making.
Author: Adalbert Evers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cross-cultural studies
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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This book offers a pluralistic view of care for the elderly. Be it by emphasizing market solutions, the important roles of the voluntary sector or the family, the idea that social welfare is not only a state affair is shared nowadays across ideological and geographical boundaries.
Author: Howard Jacob Karger
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Now featuring a full-color design, the best-selling text for policy analysis provides students with a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues. Thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the impact of dramatic changes in social welfare policy, the Fifth Edition continues to focus on how the major sectors of social welfare policy-the voluntary, governmental, and corporate sectors-operate and co-exist (the "pluralist approach"), while also offering a clear, user-friendly framework for policy analysis. Book jacket.
Author: Howard Karger
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780205023479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: James Midgley
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761915614
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Comprises 33 papers grouped under five themes: The Nature of social policy; The History of social policy; Social policy and the social services; The Political economy of social policy; and International and future perspectives on social policy.
Author: Powell, Martin
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447333225
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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As the state withdraws from welfare provision, the mixed economy of welfare – involving private, voluntary and informal sectors – has become ever more important. This second edition of Powell’s acclaimed textbook on the subject brings together a wealth of respected contributors. New features of this revised edition include: • An updated perspective on the mixed economy of welfare (MEW) and social division of welfare (SDW) in the context of UK Coalition and Conservative governments • A conceptual framework that links the MEW and SDW with debates on topics of major current interest such as ‘Open Public Services’, ‘Big Society’, Any Qualified Provider’, Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and ‘Public Private Partnerships’ (PPP) Containing helpful features such as summaries, questions for discussion, further reading suggestions and electronic resources, this will be a valuable introductory resource for students of social policy, social welfare and social work at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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ISBN: 9780205553129
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Sheying Chen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Aged
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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A study of community care and social policy that compares the Western and Chinese experiences. The book begins with a theoretical analysis of Western community care and a review of Western welfare models.
