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Exploring the World of Social Policy : An International Approach.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (253 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781447335030
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 361.61
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Contents:
Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Preface -- 1. Social policy and social progress: how can we explore the world? -- Worlds of social policy -- The world of social policy -- The world of academic social policy study -- Social policy and social change -- Structure of the book -- Part I: Themes and perspectives -- 2. Inequalities and why they matter -- Introduction -- Inequality between and within nations -- Persistence and change in inequality -- Inequality and social policy -- Conclusion -- 3. Varieties of welfare -- Introduction -- The origins of comparative studies -- Esping-Andersen's regime model -- Developments of regime theory -- Reshaping the original regime types? -- Other regimes -- Using regime theory today -- Conclusion -- 4. Policy processes -- Introduction -- The exploration of power -- Theoretical approaches to continuity and change -- Agenda setting -- From agendas to outcomes -- Policy transfer and policy convergence -- Conclusion -- Part II: Policy domains -- 5. Income security -- Introduction -- The dominance of income security within social policy -- Social insurance -- Non-contributory cash transfers -- Means testing -- Comparing pension systems -- Comparative analysis of income security systems today: an overview -- Conclusion -- 6. Work and employment -- Introduction -- The meaning of work in its social context -- Labour as a commodity -- Comparative international data on employment and unemployment -- Employment policy as social policy -- Work and welfare -- The shift to 'active' labour market policies -- The global labour market -- Conclusion -- 7. Education -- Introduction -- National expenditure on education -- Education and social policy -- Education and society -- Characterizing and comparing education systems.
Education outputs: the PISA data source -- Education as a global enterprise -- Conclusion -- 8. Housing -- Introduction -- Housing and the market -- Housing and the state -- Policy solutions: helping the market or helping people? -- Housing need -- The dimensions of adequacy and inadequacy of housing -- Conclusion -- 9. Health -- Introduction -- Health outcomes -- Public policy as a response to health inequalities -- Health inequalities and health expenditure -- Health policy typologies: the usability of regime theory? -- Types but not regimes? -- Financing and provision -- Conclusion -- 10. Social care -- Introduction -- Private issues or public concerns? -- The relationship between social care policy and other social policies -- Variations in the need for social care -- Pre-school childcare -- Social care from youth to old age -- Care beyond working life -- The need for long-term care -- Approaches to the provision of public long-term care -- Conclusion -- 11. Environment -- Introduction -- Growth and GDP: the dominance of a production perspective -- Externalities and collective action problems -- Comparative approaches to environmental policy -- Pollution, disease and death -- Climate change -- Environmental policy as social policy -- Conclusion -- 12. Conclusion: A divided world of social policy? -- Introduction -- Understanding social policy in a global context -- The decline of solidarities in the twenty-first century -- The age of austerity and its consequences -- Social policy in a post-global world -- Concluding discussion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back cover.
Summary: Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus.
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Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Preface -- 1. Social policy and social progress: how can we explore the world? -- Worlds of social policy -- The world of social policy -- The world of academic social policy study -- Social policy and social change -- Structure of the book -- Part I: Themes and perspectives -- 2. Inequalities and why they matter -- Introduction -- Inequality between and within nations -- Persistence and change in inequality -- Inequality and social policy -- Conclusion -- 3. Varieties of welfare -- Introduction -- The origins of comparative studies -- Esping-Andersen's regime model -- Developments of regime theory -- Reshaping the original regime types? -- Other regimes -- Using regime theory today -- Conclusion -- 4. Policy processes -- Introduction -- The exploration of power -- Theoretical approaches to continuity and change -- Agenda setting -- From agendas to outcomes -- Policy transfer and policy convergence -- Conclusion -- Part II: Policy domains -- 5. Income security -- Introduction -- The dominance of income security within social policy -- Social insurance -- Non-contributory cash transfers -- Means testing -- Comparing pension systems -- Comparative analysis of income security systems today: an overview -- Conclusion -- 6. Work and employment -- Introduction -- The meaning of work in its social context -- Labour as a commodity -- Comparative international data on employment and unemployment -- Employment policy as social policy -- Work and welfare -- The shift to 'active' labour market policies -- The global labour market -- Conclusion -- 7. Education -- Introduction -- National expenditure on education -- Education and social policy -- Education and society -- Characterizing and comparing education systems.

Education outputs: the PISA data source -- Education as a global enterprise -- Conclusion -- 8. Housing -- Introduction -- Housing and the market -- Housing and the state -- Policy solutions: helping the market or helping people? -- Housing need -- The dimensions of adequacy and inadequacy of housing -- Conclusion -- 9. Health -- Introduction -- Health outcomes -- Public policy as a response to health inequalities -- Health inequalities and health expenditure -- Health policy typologies: the usability of regime theory? -- Types but not regimes? -- Financing and provision -- Conclusion -- 10. Social care -- Introduction -- Private issues or public concerns? -- The relationship between social care policy and other social policies -- Variations in the need for social care -- Pre-school childcare -- Social care from youth to old age -- Care beyond working life -- The need for long-term care -- Approaches to the provision of public long-term care -- Conclusion -- 11. Environment -- Introduction -- Growth and GDP: the dominance of a production perspective -- Externalities and collective action problems -- Comparative approaches to environmental policy -- Pollution, disease and death -- Climate change -- Environmental policy as social policy -- Conclusion -- 12. Conclusion: A divided world of social policy? -- Introduction -- Understanding social policy in a global context -- The decline of solidarities in the twenty-first century -- The age of austerity and its consequences -- Social policy in a post-global world -- Concluding discussion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back cover.

Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus.

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