Social Policy: Theories, Concepts and Issues

Book Overview

The revised and updated Third Edition of this widely adopted textbook provides students with the essential tools to gain a clear understanding of the theoretical debates surrounding the discipline. New areas of consideration cover citizenship, post-structuralism, the politics of food and globalization.Student exercises and reading lists feature throughout the text and practical examples are used to illustrate conceptual and theoretical material, making it the ideal core textbook for undergraduate social policy students, as well as those studying related welfare modules across the social sciences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412901715
• ISBN13: 9781412901710
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.2"