Social Policy In Challenging Times

Author : Farnsworth, Kevin,Irving, Zoë
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447306061

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Social policy in challenging times by Farnsworth, Kevin,Irving, Zoë Pdf

There is no precedent to the current economic crisis which looks set to redefine social policy debate throughout the globe. But its effects are not uniform across nations. Bringing together a range of expert contributions, the key lesson to emerge from this book is that 'the crisis' is better understood as a variety of crises, each mediated by national context. Consequently, there is an array of potential trajectories for welfare systems, from those where social policy is regarded as incompatible with the post-crisis economy to those where it is considered essential to future economic growth and security.

Author : Kevin Farnsworth,Zoë M. Irving
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Economic policy
ISBN : 1447305523

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Social Policy in Challenging Times by Kevin Farnsworth,Zoë M. Irving Pdf

Bringing together a range of expert contributions, this book is the first to address the relationship between the economic crisis and social policy within an international context. The key lesson to emerge is that 'the crisis' is better understood as a variety of crises, each mediated by national context.

Author : Tom Clark,Anthony Heath
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300206166

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Hard Times by Tom Clark,Anthony Heath Pdf

2008 was a watershed year for global finance. The banking system was eventually pulled back from the brink, but the world was saddled with the worst slump since the 1930s Depression, and millions were left unemployed. While numerous books have addressed the financial crisis, very little has been written about its social consequences. Journalist Tom Clark draws on the research of a transatlantic team led by Professors Anthony Heath and Robert D. Putnam to determine the great recession’s toll on individuals, families, and community bonds in the United States and the United Kingdom. The ubiquitous metaphor of the crisis has been an all-encompassing “financial storm,” but Clark argues that the data tracks the narrow path of a tornado—destroying some neighborhoods while leaving others largely untouched. In our vastly unequal societies, disproportionate suffering is being meted out to the poor—and the book’s new analysis suggests that the scars left by unemployment and poverty will linger long after the economy recovers. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have shown more interest in exploiting the divisions of opinion ushered in by the slump than in grappling with these problems. But this hard-hitting analysis provides a wake-up call that all should heed.

Author : L. Antonucci,M. Hamilton,Steven Roberts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137370525

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Young People and Social Policy in Europe by L. Antonucci,M. Hamilton,Steven Roberts Pdf

This edited collection provides the first in-depth analysis of social policies and the risks faced by young people. The book explores the effects of both the economic crisis and austerity policies on the lives of young Europeans, examining both the precarity of youth transitions, and the function of welfare state policies.

Author : Kevin Farnsworth,Zoë M. Irving
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847428271

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Social Policy in Challenging Times by Kevin Farnsworth,Zoë M. Irving Pdf

Bringing together a range of expert contributions, this book is the first to address the relationship between the economic crisis and social policy within an international context. The key lesson to emerge is that 'the crisis' is better understood as a variety of crises, each mediated by national context.

Author : Kate Woodthorpe,Liam Foster
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137484901

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Death and Social Policy in Challenging Times by Kate Woodthorpe,Liam Foster Pdf

The study of death has the capacity to bring together a range of policy areas. Yet death is often overlooked within policy debates in the UK and beyond, and within gerontology. Bringing together a range of scholars engaged in policy associated with death, this collection provides a holistic account of how death factors in social policy. Within this, issues covered include inheritance, palliative care, euthanasia, funeral costs, bereavement support, marginalised deaths and disposal practices. At the heart of the book, the volume recognises that the issues identified are likely to intensify and expand over the next twenty years, as death rates continue to rise.

Author : M. Zupi,E. Estruch Puertas
Publisher : Editorial Complutense
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Política social
ISBN : 9788499380469

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Challenges of Social Cohesion in Times of Crisis by M. Zupi,E. Estruch Puertas Pdf

Author : Yeates, Nicola
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447310259

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Understanding Global Social Policy by Yeates, Nicola Pdf

Building on the successes of Understanding Global Social Policy (Yeates ed. 2008) and its companion text, the Global Social Policy Reader (Yeates and Holden ed. 2009), the second edition of this leading textbook in social policy identifies and reviews the key issues, debates and priorities for action in global social policy as a field of academic study and research and as a field of political practice and action. All first edition chapters have been systematically revised and updated to reflect major developments in the fast-paced area of global social policy making over the past five years, and include new material on the Millennium Development Goals, the Social Protection Floor and the ‘greening’ of global social policy. This much-needed second edition includes new chapters on global poverty and inequality, social protection, criminal justice and education. Written by an international team of leading social policy analysts , Understanding Global Social Policy is the leading textbook in the field and provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of international actors and social policy formation in global context. It is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners seeking to identify key issues in contemporary social policy and locate them within a global framework of analysis and action.

Author : Peter Alexis Gourevitch
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801494362

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Politics in Hard Times by Peter Alexis Gourevitch Pdf

In Politics in Hard Times, Peter Gourevitch explores the common political factors that shape economic policy choices. He focuses on three periods of economic crisis--1873-1896, 1929-1949, and 1971 to the present--and compares policy choices made in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States.

Author : David Natali (OSE),Bart Vanhercke (OSE)
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : European Union countries
ISBN : 9782874523748

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Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015 by David Natali (OSE),Bart Vanhercke (OSE) Pdf

The sixteenth edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play has a triple ambition. First, it provides easily accessible information to a wide audience about recent developments in both EU and domestic social policymaking. Second, the volume provides a more analytical reading, embedding the key developments of the year 2014 in the most recent academic discourses. Third, the forward-looking perspective of the book aims to provide stakeholders and policymakers with specific tools that allow them to discern new opportunities to influence policymaking. In this 2015 edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play, the authors tackle the topics of the state of EU politics after the parliamentary elections, the socialisation of the European Semester, methods of political protest, the Juncker investment plan, the EU’s contradictory education investment, the EU’s contested influence on national healthcare reforms, and the neoliberal Trojan Horse of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Author : Daniel Béland,Klaus Peterson
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447306443

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Analysing Social Policy Concepts and Language by Daniel Béland,Klaus Peterson Pdf

Social policy scholars and practitioners have long worked with concepts such as welfare state” and social security”but where do these concepts come from and how has their meaning changed over time? What characterizes social policy language in different places, and how do some social concepts travel between them? Addressing such questions in a systematic manner, the contributors to this collection analyze the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy. Combining detailed chapters on particular countries with broader comparative chapters, the book offers a variety of perspectives on just what we mean when we use these terms.

Author : Hill, Michael,Irving, Zoë
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447335009

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Exploring the World of Social Policy by Hill, Michael,Irving, Zoë Pdf

This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book: • explores the economic, social and political contexts of social policy; • examines in detail its institutions and fields of practice; • illustrates the field’s main ideas, themes and practices, drawing on a rich international literature and using pertinent and thought-provoking examples. 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. Clear, authoritative and wide-ranging, it will be essential reading for students of social sciences taking courses covering social policy, social welfare and comparative policy analysis.

Author : Anneli Anttonen Anttonen,Flavia Martinelli,Margitta Matzke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
ISBN : LCCN:2020719405

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Social Services Disrupted by Anneli Anttonen Anttonen,Flavia Martinelli,Margitta Matzke Pdf

Public social services are a key component of the welfare state in most of Europe, although their development trajectories, coverage and legal status still vary considerably among countries. How such services are provided and for whom impacts significantly on social and territorial cohesion, gender balance and, ultimately, on the development of any society. However, while much is discussed and written about social policy and welfare systems, social services remain somewhat neglected. Although they have gained a stronger foothold in national legislations and social policy agendas, their status remains weaker compared to education or health. Moreover, because of the austerity measures following the 2008 financial crisis, they have been subject to cuts and reorganisation, which have brought about significant disruption. This book revives the discussion on public social services and their redesign, with a focus on services relating to care and the social inclusion of vulnerable groups. Conveying the main findings of the EU-funded COST Action IS1102 Social Services, Welfare States and Places, the book provides rich information on the changes that occurred in the organisation and supply of public social services over the last thirty years in different European places and service fields. Despite the persisting variety in social service models, three shared trends emerge: public sector disengagement, 'vertical re-scaling' of authority and 'horizontal re-mix' in the supply system.

Author : Pomati, Marco,Jolly, Andy
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447359739

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Social Policy Review 33 by Pomati, Marco,Jolly, Andy Pdf

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the annual Social Policy Review even more critical than before. This comprehensive volume addresses critical debates throughout the international social policy field over the past year with a key focus on responses to COVID-19 and implications for social policy. Expert contributors address important issues including foodbanks, caring for older family members, lockdowns around the globe, gender, technology and migration during a pandemic. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this annual review is fundamental reading for students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.

Author : Farnsworth, Kevin,Irving, Zoë
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447319115

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Social Policy in Times of Austerity by Farnsworth, Kevin,Irving, Zoë Pdf

The effects of the 2008 financial crisis were ameliorated by large-scale social policy interventions, which both helped limit the depth and duration of the crisis and softened its worst effects on citizens. Yet in the wake of the crisis, those very same social policies and the welfare state they support have come under attack. There is, however, reason to be optimistic, argue the contributors to Social Policy in Times of Austerity. Bringing together leading scholars engaged in the debate over austerity and the future of the welfare state, the book traces the strong currents of resistance to austerity that continue to thrive within organizations, governments, and the citizenry at large.