What is social policy? : understanding the welfare state / Daniel Beland
- 作者： Beland, Daniel
- 出版： Cambridge, U.K. ;Malden, Mass. : Polity 2010
- 叢書名： Political sociology series
- 主題： Social policy , United States--Social policy.
- ISBN： 0745645836 (hbk.) :: US$69.95 、 9780745645834 (hbk.) 、 9780745645841 (pbk.) 、 0745645844 (pbk.)
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-184) and index
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- 系統號： 005190156 | 機讀編目格式
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摘要註
From housing, pensions, and family benefits, to health-care, unemployment insurance, and social assistance, the welfare state is a key aspect of our lives. But social programs are contested political realities that we can't hope to understand without locating them within the "big picture." This book provides a concise political and sociological introduction to social policy, helping readers to grasp the nature of social programs and the political struggles surrounding them. It takes a broad comparative and historical viewpoint on the United States, using an international perspective to contextualize American social policy within the developed world. Provocative and engaging, it offers insight into a wide range of social policy issues such as: welfare regimes, welfare state development, the politics of retrenchment and restructuring; the relationship between social programs and various forms of inequality; changing family and economic relations; the role of private social benefits; the potential impact of globalization; and debates about the future of the welfare state. What is Social Policy? will be stimulating reading for upper-level students of sociology, political science, public policy, and social work
內容註
Social policy and the welfare state -- The United States in international context -- Welfare state development -- Retrenchment and restructuring -- Looming challenges