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Developments in British Social Policy

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Nick Ellison

    1. University of Durham, UK

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  2. Chris Pierson

    1. University of Nottingham, UK

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  • First comprehensive introduction to social policy that reevaluates social policy under 'new' Labour
    Reputation of Christopher Pierson as an agendasetting writer in the field of social policy
    Reputation of contributors

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. New Perspectives on Welfare Theory

    1. Introduction

      • Nick Ellison, Chris Pierson
      Pages 1-13

  3. New Perspectives on Welfare Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-16
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    2. Theory in British Social Policy

      • Chris Pierson
      Pages 17-30

    3. The Changing Politics of Social Policy

      • Nick Ellison
      Pages 31-45

    4. New Conceptions of Citizenship

      • Ruth Lister
      Pages 46-60

    5. Social Policy and Human Need

      • Martin Hewitt
      Pages 61-77

    6. Social Welfare and Associative Democracy

      • Paul Hirst
      Pages 78-91

  4. British Social Policy in the 1990s

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-95
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    2. Employment Policy

      • Noel Whiteside
      Pages 97-111

    3. Social Security Policy

      • Ailsa McKay
      Pages 112-129

    4. Health Policy

      • Sarah Nettleton
      Pages 130-145

    5. Education Policy

      • Stephen J. Ball
      Pages 146-159

    6. The Personal Social Services

      • Mary Langan
      Pages 160-172

    7. Housing Policy

      • Peter Malpass
      Pages 173-187

  5. Contemporary Issues in British Social Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-190
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    2. Social Policy and Social Movements: Gender and Social Policy

      • Gillian Pascall
      Pages 191-204

    3. Social Policy and Social Movements: ‘Race’, Racism and Social Policies

      • John Solomos
      Pages 205-217

    4. Social Policy and Social Movements: Ecology and Social Policy

      • John Barry
      Pages 218-232

    5. Changing Dimensions of Poverty

      • David Piachaud
      Pages 233-246
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This important text furnishes students with a comprehensive introduction that covers not just a sector-by-sector policy analysis but also its important theoretical underpinning and a discussion of the wider socio-economic context of policy-making and implementation. As such - and given the outstanding reputation of many of the contributors in their respective fields - this volume is an essential text of its kind, articulating for its reader the exciting sense of debate and change in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Durham, UK

    Nick Ellison

  • University of Nottingham, UK

    Chris Pierson

About the editors

NICK ELLISON is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy and Deputy Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Durham. His publications include Egalitarian Thought and Labour Politics: Retreating Visions.

CHRISTOPHER PIERSON is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. He has written extensively on the problems of social democracy and the welfare state. His most recent books are Socialism After Communism, The Modern State and Beyond the Welfare State.

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