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Exploring Welfare Debates

Key Concepts and Questions

Lee Gregory

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English
Policy Press
16 May 2018
This wide-ranging guide to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding social policy. It unpacks common questions and assumptions about the purpose, value and focus of welfare systems and provides students with a comprehensive vocabulary and toolkit for analysing policy examples and developing social science arguments.

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Imprint:   Policy Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 172mm, 
ISBN:   9781447326564
ISBN 10:   1447326563
Pages:   282
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr Lee Gregory is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. Lee's research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision. He is specifically interested in the role of welfare provision in perpetuating and challenging social problems.

Reviews for Exploring Welfare Debates: Key Concepts and Questions

Engaging, well-constructed and thoughtful, this is just the book to get students interested and to make them think. Professor Jane Millar, University of Bath Lee Gregory draws on his experience of teaching and his enthusiasm for the subject to provide an engaging and accessible guide to the key debates in Social Policy. Students at all levels will find this an inspiring and reliable introduction to the subject. Pete Alcock, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham


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