Description: Further DetailsTitle: Understanding Social SecurityCondition: NewEAN: 9781447339472ISBN: 9781447339472Edition: Third EditionPublisher: Policy PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/30/2018Item Height: 240mmItem Length: 172mmContributor: Roy Sainsbury (Edited by), Jane Millar (Edited by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Issues for Policy and PracticeDescription: The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015. With contributions from leading academics in the field this book critically examines the design, entitlement, delivery and impact of current welfare provision. The first half of the book examines social security across the lifecycle from Child Benefit to retirement pensions. The second half focuses on key issues in policy and practice including new topics such as the realities of life on benefits in an era of austerity, and the pros and cons of Universal Basic Income. •Framework supports teachers and students, encouraging analytical thinking of issues and providing pointers to related sources •Authoritative and evidence-based arguments •Clear section and chapter summaries, overviews, questions for discussion, website resources and a bibliography •Includes tables, charts and text boxes for clarity, interest and appeal This book is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Social Policy taking modules on Social Security Policy, Poverty and Inequality, Income Support and Welfare Reform, as well as Social Work students and those on other Social Science degree programmes.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and PracticeTopic: Social Sciences, Law & PoliticsAuthor: Jane MillarRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Understanding Social Security
Title: Understanding Social Security
EAN: 9781447339472
ISBN: 9781447339472
Edition: Third Edition
Release Date: 04/30/2018
Release Year: 2018
Contributor: Jane Millar (Edited by)
Subtitle: Issues for Policy and Practice
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Understanding Social Security : Issues for Policy and Practice
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Subject: Public Policy / Social Security, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2018
Features: New Edition
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Author: Dan Finn
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.8 in
Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
