TY - BOOK ID - 119313577 TI - Advanced introduction to social policy AU - Béland, Daniel AU - Mahon, Rianne PY - 2023 SN - 9781803921082 1803921080 9781803921105 1803921102 9781803921099 PB - Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Social policy KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economic policy KW - Family policy KW - Social history KW - #SBIB:316.8H40 KW - #SBIB:316.8H10 KW - Sociaal beleid: social policy, sociale zekerheid, verzorgingsstaat KW - Welzijns- en sociale problemen: algemeen KW - Social policy. KW - Social problems. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:119313577 AB - Extensively updated, this second edition of the Advanced Introduction to Social Policy provides a concise overview of the field that takes newer realities into account as well as taking insights from the traditional social policy canon. Daniel Béland and Rianne Mahon draw on both classic and contemporary theories to illuminate the broad processes that are putting pressure on existing social policy arrangements and raising new research questions.Key Features:Assesses the social policy implications of changing gender relations and the increasing salience of ethnic diversity. Focuses on both the advanced industrial world and the growing significance of the Global South as a site of social policy innovation. Provides a global perspective on social policy that features systematic attention to transnational actors, moving beyond the methodological nationalism that has traditionally marked the field. Presenting a lucid and up-to-date overview of comparative and global social policy, this thoroughly revised second edition will prove vital to researchers, university students, and university instructors of social policy, political science, sociology, public policy, and social work. ER -