Alcock, Cliff. <br/><br/>
Introducing social policy/ 
Cliff Alcock, Guy Daly, Edwin Griggs 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - England:  Pearson Education,  2008. 
 - xiv, 558 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Preface<br/>Authors and Contributors <br/>Acknowledgements <br/>1 Introduction What is Social Policy? <br/>Introduction to Part 1<br/>Part 1 Historical development of welfare<br/>2 Welfare before the state <br/>3 The Welfare State Years: Consensus and Conflict Concluding comment to <br/>Introduction to Part 2 <br/>Part 2 Contemporary welfare <br/>4 A crisis' of the welfare state <br/>5 Making Policy <br/>6 The Governance of Social Policy <br/>7 Welfare within a Fragmented State --<br/>Devolved Social Policy <br/>8 Paying for welfare Concluding comment to <br/>Part 2 Introduction to Part 3 <br/>Part 3 Theorising and Researching Welfare<br/>9 Political theory, the state, and welfare <br/>10 Ideology, the state and welfare in Britain <br/>11 Doing Social Research Concluding comment to Part 3 Introduction to Part 4<br/>Part 4 Welfare themes <br/>12 Health Policy <br/>13 Social Care <br/>14 Housing Policy <br/>15 Education <br/>16 Work and Employment Policy <br/>17 Pensions Policy <br/>18 Family Policy <br/>19 Social Divisions and Equal Opportunities Policies <br/>20 Crime and Criminal Justice <br/>21 The Living Environment <br/>22 International Social Policy: Globalisation And The European Union Concluding comment to Part 4 <br/>References <br/>Glossary of terms <br/>Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405858489 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social policy<br/>Great Britain<br/>Public welfare<br/>Public welfare administration<br/>Social service
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.60941  / AL/I