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Rethinking Social Policy, Paperback / softback Book

Rethinking Social Policy Paperback / softback

Edited by Gail Lewis, Sharon Gewirtz, John H. Clarke

Part of the Published in Association with The Open University series

Paperback / softback

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Rethinking Social Policy is a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the complex mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy. Contributors at the cutting edge of social policy analysis reflect upon the implications of new social and theoretical movements for welfare and the study of social policy.

Topics covered include: criminology and crime control; race, class and gender; poverty and sexuality; the body and the emotions; violence; work and welfare in Europe.

Examples are drawn from a variety of welfare sectors such as: social services and community care, health, education, employment, and criminal justice. This is a course reader for The Open University course (D860) Rethinking Social Practice.

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