Pete Alcock

Print ISBN: 978-1-118-96597-9 | US $54.95 | AUG 2016 | 512PP

Written by a team of experts working at the forefront of social policy, this fully updated
edition of the bestselling textbook charts the latest developments, research, challenges,
and controversies in the feld.
• Provides students with the analytical base from which to investigate and evaluate key
concepts, perspectives, policies, and outcomes at national and international levels
• Features a new section on devolution and social policy in the UK; enhanced discussion
of international and comparative issues; and new coverage of nudge-based policies,
austerity politics, sustainable welfare, working age conditionality, social movements,
policy learning and transfer, and social policy in the BRIC countries
• Offers essential information for anyone studying social policy, from undergraduates
on introductory courses to those pursuing postgraduate or professional programmes
• Accompanied by updated online resources including chapter overviews, study
questions, guides to key sources and career opportunities, a key term glossary, and more… (meer)