… a number of children along the way. Our understanding and critical engagement with each
of these events is improved by the engagement with social policy theories this book provides. …

… ) of social policy and administration and the theoretical contribution of such key figures in the
development of the social … It then analyses the application of normative theory in this field; …

… His theory has helped parents and teachers to appreciate that, as children develop, they …
This insight has had broad application in the design of ageappropriate curricula and learning …

… As Robert Pinker has observed, ‘[in British] social policy and administration we begin with
fact-finding and end in moral rhetoric, still lacking those explanatory theories which might …

… democracy has had an important influence on the development of social policies throughout
the developed world, but, as we shall see in chapter 3, it is most clearly expressed in the …

… Is there a conflict between universalist and selectivist social policies? What is the impact of
deviancy theory on social policy? Is the growing professionalisation of social work in the true …

… Historically, capitalism involves making more and more things and activities into commodities
which can be bought and sold, including labour itself and services (education or child care…

… of economic crisis and austerity, the relationship between population size and social
policy development, and the social policy of Iceland and other small island states. …

… childhood mean that educational, social policy, and international development practitioners
are ill-equipped by their theories… of human development, and specifically child development (…

… as a social worker to consider CSW in core areas of practice with children and families. Fully
… , educators and practitioners of child and family social work. It features:• clearly signposted ‘…