How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we
organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And who should take …

Of all the social sciences, social policy is one of the most obviously policy-orientated. One
might, therefore, expect a research and funding agenda which prioritises and rewards policy …

This book was written to engage you, the reader, in questioning and reflecting on social
work and social care, and your own emergent role in relation to changes taking place in …

O objetivo do artigo é examinar possíveis contribuições da sociologia para a análise de
políticas públicas. Argumenta-se que os recursos teóricos que a sociologia oferece ao …

Sosyal politikanın geleceğini tartışmak, aslında sosyal politika kurumlarının geleceğini ve
aralarındaki işbölümünün niteliğini tartışmaktır. Nitekim devlet, aile, piyasa ve sivil toplum …

O artigo examina a ação estratégica de um ator coletivo, a policy community defensora da
assistência social como direito dos cidadãos, a qual resultou não apenas na criação do …

In many European countries, processes of individualisation have contributed to transforming
the middle class into a multitude of people, a sort of 'middle mass' with an unstable social …

This book critically examines the current social policy in post-apartheid South Africa and
proposes an alternative social policy agenda to create a new development pathway for the …

This chapter will discuss a number of important issues regarding the relevance of and
interrelationships between law, policy and social work practice. You may well ask what law …

Although practitioners do not often identify an explicit focus on social welfare policy, the
analysis (what it is) and evaluation (what it does) of policy is basic to social work practice …