International Encyclopedia of Social Policy
About this ebook
The editors have particularly striven to provide strong coverage of differing geographical and cultural traditions so that the variety of social policy, as both an academic discipline and a domain of governance, is reflected. Contributors draw in and make the necessary connections with social policy's associated disciplines to provide a rich picture of this vast and highly diverse field.
Comprehensive and authoritative, the Encyclopedia has sought to open up rather than to foreclose the numerous areas in which there is on-going research, debate and, sometimes, serious disagreement and divergence in theory and practice. To this end, entries attempt to introduce a core or common ground of understanding before moving on to a wider discussion of debates regarding different conceptual and geographical approaches. The whole is integrated by cross-referencing and each entry includes a bibliography for further reading. There is a full index.
The International Encyclopedia of Social Policy provides the most substantial mapping of the international study and practice of social policy to date and will stand as a vital storehouse of knowledge for many years to come.
About the author
Tony Fitzpatrick is a Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Huck-ju Kwon is Associate Professor at Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, South Korea. He is also an External Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Nick Manning is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Nottingham, UK.
James Midgley is Harry and Riva Specht Professor at University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Gillian Pascall is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK.
