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Social Policy Review 28: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2016

Hardback

Main Details

Title Social Policy Review 28: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2016
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Menno Fenger
Edited by John Hudson
Edited by Catherine Needham
SeriesSocial Policy Review
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
ISBN/Barcode 9781447331797
ClassificationsDewey:361.61
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Halftones, black and white; 6 Tables, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Bristol University Press
Imprint Policy Press
Publication Date 29 June 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

With specially commissioned reviews of pensions, health care, conditionality and housing, as well as a themed section on personalised budgets, this book examines important debates in the field. Published in association with the SPA this comprehensive discussion and analysis of the current state of social policy will be of keen interest to academics and students.

Author Biography

Menno Fenger is professor of Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is currently is the project manager of INSPIRES, an EU-FP7 funded research programme and his research focuses on processes of long-term policy change. John Hudson is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy & Social Work at the University of York. His main interests are in the areas of comparative social policy, political economy of welfare and the policy making process. Catherine Needham is Reader in Public Policy and Public Management at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham. She has written extensively on personalisation and coproduction, and her most recent book is Debates in Personalisation, edited with Jon Glasby (Policy Press, 2014)

Reviews

"Social Policy Review is essential reading for up-to-date analysis of the key social policy issues of the day, by authors who know their subjects inside-out." Jane Millar, University of Bath "This latest edition of SPR provides expert commentaries on a wide range of social policy issues that, taken together, have much to say about the current state of welfare in the UK and beyond." Nick Ellison, University of York