Policy reconsidered: Meanings, politics and practices

Description

This book identifies key topics in the policy arena, subjecting them to sustained theoretical and practical appraisal. It shows the advantage of applying a cross-disciplinary lens to the study of 'policy', presenting critical and reflective engagements with theory and practice at all levels of political organisation within a range of contexts.

Susan M. Hodgson is Director of Research Training for Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield. Her research specialism is in sociology of science.Zoe Irving is Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy at the Universityof Sheffield, and has published in the areas of gender and employmentand the teaching of social policy.

"Books about policy-making that grapple with the relations between theory, language and application are rare. By bringing in sociology, anthropology and social work this one provides a welcome refreshment of the social and public policy literature and a stimulus to all whose use it." Richard Parry, School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh