Social Policy Review 20: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2008

Description

Social Policy Review provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Contributions reflect key themes in the UK and internationally. The first part of the collection focuses on developments and change in core UK social policy areas. Part two provides in-depth analyses of topical issues from both UK and international perspectives, while this year's themed section examines 'Gender and policy'.

Tony Maltby is CROW Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce at the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales). His research interests embrace the range of work, income and the social policy of later life.Patricia Kennett is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and Senior Lecturer in Comparative Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. Her research includes work on issues relating to governance and public policy; the welfare state and citizenship in comparative perspective; housing, homelessness and social exclusion.Kirstein Rummery is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Stirling. Her research interests include gender, welfare partnerships and governance and issues concerning citizenship, social participation and access to services.

"Social Policy Review 20 continues the series' practice of providing quality discussion and analysis across a range of social policy topics. In addition to the coverage of key social policy areas in the UK and internationally, this edition includes a valuable focus on the relationships between gender and policy." Professor Hugh Bochel, Department of Policy Studies, University of Lincoln