UID:
almafu_9960118844602883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-4473-5561-X
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1-4473-5560-1
Series Statement:
Policy Press scholarship online
Content:
Leading experts in the field present an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year. This volume considers current issues and critical debates in the UK and the international social policy field. It contains vital research on race in social policy higher education and analyses how welfare states and policies address the economic and social hardship of young people. The contributors also consider the impacts of austerity on the welfare state, homelessness, libraries and other social policy areas. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this comprehensive volume will be of interest to students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).
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Front Matter --
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Contents --
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List of figures and tables --
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Notes on contributors --
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Race, racism and social policy --
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Race and social policy: challenges and obstacles --
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‘Race’: the missing dimension in social policy higher education? --
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Young people as cultural critics of the monocultural landscapes that fail them --
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Returnees: unwanted citizens or cherished countrymen --
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Social policy and young people --
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The family welfare source and inequality in liberal welfare states: evidence from cohort studies --
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Economic hardship in young adulthood: a cause for concern or a matter of course while settling into the Swedish labour market? --
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Cultural education and the good citizen: a systematic analysis of a neoliberal communitarian policy trend --
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How geographical and ideological proximity impact community youth justice (in)accessibility in England and Wales --
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Austerity --
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After a decade of austerity, does the UK have an income safety net worth its name? --
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A new page? The public library in austerity --
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No way home: the challenges of exiting homelessness in austere times --
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‘Everywhere and nowhere’: interventions and services under austerity --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-4166-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.56687/9781447355601
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