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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Can the welfare state survive? Can the welfare state survive? Andrew Gamble "After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets ha… OL17820164W
Enhancing social work management Enhancing social work management Jane Aldgate 320 pages ; 24 cm OL18713071W
Measuring outcome in the public sector Measuring outcome in the public sector Peter Smith 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) OL18916892W
Homelessness Homelessness Clapham, David,Susan Hutson The last two decades have seen a marked increase in homelessness in Britain. This book provides an important contribution to the policy debate on homelessness, while pointing the way forward in terms… OL19018067W
Towards a more equal society? Towards a more equal society? Tom Sefton,Kitty Stewart When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after 10 years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. This volume provides an independent assessment of … OL19907495W
Social policy Social policy John Baldock Designed for use by undergraduates on social policy, social work and sociology courses and by students on vocational training courses (including postgraduate), this textbook covers all the main topic… OL20810864W
Children and social policy Children and social policy Paul Daniel,John Ivatts Using the UN convention on the Rights of the Child as a yardstick this study examines British social policy since 1945 in relation to children. Subjects covered include: health, housing, education, c… OL20940555W
Housing Benefit Reviews Housing Benefit Reviews R. Sainsbury,T. Eardley,Roy Sainsbury xiv, 136 p. : 30 cm OL28359575W
Modernising the welfare state Modernising the welfare state Martin Powell Tony Blair was the longest serving Labour Prime Minister in British history. Martin Powell analyses the legacy of his government for social policy, focusing on the extent to which it has changed the … OL3083847W
An ordered society An ordered society Susan Dwyer Amussen xi, 203 p. : 23 cm OL3948868W