Description: Social Policy First Hand : An International Introduction to Participatory Social Welfare, Paperback by Beresford, Peter (EDT); Carr, Sarah (EDT), ISBN 1447332369, ISBN-13 9781447332367, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This volume contains 50 chapters that introduce participatory social policy in the UK and internationally, including developing countries, Nepal, Europe, and Australia, and its nature, potential, and problems. It includes both research and firsthand accounts by activists, service users, practitioners, academics, educators, citizens, and social justice, equality, and human rights campaigners from Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Singapore, who address the need for a knowledge base of participatory social policy and its implementation. They discuss the relationship between service users and social policy; key areas of British post-war social policy, such as education, health and housing policy, and employment policy; the potential and growing contribution of service users' knowledge to social policy, as well as problems and challenges; an inclusive lifecourse and developmental approach to social policy from childhood to death; the theory and practice of transforming social policy to make it more participatory; campaigning to achieve change through activism and online platforms and social media; how to break down barriers through campaigns involving equal rights and inclusion; and research in relation to participatory social policy. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Social Policy First Hand : An International Introduction to Parti
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Social Policy First Hand : an International Introduction to Participatory Social Welfare
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Social Work, Public Policy / Social Policy, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Publication Year: 2018
Item Weight: 28.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Diane Richardson
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
