Reconceptualizing Social Policy

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-335-22455-5
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

- How can sociological perspectives help us make sense of contemporary social policy?

- How has the discipline of social policy engaged in recent sociological debates and developments?

This book provides a variety of sociological frameworks for understanding contemporary social policy. It explores how sociological perspectives may be used to theorize, conceptualize and research social policy.

Amanda Coffey captures the different ways in which social policy can be understood - as academic discipline, policy process, service provision and lived experience. The book engages with a range of policy areas and client groups, and pays attention to sociodemographic categories such as gender, 'race', class and age. Themes include:

- The body and processes of embodiment

- Citizenship and identity

- Equality and differences

- Space and time

- Research and representation

Reconceptualizing Social Policy is a key text for students and lecturers in sociology and social policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coffey, Amanda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editor's foreword
Introduction

Sociological Theory and Thinking

Social Policy, Feminism and Postmodern Times

Social Policy, Citizenship and Identity

Social Policy, Equality and Difference

Social Policy and the Body

Time, Space and Social Policy

Researching Social Policy

Representing Social Policy