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1. Family Policy

   By Ian Dey, Fran Wasoff

   Edited by Pete Alcock, Professor Peter Alcock (S Ed)

   Series: The Gildredge Social Policy Series

   Family Policy focuses on the main family activities that are of concern in social policy and social work. This book explores how families behave and questions the implications for policies and practice. Perceptions of and responses to family 'pathologies' - teenage pregnancies, family breakdown,...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Housing Policy In The United States

   An Introduction, 4th Edition

   By Jean Conway

   Edited by Pete Alcock, Professor Peter Alcock (S Ed)

   Series: The Gildredge Social Policy Series

   Housing Policy in the United States is an essential guidebook to, and textbook for, housing policy, it is written for students, practitioners, government officials, real estate developers, and policy analysts. It discusses the most important issues in the field, introduces key concepts and...

   Published October 10th 2002 by Routledge
3. HEALTH POLICY

   2nd Edition

   By Barry Owen, Ann Wall

   Series: The Gildredge Social Policy Series

   The health care system in Britain at the beginning of the twenty-first century is being subjected to radical rethinking. Health Policy examines how the NHS has developed to the point it has reached today as well as placing it in the wider context of the kinds of health care which are available to...

   Published February 13th 2002 by Routledge
4. HEALTH POLICY

   By Barry Owen, Ann Wall

   Series: The Gildredge Social Policy Series

   Published February 13th 2002 by Routledge
5. The Environment and Social Policy

   By Michael Cahill

   Series: The Gildredge Social Policy Series

   Focusing on human welfare and the environment from a social policy perspective, this text shows how environmental concerns are becoming increasingly central to policy-making and discusses the roles of central and local government in relation to environmental issues.The Environment and Social Policy...

   Published October 24th 2001 by Routledge
6. Crime and Social Policy

   By Dr Mike Stephens, Mike Stephens

   Edited by Pete Alcock, Professor Peter Alcock (S Ed)

   Series: The Gildredge Social Policy Series

   Crime and Social Policy discusses the criminal justice system in England and Wales in an accessible and engaging manner. This title guides students through the system's complexities, reviewing its history, highlighting current problems, and offering recommendations as to where and how it can be...

   Published November 24th 1999 by Routledge
7. Housing Policy

   By Jean Conway

   Edited by Pete Alcock, Professor Peter Alcock (S Ed)

   Series: The Gildredge Social Policy Series

   In this book, the author provides an analysis which spans the whole field from bricks and mortar to the impact of housing policy on health, care, crime, education and the economy as a whole. Practical insight into housing from a number of perspectives can be gained: economic, financial and...

   Published September 29th 1999 by Routledge