1st Edition

Welfare And Policy Research Agendas and Issues

222 Pages

by Routledge

224 Pages

by Routledge

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Welfare provision in the UK has undergone a period of restructuring and new developments since the 1980s. This book assesses the policy implications of these changes in a number of areas, including health, education, housing, social policy and security.

Section I Old Agendas; Chapter 1 Health Care Reform: A Study in Imperfect Information, DavidMayston; Chapter 2 Should Alcohol be Taxed for the Public Good?, DavidBuck, ChristineGodfrey, GeraldRichardson; Chapter 3 The Changing Response to Homelessness, PeterMcLaverty, DavidRhodes, HilaryThird; Chapter 4 Costs and Benefits of Treating Drug Problems, ChristineGodfrey, MatthewSutton; Chapter 5 , TonyEardley; Chapter 6 The Finance of Community Care, NeilLunt, RussellMannion, PeterSmith; Chapter 7 Community Care: Some Reflections on an Ideal, JohnHorton; Section II New Issues; Chapter 8 , RoySainsbury, StevenKennedy; Chapter 9 Accountability in Public Services: Incorporating the Professional Domain, JaneLightfoot; Chapter 10 Social Policy in a Multi-Racial Britain: The Case of Community Care, KarlAtkin; Chapter 11, JohnDitch; Chapter 12 The Critical Welfare Agenda, NeilSmall; Notes on ContributorsIndex;