The Student’s Companion to Social Policy

<p><b>The new edition of the bestselling&nbsp;guide to&nbsp;the&nbsp;issues&nbsp;students&nbsp;will&nbsp;encounter in&nbsp;the&nbsp;study of social policy in&nbsp;both&nbsp;the UK and&nbsp;abroad&nbsp;</b></p> <p>Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition of&nbsp;<i>The Student&rsquo;s Companion to Social Policy</i>&nbsp;remains the most accessible and comprehensive review of UK and comparative social policy&nbsp;available for undergraduate students. Written&nbsp;and edited&nbsp;by leading experts in the field, this authoritative textbook covers all the perspectives, debates, issues and challenges in&nbsp;both&nbsp;the theory and practice of social policy.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>The latest edition reflects the most recent developments&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;discipline and in social&nbsp;policy-making.&nbsp;New and revised chapters examine critical topics such as the policy agenda of the UK government elected in 2019 and the&nbsp;implications of globalization, climate change, Brexit&nbsp;and the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;A&nbsp;wealth of&nbsp;new and revised&nbsp;illustrative material, including additional&nbsp;problem-centred review and&nbsp;assignment questions,&nbsp;enhance&nbsp;students&rsquo;&nbsp;learning&nbsp;and comprehension whilst&nbsp;encouraging&nbsp;them to reflect on&nbsp;and reconsider the issues raised&nbsp;in&nbsp;each&nbsp;social policy discussion.&nbsp;A&nbsp;timely, issue-driven&nbsp;overview&nbsp;for students to draw&nbsp;upon&nbsp;throughout their studies, this acclaimed textbook:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Provides the&nbsp;analytical&nbsp;foundation necessary&nbsp;to investigate and evaluate&nbsp;the key concepts and&nbsp;perspectives&nbsp;central to the study of social policy&nbsp;</li> <li>Presents&nbsp;up-to-date coverage of&nbsp;policy formation and outcomes, national and international&nbsp;debates and the&nbsp;challenges and choices facing societies&nbsp;</li> <li>Features new and revised&nbsp;coverage of&nbsp;key&nbsp;issues including&nbsp;international and comparative&nbsp;developments,&nbsp;austerity and post-austerity policies in the UK&nbsp;and devolved administrations,&nbsp;public attitudes to welfare and sustainability challenges&nbsp;</li> <li>Offers a range of pedagogical tools such as&nbsp;boxed 5-point summary&nbsp;overviews, &ldquo;Emerging&nbsp;Issues&rdquo;&nbsp;sections,&nbsp;guides&nbsp;to&nbsp;further&nbsp;resources&nbsp;and&nbsp;chapter review questions&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><i>The Student&rsquo;s Companion to Social Policy, Sixth Edition&nbsp;</i>is&nbsp;essential reading for all those&nbsp;on&nbsp;Social Policy&nbsp;courses,&nbsp;whether specialising in the subject or studying it as part of another programme&nbsp;across the social sciences&nbsp;at undergraduate or postgraduate level.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>