Reconceptualizing Social Policy Sociological Perspectvies on Contemporary Social Policy

by Coffey, Amanda

• ISBN13: 9780335206292
• ISBN10: 0335206298
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

How does sociology make sense of contemporary social policy? How has social policy engaged in sociological debates and developments? In what ways is social policy researched and represented? For undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, social policy, and the social sciences.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword	viii
Acknowledgements	x
Introduction	1	(8)
Sociological Theory and Thinking	9	(16)
Social Policy, Feminism and Postmodern Times	25	(18)
Social Policy, Citizenship and Identity	43	(16)
Social Policy, Equality and Difference	59	(18)
Social Policy and the Body	77	(18)
Time, Space and Social Policy	95	(18)
Researching Social Policy	113	(19)
Representing Social Policy	132	(18)
References	150	(21)
Index	171