Description:
With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North.
Accessible and lively, it incorporates seven new chapters covering theory, social justice, climate, migration, gender, young people and water, energy and food. The original chapters have also been fully updated to reflect major developments in the fast-changing world of global social policy. Key features include:
- overview and summary boxes to bookend each chapter;
- questions for discussion and follow-up activities;
- further reading and resources.
Exploring what it means to locate human welfare within a global framework of social policy analysis and action, this textbook offers a perfect guide for curious students.
Brief description: Nicola Yeates is Professor of Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy and Criminology at The Open University.
Review Quotes:
"Breath-taking in its coverage of global social policy issues, this volume brings analytical rigour, conceptual clarity and a refreshing political economy perspective to the challenges of pursuing global justice in an increasingly unequal world." Shahra Razavi, Director of Social Protection Department, International Labour Organization
"This is a valuable book which supports students with perspectives other than from the UK." Carl Bridges, University of Derby
"This book offers profound theoretical, conceptual and practical insights on global social policy." Obasesam Okoi, University of St. Thomas