Beschreibung:
This innovative text offers comprehensive coverage of the discipline of social policy and its central relevance to social work, social care and related practice in Scotland. Designed to complement teaching and study associated with the new Honours degree in Social Work (Scottish Executive 2003), it fills a notable gap in the literature on this subject and will be essential reading for students, professionals and academics within a variety of health and social care occupations.
Introduction; I: Context; 1: What is social policy?; 2: A history of social policy; 3: Ideology: How ideas influence policy and welfare; 4: People, policy and practice; II: Themes and issues; 5: Poverty and social exclusion; 6: Risk, support and protection; 7: Changing patterns of care; 8: Welfare rights; 9: Social policy perspectives on empowerment; III: Policy for practice; 10: Health and health inequalities; 11: Mental health; 12: Older people; 13: Disability: A question of perception; 14: Children and their families; 15: Education and training in Scotland; 16: Substance use and social policy in Scotland: The struggle to make sense of things; 17: Social policy in the criminal justice system; 18: Asylum and immigration; 19: Housing and homelessness; 20: Conclusions: Onwards and upwards?