Understanding the Environment and Social Policy - Rilegato

 
9781847423801: Understanding the Environment and Social Policy

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Bringing together leading experts, this textbook explores the key social, political, economic and moral challenges that environmental problems pose for social policy in a global context. Combining theory and practice with an interdisciplinary approach, the book reviews the current strategies and policies and provides a critique of proposed future developments in the field. Understanding the environment and social policy guides the reader through the subject in an accessible way using chapter summaries, further reading, recommended webpages, a glossary and questions for discussion. Providing a much-needed overview, the book will be invaluable reading for students, teachers, activists, practitioners and policymakers.

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Tony Fitzpatrick, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham


Tony Fitzpatrick is Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the co-editor of the journal Policy & Politics and was the principal editor of the three-volume International Encyclopaedia of Social Policy (2006). His other recent books include Voyage to Utopias (Policy Press, 2010) and the second edition of Welfare Theory (2011).

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9781847423795: Understanding the environment and social policy

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ISBN 10:  1847423795 ISBN 13:  9781847423795
Casa editrice: Policy Press, 2011
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