Making Social Policy Work (CASE Studies on Poverty, Place & Policy)

ISBN 10: 1861349572 / ISBN 13: 9781861349576

Editore: Policy Press, 2007

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Riassunto:

Social policy is now central to political debate in Britain. This collection of essays by a distinguished panel of leading social policy academics asks what has been achieved by efforts to improve services and reduce poverty, and what is needed to deliver more effective and popular services to all and increase social justice.

Informazioni sugli autori:

John Hills, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, Julian Le Grand, Department of Social Administration, London School of Economics and David Piachaud, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

John Hills (1954-2020) was Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy and Co-Director of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. He wrote extensively on inequality, public policy and the welfare state. He was a member of the Pensions Commission and Chair of the National Equality Panel for the Labour government and led a review of the measurement of fuel poverty for the Coalition government. He was knighted in 2013 for services to the development of social policy.Julian Le Grand is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 2003 to 2005, he was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street. David Piachaud is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an associate of CASE. He was Social Policy Adviser in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit (1974-79) and has been consultant to the European Commission, International Labour Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and World Health Organization.

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Titolo: Making Social Policy Work (CASE Studies on ...
Casa editrice: Policy Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2007
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good