The New Social Policy by Michael Cahill - 9780631178620

The New Social PolicyAuthor(s): Michael Cahill\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631178620, 978-0631178620\nSynopsis\nSocial policy has been too narrowly conceived for too long, often failing to address the many changes and challenges of contemporary society. This groundbreaking introductory textbook sets down an agenda for a new social policy. No longer limited to the five services that have traditionally characterized the \""welfare state\"", the discipline must look to the interconnections between these services and other areas of policy. Michael Cahill here presents a social life of analysis of social policy built on the premise that only if we are sensitive to the context in which government policy programmes operate can we provide good social policies. Chapters on communicating, viewing, travelling, shopping, working and playing examine these areas from the perspective of everyday life. Each chapter fo.