Making social policy work Hills Hardback Bristol University Press 9781861349583

Making social policy workAuthor(s): John Hills, Julian Le Grand, David Piachaud\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781861349583, 978-1861349583\nSynopsis\nSocial policy is now central to political debate in [url] has been achieved by efforts to improve services and reduce poverty?What is needed to deliver more effective and popular services to all and increase social justice? How can we make social policy work? These are some of the questions discussed in this new and wide-ranging collection of essays by a distinguished panel of leading social policy academics. \n\nThe book covers key issues in contemporary social policy, particularly concentrating on recent changes. It examines the history and goals of social policy as well as its delivery, focusing in turn on the family and the state, schools, higher education, healthcare, social care, communities and housing. Redistribution is also examined, exploring child pove.