Lee Gregory is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for almost 15 years and is the author of Exploring Welfare Debates: Key Concepts and Questions. His research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision.Pete Alcock is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for over thirty years and has authored and edited a number of leading texts in the field including Understanding Poverty and The Student’s Companion to Social Policy.

This updated edition of Social Policy in Britain introduces contemporary and relevant issues in the field and skilfully locates them in historical, structural, and theoretical contexts. This reinvigorated textbook remains essential reading for social policy students at all levels of study.

• 1.Introduction: The Development of Social PolicyPart I: Structures and Contexts2. The State3. The Market4. The Third Sector5. Informal Welfare6. Devolution and Local Control7. International and European InfluencesPart II: Key Policy Areas8. Social Security9. Employment10. Housing11. Health12. Social Care Services13. EducationPart III: Theories and Debates14. Ideologies of Welfare15. Economic Development16. Paying for Welfare17. Social Divisions18. Delivering Welfare19. The Future of Social PolicyReferencesIndex

Lee Gregory is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for almost 15 years and is the author of Exploring Welfare Debates: Key Concepts and Questions. His research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision.Pete Alcock is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for over thirty years and has authored and edited a number of leading texts in the field including Understanding Poverty and The Student’s Companion to Social Policy.

This updated edition of Social Policy in Britain introduces contemporary and relevant issues in the field and skilfully locates them in historical, structural, and theoretical contexts. This reinvigorated textbook remains essential reading for social policy students at all levels of study.

• 1.Introduction: The Development of Social PolicyPart I: Structures and Contexts2. The State3. The Market4. The Third Sector5. Informal Welfare6. Devolution and Local Control7. International and European InfluencesPart II: Key Policy Areas8. Social Security9. Employment10. Housing11. Health12. Social Care Services13. EducationPart III: Theories and Debates14. Ideologies of Welfare15. Economic Development16. Paying for Welfare17. Social Divisions18. Delivering Welfare19. The Future of Social PolicyReferencesIndex

Lee Gregory is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for almost 15 years and is the author of Exploring Welfare Debates: Key Concepts and Questions. His research interests include poverty and inequality as well as theoretical and conceptual debates about welfare provision.Pete Alcock is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has been teaching social policy for over thirty years and has authored and edited a number of leading texts in the field including Understanding Poverty and The Student’s Companion to Social Policy.

This updated edition of Social Policy in Britain introduces contemporary and relevant issues in the field and skilfully locates them in historical, structural, and theoretical contexts. This reinvigorated textbook remains essential reading for social policy students at all levels of study.

• 1.Introduction: The Development of Social PolicyPart I: Structures and Contexts2. The State3. The Market4. The Third Sector5. Informal Welfare6. Devolution and Local Control7. International and European InfluencesPart II: Key Policy Areas8. Social Security9. Employment10. Housing11. Health12. Social Care Services13. EducationPart III: Theories and Debates14. Ideologies of Welfare15. Economic Development16. Paying for Welfare17. Social Divisions18. Delivering Welfare19. The Future of Social PolicyReferencesIndex