A comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the complex mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy. Contributors at the cutting edge of social policy analysis reflect upon the implications of new social and theoretical movements for welfare and the study of social policy.Rethinking Social Policy is the Course Reader for The Open Univerversity course Rethinking Social Practice (D860)
Gail Lewis and Sharon Gewirtz are both lecturers in Social Policy at The Open University, John Clarke is Professor of Social Policy at The Open University
CONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS:
Jean Carabine Loughborough University
Celia Davies Open University
Paul Hoggart University of West England, Bristol
Bob Jessop Lancaster University
Jane Lewis Nottingham University
Ruth Lister Loughborough University
Maureen Macintosh Open University
Gerry Mooney Open University
John Muncie Open University
Ann Phoenix Birkbeck College
Lynne Poole University of Paisley
Jane Pillinger Northern College, Barnsley
Sharon Pinkney Victoria, Australia
Tom Shakespeare University of Leeds
Elizabeth Stanko Brunel University
Kevin Stenson Buckinghamshire College
Julia Twigg University of Kent at Canterbury
Sophie Watson University of East London
Fiona Williams University of Leeds