Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland / / ed. by Gerry Mooney, Gill Scott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Arnott, Margaret,; Brown, Usha,; Croall, Hazel,; Ferguson, Iain,; Gillespie, Morag,; Johnstone, Charlie,; Law, Alex,; McKay, Ailsa,; McWilliams, Chris,; Mooney, Gerry,; Poole, Lynne,; Scott, Gill,; Tannahill, Carol,; de Lima, Philomena,
• HerausgeberIn: Mooney, Gerry,; Scott, Gill,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland is the first book to integrate the description and analysis of social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999. It has been designed to support the delivery of social policy and related courses in Scotland itself but also to appeal to students on social policy, politics, sociology, public policy and regional studies courses across the United Kingdom, on which devolution and its impact are examined. The contributors are all highly experienced researchers and academics from across the social sciences. The book therefore presents a variety of perspectives and approaches with which to consider the key issues. Up-to-date material on a wide range of social policy topics, including work and welfare, health and social work, criminal justice, education, and urban policy, means that the book will be valuable to academics, researchers, policy makers and practitioners, as well as students.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Themes and questions -- Governance and social policy in the devolved Scotland -- Welfare nationalism: social justice and/or entrepreneurial Scotland? -- Managing poverty in the devolved Scotland -- Women, inequalities and social policy -- An inclusive Scotland? The Scottish Executive and racial inequality -- Urban policy and the city in the ‘new’ Scotland -- Criminal justice in the devolved Scotland -- Health and health policy -- Social work and social care in the ‘new’ Scotland -- Devolution, territorial politics and the politics of education -- Social policy in Scotland: imagining a different future? -- Index