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New Risks, New Welfare

Signposts for Social Policy

Ian Shaw editor Nick Manning editor Catherine Jones Finer editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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This exceptional collection, the third in the Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy series, explores the profound changes currently underway which will have significant implications for the future of social policy. New Risks, New Welfare provides a look at the likely developments in social policy and welfare that will occur in the twenty-first century. Taking an historical as well as a speculative perspective, this book looks at social change, types of welfare systems and changes in work - including welfare work - to navigate a likely course in the new millennium.

"If essay collections were ranked like boxes of chocolate assortments, New Risks, NewWelfare would deserve a place among the hand-made connoisseur collections. It is packed with delights." Professor Robert Pinker, London School of Economics and Political Science

"Provides a view of the likely developments in social policy and welfare that will occur in the twenty-first century. Taking a historical as well as speculative perspective, looks at social change, types of welfare systems and changes in work - including welfare work." International Social Security Review

ISBN: 9780631220428

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm

Weight: 254g

168 pages