TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill,Michael J.
TI  - Social policy: a comparative analysis 
SN  - 9780133539059 (pbk.) :
U1  - 361.6 HIL 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - London
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Sociology & anthropology
KW  - thema
KW  - Social welfare & social services
KW  - Social & ethical issues
KW  - Central / national / federal government policies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-337) and index; Part 1: Themes in the Comparative Analysis of Social Policy.  1.Welfare and the state -- 2.Explaining the Development of social policy -- 3.Comparative theory.  Part II: Specific areas of social policy.  4.Income maintenance -- 5.Health policy -- 6.Social care -- 7.Housing policy -- 8.Employmnet policy -- 9.Education policy -- 10.Environmental policy.  Part III: Social policy, society and the state.  11.Who gets what: social divisions of welfare -- 12.Whither social policy
N2  - This is an overview of social policy which deals with policy issues. In doing so it introduces key concepts, issues about the performance of policies and the ways in which writers have sought to explain policy characteristics
ER  -