The third edition of this leading textbook offers a contemporary, lively and accessible overview of international actors and social policy formation, identifying key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North.
With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North.
Accessible and lively, it incorporates six new chapters on gender, environment, young people, food, water and energy, migration and more. The original chapters have also been fully updated to reflect major developments in the fast-changing world of global social policy. Key features include:
overview and summary boxes to bookend each chapter; questions for discussion and activities; further reading and resources.Exploring what it means to locate human welfare within a global framework of social policy analysis and action, it offers a perfect guide for curious students.
