Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy
A Code of Ethics for Social Work: The Second Step
1st Edition
Edited
By David Watson
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1985 the discussions in this book open up a series of important issues for the ethical practice of social work, including questions about the proper relations between personal and professional values, professional responsibility, relations between professionals and their ...
An Introduction to the Study of Social Administration
1st Edition
Edited
By David C. Marsh
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1965, this introductory textbook provides the student with an outline of the subject matter of Social Administration. It deals with the growth of this discipline of study, its inter-relatedness with the other social sciences, and examines the historical development and ...
Caring for Strangers: An Introduction to Practical Philosophy for Student of Social Administration
1st Edition
By David Watson
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1980, this book introduces students of social studies to ideas in moral, social and political philosophy which are useful for assessing social policy. At the same time the book enables philosophy students to discover the value of social and political philosophy beyond its ...
Housing, Social Policy and the State
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Melling
July 15, 2025
The topic of housing is central to urban history as well as to social policy. Historians have focussed either on local conditions or national developments, but until first publication of this book in 1980, there had been few systematic attempts to relate local amenities to general policy. The ...
Introducing Social Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By David C. Marsh
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1979, this book concentrates on the major developments in social policy in the second half of the 20th century. The first part considers these in relation to the economic and social environment, comprising essays on social policy in relation to industry, urban planning, and ...
Introduction to Social Administration in Britain
1st Edition
By Muriel Brown, Sarah Payne
July 15, 2025
Published in 1994, as a revised and updated seventh edition, this classic guide to social administration was first published in 1969. The book provides information about social problems and the structure and working of the social services in the late 20th Century. It also identifies the main lines...
Poor Parents: Social Policy and the 'Cycle of Deprivation'
1st Edition
By Bill Jordan
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1974, this book provides a critique of official policy towards families with young children living on low incomes and looks in detail at some of the myths prevalent in the public debate – both political and academic – about the ‘cycle of deprivation’, a phrase coined by Sir ...
Retiring to the Seaside
1st Edition
By Valerie Karn
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1977 and based on a survey of 1,000 retired people in two ‘retirement resorts’ – Bexhill and Clacton – the book also quotes extensively from interviews with local government officials, doctors, and social workers. The topics discussed include the scale of movement of retired...
Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy (14 vols)
1st Edition
By Various Authors
July 15, 2025
Social policy is never static because both needs and resources alter. However, many of the issues which were central to social policy when these books were first published remain relevant for much of the world today: an ageing population, housing shortages, changes in employment. Originally ...
Social Policy in Action
1st Edition
By Joan L. M. Eyden
July 15, 2025
Social policy is never static because both needs and resources alter. It must involve a responsiveness to social change on the part of the agencies involved. Originally published in 1969, this study employs this dynamic approach and sets the subject against a background of democratic involvement. ...
Social Policy in the Irish Republic
1st Edition
By P. R. Kaim-Caudle
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1967, this book examines the health services, social insurance, social assistance, family allowances and housing in the Irish Republic during the late 20th Century. Discussion of the social services is introduced by an outline of the environment in which social policy ...
The Aims and Outcomes of Social Policy Research
1st Edition
By Patricia Thomas
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1985, this book investigates, through real cases, whether independently funded research which was intended to solve social problems has had the desired effect. It also inquires whether civil servants believe that research has a part to play in the formulation of policy. The ...