John (Hrsg.) Hills

Making Social Policy Work: Essays in Honour of Howard Glennerster

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Social policy is now central to political debate in Britain. What has been achieved through efforts to improve services and reduce poverty? What is needed to deliver more effective and popular services to all and increase social justice? These are some of the questions discussed in this collection of essays by a distinguished panel of leading social policy academics. The essays have been specially written in honor of the 70th birthday of Howard Glennerster, whose work is concerned not only with the theoretical, historical, and political foundations of social policies but, crucially, with how they work in practice. All too often services deliv… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Le Grand, Julian (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-86134-957-6
EAN: 9781861349576
Produktnummer: 4009323
Verlag: Policy Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 286 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.8 cm 431 g
Gewicht: 431

Über den Autor

John Hills is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the ESRC CASE at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was a member of the Pensions Commission from 2003 to 2006.Julian Le Grand is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 2003 to 2005, he was Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street.David Piachaud is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and an associate of CASE. He was Social Policy Adviser in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit (1974-79) and has been consultant to the European Commission, International Labour Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and World Health Organization.