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SOCIAL POLICY AND THE BIRTHRATE
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1988Saturday July 11, 1987 was arguably a red‐letter day in the history of our planet: if the demographic computer predictions were correct, that was the date on which the world's population rose above five billion for the first time (Hill, 1987). In fact, that date and statistic passed relatively unnoticed but in other respects there has been in recent ...
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Social Policy and Social Movements: Gender and Social Policy
1998Women are at the heart of welfare systems. They form the majority of paid employees in health, social care and education. More often than men they act as unpaid carers, as mothers and carers of frail elderly people and younger people with disabilities. As volunteers and neighbours providing care, women are more numerous than men.
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Social policy and social change – explanations of the development of social policy
Journal of Social Policy, 1973The resources of sociology do not appear to have been extensively or systematically utilized in the study of social policy and administration. One source of evidence for this statement is the absence of explicit references to sociological theories in some of the most well known general texts on British social policy and administration.
John Carrier, Ian Kendall
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Social Policy and Social Movements: Ecology and Social Policy
1998While there have been some contributions from the green movement concerning social policy, it is fair to say that much of this is limited to the manifestoes of green parties. Green social theory, in general, has had little to say on social policy. Part of the reason for this is that many of the changes greens would like to see across a whole range of ...
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Journal of Health & Social Policy, 1991
This paper examines the relationship between social policy and the phenomenon of runaways and their health. Through an exploration of the literature and reference to empirical studies, including the author's own work, it provides background and establishes the relationship between being in care and running. Assumptions which guide social policy as well
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This paper examines the relationship between social policy and the phenomenon of runaways and their health. Through an exploration of the literature and reference to empirical studies, including the author's own work, it provides background and establishes the relationship between being in care and running. Assumptions which guide social policy as well
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Globalisation and Social Policy
Social Work in Health Care, 2001This paper discusses six major themes: that economic and social issues are closely interdependent and that the appropriate stance is to work on both together, simultaneously; that though the threats from globalisation have been exaggerated, there can be substantial costs as well as considerable benefits; that constraints on national policy are ...
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Policy Sciences, 1982
The “welfare state” concept hides an important aspect of modern industrial societies. In capitalist countries welfare is provided through a mixture of public and private initiatives. The author suggests that the concept “welfare economy” more fully captures the economic interpenetration of public and private sectors.
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The “welfare state” concept hides an important aspect of modern industrial societies. In capitalist countries welfare is provided through a mixture of public and private initiatives. The author suggests that the concept “welfare economy” more fully captures the economic interpenetration of public and private sectors.
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Journal of Social Policy, 1978
ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the notion of paternalism, and its application to the evaluation of social policies. It attempts first to define the concept, using Mill's distinction between self- and other-regarding actions. A paternalistic policy is one in which the government renders a self-regarding action less eligible for a citizen, with the ...
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ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the notion of paternalism, and its application to the evaluation of social policies. It attempts first to define the concept, using Mill's distinction between self- and other-regarding actions. A paternalistic policy is one in which the government renders a self-regarding action less eligible for a citizen, with the ...
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IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2001
This paper is adapted from the author's speech at the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, January, 2001. The author discusses decision-making, hazards, technological upsets, and the social contexts within which reliability decisions are made.
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This paper is adapted from the author's speech at the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, January, 2001. The author discusses decision-making, hazards, technological upsets, and the social contexts within which reliability decisions are made.
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