{"product_id":"whats-wrong-with-social-policy-and-how-to-fix-it-hardback-9780745647401","title":"What's Wrong with Social Policy and How to Fix It (Hardback) 9780745647401","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhat's Wrong with Social Policy and How to Fix It\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBill Jordan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745647401, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.435 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Passionately written, engaging and topical.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Politics Blog\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A proactive, activist and passionate proposal fighting for restoring ‘faith in a politics of social justice”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eInternational Sociology Reviews\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This trenchant critique shows how orthodox social policy, grounded in the neo-liberal economic model, is ill-designed to respond to the financial crisis. It should oblige all those dealing with British social policy to question the direction being taken.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGuy Standing, University of Bath\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Breaks important new theoretical ground for a social and community-nurturing vision in the new economic era.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGar Alperovitz, University of Maryland and author of America Beyond Capitalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book argues that the financial crash of 2008-9 has exposed the disastrous consequences of applying economic theory to the collective life of societies. In seeking to manage social relationships through incentives for individual gain, market-like menus of choices and business-style sets of interlocking contracts, the model adopted by the governments of the UK and USA has subverted the basis for social policy in mutuality and membership.  \u003cp\u003e This has been demonstrated by growing inequalities, by failures and scandals in the social services, by the flat-lining of measured well-being (even during the boom years), by increases in a wide range of social problems, and by public disillusion over the effectiveness of policy programmes. In the post-crash world, the political culture needs to enable the expression of collective action for the benefits of interdependence, and to overcome the threats of ecological catastrophe and divisive ideology.\u003cbr\u003eOnly in this way can social policy be part of an inclusive global movement to restore faith in a politics of social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Bill Jordan's up-to-date, passionate and engaging argument forges convincing links between a wide range of the troubling phenomena in the public life of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction I\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The problem 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Income, credit and redistribution 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Services and well-being 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Global social policy 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sustainability – communities and the environment 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Conclusions – transforming social policy 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and References 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 244\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407316414744,"sku":"9780745647401","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745647401.jpg?v=1784161168","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/whats-wrong-with-social-policy-and-how-to-fix-it-hardback-9780745647401","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}