Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice

Understanding Social Security: Issues for Policy and Practice, Third Edition
Contributions by Luke Martinelli, Dan Finn, Sue Watson, Ruth Patrick, John Hudson, Zoë Irving, Kevin Farnsworth, Nicola Yeates, Bozena Sojka, Emma Carmel, Fran Bennett, Steve McKay, Jane Millar, Tess Ridge, edited by Jane Millar, Roy Sainsbury

Social security is the largest single area of government expenditure in the UK, affecting the incomes, living standards and life chances of millions of people. Over the past two decades or more, the 'welfare reform' agenda has contested the fundamental purposes of social security and re-shaped the system in many significant ways.  This book critically examines current provision in terms of design, entitlement, delivery and impact, and it considers alternative perspectives, including from overseas.