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Social Policy and Social Work
Hardcover
Series: Transforming Social Work Practice
ISBN13: 9781526493538
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: Sep 26 2026
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.65
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
In this new edition, you will learn how to:
- Understand the latest professional expectations, with updated references to standards including the QAA 2026 Benchmark Statement.
- Connect current policy debates to practice, including austerity, adult social care personalisation, youth marginalisation, privatisation and welfare pressures.
- Strengthen your critical thinking, social justice perspective and leadership skills.
- Apply social policy knowledge to better understand poverty, inequality, discrimination, marginalisation and structural disadvantage in practice.
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