The start of the 21^st Century has brought a series of debates to the forefront of welfare. Debates around migration (a key factor in the Brexit referendum), the rights of trans-people, the Black Lives Matters movement as well as several campaigns raising the experience of disabled people during government austerity and welfare retrenchment. This runs parallel to a context of covid-19 where disproportionate impacts have been noted in relation to BAME populations alongside gendered differences in policy impacts. Such events have brought diversity of citizens and experiences of welfare to the forefront of public and academic debate. Discrimination which continues despite the 2010 Equality Act.

Social, political and economic worlds are in constant change and as such the welfare state is no monolithic permanence within UK society. It is shifting and changing particularly as public debate recognises that citizens are not a homogenous group. Renewing earlier debates challenging the homogeneity of citizenship status this book offers a call for Social Policy students, researchers and academics to explicitly engage in debates regarding diversity of citizens in relation to welfare support.

Together the contributions in this text both highlight and challenge the assumptions upon which welfare provision was built to illustrate how across divisions of race, ethnicity, class, gender, disability, sexuality and migrant status issues of diversity and discrimination remain at the heart of 21^st century welfare provision.

Lee Gregory provide a comprehensive and engaging introduction to social policy. Continuing with the unbeaten narrative style and accessible approach of the previous editions, the authors explore the major topics of social policy in a clear and digestible way. By breaking down the complexities behind policy developments and their outcomes, the book demonstrates the relationship between core areas of policy and the society we live in.

This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover the impact of Brexit and contains reflections on the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for social policy. Each chapter contains comprehension activities to aid understanding, as well as helpful summary points and suggestions for further reading.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/social-policy-in-britain-9781350932715/

Visually and pedagogically rich, this wide-ranging introduction to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding welfare. In particular, it:

• Introduces concepts that are core to how policy is formulated and implemented.

• Provides students with a comprehensive vocabulary and toolkit for analysing policy examples and developing social science arguments.

• Includes stimulus material, diagrams, critical thinking activities, further reading lists and a companion website containing further policy examples, podcasts and class activities.

Written by an experienced and inspiring lecturer, this book is suitablefor undergraduate students of social policy, sociology, politics, public policy, social work, health and social care, particularly those taking courses on ‘welfare theory’,‘principles of social policy’, ‘key issues in welfare policy’ and similar.Using some of the hottest current debates about the problems and benefits of state-funded welfare, this book develops students’ social science understanding and analytic skills.

https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/exploring-welfare-debates

Welfare reform in the wake of austerity has fostered increased interest in self-help initiatives within the community sector. Amongst these, time banking, one of a number of complementary currency systems, has received increasing attention from policy makers as a means for promoting welfare reform. This book is the first to look at the concept of time within social policy to examine time banking theory and practice. By drawing on the social theory of time to examine the tension between time bank values and those of policy makers, it argues that time banking is a constructive means of promoting social change but is hindered by its co-option into neo-liberal thinking. This book will be valuable for academics/researchers with an interest in community-based initiatives, the third/voluntary sectors and theoretical analysis of social policy and political ideologies.

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?k=9781447318293