What's Your Problem?: Making Sense of Social Problems and the Policy Process

Connor, Stuart

ISBN 10: 1909330493 / ISBN 13: 9781909330498

Edité par Routledge, 2013

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Synopsis :

Every day we are presented with problems. More often than not we are also faced with competing accounts of what should be done. But why do some problems endure, whilst others fade away? What are the causes of these problems and who is responsible for solving them? Are we asked to respond to these problems out of fear, or in the hope of, if not creating a better world, then at least making a difference? How, where when and who decides what is a problem and what actions should be taken? What are the measures of success and what if others don t agree with what you count as a problem and its solutions - what happens then? These are questions of policy, where making sense of particular social problems and solutions, also means making sense of some of the fundamental questions, values and assumptions of how we can and should live our lives. It is this that makes attempts to makes sense of social problems and related policies a vital practice, particularly as policies do not just have an impact on people s lives, but people can and should have an impact on policy. This book is intended to support and challenge students, tutors and those working with, or just interested in, social problems and the policy process to answer the question what s your problem and what are you going to do about it?

À propos de l?auteur:

Stuart Connor is a lecturer in social policy at the University of Birmingham. His teaching and research interests include critical approaches to the analysis of contemporary social policy and practice. This work includes examining the role of governments, trade unions, NGOs, social movements and community practitioners in the fabrication of 'social problems' and attempts to legitimate and challenge particular policy responses.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : What's Your Problem?: Making Sense of Social...
Éditeur : Routledge
Date d'édition : 2013
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good