Country specific: Wales
Social Policy for Social Welfare Practice in a Devolved Wales 2nd Edition
Devolution in Wales has come of age. It has had profound impacts on policy directions, on how social welfare practitioners are trained and carry out their work and on wider issues of national identity that affect the social relations of welfare. This text critically engages with the impact of devolution on welfare practice in one of the devolved nations of the UK. In this second edition leading academics in the field outline and review the policy framework and political philosophy and values underpinning core areas of welfare practice. They reflect on over a decade of devolution and assess developments across...