Social Policy Theories: Debates, Policies and Prospects of Social Change in the Great Lakes Region.
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Date
2008
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Global Publishers and Distributors.
Abstract
The book is central to the Social Policy Planning Handbooks series and will prove an excellent text book in
both electronic mode and conventional paperback material, for university students, further education and board
room and front line policy implementers. It is also a thought provoking reading for those established in the
profession. Social Policy Theories: Debates, Policies and Prospects of Social Change in the Great Lakes Region is written by an experienced professional with a deep knowledge of the subject and
a determination to improve the process of designing equitable policies.
Description
This is a completely revised second edition of a book which has become a standard text in social policy
planning. In addition to provoking the reader with an up to date contemporary portrait of social policy planning,
Catherine Mwine further develops her postulation of various theories as the best way of explaining and
understanding the role of what she has called “equilibrium” policy that lead to positive social change. This
conceptual advance makes Social Policy Theories: Debates, Policies and Prospects of Social Change in the
Great Lakes Region an event of major importance in the literature of social policy planning.
Keywords
Social Policy Theories, Social Policy, Social Change, Social change prospects, Great Lakes region
Citation
Mwine, Catherine K. S. H.(2008). Social policy theories: debates, policies and prospects of social change in the Great Lakes Region, Global Publishers and Distributors, ISBN 978 9490388762