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Social policy encompasses the study of social needs, policy development and administrative arrangements aimed at improving citizen wellbeing and redressing disadvantage. Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces readers to the mechanisms of policy development, implementation and evaluation. This third edition emphasises the complexity of practice, examining the links and gaps between policy development and implementation and encouraging readers to develop a critical approach to practice. The text now includes an overview of Australia's political system and has been…
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Authors
Ed Carson
Ed Carson has researched, taught and published on Australian social policy for many years and has been employed in a variety of positions in this field. He has recently retired from his previous roles as Professor of Social Policy, and before that as Dean of Graduate Studies, at the University of South Australia.
Lorraine Kerr
Lorraine Kerr has researched, taught and published on Australian social policy for many years and has been employed in a variety of positions in this field. She has recently retired from her previous roles as a social planner and social worker in local government and lecturer at a number of universities.