Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy
The Study of Social Policy: A Comparative Approach
1st Edition
By Barbara Rodgers
September 14, 2026
Originally published in 1979, this book enabled students and practising professionals who wished to deepen their understanding of their subject by using a comparative approach. The book begins with a stringent treatment of methodological problems, moves on to suggest how they can be tackled, and ...
To Do The Sick No Harm: A Study of the British Voluntary Hospital System to 1875
1st Edition
By John Woodward
September 14, 2026
What part did the British voluntary hospital system play in the health of the community in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? Did hospitals kill or cure? Originally published in 1974, this study investigates these questions through a pioneering examination of the extant hospital records, ...
Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy (14 vols)
1st Edition
By Various Authors
July 15, 2025
Social policy is never static because both needs and resources alter. However, many of the issues which were central to social policy when these books were first published remain relevant for much of the world today: an ageing population, housing shortages, changes in employment. Originally ...