Introduction to Social Policy

<BODY> <h1 class="header">An introduction to Social Policy</h1> <h2 align="right">Paul Spicker</h2> <p> </p> <div id="navigation"> <ul> <span class="menuheader"><strong>Guide to the site</strong></span><br> <li><strong>Social Policy</strong></li> <li><a href="socpolf.htm">Social Policy</a></li> <li><a href="needf.htm">Social need</a></li> <li><a href="welfsocf.htm">Welfare & Society</a></li> <li><a href="equality.htm">Welfare and Equality</a></li> <li><a href="principles.htm">Values in Social Policy</a></li> <li><a href="wstate.htm">Welfare States</a></li> <li><a href="politics.htm">Politics of welfare</a></li> <br> <li><strong>Social Services</strong></li> <li><a href="socadmin.htm">Social administration</a></li> <li><a href="housing.htm">Housing and urban policy</a></li> <li><a href="health.htm">Health</a></li> <li><a href="socialsecurity.htm">Social security</a></li> <li><a href="education.htm">Education</a></li> <li><a href="pss.htm">Personal Social Services</a></li> <br> <li><strong>Social policy in the UK</strong></li> <li><a href="uk.htm">UK Social Policy</a> </li> <li><a href="historyf.htm">Development 1601-1948</a></li> <br> <li><b>Resources</b></li> <li><a href="contentf.htm">Contents</a> </li> <li><a href="AZ.htm">A-Z</a></li> <li><a href="endf.htm">Online resources</a></li> <li><a href="blog.htm">Opinion</a> <br> <li><b>The website</b></li> <li> <a href="#top">Top of page</a></li> <li><a href="introf.htm">About the website</a> </li> <li><a href="introf.htm#copyright">Copyright</a> </li> <li><a href="paulspicker.htm">About the author</a> </li> <li><a href="awardlist.htm">Awards</a></li> <br> <span comment="These links open a new window"> <li><b>The University</b></li> <li><a href="http://www.rgu.ac.uk" target="_blank.htm">The Robert Gordon University</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rgu.ac.uk/abs/" target="_blank">Aberdeen Business School</a></li> <li><a href="mpa.htm">Master of Public Administration</a></li> </span> </ul> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-9239211-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</script><H1> </H1> <P> </P><H1> </H1><P> </BODY>