Download or read book Reclaiming Social Policy written by Arjan de Haan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-evaluates the importance of social policies in shaping well-being and combating exclusion, and enhances understanding of how these policies are formed in a globalizing world. It emphasises the context- and path-dependence of patterns and policies of inclusion and exclusion, and provides a framework for supporting social policy making.