Social Policy and Administration Revisited : Routledge : 9781032050997 : 1032050993 : 05 Nov 2023 : Originally published in 1965, this standard work sets out to explore the questions: What is 'social administration', and how can people prepare themselves for this work? It shows the social services in continuous evolution in response to political, economic and social change, and it ends with a deeply thoughtful and thought-provoking analysis of the processes and causes of this evolution, and of the different contributions to change made by the various parties concerned. This analysis is based on the case studies presented in the book's central chapters. Of this new version of the book, first published in 1975, Professor Donnison wrote: 'The first three chapters of the original book have been scrapped and a new introduction to the whole subject takes their place - an introduction not only to the literature about social policy and administration but to the "point" and purpose of the sub