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social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > social services
social science subjects > health and social care > social care > social services
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > legal subjects > welfare > social services
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > law and courts > law and society > legal subjects > welfare > social services
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > poverty and social class > welfare > social services

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social services  

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  • The range of services provide by organizations, private and public, to enhance life, ranging from education and public health to the delivery of meals to the elderly and disabled. In the past the state played a large role in the delivery of these services, but under the influence of neoliberal policies' attempts to shed them either on to the community or into the private-for-profit sector (care in the community; citizenship; corporatization; welfare services; welfare state). [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Social Services]

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