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Social legislation, as a book category, covers the laws, policies, debates and historical movements designed to shape the social conditions of a society—how governments and institutions address welfare, labor and employment, public health, housing, education, social security, family and disability rights, and poverty relief. Works in this category range from legal and policy analysis, histories of reform and legislation, case studies and comparative accounts, to advocacy manuals and accessible introductions for nonexperts; they examine the design, implementation, impact and ethics of collective responses to social problems. Readers can expect discussion of legislative processes, court decisions, political and economic context, and the roles of activists, experts and bureaucracies in creating and changing social policy.

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