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Social Policy Review 18: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2006 by Linda Bauld 9781861348449
RRP: $103.19$78.51"Social Policy Review" provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with detailed analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Bringing together a selection of commissioned papers,... -
The opportunities of a lifetime: Model lifetime analysis of current British social policy by Martin Evans 9781861346513
RRP: $28.37$22.20This report uses a revolutionary new research tool, LOIS (the Lifetime Opportunity and Incentives Simulation programme), to assess the impact of current government social policy on our lives from cradle to grave. The strengths and weaknesses of the... -
Young people and contradictions of inclusion: Towards Integrated Transition Policies in Europe by Andreu Lopez Blasco 9781861345240
RRP: $41.27$31.57Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment. It presents and discusses the findings of seven EU-funded projects involving 13 countries: Belgium, Denmark,... -
Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation by Ben Spies-Butcher 9781839988400
RRP: $103.20$98.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839988400Author Ben Spies-ButcherFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Wealth and the Wealthy: Exploring and Tackling Inequalities between Rich and Poor by Karen Rowlingson 9781847423078
RRP: $38.69$29.70Wealth and the wealthy have received relatively little attention from social scientists despite a growing wealth gap. Aimed at a broad social science and public readership, this book draws on new data on wealth to answer the following key questions: What... -
Family futures: Childhood and poverty in urban neighbourhoods by Anne Power 9781847429704
RRP: $38.69$29.70Family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems is undermined by surrounding conditions. This timely book, by acclaimed author Anne Power and her team, is based on a unique longitudinal study of over 200 families interviewed annually... -
Policy Change, Public Attitudes and Social Citizenship: Does Neoliberalism Matter? by Louise Humpage 9781847429650
RRP: $110.93$85.79Neoliberal reforms have seen a radical shift in government thinking about social citizenship rights around the world. But have they had a similarly significant impact on public support for these rights? This unique book traces public views on social... -
Migrants and Their Money: Surviving Financial Exclusion by Kavita Datta 9781847428431
RRP: $110.93$85.27This original and topical book tells the untold stories of migrants' experiences of, and responses to, financial exclusion in London. Breaking important new ground, it offers an insight into migrants' lives which is often overlooked, yet is increasingly... -
Down and out: Poverty and exclusion in Australia by Peter Saunders 9781847428387
RRP: $41.27$31.57This landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. Drawing on the author's extensive research... -
Polish families and migration since EU accession by Anne White 9781847428202
RRP: $110.93$85.79Based on 115 interviews with Polish mothers in the UK and Poland, as well as a specially-commissioned opinion poll, this topical book discusses recent Polish migration to the UK. In a vivid account of every stage of the migration process, the book... -
Reinventing social solidarity across Europe by Marion Ellison 9781847427274
RRP: $110.93$85.27As Europe's public realms face upheaval, this is the first book to identify how social solidarity is being reinvented from below and redefined from above. Interdisciplinary transnational approaches provide new insights into the relationship between... -
Global Child Poverty and Well-Being: Measurement, Concepts, Policy and Action by Alberto Minujin 9781847424815
RRP: $49.01$38.71Child poverty is a central and present part of global life, with hundreds of millions of children around the world enduring tremendous suffering and deprivation of their most basic needs. Despite its long history, research on poverty and development has... -
The EU and social inclusion: Facing the challenges by Eric Marlier 9781847424198
RRP: $38.69$29.70Social cohesion is one of the declared objectives of the European Union and, with some 16% of EU citizens at risk of poverty, the need to fight poverty and social exclusion continues as a major challenge. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the EU... -
Broadening the Dementia Debate: Towards Social Citizenship by Ruth Bartlett 9781847421784
RRP: $103.19$78.51Dementia has been widely debated from the perspectives of biomedicine and social psychology. This book broadens the debate to consider the experiences of men and women with dementia from a sociopolitical perspective. It brings to the fore the concept of... -
Teacher Training and Education in the GCC: Unpacking the Complexities and Challenges of Internationalizing Educational Contexts by Naved Bakali 9781793636737
RRP: $109.65$96.12Schools of Education are emerging academic units in higher educational institutions in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. Most of these teacher training programs are in their infancy stages. Modern day educational discourse across teacher training... -
Brave New World of Healthcare Revisited: What Every American Needs to Know About Our Healthcare Crisis by Andy Sharma 9781555918545
RRP: $19.29$14.98"[Lamm] holds a stark mirror up to an American society willing to steal from its children and bankrupt the next generation."--Senator Gary Hart An informed and erudite look at the current state of the American healthcare system from former... -
Coming Out of Communism: The Emergence of LGBT Activism in Eastern Europe by Conor O'Dwyer 9781479876631
$117.40How homophobic backlash unexpectedly strengthened mobilization for LGBT political rights in post-communist Europe While LGBT activism has increased worldwide, there has been strong backlash against LGBT people in Eastern Europe. Although Russia is the... -
The NHS at 75: The State of UK Health Policy by Mark Exworthy 9781447368595
RRP: $103.20$78.52In its 75th anniversary year, this book examines the history, evolution and future of the NHS. With contributions from leading researchers and experts across a range of fields, such as finance, health policy, primary and secondary care, quality and... -
Stay Home: Housing and Home in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Becky Tunstall 9781447365884
RRP: $109.65$84.31The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically exposed weaknesses in UK housing: inequalities in housing conditions, cost and security have contributed to the unequal impact of the disease. Charting fast-moving and inter-linked policy developments, Becky... -
Social Policy Review 34: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2022 by Andy Jolly 9781447365792
RRP: $109.65$84.31Experts review the leading social policy scholarship from the past year in this comprehensive volume. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this volume addresses current issues and critical debates throughout the international... -
Varieties of Precarity: Melting Labour and the Failure to Protect Workers in the Korean Welfare State by Sophia Seung-yoon Lee 9781447369257
RRP: $103.20$78.52Despite recent achievements in the South Korean economy and development within welfare institutions, new forms of precarious work continue to prevail. This book introduces the concept of ‘melting labour’, which refers to the blurring of boundaries... -
Taxation and Social Policy by Carlene Wynter 9781447364177
RRP: $110.93$85.27This book is about tax and social policy and how they interact with each other. The impact of taxation as an instrument of social policy is central in influencing redistribution and behaviour. This broad-based edited collection fills a significant gap in... -
Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future by Mary P. Murphy 9781447363552
RRP: $110.93$85.27A uniquely hybrid approach to welfare state policy, ecological sustainability and social transformation, this book explores transformative models of welfare change. Using Ireland as a case study, it addresses the institutional adaptations needed to move... -
Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand: More Harm than Good? by Greg Marston 9781447361497
RRP: $109.65$84.31More than a decade on from their conception, this book reflects on the consequences of income management policies in Australia and Zealand. It explores the lived experience of those for whom core welfare benefits and services are dependent on government... -
The Next Welfare State?: UK Welfare after COVID-19 by Christopher Pierson 9781447361183
RRP: $109.65$84.31COVID-19 has transformed the British welfare state. The government has created millions of new beneficiaries, spent tens of billions of pounds it doesn't have and created a mountain of public debt. And yet, when the crisis has passed, we will be left... -
Social Policy, Political Economy and the Social Contract by Jonathan Wistow 9781447352600
RRP: $103.20$78.52In this challenging and original study, Wistow positions social policy within political economy and social contract debates. Focusing on individual, intergenerational and societal outcomes related to health, place and social mobility in England, he... -
Implementing Innovative Social Investment: Strategic Lessons from Europe by Susan Baines 9781447347835
RRP: $34.82$26.88The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood. This edited collection brings regional and local realities to... -
Financial Inclusion: Critique and Alternatives by Rajiv Prabhakar 9781447345466
RRP: $103.20$78.52Should the public play a greater role within the financial system? Decisions about money are a part of our everyday lives. Supporters promote financial inclusion as a way of helping people navigate decisions about money. However, critics fear these... -
For Whose Benefit?: The Everyday Realities of Welfare Reform by Ruth Patrick 9781447333463
RRP: $110.93$85.27What does day-to-day life involve for those who receive out-of-work benefits? Is the political focus on moving people from 'welfare' and into work the right one? And do mainstream political and media accounts of the 'problem' of 'welfare' accurately... -
Social Policy First Hand: An International Introduction to Participatory Social Welfare by Peter Beresford 9781447332350
RRP: $103.19$78.51Social policy is often constructed and implemented by people who have little experience of its impact as a service user, but there has been a growing interest in greater public, patient and service user involvement in social policy as both political... -
In Defence of Welfare 2 by Liam Foster 9781447327929
RRP: $16.76$13.09In Defence of Welfare 2 brings together nearly fifty short pieces from a diverse range of social policy academics and commentators, policy makers and journalists that focus on developments in 'welfare' over the last five years of Coalition Government... -
Research and Policy in Ethnic Relations: Compromised Dynamics in a Neoliberal Era by Charles Husband 9781447314905
RRP: $36.11$27.83In the field of ethnic relations the complex, often tortuous, interactions among academic researchers, research funders and those who use the research often result in social policy interventions that are poorly conceived and flawed in their... -
Introduction to Social Policy Analysis: Illuminating Welfare by Stephen Sinclair 9781447313915
RRP: $103.19$78.51In this distinctive introduction Stephen Sinclair illuminates the subject of Social Policy by showing readers how Social Policy analysts think about welfare issues and policies. From what influences the decision to have children to how everyday terms... -
Welfare, Populism and Welfare Chauvinism by Bent Greve 9781447350439
RRP: $103.19$78.51In the wake of the financial crisis, and with increasing numbers of people in precarious and low paid jobs, there has been a surprising surge of support for populist right-wing political parties who often promote an anti-welfare message. Tougher... -
The Moral Economy of Activation: Ideas, Politics and Policies by Magnus Paulsen Hansen 9781447349969
RRP: $103.19$78.51Activation policies which promote and enforce labour market participation continue to proliferate in Europe and constitute the reform blueprint from centre-left to centre-right, as well as for most international organizations. Through an in-depth study... -
Global Agenda for Social Justice: Volume One by Glenn W. Muschert 9781447349129
RRP: $20.63$16.58The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world's most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together... -
Dealing with Welfare Conditionality: Implementation and Effects by Peter Dwyer 9781447341826
RRP: $103.19$78.51This edited collection considers how conditional welfare policies and services are implemented and experienced by a diverse range of welfare service users across a range of UK policy domains including social security, homelessness, migration and criminal... -
Local Social Innovation to Combat Poverty and Exclusion: A Critical Appraisal by Stijn Oosterlynck 9781447338444
RRP: $103.19$79.03Based on more than 30 case studies in eight different countries, this book explores the governance dynamics of local social innovations in the field of poverty reduction. The diverse team of contributors reflects on the trajectory of social innovation in... -
Towards a Spatial Social Policy: Bridging the Gap Between Geography and Social Policy by Adam Whitworth 9781447337911
RRP: $34.82$26.88Social policy and human geography are intimately intertwined yet frequently disconnected fields. Whilst social policies are always conceived, implemented and experienced in and through geography, the role of place in social policy scholarship and... -
Towards a Spatial Social Policy: Bridging the Gap Between Geography and Social Policy by Adam Whitworth 9781447337904
RRP: $103.19$78.51Social policy and human geography are intimately intertwined yet frequently disconnected fields. Whilst social policies are always conceived, implemented and experienced in and through geography, the role of place in social policy scholarship and...