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The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy by Richard M Titmuss 9781447349570
RRP: £79.99£60.86Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) was a pioneer in the field of social administration (now social policy). In this reissued classic, listed by the New York Times as one of the 10 most important books of the year when it was first published in 1970, he compares... -
Essays on the Welfare State by Richard M Titmuss 9781447349518
RRP: £79.99£60.86Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) was a pioneer in the field of social administration (now social policy) and this reissued classic contains a selection of his most famous writing on social issues. It covers subjects ranging from the position of women in... -
Implementing Innovative Social Investment: Strategic Lessons from Europe by Susan Baines 9781447347828
RRP: £79.99£60.86The 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... -
Thinking Collectively: Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good by Paul Spicker 9781447346890
RRP: £79.99£60.86What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Individualism, reviewing collectivism as a dimension of... -
Social Policy Review 31: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2019 by Elke Heins 9781447343981
RRP: £79.99£60.86Bringing together the voices of leading experts in the field, this edition offers an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year. The book considers a range of current issues and critical debates in UK and... -
Social Policy and the Capability Approach: Concepts, Measurements and Application by Mara Yerkes 9781447341789
RRP: £47.99£37.05The capability approach, an increasingly popular conceptual and theoretical framework focused on what individuals are able to do and be, offers a unique evaluative perspective to social policy analysis. This book explores the advantages of this approach... -
Living Wages and the Welfare State: The Anglo-American Social Model in Transition by Shaun Wilson 9781447341185
RRP: £80.00£60.87Are living wages an unaffordable and unwieldy aspiration or a key progressive reform? Demands for fair minimum incomes have dominated national debates amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This topical book addresses the rapidly shifting politics of minimum wages... -
What Brexit Means for EU and UK Social Policy by Linda Hantrais 9781447337157
RRP: £15.99£12.85Drawing on a range of disciplinary, conceptual and theoretical approaches, this book analyses the complex interconnections between social policy formation and implementation in the European Union before and during the UK's membership. It explores the... -
Exploring the World of Social Policy: An International Approach by Michael Hill 9781447334996
RRP: £79.99£60.86This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in Social Policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into... -
Capability-Promoting Policies: Enhancing Individual and Social Development by Hans-Uwe Otto 9781447334316
RRP: £90.99£69.85How can unjust societies be overcome with a better distribution of opportunities to flourish? How can human development be revitalised in countries where social welfare is being questioned? In short, how can human development be fostered in practice?... -
Alternatives to Neoliberalism: Towards Equality and Democracy by Bryn Jones 9781447331179
RRP: £27.99£21.57In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism. The editors synthesise... -
Why We Need a Citizen's Basic Income by Malcolm Torry 9781447343158
RRP: £85.99£66.10In the five years since Money for Everyone was published the idea of a Citizen's Basic Income has rocketed in interest to an idea whose time has come. In moving the debate on from the desirability of a basic income this fully updated and revised... -
Irish Social Policy: A Critical Introduction by Fiona Dukelow 9781447329619
RRP: £90.99£69.85This 2nd edition of a highly respected textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to Irish social policy. It provides an accessible, critical overview taking account of significant changes over recent years. The book is organised across four key... -
Exploring Welfare Debates: Key Concepts and Questions by Gregory 9781447326557
RRP: £85.99£66.10This wide-ranging guide to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding social policy. It unpacks common questions and assumptions about the purpose, value and... -
Social Policy and Welfare Pluralism: Selected Writings of Robert Pinker by John Offer 9781447323556
RRP: £90.99£69.85Robert Pinker has written extensively on social policy matters since the early 1960s. His distinct approach to understanding concepts such as welfare pluralism is of particular relevance today as welfare pluralism remains an essential component of the... -
Blinded by science: The social implications of epigenetics and neuroscience by David Wastell 9781447322337
RRP: £79.99£60.86This timely book critically examines the capabilities and limitations of the new areas of biology that are used as powerful arguments for developing social policy in a particular direction, exploring their implications for policy and practice. It will... -
The Squeezed Middle: The Pressure on Ordinary Workers in America and Britain by Sophia Parker 9781447308942
RRP: £79.99£60.86As wages stagnate but living costs keep rising, the pressure on working people grows more intense. The issue of living standards has become one of the most urgent challenges for politicians in both Britain and America. 'The squeezed middle' brings... -
Inclusive Equality: A Vision for Social Justice by Sally Witcher 9781447300038
RRP: £85.99£66.10In an era of ongoing economic failures, as governments cut support to the poorest, the richest continue to get richer and those in-between are squeezed by rising costs and flagging incomes, the challenges for social cohesion - and for social justice -... -
Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future: Volume 1 by G. Kolodko 9781349499694
RRP: £44.99£6.85The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic sphere but also on cultural, social, political, demographic, technological, and ecological processes. It... -
Global Migration, Ethnicity and Britishness by Tariq Modood 9781349334025
RRP: £89.99£32.13Exploring the most topical issues around migration and integration in relation to Britain, this book, now in paperback, examines people smuggling and the elite labour migration that is becoming a feature of Britain. It also examines the concepts of... -
Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer by Eric Mann 9780807047354
RRP: £16.99£11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807047354Author Eric MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 15mm -
Women and Welfare Conditionality: Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare by Sharon Wright 9781447347736
RRP: £80.00£60.87Recent welfare reforms, based on austerity narratives and a gender-neutral rationale, have failed to recognise the ways in which women and men experience the different demands and rewards of paid employment and unpaid care. This book draws on a wealth... -
The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America's Poor by Michael D Tanner 9781948647977
RRP: £14.95£10.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948647977Author Michael D TannerFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Cato InstitutePublisher Cato Institute -
Higher Education in India: A Data Compendium by Laveesh Bhandari 9781032654379
RRP: £39.99£35.46This volume puts together the latest available information on higher education in India at a single location. While higher education is an extremely dynamic segment in India’s education sector, yet a host of issues related to a lack of a good and... -
Women’s Education and Empowerment in Rural India by Jyotsna Jha 9781032653785
RRP: £39.99£35.46This is a book about understanding women’s empowerment and pathways as well as roadblocks to women’s economic empowerment in rural India, as understood through an evaluation-based research of a state-funded social sector programme located in the... -
The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada: Development Programs and Democracy, 1964-1979 by Will Langford 9780228003977
RRP: £41.00£30.29In the 1960s and 1970s, in the midst of the Cold War and an international decolonization movement, development advocates believed that poverty could be ended, at home and abroad. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores the relationship between... -
Basic Income: A Short Guide by Annie Miller 9781804250921
RRP: £4.99£3.95This innovative book provides a new perspective on Basic Income - a regular, unconditional payment to every citizen of the country. This comprehensive book has been rigorously researched and thus will appeal to academics, policy-makers, and the general... -
The Political and Social Construction of Poverty: Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition by Serena Romano 9781447312710
RRP: £85.99£66.10Poverty is not a neutral phenomenon, nor are social inclusion programmes neutrally conceived, designed and implemented.Their ultimate nature is built upon ideas, values, actors, politics and economic constraints.This topical book is one of the first to... -
The Coalition Government and Social Policy: Restructuring the Welfare State by Hugh Bochel 9781447324560
RRP: £85.99£66.50Responding to the political and social policy changes made between 2010-2015 a wide-range of experts consider the relationship between the two coalition parties to provide a critical assessment of how their policies affected the British welfare state,... -
Social Policy Review 20: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2008 by Tony Maltby 9781847420763
RRP: £79.99£60.86Social Policy Review provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Contributions reflect key themes in the UK and internationally... -
Understanding Global Social Policy by Meri Koivusalo 9781447358039
RRP: £85.99£66.50With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North. Accessible and lively, it incorporates... -
How to Fix the Welfare State: Some Ideas for Better Social Services by Paul Spicker 9781447364597
RRP: £85.00£65.36Paul Spicker offers an original take on the British welfare state. He outlines the structure of the five main services along with three other areas where institutional services have been developed: employment services, equalities and public services. ... -
The Changing Politics and Policy of Austerity by Stephen McBride 9781447359517
RRP: £80.00£60.87This collection of original essays explores the myriad expressions of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis. Case studies drawn from Canada, Australia and the European Union provide extensive comparative analysis of fiscal consolidation and the... -
Social Policy in Times of Austerity: Global Economic Crisis and the New Politics of Welfare by Kevin Farnsworth 9781447319115
RRP: £79.99£60.86The 2008 global economic crisis has led to a new age of austerity, based more on politics than economics, which threatens to undermine the very foundations of the welfare state. However, as resistance to the logic of austerity grows, this important book,... -
The Welfare of the Middle Class: Changing Relations in European Welfare States by Remo Siza 9781447359999
RRP: £80.00£60.87In many European countries, processes of individualisation have contributed to transforming the middle class into a multitude of people, a sort of 'middle mass' with an unstable social identity and radical activism. The different 'worlds' of European... -
Vulnerability and young people: Care and social control in policy and practice by Kate Brown 9781447318170
RRP: £79.99£60.86Moves to assist or protect the vulnerable now play a crucial role in welfare and criminal justice processes. This distinctive book draws on in-depth research with marginalised young people and the professionals who support them to explore the... -
Women, Welfare and Productivism in East Asia and Europe by Ruby Chau 9781447357711
RRP: £80.00£60.87Developing the new framework of 'life-mix', which considers the mixed patterns of caring and working in different periods of life, this book systematically explores the interplay of productivism, women, care and work in East Asia and Europe. The book... -
Reframing Global Social Policy: Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth by Christopher Deeming 9781447332497
RRP: £85.99£66.10Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally renowned contributors propose that the merging of the 'social investment' and 'inclusive growth and development' agendas is forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. The... -
Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy: A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions by Bruce S. Jansson 9780470505298
RRP: £63.95£55.68Praise for Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions "Bruce Jansson's thoughtful and innovative book will appeal to students in social work, nursing, and public health as well as those working in the health... -
Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy by Julia S. Jordan-Zachery 9780415996785
RRP: £135.00£117.28Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy offers a critical analysis of the policy-making process. Jordan-Zachery demonstrates how social meanings surrounding the discourses on crime, welfare and family policies produce and reproduce discursive...