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Understanding Social Security: Issues for Policy and Practice Jane Millar 9781447339472
RRP: £31.99Booksplease Price: £29.29The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to... -
Lone parents, employment and social policy: Cross-national comparisons Jane Millar (Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath) 9781861343208
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £24.79Policy makers across the world are confronting issues relating to lone parents and employment, with many governments seeking to increase the participation of lone parents in the labour market. This... -
Welfare to Work in Practice: Social Security and Participation in Economic and Social Life by Peter Saunders 9781138266735
RRP: £47.99Booksplease Price: £44.79Welfare to Work in Practice brings together some of the leading international social security experts to discuss the rationale for welfare to work policies, their limitations and problems encountered... -
Social Policy Review 29: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2017 by John Hudson 9781447336211
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80This edition presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past 12 months, from a group of internationally renowned authors. This collection offers a... -
Child Poverty: Aspiring to Survive by Morag C. Treanor 9781447334682
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.09Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are fiercely... -
Child Poverty: Aspiring to Survive by Morag C. Treanor 9781447334668
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are fiercely... -
Exploring welfare debates: Key concepts and questions Gregory 9781447326557
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79This 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... -
Social Policy Review 31: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2019 by Elke Heins 9781447343981
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Bringing 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... -
The Triple Bind of Single-Parent Families: Resources, Employment and Policies to Improve Wellbeing Natascha Van Mechelen 9781447333647
RRP: £106.99Booksplease Price: £87.79Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Single parents face a triple bind of inadequate resources, employment, and policies, which in combination further complicate their lives. This book -... -
Wealth and the Wealthy: Exploring and Tackling Inequalities between Rich and Poor Karen Rowlingson (University of York) 9781847423078
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £27.04Wealth 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... -
Wealth and the Wealthy: Exploring and Tackling Inequalities between Rich and Poor by Karen Rowlingson 9781847423085
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79Wealth 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... -
Social Policy Review 28: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2016 by Menno Fenger 9781447331797
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Drawing together a mix of internationally renown contributors, Social Policy Review 28 provides an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. With specially... -
The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe: Comparing Austria, Germany, Greece, Portugal and the Uk by Eleni Apospori 9781845422295
RRP: £36.95Booksplease Price: £35.00Issues of poverty and social exclusion are high on the European policy agenda. The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe reports findings from a study funded by the European Commission, using data... -
Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics by Barbara Hobson 9781840644579
Booksplease Price: £116.18An important contribution to the current literature on gender and social politics, this book challenges mainstream thinking on welfare states, citizenship, family, work, and social policy. Contested... -
Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics by Barbara Hobson 9781843768449
RRP: £43.95Booksplease Price: £41.17An important contribution to the current literature on gender and social politics, this book challenges mainstream thinking on welfare states, citizenship, family, work, and social policy. Contested... -
Family policy matters: Responding to family change in Europe Linda Hantrais 9781861344717
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £24.79Across Europe and beyond, changing family living arrangements have stimulated popular and academic debate about the impact of socio-demographic trends on family well-being and the challenges they... -
Poverty and social exclusion in Britain: The millennium survey Christina Pantazis (Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice,, University of Bristol) 9781861343734
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £27.34This book is the most authoritative study of poverty and social exclusion in Britain at the start of the 21st century. It reports on the most comprehensive survey of poverty and social exclusion,... -
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe by Matt Barnes 9781840643756
Booksplease Price: £106.02There are estimated to be almost 60 million people living in poverty throughout the European Union. This bleak statistic underlines the value of this important book which explores the nature and... -
Why We Need Welfare: Collective Action for the Common Good Pete Alcock (University of Birmingham) 9781447328346
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £16.74What is welfare? Why is it a key part of the 'common good' for all? And how should we go about providing it? Pete Alcock, a well-respected expert, explains the challenges that collective welfare... -
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Volume 1 - The Nature and Extent of the Problem by Esther Dermott 9781447332152
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79The largest UK research study on poverty and social exclusion ever conducted reveals startling levels of deprivation. 18m people are unable to afford adequate housing; 14m can't afford essential... -
Going it Alone?: Lone Motherhood in Late Modernity by Martina Klett-Davies 9781138266780
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £34.59Are lone mothers 'going it alone' in late modernity? In this fascinating work, Martina Klett-Davies examines how women negotiate lone motherhood in Britain and Germany. She draws on interviews with... -
Going it Alone?: Lone Motherhood in Late Modernity by Martina Klett-Davies 9780754643883
RRP: £99.99Booksplease Price: £90.68Are lone mothers 'going it alone' in late modernity? In this fascinating work, Martina Klett-Davies examines how women negotiate lone motherhood in Britain and Germany. She draws on interviews with... -
The Craft of Qualitative Longitudinal Research by Bren Neale
Booksplease Price: £44.17Brimming with life maps, life history calendars, and extracts from transcripts and diaries, this book illustrates by example the unique principles, challenges, and applications of qualitative... -
Families and Poverty: Everyday life on a low income by 9781447318828
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79The recent radical cutbacks of the welfare state in the UK have meant that poverty and income management continue to be of great importance for intellectual, public and policy discourse. Written by... -
Families and Poverty: Everyday Life on a Low Income by Mary Daly 9781447318835
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £26.28The recent radical cutbacks of the welfare state in the UK have meant that poverty and income management continue to be of great importance for intellectual, public and policy discourse. Written by... -
Impoverished: Fixing Britain and Its Poverty Problem Joanna Mack 9781447376064
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.86A deeply researched look at how UK poverty levels skyrocketed, and how the crisis can be fixed. Almost a third of children in Britain today live in poverty. Levels of deprivation in the UK are now... -
Knowledge Assets: Securing Competitive Advantage in the Information Economy by Max H. Boisot 9780198296072
RRP: £84.00Booksplease Price: £62.90It is now widely recognized that the effective management of knowledge assets is a key requirement for securing competitive advantage in the emerging information economy. Yet the physical and... -
Gender Inequality and Welfare States in Europe by Mary Daly 9781788111256
Booksplease Price: £110.08Gender equality has been one of the defining projects of European welfare states. It has proven an elusive goal, not just because of political opposition but also due to a lack of clarity in how to... -
Gender Inequality and Welfare States in Europe by Mary Daly
RRP: £30.95Booksplease Price: £29.70Gender equality has been one of the defining projects of European welfare states. It has proven an elusive goal, not just because of political opposition but also due to a lack of clarity in how to... -
For Whose Benefit?: The Everyday Realities of Welfare Reform by Ruth Patrick 9781447333463
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79What 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...