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Co-producing Research: A Community Development Approach Sarah Banks 9781447340768
RRP: €38.07Booksplease Price: €34.86Offering a critical examination of the nature of co-produced research, this important new book draws on materials and case studies from the ESRC funded project 'Imagine - connecting communities... -
Evidence-Based Policy Making in the Social Sciences: Methods That Matter Gerry Stoker (University of Southampton) 9781447329374
RRP: €35.69Booksplease Price: €32.53Drawing on the insights of some of the world's leading authorities in public policy analysis, this important book offers a distinct and critical showcase of emerging forms of discovery for... -
Children and Families Paul Michael Garrett (Department of Political Science) 9781447316190
Booksplease Price: €14.90Recent years have witnessed a number of 'child protection' scandals where children, often from the poorest and most marginalised communities, have been on the receiving end of violence, abuse and... -
What Matters in Policing?: Change, Values and Leadership in Turbulent Times Auke van Dijk 9781447326922
RRP: €32.12Booksplease Price: €29.50Policing is at a turbulent turning point: the pace of change is accelerating with renewed emphasis on crime reduction yet with austerity. This topical book examines what matters in policing, rather... -
Fiction and Research: A Guide to Connecting Stories and Inquiry Becky Tipper 9781447369738
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €17.23Discover how fiction can breathe life into your research. Fiction – in the form of everyday storytelling, prose, plays, films, folktales, and comics – can be powerful and resonant. This engaging book... -
Developing user involvement: Working towards user-centred practice in voluntary organisations by Paul Robson 9781861345370
Booksplease Price: €26.10This report is based on an action research project which involved service users, managers, staff and trustees. It identifies enablers of and barriers to increased user involvement. It also describes... -
What Works in Improving Gender Equality: International Best Practice in Childcare and Long-term Care Policy Kirstein Rummery (Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Stirling.) 9781447330486
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €14.32Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Drawing on comparative research from five countries, What Works in Improving Gender Equality provides an accessible analysis of what gender equality... -
Tackling institutional racism: Anti-racist policies and social work education and training Laura Penketh (Social Work, Care and Justice, Liverpool Hope University.) 9781861341815
Booksplease Price: €32.68The publication of the Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence emphasised the institutionally racist nature of British society. Public bodies and welfare institutions are having to face the... -
Harnessing Complexity for Better Outcomes in Public and Non-profit Services Max French (Northumbria University) 9781447364115
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.92ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can public services and social interventions create and sustain good outcomes for the populations they serve? Building on research... -
Managing transitions: Support for individuals at key points of change Alison Petch (Research in Practice for Adults (RIPFA)) 9781847421791
Booksplease Price: €28.73Everyone will experience a number of transitions throughout their life. Many of these will be positive, others may present challenges. This book addresses significant transitions relevant to policy... -
The Education Debate Stephen J. Ball (School of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies, Institute of Education, University of London) 9781447360131
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €16.95Education policy in England is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly incoherent and it is therefore becoming harder to keep up with, and make sense of, all the changes. This bestselling book... -
Social work: Making a difference Viviene Cree (University of Edinburgh) 9781861347787
RRP: €26.17Booksplease Price: €22.60Social work in the UK has recently undergone its biggest change for 30 years. As new regulatory bodies are working to consolidate social work's professional status, a new training programme, now at... -
Personalisation Peter Beresford (Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia and Co-Chair, Shaping Our Lives,) 9781447316145
RRP: €14.27Booksplease Price: €11.89Personalisation has become the policy buzz-word of the twenty-first century. Supporters claim it offers service users choice and services attuned to meet their specific needs, moving away from 'one... -
Demystifying Evaluation: Practical Approaches for Researchers and Users David Parsons (Independent consultant) 9781447333906
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €15.46Social research practitioners and others working in the public and voluntary sectors, in academia and consultancy are increasingly under pressure to provide policy-related evidence with limited... -
Support for living?: The impact of the Supporting People programme on housing and support for adults with learning disabilities Rachel Fyson 9781847420428
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €19.03Support for living? provides a critical analysis of the impact the Supporting People programme has had on housing and support for people with learning disabilities. It explores not only outcomes for... -
In Defence of Welfare 2 by Liam Foster 9781447327929
Booksplease Price: €15.48In 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... -
Raising the Nation: How to Build a Better Future for Our Children (and Everyone Else) Paul Lindley (Chancellor, University of Reading) 9781447366478
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €15.46Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society’s systems are failing to provide the... -
Best practice in regeneration: Because it works by Tony Trott 9781861344557
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €19.92This report charts a supportive project which linked four diverse regeneration programmes in different parts of the UK. By working closely together at all levels, the groups involved in the project... -
The Health Debate by David J. Hunter 9781861349293
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €14.78Health care systems across the world are in a state of permanent revolution as they struggle to cope with multiple pressures arising from changing demography, new technologies, and limited resources... -
Direct payments and personal budgets: Putting personalisation into practice by Jon Glasby 9781847423177
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €19.92Direct payments and personal budgets are two of the most exciting and important developments in adult social care since the Second World War. From very small-scale origins, both have grown rapidly... -
Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail by Peter Hain 9781447375883
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.92Why are liberation and independence movements often betrayed when their leaders get into government? This question has haunted Peter Hain for decades. A lifelong activist and politician, Hain has... -
The Rules of Democracy Marcial Bragadini Boo (Chief Executive of UKPHR (UK Public Health Register)) 9781447364146
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.92The world can be run better. Democracy is the most effective way to take back control over decisions that impact on people's lives. But democracy must evolve following a Global Technological... -
Making the Most of Your Research Journal Nicole Brown (UCL Institute of Education) 9781447360049
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €16.89Providing practical guidance based on real-life examples, this book shows researchers different forms and ways of keeping a research journal and how to get the most out of journaling. Appealing to... -
How to Use Social Work Theory in Practice: An Essential Guide Malcolm Payne 9781447343776
RRP: €32.12Booksplease Price: €26.17Social work theory is full of ideas about how to practise. It guides you in what to do as well as how to approach and think about social work goals. In this clear and systematic book covering both... -
The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice Nasar Meer (The University of Edinburgh) 9781447363026
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €17.23What can we learn from successes and failures in the pursuit of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North? A dominant view of racial justice in Britain has long been linked to a... -
Residential Child Care in Practice: Making a Difference Mark Smith (Social Work, School of Social) 9781847423108
RRP: €28.55Booksplease Price: €24.98Written by experienced practitioners and academics, this is a core text about the practice of residential child care. It takes as its starting point the fact that residential child care involves... -
Adult Social Care Iain Ferguson (University of the West of Scotland) 9781447316169
Booksplease Price: €14.90Adult social care in Britain has been at the centre of much media and public attention in recent years. Revelations of horrific abuse in learning disability settings, the collapse of major private... -
The New Working Class: How to Win Hearts, Minds and Votes Claire Ainsley (Executive Director at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation) 9781447344186
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €14.49Recent events such as the Brexit vote and the 2017 general election result highlight the erosion of traditional class identities and the decoupling of class from political identity. The majority of... -
Beyond Behaviour Change: Key Issues, Interdisciplinary Approaches and Future Directions Fiona Spotswood (University of the West of England) 9781447317562
RRP: €35.69Booksplease Price: €32.18'Behaviour change' has become a buzz phrase of growing importance to policymakers and researchers. There is an increasing focus on exploring the relationship between social organisation and... -
Faith as social capital: Connecting or dividing? Robert Furbey (School of Environment and Development, Sheffield Hallam University) 9781861348371
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €20.18The UK government has identified Faith communities as important sources of 'social capital' in community development and regeneration. But religion is also associated with conflict and division. How... -
Towards the emancipation of patients: Patients' experiences and the patient movement Charlotte Williamson (Board of Trustees, Picker Institute) 9781847427441
RRP: €33.31Booksplease Price: €27.72Despite a policy focus on involving patients in health care and increasing patient autonomy, much covert coercion of patients takes place in everyday healthcare. This book, by a leading patient... -
Photovoice Reimagined by Nicole Brown 9781447369387
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €17.23Over the past decades, ‘photovoice’ has emerged as a participatory and creative research method in which participants capture and discuss their reality through photographs. This indispensable... -
Uncomfortably Off: Why Addressing Inequality Matters, Even for High Earners by Marcos González Hernando 9781447367529
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.92In highly unequal societies such as the UK, where the top 10% take a higher share of disposable income than in most other European countries, many feel resentment towards high earners. On paper, they... -
Migration and socioeconomic change: A 2001 Census analysis of Britain's larger cities by Tony Champion 9781847420039
RRP: €22.60Booksplease Price: €19.03Migration and socioeconomic change brings new evidence to debates on urban regeneration in Britain: are we seeing urban renaissance, or is there city flight? This study examines 27 of the largest... -
Uprooted: The Shipment of Poor Children to Canada, 1867-1917 by Roy Parker 9781847426680
RRP: €29.74Booksplease Price: €28.07This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915. How did this come about? What were the... -
Austerity Bites 10 Years On: A Journey to the Sharp End of Cuts in the UK Mary O'Hara 9781447374527
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €12.92Austerity has proven to be more deadly than the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, over the last decade, the damage caused by austerity measures in the UK has had a long-lasting and profound effect on many... -
50 Facts Everyone Should Know about the Police: Criminal Investigation and Policing in England and Wales John Lamb 9781447370475
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €17.23Have you ever wondered whether crime dramas reflect the reality of police work? Or what the future of policing could look like in the context of recent controversies? Offering thought-provoking... -
Child Development and the Brain: An Introduction by Rob Abbott 9781447307044
RRP: €28.55Booksplease Price: €24.98This accessibly written textbook explores how our increasing knowledge of neuroscience and advances in methods of investigation is changing our understanding of child development. Packed full of... -
What Kind of Democracy Is This?: Politics in a Changing World by Matthew Flinders 9781447337621
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €11.15Has there ever been a period in modern history when democratic politics seemed more unpredictable or unruly? The old rules by which politics was once both ordered and understood have waned, in the... -
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A more equal society?: New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion by John Hills 9781861345776 [USED COPY]
RRP: €32.12Booksplease Price: €3.12This major new book provides, for the first time, a detailed evaluation of policies on poverty and social exclusion since 1997, and their effects. Bringing together leading experts in the field, it...