Resultaten gefilterd op "Policy Press"

Developing Locally

• Hardcover | Engels
• Throughout the developed world governments have invested substantial sums in local and regional economic development. Many have spent heavily on local... Lees meer

A Deafening Silence

Patrizia Romito

• Hardcover | Engels
• This book is born of a contradiction: on the one hand, there has been a genuine advance in the awareness of violence against women and children and ac... Lees meer

It's Not Where You Live, It's How You Live

John Bissett

• Hardcover | Engels
• This ground-breaking and compelling book takes us deep into the world of a public housing estate in Dublin, showing in fine detail the life struggles ... Lees meer

Children, Family and the State

Rob Creasy, Fiona Corby

• Hardcover | Engels
• For anyone studying childhood or families, a consideration of the state may not always seem obvious, yet a good critical knowledge of politics, social... Lees meer

Understanding Abuse in Young People's Intimate Relationships

Ceryl Teleri Davies

• Hardcover | Engels
• Ceryl Teleri Davies' research in female-only spaces informs this illuminating guide to young women's experiences of intimate relationships. Essential ... Lees meer

The Scapegoat

Jocelyn Brooke

• Paperback | Engels
• When Duncan Cameron's mother dies, he is sent to live with his Uncle Gerald on a remote farm in Kent. What follows is a hypnotic tale of psychological... Lees meer

The Handbook of Creative Data Analysis

• Hardcover | Engels
• Creative research methods for data generation have expanded over recent decades and researchers are eager to take a creative approach to data analysis... Lees meer

Responding to Hate Crime

• Hardcover | Engels
• Why has so much hate crime policy seemingly ignored academic research? And why has so much research been conducted without reference to policy? This b... Lees meer

The Triple Bind of Single-Parent Families

• Hardcover | Engels
• Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Single parents face a triple bind of inadequate resources, employment, and policies, which in combinatio... Lees meer

The Changing Politics and Policy of Austerity

• Hardcover | Engels
• This collection of original essays explores the myriad expressions of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis. Case studies drawn from Canada, Austr... Lees meer

Community Research for Participation

• Hardcover | Engels
• This book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoret... Lees meer

Transitions to Parenthood in Europe

• Paperback | Engels
• This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context. Base... Lees meer

What Is the Future of Social Work?

• Hardcover | Engels
• Social work is under unprecedented pressure as a result of funding cuts, political interventions, marketisation and welfare transformations which, com... Lees meer

The Politics of Ailment

Minna Zechner, Lena Näre, Olli Karsio, Antero Olakivi, Liina Sointu, Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania, Tiina Vaittinen

• Hardcover | Engels
• Deficiencies in old age care are some of the most pressing human rights concerns in mature welfare states. This book radically challenges the ethics o... Lees meer

Organisational Behaviour for Social Work

Gavin Bissell

• Hardcover | Engels
• Organisational behaviour for social work unites the well-established study of behaviour in organizations with the special, and sometimes unusual, orga... Lees meer

The Practitioner Guide to Participatory Research with Groups and Communities

Kaz Stuart, Lucy Maynard

• Paperback | Engels
• Avoiding both over-simplification and jargon-riddled complexity, this book is an invaluable, straightforward guide to participatory research for you a... Lees meer

Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Helen Kara

• Hardcover | Engels
• With foreword by Kenneth J. Gergen and Mary M. Gergen. Creative research methods can help to answer complex contemporary questions, which are hard to ... Lees meer

Austerity Bites

Mary O'Hara

• Hardcover | Engels
• This timely book by award-winning journalist Mary O'Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end of the cuts, based on her ... Lees meer

Managing the Ageing Experience

Denise Tanner

• Hardcover | Engels | Ageing and the Lifecourse
• Current social policy recognises that older people should be treated as experts in their own lives and be actively involved in their care. This book e... Lees meer

Full Personal Service

Charles Spencer

• Paperback | Engels
• Portly showbiz writer Will Benson has left Theatre World for the loucher but less life-threatening environment of soft-porn publishing. Now settled do... Lees meer

Major Thinkers in Welfare

Vic George

• Hardcover | Engels
• This is the first book to examine the views of a number of theorists from ancient times to the 19th century on a range of welfare issues: wealth, pove... Lees meer

Understanding Trans Health

Ruth Pearce

• Hardcover | Engels
• Addressing urgent challenges and debates in trans health, this book interweaves patient voices with social theory and autobiography, offering an innov... Lees meer

A Political History of Child Protection

Ian Kelvin Hyslop

• Hardcover | Engels
• Exploring the current and historical tensions between liberal capitalism and indigenous models of family life, Ian Kelvin Hyslop argues for a new mode... Lees meer

Studying Health Inequalities

Jonathan Wistow

• Paperback | Engels
• New public health governance arrangements under the coalition government have wide reaching implications for the delivery of health inequality interve... Lees meer