Policy Press: 559 books
by Burnett, Ros, Faulkner
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Successive governments have promised to reform criminal justice in England and Wales and to make it more efficient and more effective in preventing and reducing crime. And yet there is still a feeling that not enough has been achieved and more has to be done - a feeling that the English riots in August...
Supporting adult care-leavers
International good practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Growing up in care is not just a part of childhood, but can have ongoing impacts across a person’s life. Various inquiries have revealed accounts of abuse and neglect, and a fracturing of family relationships. Organised thematically to allow comparison of different initiatives, this book considers...
Justice and fairness in the city
A multi-disciplinary approach to 'ordinary' cities
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
With more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, ‘fairness’ and ‘justice’ within the city are key concepts in contemporary political debate. This book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws...
by de Medeiros, Kate
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
As the field of aging and gerontology grows worldwide, this exciting guide introduces students to key issues and concepts. It covers topics related to the phenomena of advancing aging, including how older age has been defined historically, cultural myths related to advanced age, health and function...
Why the left loses
The Decline of the Centre-Left in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Social Democracy is on the back-foot, and increasingly centre-left political parties are struggling to win office. Bringing together a range of leading academics and experts on social democratic politics and policy, Why the left loses offers an international, comparative view of the changing political...
The third sector delivering public services
Developments, innovations and challenges
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This important book is the first edited collection to provide an up to date and comprehensive overview of the third sector’s role in public service delivery. Exploring areas such as social enterprise, capacity building, volunteering and social value, the authors provide a platform for academic and...
Money and electoral politics
Local parties and funding at general elections
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Political parties are crucial to British democracy, providing the foundations for mobilising voters. Their constituency branches are key links between voters and Parliamentary candidates and their activities require two vital resources – people and money. Much has been written on the decline of...
Beyond Brexit?
How to assess the UK’s future
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
As the UK negotiates Brexit, what are the effects, implications and challenges that lie ahead? Janice Morphet takes a long term view on the range of institutional and operational options that may be deployed by the UK, EU and other international institutions seeking to influence the negotiations and...
Combining paid work and family care
Policies and experiences in international perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
As populations age around the world, increasing efforts are required from both families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people.At the same time both women and men are expected to increase and lengthen their participation in paid work, which makes combining caring...
Cities for a small continent
International handbook of city recovery
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
This original book builds on the author’s research in Phoenix cities to present a vivid story of Europe’s post-industrial cities pre- and post- financial crisis. Using varied case studies the book explores how policy responses to the economic crisis have played out in different European cities,...
Re-imagining child protection
Towards humane social work with families
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Why has the language of the child and of child protection become so hegemonic? What is lost and gained by such language? Who is being protected, and from what, in a risk society? Given that the focus is overwhelmingly on those families who are multiply deprived, do services reinforce or ameliorate...
Moving on from Munro
Improving children's services
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Four years after the publication of the influential Munro Report (2011) this important publication draws together a range of experts working in the field of child protection to critically examine what impact the reforms have had on multi-agency child protection systems in this country, at both local...
Critical social work with children and families
Theory, context and practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
This book traces the changing fortunes of radical and critical social work in the U.K., and examines the theory, context and application of such approaches. Radical social work of the 1970s declined as the rise of neoliberalism changed the nature of the welfare state along with what social workers...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Now in its fourth edition, this is the classic assessment of the state of child well-being in the United Kingdom. This edition has been updated to review the latest evidence, examining the outcomes for children of the impact of the economic crisis and austerity measures since 2008. It draws together...