Policy Press: 559 books
by Ransome, Paul
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
Treating social theory as an exciting intellectual journey in its own right, this new introductory-level textbook presents the key ideas and concepts in social theory together with an account of the intellectual background from which they emerged. Aimed at first-year undergraduates studying sociology...
Making sense of Brexit
Democracy, Europe and uncertain futures
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
After the shock decision to leave the EU in 2016, what can we learn about our divided and increasingly unequal society and the need to listen to each other? This engaging and accessible book addresses the causes and implications of Brexit, exploring this moral anger against political elites and people...
Hidden stories of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry
Personal reflections
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Young people who come into contact with police officers on the streets today have little idea of the significance of the stabbing to death of Stephen Lawrence in a racist attack in 1993. Only their parents or grandparents remember the daily exposures of police incompetence and indirect racism which...
Community development (second edition)
A critical approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Community development finds itself in times of unprecedented political, social and economic change, locally and globally, at the same time as divisions between poverty and privilege widen. Building practical approaches to theory and theoretical approaches to practice, this updated and expanded second...
Community Development in Action
Putting Freire into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
In a world in which social divisions are widening not lessening, it is essential for community development, or any other practice committed to social justice and sustainability, to understand how power works at every level, from grassroots projects to movements for change. This exciting and practical...
Valuing interdisciplinary collaborative research
Beyond impact
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Universities are increasingly being asked to take an active role as research collaborators with citizens, public bodies, and community organisations, which, it is claimed, makes them more accountable, creates better research outcomes, and enhances the knowledge base. Yet many of these research collaborators,...
Localism and neighbourhood planning
Power to the people?
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Governments around the world are seeing the locality as a key arena for effecting changes in governance, restructuring state/civil society relations and achieving sustainable growth. This is the first book to critically analyse this shift towards localism in planning through exploring neighbourhood...
Who stole the town hall?
The end of local government as we know it
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
In this provocative new book, Peter Latham argues that the UK Conservative Government’s devolution agenda conceals their real intention: to complete the privatisation of local government and other public services. Using illustrative examples from across the UK, including the so-called ‘Northern...
Rebuilding Britain
Planning for a better future
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Britain faces extraordinary challenges, from climate change to growing inequality and global economics, but as a nation it has no plan for the future. This unique book asks a simple question: how can Britain organise itself, not just for survival but to build a fairer and sustainable society? The...
The essential guide to planning law
Decision-making and practice in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
This comprehensive yet concise textbook is the first to provide a focused, subject specific guide to planning practice and law. Giving students essential background and contextual information to planning’s statutory basis, the information is supported by practical and applied discussion to help...
Practice placement in social work
Innovative approaches for effective teaching and learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Involved in educating social work professionals? Overwhelmed and demoralised by the current climate of cuts to services and over-regulation? This unique book written by practice educators, students and academics offers hope. This collection of innovative approaches to social work placements addresses...
Poverty propaganda
Exploring the myths
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
Does ‘real’ poverty still exist in Britain? How do people differentiate between the supposed ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor? Is there a culture of worklessness passed down from generation to generation? Bringing together historical and contemporary material, Poverty Propaganda: Exploring...
Policing at the top
The roles, values and attitudes of chief police officers
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
Chief police officers are often shadowy enigmas, even to members of their own forces, yet they make far-reaching strategic command decisions about policing, armed responses, operations against criminals and allocation of resources. What is their background? Where do they come from? How are chief officers...
by Shaw, Ian
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
There’s a growing pressure for social workers to engage with research and draw on this in practice. But why is this research important? This first book in the Research in Social Work series, published in association with the European Social Work Research Association, provides an accessible way to...