Policy Press: 559 books
Protest camps in international context
Spaces, infrastructures and media of resistance
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest camps are a tactic used around the world. Since 2011 they have gained prominence in recent waves of contentious politics, deployed by movements with wide-ranging demands for social change. Through a series of international and interdisciplinary...
Abortion wars
The fight for reproductive rights
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2017
Britain's 1967 Abortion Act is 50 years old. It brought about profound social change, but the struggle for abortion rights is far from over. In this hard-hitting timely new book Judith Orr, leading pro-choice campaigner, argues that it’s time women had the right to control their fertility without...
Preventing intimate partner violence
Interdisciplinary perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
How can we prevent intimate partner violence (IPV)? And how do we define and measure “success” in preventing it? This book brings together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of fields to examine innovative strategies and programs for preventing IPV. The authors discuss evaluations...
by Smith, Carmel, Greene
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Key Thinkers in Childhood Studies presents the contrasting perspectives of some of the leading figures involved in shaping the field of Childhood Studies over the last 30 years. Using in-depth interviews, twenty-two high profile pioneers, who represent a range of disciplines and nationalities, share...
by Sicora, Alessandro
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
What is a mistake in social work and how can we turn it into a positive learning experience? Simply going over the events of the day is often not enough and can become overwhelming. Learning from professional errors is, however, vital for successful reflective practice. This important book presents...
Young people, welfare and crime
Governing non-participation
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Mass youth unemployment is now endemic and almost ubiquitous in the global north and south alike. This book offers an original and challenging interpretation of the ways in which young people’s unemployment and general non-participation is becoming marginalised and criminalised. It re-examines...
Social Work and Social Theory 2e
Making connections
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
Drawing on a range of theorists and competing perspectives, this substantially updated and expanded second edition places social theory at the heart of social work pedagogy. This book imaginatively explores ways in which practitioners and social work educators might develop more critical and radical...
Community development as micropolitics
Comparing theories, policies and politics in America and Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Community development is routinely invoked as a practical solution to tackle a myriad of social problems, even though there is little consensus about its meaning and purpose. Through a comparative analysis of competing perspectives on community development since 1968, this book critically examines...
by Cummins, Ian
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Taking a critical and radical approach, this book calls for a return to mental health social work that has personal relationships and an emotional connection between workers and those experiencing distress at its core. The optimism that underpinned the development of community care policies has dissipated...
Privatising probation
Is Transforming Rehabilitation the end of the probation ideal?
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Over the past 20 years, there have been many changes to probation governance in England and Wales aimed at controlling it from central government. However, the changes introduced under the Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) agenda, introduced in 2013, are unprecedented: the service has been divided...
by O'Malley, Lisa, Grace
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
The Short Guide to Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the current state of the criminal justice system in the United Kingdom. Avoiding an overtly legalistic or philosophical approach, it offers an accessible entry point for students and researchers across disciplines,...
Leading the inclusive city
Place-based innovation for a bounded planet
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Cities are often seen as helpless victims in a global flow of events and many view growing inequality in cities as inevitable. This engaging book rejects this gloomy prognosis and argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future in accordance with progressive...
Political (dis)engagement
The changing nature of the 'political'
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In what ways is the meaning and practice of politics changing? Why might so many people feel dissatisfied and disaffected with electoral politics? What approaches do political activists use to raise issues and mobilise people for action? What role does the internet and social media play in contemporary...
Resilience in the post-welfare inner city
Voluntary sector geographies in London, Los Angeles and Sydney
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
'Resilience' has become one of the first fully fledged academic and political buzzwords of the 21st century. Within this context, Geoffrey DeVerteuil proposes a more critically engaged and conceptually robust version, applying it to the conspicuous but now residual clusters of inner-city voluntary...