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SOCIAL POLICY
The short guide to social policy
SECOND EDITION
John Hudson, Stefan Kuhner and Stuart Lowe, University of York
“....of substantial value to anyone seeking to understand the origins
and structures of welfare delivery.” Health & Social Care in the
Community about the first edition
This fully updated edition of an essential introductory text offers a concise
guide to the key structures and concepts in social policy. Designed to work in
partnership with unique, innovative digital content that adds depth and provides
a truly integrated way of learning, this text and its supplementary app will be an
invaluable resource for students new to social policy.
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Making policy move
Towards a politics of translation and assemblage
John Clarke, Open University, Dave Bainton and Noémi Lendvai,
University of Bristol and Paul Stubbs, Institute of Economics,
Zagreb
“Deeply collaborative and intellectually generous, this book exemplifies
how we might approach policy otherwise.” Professor Wendy Larner,
University of Bristol
Responding to increasing interest in the movement of policies between places, sites
and settings, this timely book, argues that treating policy’s movement as an active
process of ‘translation’, is of critical importance for studying policy.
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Social Policy in times of austerity
Global economic crisis and the new politics
of welfare
Edited by Kevin Farnsworth and Zoë Irving, University of York
The 2008 global economic crisis has led to a new age of austerity, based more on
politics than economics, which threatens to undermine the very foundations of the
welfare state. However, as resistance to the logic of austerity grows, this important
book, the second of a three-book series, argues that there is still room for optimism.
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234 x 156mm 224 pages September 2015
The battle of the bedroom tax
A study of fairness and the policy process
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Contemporary issues in social policy series
Edited by Charles Husband, University of Bradford
This exciting new series brings together academics, professionals and activists to link cutting edge social theory
and research to contentious issues in social policy, challenge consensus and invite debate. Each text provides a
critical appraisal of key aspects of contemporary theory and research to offer fresh perspectives.
Research and policy in ethnic relations
Compromised dynamics in a neoliberal era
Edited by Charles Husband, University of Bradford
This unique book explores the interaction between the academic research community
and those who use its research to inform their social policy interventions, in particular
in the area of ethnic relations. The book will be of interest to academics who have a
professional engagement with both the research agenda and the substantive policy
areas discussed, as well as students.
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234 x 156mm 176 pages March 2015
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Dave Cowan and Alex Marsh, University of Bristol
The ‘bedroom tax’ is one of the most high-profile and contentious of the UK
Coalition Government’s welfare reform policies. In this topical book the authors
use the ‘bedroom tax’ as a rich case study through which to explore a range of
wider debates including understandings of the ‘social’ in social housing, the politics
and policy of poverty, and social security law, making it a valuable reference for
practitioners and policy-makers, lawyers and academics.
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101 reasons for a Citizen’s Income
Arguments for giving everyone some money
Malcolm Torry, Citizen’s Income Trust
For anyone new to the subject of Citizen’s Income, or who wants to introduce
friends, colleagues or relatives to the idea, this valuable guide will be essential
reading. Drawing on arguments detailed in Money for everyone (Policy Press, 2013),
it offers a convincing case for a Citizen’s Income and a much needed resource for
all interested in the future of welfare in the UK.
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New philanthropy and social justice
Debating the conceptual and policy discourse
Edited by Behrooz Morvaridi, University of Bradford
Over the last two decades individual capitalists and private corporations have become
increasingly involved in philanthropy, often through foundations targeted at helping
to reduce social problems associated with poverty, disease and food insecurity. This
important book questions the political and ideological reasons behind rich individuals
and large companies choosing to engage in poverty reduction through philanthropy,
asking whether it offers a long term solution or just a short term sticking plaster.
HB £70.00 US$110.00 ISBN 978 1 4473 1697 8
234 x 156mm 176 pages April 2015
Political (dis)engagement
The changing nature of the ‘political’
Edited by Nathan Manning, University of York
In what ways is the meaning and practice of politics changing? Why might so many
people feel dissatisfied and disaffected with electoral politics? In this important
book academics from a range of disciplines join with political activists to explore
the meaning of politics and citizenship in contemporary society and the current
forms of political (dis)engagement, providing a timely interdisciplinary dialogue and
interrogation of contemporary political practices.
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234 x 156mm 276 pages July 2015
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Social policy review 27
Trading time
Analysis and debate in social policy, 2015
Can exchange lead to social change?
Edited by Zoë Irving, University of York, Menno Fenger,
Erasmus University Rotterdam and John Hudson, University
of York
Lee Gregory, University of Birmingham
SPR 27 brings together international scholarship to address a broad range of issues
that emphasise both the breadth of social policy analysis, and the expanse of issues
with which it is engaged. These include the effects of financialisation on services
and care provision, policies to address deficiencies in housing and labour markets
and ways in which the study of social policy may need to develop.
As time banking receives increased attention from policy makers as a means for
promoting welfare reform in the wake of austerity, this book is the first to look at the
concept of time within social policy to examine time banking theory and practice.
It will be valuable for academic researchers, the voluntary sectors and theoretical
analysis of social policy and political ideologies.
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Social Policy Review
White working class voices
Understanding street-level bureaucracy
Multiculturalism, community-building and change
Edited by Peter Hupe, Erasmus University Rotterdam,
Michael Hill, University of Newcastle and Aurélien Buffat,
University of Lausanne
Harris Beider, Coventry University
This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working class
perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an
opportunity for these ‘silent voices’ to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in
multiple sites the results are startling – challenging politicians, policy makers and
researchers. Improving our understanding of how this group went from ‘hero to zero’,
became framed as racist, resistant to change and disconnected from politics, the
book suggests a new and progressive agenda for white working class communities to
become a fully inclusive part of a modern and diverse country in the 21st century.
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Vulnerability and young people
Care and social control in policy and practice
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Understanding street-level bureaucracy gathers internationally acclaimed scholars
to provide a state of the art account of theory and research on modern street-level
bureaucracy, filling an important gap in the literature on public policy delivery
and making it a valuable text for students and researchers of public policy, public
administration and public management.
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The Italian welfare state in a European
perspective
A comparative analysis
Kate Brown, University of York
Edited by Ugo Ascoli, Marche Polytechnic University and
Emmanuele Pavolini, Macerata University
Moves to assist or protect the vulnerable now play a crucial role in welfare and
criminal justice processes. This distinctive book draws on in-depth research with
marginalised young people and the professionals who support them to explore the
implications of a ‘vulnerability zeitgeist’, asking how far the rise of vulnerability
serves the interests of those who are most disadvantaged.
This is the first English-language book to take a comparative look at the Italian
welfare state as a whole since the 2008 economic crisis. It offers a rare overview
and analysis of the Italian situation based on an in-depth study of the main social
policy fields (including education, higher education and taxation policies) and a
comparative perspective framing the Italian case within the European context.
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234 x 156mm 252 pages July 2015
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SELECTED FURTHER TITLES ON SOCIAL POLICY
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Edited by Liam Foster, University of Sheffield, Anne Brunton,
Social Policy Association, Chris Deeming, University of Bristol
and Tina Haux, University of Kent
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 ‘welfare’ over the last five years of Coalition Government.
Following on from the successful publication In Defence of Welfare, this second
volume reflects on the impact of recent welfare reforms.
PB £10.00 ISBN 978 1 4473 2792 9
210 x 297mm 188 pages April 2015
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Clear blue water?
The Conservative Party and the welfare state
since 1940
Robert M. Page, University of Birmingham
Has the modern Conservative party developed a distinctive approach to the postwar welfare state? Written for a broad readership, the book takes an authoritative
look at Conservative party policy and practice in the modern era. Its time-defined
content and broad historical thread make it a valuable resource for academics and
students in social policy and politics as well as social history.
HB £70.00 US$99.00 ISBN 978 1 8474 2986 5
234 x 156mm 176 pages June 2015
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Policy & Politics
Advancing knowledge in public and social policy
Editors: Sarah Ayres, University of Bristol; Matthew Flinders,
University of Sheffield and Murdoch University
ISSNs Print: 0305 5736 Online: 1470-8442
Four issues per annum: January, April, July and October
Social Science Citation Index: Impact Factor: 1.302 (2 yr), 1.080 (5 yr), 13 of 46 in Public Administration,
33 of 156 in Political Science
Voluntary Sector Review
An international journal of third sector research,
policy and practice
Editors: Nick Acheson, University of Ulster; Bernard Harris,
University of Strathclyde; Rob Macmillan, University of Birmingham
ISSNs Print: 2040-8056 Online: 2040-8064
Three issues per annum: March, July and November
Emily Watt, Senior Commissioning Editor,
social policy
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