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Paperback. This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organised in later life. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420527
- ISBN
- 9781847420527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.45
€ 40.99
€ 38.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422118
- ISBN
- 9781847422118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.92
€ 34.92
Paperback. Using many data sources, this timely book provides a comprehensive discussion of issues of wealth, looking at potential policy responses, including 'asset-based' welfare and taxation. Num Pages: 269 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423078
- ISBN
- 9781847423078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.45
€ 40.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. Health systems everywhere are experiencing rapid change in response to the threats to health, including from lifestyle diseases, risks of pandemic flu, and the global effects of climate change. This book offers an assessment of challenges confronting a public health system, exploring how its parameters have shifted over time. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFF; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424624
- ISBN
- 9781847424624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.03
€ 35.03
Paperback. This book provides a socio-historical account of the changing treatment of disabled people in Britain from the 1940s to the present day. It asks whether life has really changed for disabled people and shows the value of using biographical methods in new and critical ways to examine social and historical change over time. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847427861
- ISBN
- 9781847427861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.58
€ 40.99
€ 38.58
Paperback. By examining policy, meanings of 'home' and potential barriers to housing options, this book provides a comprehensive overview and investigation of housing issues for disabled people from a social model perspective. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428059
- ISBN
- 9781847428059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
hardcover. In a vivid account of every stage of the migration process, this topical book presents new research that looks in-depth at Polish migration to the UK, in particular the lives of working-class Polish families in the West of England. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781847428202
- ISBN
- 9781847428202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.10
€ 105.10
Paperback. Drawing on the author's extensive research expertise and his links with welfare practitioners , this landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage in Australia: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, charts, tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFA; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428387
- ISBN
- 9781847428387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.81
€ 42.99
€ 40.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429704
- ISBN
- 9781847429704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.70
€ 40.99
€ 38.70
paperback. Using the idea of the social division of welfare as a template, this book assesses different approaches to retirement pensions policy, highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses. An invaluable resource for social science students and for those who teach them. Economists and pension practitioners will also find food for thought here. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9figs.2tabs. BIC Classification: JFF; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861342829
- ISBN
- 9781861342829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.92
€ 34.92
paperback. This timely report examines the strategic changes that are occurring within learning disability services as a result of the 2001 Valuing People White Paper. It offers evidence-based examples of good practice for all those involved in planning strategic changes to, or implementing change within, services for people with learning disabilities. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861345721
- ISBN
- 9781861345721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.12
€ 30.99
€ 29.12
paperback. This report presents an evaluation of a programme to integrate drug and alcohol treatment with mental health services, education, training and employment support. It provides an invaluable insight into the challenges and difficulties of integrating services in this way and highlights important lessons for central and regional government. Series: Researching Criminal Justice Series. Num Pages: 88 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861346605
- ISBN
- 9781861346605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.75
€ 26.99
€ 26.75
paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 43 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JNF; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415800334
- ISBN
- 9780415800334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447300274
- ISBN
- 9781447300274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.37
€ 104.37
Hardcover. Reveals the IDEA's shortcomings, but also suggests ways in which resources might be allocated more evenly along class lines Num Pages: 293 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JN; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814708101
- ISBN
- 9780814708101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFN; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816650767
- ISBN
- 9780816650767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Based on a large longitudinal study of homeless young people, this book examines the factors that impact on homeless young people's long-term outcomes, referring these factors to research and policy literature on youth homelessness. Series: Adolescence and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFB; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415470308
- ISBN
- 9780415470308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
paperback. The first fully detailed, complete account in English of the fiction and films of France's best-known and most controversial woman writer. Leslie Hill throws new light on Duras' relation with feminism, sexuality and psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APFA; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415050487
- ISBN
- 9780415050487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.02
€ 57.02
hardcover. This work explores challenges to male hegemony throughout continental Europe. It focuses especially on France, but it also offers comparative material on developments in the German-speaking countries and in the smaller European nations and aspiring nation-states. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734196
- ISBN
- 9780804734196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.52
€ 169.52
hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735261
- ISBN
- 9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93