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Hardback. Social Policy Review provides readers invested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of interest during the past year. This year the Review uses the 60th anniversary of key legislation founding the welfare state in the UK to provide a comprehensive overview of policy developments in the UK and internationally. Series: Social Policy Review. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423733
- ISBN
- 9781847423733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.07
€ 98.07
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423368
- ISBN
- 9781847423368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.74
€ 40.99
€ 38.74
Hardback. Establishing asylum seekers in the UK as a socially excluded group, this book provides readers with an understanding of how they experience the dispersal system and gives an insight into how this impacts on their lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423269
- ISBN
- 9781847423269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.07
€ 98.07
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423207
- ISBN
- 9781847423207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.77
€ 40.99
€ 38.77
Paperback. This original book provides an overview of changes in social and fiscal policy since the 1970s, using a unique lifetime simulation approach to analyse how changes in these policies would affect people of low median and high income living in 1979, 1997 and 2008 if they lived their whole lives under the policy rules in place in these years. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423047
- ISBN
- 9781847423047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.86
€ 40.99
€ 38.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422859
- ISBN
- 9781847422859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.73
€ 24.99
€ 18.73
Hardcover. This timely book prepares social workers and other practitioners for the challenge of engaging directly with children and young people in order to make a difference to their lives. Series: Social Work in Practice Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422835
- ISBN
- 9781847422835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.83
€ 83.83
Hardback. Based upon cross-national case studies of public and private sector workplaces, "Work, families and organisations in transition" illustrates how workplace practices and policies impact on employees' experiences of "work-life balance" in contemporary shifting contexts. Editor(s): Lewis, Suzan; Brannen, Julia; Nilsen, Ann. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422200
- ISBN
- 9781847422200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.39
€ 98.39
hardcover. This book seeks to understand the Right to Buy, the most controversial housing policy of the last 30 years, on its own terms, rather than most studies which focus on its negative impact. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422132
- ISBN
- 9781847422132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.85
€ 97.85
Paperback. Based on the practice expertise and research of social workers from developing and developed countries worldwide, this book examines the relationship between social work and health inequalities in the context of globalisation. Editor(s): Bywaters, Paul; McLeod, Eileen; Napier, Lindsey. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847421951
- ISBN
- 9781847421951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.58
€ 38.99
€ 37.58
Hardback. "Social Policy Review" provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Editor(s): Maltby, Dr. Tony; Kennett, Patricia; Rummery, Kirstein. Series: Social Policy Review. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420763
- ISBN
- 9781847420763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.39
€ 98.39
Paperback. Community and ageing investigates changing concepts and experiences of community into older age and how they play out in housing with care settings, with an overview of how the housing with care sector in the UK and internationally. It explores the impact of a range of factors, from social networks to diversity and the built environment. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 173 x 238 x 67. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420701
- ISBN
- 9781847420701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.74
€ 40.99
€ 38.74
Paperback. What does it mean to have a good life? Why has it proved so difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to live one? This important book explores these questions, provides an analysis of related policies and underpinning ideologies and looks to how a good life may be made more attainable. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420688
- ISBN
- 9781847420688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.74
€ 40.99
€ 38.74
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420640
- ISBN
- 9781847420640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.06
€ 117.06
Hardback. This ambitious book explores the employment effectiveness of minimum income schemes, and provides the first comprehensive examination of its dependency on how the rights and obligations of the recipients are defined. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420466
- ISBN
- 9781847420466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.54
€ 105.54
Paperback. Anyone working, or planning to work, as an advocate for people dealing with public services will want to read this book. Based on the experience of advocates and using case studies based on real practice issues, the accessible style of "Speaking to power" will make it an enjoyable read for professionals, students and lay people alike. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420374
- ISBN
- 9781847420374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.68
€ 33.99
€ 32.68
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420190
- ISBN
- 9781847420190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.93
€ 41.99
€ 39.93
Paperback. New Labour's modernisation agenda has produced an avalanche of change that has posed formidable challenges for everyone involved in social work, whether as service users, practitioners or managers. "Modernising Social Work" provides a radical appraisal of the far-reaching changes in their theoretical, historical and policy contexts. Editor(s): Harris, John; White, Vicky. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420053
- ISBN
- 9781847420053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.18
€ 35.99
€ 35.18
Hardback. This detailed study of children's everyday practices in a small deprived neighbourhood of post-socialist Bratislava, provides a novel insight on the formation of children's agency and the multitude of resources it comes from. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; 3JJPR; 3JM; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322740
- ISBN
- 9781447322740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.54
€ 105.54
Hardback. This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred - interact. Series: Ageing in a Global Context. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322276
- ISBN
- 9781447322276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.07
€ 98.07