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Hardcover. The politics of parental leave policies addresses how and why, and by whom, particular policies are created and subsequently developed in particular countries. It examines the factors that bring about variations in leave policy, covering fifteen countries in Europe and beyond. Editor(s): Kamerman, Sheila B.; Moss, Peter. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420671
- ISBN
- 9781847420671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.58
€ 170.58
Paperback. This book offers a timely analysis of the UK government's sustainable transport policy 10 years after the publication of "A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone". Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JPQB; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420725
- ISBN
- 9781847420725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.54
€ 40.99
€ 38.54
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
€ 97.55
€ 97.55
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€ 37.10
€ 38.99
€ 37.10
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
€ 168.73
€ 168.73
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
€ 169.63
€ 169.63
Paperback. Towards a democratic division of labour? starts from the challenge of balancing values of 'equality' and 'freedom' in all sections of modern societies, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work and for elaborating adequate policy perspectives. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422699
- ISBN
- 9781847422699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.99
€ 49.99
€ 47.99
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
€ 83.39
€ 83.39
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422927
- ISBN
- 9781847422927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.70
€ 170.70
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€ 38.56
€ 40.99
€ 38.56
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
€ 169.93
€ 169.93
Hardback. This book examines the decriminalisation of all sectors of sex work in New Zealand. It provides first hand views and experience on this policy from the point of view of those involved in the sex industry, as well as people involved in developing, implementing, researching and reviewing the policies. Editor(s): Abel, Gillian; Fitzgerald, Lisa; Healy, Catherine; Taylor, Aline. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFMX; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423344
- ISBN
- 9781847423344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.25
€ 181.25
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€ 38.54
€ 40.99
€ 38.54
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
€ 97.55
€ 97.55
Paperback. This topical text provides students with a clear understanding of policy and theory in relation to community. By examining areas of government policy this book explores the difficulties that communities face, discusses new concepts and investigates what 'community' might mean in today's diverse British society. Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423924
- ISBN
- 9781847423924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.92
€ 27.99
€ 27.92
Hardcover. This book rethinks the public, public communication and public action in a globalising world. It looks at how publics are brought into being and how to develop research agendas into their formation, offering a rich set of methodological resources and stressing the need to examine the boundaries between theory, research and politics. Editor(s): Mahony, Nick; Newman, Janet; Barnett, Clive. Num Pages: 188 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424167
- ISBN
- 9781847424167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.55
€ 97.55
paperback. Dealing directly and exclusively with the issue of older workers, this book brings together up-to-the minute research findings by many of the leading researchers and writers in the field exploring key issues that will influence public policy in the UK and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424181
- ISBN
- 9781847424181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.36
€ 40.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. Understanding of welfare states has been much enriched by comparative work on welfare regimes and gender. This book uses these debates to illuminate the changing gender regimes in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424204
- ISBN
- 9781847424204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.54
€ 40.99
€ 38.54
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424365
- ISBN
- 9781847424365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.09
€ 183.09
Hardback. Examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden since 1930. This title draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family', and the aspiration to regulate the family and install gender equality. It is suitable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender and gender equality. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424556
- ISBN
- 9781847424556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.55
€ 97.55