Policy Press publishes work that seeks to understand social problems, promote social change and inform policy and practice. Our core aim is to improve the day-to-day lives of people who need it most.
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The first book in our Interpretive Lenses in Sociology series
A space where reseach, evidence and critique can create positive social change
Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Social Research Institute. A social researcher for more than 50 years, and author of many academic publications, she is also well known for her biography, autobiography and fiction. Her most recent publication with us is Forgotten Wives.
Read this Transforming Society article she wrote for International Women's Day.
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Margaret Ledwith is Emeritus Professor of Community Development and Social Justice at the University of Cumbria, coordinator of the international Collaborative Action Research Network and a community development practitioner. This month we are publishing a book she co-authored, Participatory Practice 2e.
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Heejung Chung is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent. She is the author of The Flexibility Paradox: Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation which is due to publish in March, 2022.
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Lambros Fatsis is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Brighton. His research fuses Cultural Criminology with Black radical thought, focusing on police racism and the criminalisation of Black music subcultures. His co-authored book with Mark Carrigan, The Public and Their Platforms Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media is published by Bristol University Press. This month we are publishing another book he co-authored, Policing the Pandemic.
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