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Social Policy Review 30
Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2018
This book examines critical debates in social policy, including discussions on modern slavery, welfare chauvinism and the Grenfell Tower fire, to offer an informed review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year.
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Policy Learning and Policy Failure
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores policy failures and the valuable opportunities for learning that they offer.
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Superdiversity, Policy and Governance in Europe
Multi-scalar Perspectives
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this insightful volume brings together contributions from experts across Europe to explore the ways in which superdiversity has influenced the development of policy and to consider challenges for the future.
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Thinking Collectively
Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good
In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming individualism, reviewing collectivism as a dimension of political discourse. Taking a dispassionate and methodical approach, the author explores what collectivism means in social policy and what value it offers to the field.
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Social Policy Review 31
Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2019
Bringing together the voices of leading experts in the field, this edition offers an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year.
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Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets
International and Comparative Policy Perspectives
Research into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating collection from leading academics in the field.
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Putting Civil Society in Its Place
Governance, Metagovernance and Subjectivity
Through theories of metagovernance and case studies of mobilisations against economic and social problems, Bob Jessop explores the idea of civil society as a mode of governance. Reviewing concepts of self-emancipation and self-responsibilisation, he challenges conventional thinking and identifies lessons for future social innovation.
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Civil Society and the Family
This enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.
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Social Policy Review 32
Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2020
Bringing together the voices of leading experts in the field, this edition offers an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year.
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Mapping Welfare Attitudes in East Asia
Cultural and Political Trajectories
East Asian societies and welfare systems are rapidly changing. This original volume considers welfare attitudes in East Asia, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Macao, Singapore and Taiwan. It proposes new methods and approaches to analysing cross-national variations in welfare attitudes.
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Reimagining Global Abortion Politics
A Social Justice Perspective
This book considers how societal influences, such as religion, nationalism and culture, impact abortion law and access. It provides an accessible, informative and engaging text for academics, policy makers and readers interested in abortion politics.
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Social Policy Review 17
Analysis and debate in social policy, 2005
Contributions reflect key developments in the UK and internationally. and focus on developments and change in core UK social policy areas. Additional chapters provide in-depth analyses of topical issues in UK and international perspective, while this year's themed section is 'New Labour'.
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