Providing innovative insights, this book moves the debate on migration and integration policies in the enlarged European Union and its member states onto new terrain.
This important textbook examines how practitioners and student social workers can provide appropriate care for lesbian, gay,... Læs mere
Lavalette and Penketh reveal that racism towards Britain’s ethnic minority groups has undergone a process of change and affirm the importance... Læs mere
This book offers a unique insight into the possibilities of CPD and the issues it presents for newly qualified and experienced social workers in... Læs mere
Social class in later life: Power, identity and lifestyle provides the most up-to-date collection of new and emerging research relevant to contemporary debates on the relationship between class, culture, and later life.
This book analyses the roots of the current housing crisis in England, critically reviewing the development of policy under successive UK Governments and presenting a specific critique of the current Conservative Government’s housing and planning reforms.
An innovative account of social control and behaviourism within welfare systems and social policies, and the implications for disadvantaged groups.
Written by an expert in political science and straddling finance, economics and political science, this entry-level summary demystifies... Læs mere
Engaging with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, this ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK.
In Broken Benefits, Sam Royston argues that social security isn’t working, and without a change in direction, it will be even less fair in the... Læs mere
Advising in austerity provides a lively and thought-provoking account of the conditions, consequences and challenges of advice work in the UK. It examines how advisors negotiate the private troubles of those who come to Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) and construct ways forward.
A photographic ethnography book that features the stories and portraits of individuals across the UK who have been impacted by social issues such as austerity, Brexit, deindustrialisation, nationalism and cuts to public services.