This innovative book uses examples from around the world to examine the spread of draconian and nationalistic forms of government -... Læs mere
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC- ND This accessible, yet authoritative book shows how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and... Læs mere
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Written by a leading expert in the field, this practical and accessible book is an essential guide to knowledge exchange, impact and research dissemination in health and social care.
Adult social care was the first major social policy domain in England to be transferred from the state to the market. This... Læs mere
In this book, Daniela Aidley and Kriss Fearon provide a practical introduction to making it easier for everyone to take part in research. It will be... Læs mere
Alice Bradbury discusses how the meritocracy myth reinforces educational inequalities and analyses how the recent educational developments of datafication and neuroscience might challenge how we classify and label children as we rebuild a post-pandemic schooling system.
This book presents a poignant account of the current policy approaches to self-determining sex and gender in... Læs mere
This unique book is the first to critique the past, present and future welfare state from a participatory perspective. Peter Beresford demonstrate the... Læs mere
A compelling new approach to public policy-making as problem processing, bringing together aspects of puzzling, powering and participation and relating them to cultural theory, issues about networks, models of democracy and modes of citizen participation.
This important text maps out ways in which the disadvantaged have been affected by legal responses to COVID-19.... Læs mere
This book explains why insecurity has become such a ubiquitous feature of life in the 21st century and why policymakers, strategic analysts and many scholars are failing to recognise or address its underlying causes.
Drawing from forty years of experience, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research in family studies is conducted and 'matters' at particular times. An exceptional resource for family scholars and those interested in the methodology of social research.