We are all 'glass consumers'. Organisations know so much about us, they can almost see through us. Governments and businesses collect and process our personal...
We are all 'glass consumers'. Organisations know so much about us, they can almost see through us. Governments and businesses collect and process our personal...
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This book examines views about what poverty is and what should be done about it. 'Poverty' means many different things to different people for example,...
Minimum income protection provides the last social safety net for people in need. The book provides a systematic comparative and longitudinal analysis of minimum income...
There is a growing concern about the social exclusion of a range of minority groups, including people with learning difficulties. Lifelong learning is seen as...
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Product Description Against a centurylong trend of decline, the private rented sector grew significantly during the 1990s. This book explores why and looks at the...
With an ever increasing proportion of the world's population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for governments and policymakers. This...
Childhood and youth have become increasingly important key concepts across a range of disciplines, professions and studies. The short guide to working with children and...
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In the UK, both Conservative and New Labour welfare strategies have been influenced by American policies. British welfare reform has continued in recent years, while...
Since the publication of the first edition of 'The wellconnected community' there has been a growing recognition in practice and policy of how networks contribute...
Where has capitalism gone wrong? Why are advanced capitalist economies so sick and why do conventional policy solutions, such as reduced taxes and increased money...
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The main objective of this edited volume is to explore the motivations, decision making processes, and consequences, when older people consider or accomplish return migration...
Rural homelessness: supplies evidence on the nature, extent and experiences of homelessness in rural areas; provides a wideranging theoretical, empirical and policyrelated account of homelessness...
With almost daily reports of failings in school management, what can be done to improve educational outcomes for everyone? Pat Thomson takes on Englands muddled...
This collection adds weight to an emerging argument that suggests that policies in place to make cities better places are inextricably linked to an attempt...
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This book provides an applied, interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of the key social determinants of health, essential at a time of increasing inequalities and...
This book brings together international academics, policy makers and practitioners to build bridges between the realworld and scholarship on breastfeeding. It asks the question: How...
This comprehensive study into one of the central aspects of most welfare states provides a systematic and comparative analysis of social insurance regimes in 10...
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Social Policy: Theory and practice is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet...
As religion continues to regain its centrality in both academic and policy circles around the world, this book presents a new framework which examines the...
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