Social Issues & Processes

The truth about the sacrifice and suffering on the home front during World War I is rarely discussed. In this book, some of the oldest men and wome...

What has happened to America, and what's become of the American dream? Behind the self-confident image of world's most influential country we now s...

In contrast to traditional systems of thought which regarded evil as a supernatural force that explained human misfortune, Michel Wieviorka devel...

The struggle for justice is ongoing. In answering the biblical call to act justly and love mercifully, can Christians cross lines of privilege to w...

David Stroh has produced an elegant and cogent guide to what works. Research with early learners is showing that children are natural systems think...

One day, in Mali, Yann Arthus-Bertrand was the victim of a helicopter breakdown. While waiting for the pilot, he spent the entire day with a farmer...

SOCIAL POLICIES IN SMALL STATES SERIES The country case studies and thematic papers in this series examine social policy issues facing small state...

Is violence on the streets caused by violence in video games? Does cyber-bullying lead to an increase in suicide rates? Are teens promiscuous becau...

''These women are each a light and an inspiration, demonstrating how the best instincts of humanity - to love, to share, to protect others - can tr...

The approach the United States has taken to addressing teen pregnancy a ubiquitous concern in teen education and perennial topic in popular culture...

In the published literature of madness, and its institutional management, the earliest English institutions for the mad have tended to be treated a...

What would it take to make society better? For the majority, conditions are getting worse and this will continue unless strong action is taken. Thi...

Drawing on a range of disciplinary, conceptual and theoretical approaches, this book analyses the complex interconnections between social policy fo...

Scale is an overlooked issue in the research on interactive governance. This book takes up the important task of investigating the scalar dimension...

Imagine one day you went to a cash-machine and found your money was gone. You rushed to your branch, where a teller said that overnight people had ...

Joanne Hayes, at 24 years of age, concealed the birth and death of her baby in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1984. Subsequently she confessed to the mu...

Do our political leaders embody your hopes and dreams? More importantly, when was the last time you looked at a politician and thought, 'That's som...

Contemporary Britain is defined by the personal generosity and social commitment of our predecessors as much as by the state. But, as the state ret...

Wealth and the wealthy have received relatively little attention from social scientists despite a growing wealth gap. Aimed at a broad social scien...

The NHS is an institution close to the hearts of most Britons. People even profess to 'love it'. But it is now of pensionable age and, some would s...

*One of NPR''s Books We Love 2021 * ''I came to see the mountains as an outpouring of our modern lives,'' Roy writes, ''of the endless chase for ...

How can we create a healthier world and prevent the crisis next time? In a few short months, COVID-19 devastated the world and, in particular, th...