Social Welfare & Social Services

Sam Smith explores the development of a human rights based approach to social care, thus she contributes to the development of a culture of awarene...

This new edition of a widely-respected textbook examines welfare policy and racism in a broad framework that marries theory, evidence, history and ...

This book examines the methods used to evaluate the value of health promotion projects and determines whether attempts to change peoples lifestyles...

What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker...

Population ageing and globalisation represent two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred. This book provides, for the first ...

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...

The development of happiness as an explicit theme in social research and policy worldwide has been rapid and remarkable, posing fundamental questio...

In the context of the Care Act 2014, this third edition of the leading textbook on personalisation considers key policy changes since 2009 and new ...

This important book brings together valuable resources and insights in a key area of practice which has often been overlooked, and where disadvant...

The Second Edition of Social Policy and Social Change is a timely examination of the field, unique in its inclusion of both a historical analysis o...

Our current culture is dominated by the ideology of creativity. One is supposed to create the new and not to care about the things as they are. Thi...

With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and prior...

'The authentic inside track... Gripping' Lemn Sissay'An important and hugely powerful book... So inspiring, I loved The State of It' Neil Morrissey...

In the first full length analysis of the rise of left-wing hobbyists, performative radicals and the 'Identity Left', A Left for Itself interrogates...