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  • City Regions and Devolution in the UK

    The Politics of Representation

    by David Beel, Martin Jones, Ian Rees Jones ...
    Series series Civil Society and Social Change
    ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.In recent years, the ‘city region’ has seen a renaissance as the de facto spatial centre of governance for economic and social development.Rich in case study insights, this book provides a critique of city-region building and considers how governance restructuring shapes the political, economic, social and cultural geographies of ... Read more

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  • Medical Sociology and Old Age

    Towards a sociology of health in later life

    by Paul Higgs, Ian Rees Jones ...
    Series series Critical Studies in Health and Society
    The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social policy. By examining these perspectives, Higgs and Jones show how both standpoints have a restricted ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Civil Society in an Age of Uncertainty

    Institutions, Governance and Existential Challenges

    Edited by Paul Chaney, Ian Rees Jones ...
    Series series Civil Society and Social Change
    This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. These include changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit), austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust and democratic confidence, welfare delivery and the COVID-19 pandemic and the contemporary threat to minority languages and cultures.Presenting ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • The Foundational Economy and Citizenship

    Comparative Perspectives on Civil Repair

    Edited by Filippo Barbera, Ian Rees Jones ...
    Series series Civil Society and Social Change
    The principles of the modern foundational economy and its role in renewing citizenship and informing public policy are explored for the first time in this instructive collection.Challenging mainstream social and economic thinking, it shows how foundational economy experiments at different scales can foster radical social innovation through collective, rather than private, consumption.An ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

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  • Irish Business and Society

    Governing, Participating and Transforming in the 21st Century

    Edited by John Hogan, Paul F. Donnelly, Brendan K. O'Rourke ...
    A collection of stimulating essays exploring the wide-ranging debates surrounding the relationship between business and society in 21st century Ireland.Wide-ranging, diverse and thought-provoking contributions from leading business researchers, economists, sociologists and political scientists from Ireland and abroad probe five central themes: the making and unmaking of the Celtic Tiger; ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Education plc

    Understanding Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education

    by Stephen J. Ball ...
    Is the privatisation of state education defendable? Did the public sector ever provide a fair education for all learners?In Education plc, Stephen Ball provides a comprehensive, analytic and empirical account of the privatisation of education. He questions the kind of future we want for education and what role privatisation and the private sector may have in that future. Using policy sociology to ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Short Guide to Community Development

    by Gilchrist, Alison, Taylor, Marilyn ...
    Series series Short Guides
    The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Reclaiming Local Democracy

    A Progressive Future for Local Government

    by Ines Newman ...
    Austerity has left local government struggling to meet the demands for local services. In this context, this book asks ‘what are the fundamental principles that should guide decision-making by local councillors and officers?’ It seeks to move the agenda from ‘what works?’ to ‘what should local government do?’ and ‘how will its policies impact on social justice and local democracy?'.Reclaiming ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The Policy Making Process in the Criminal Justice System

    by Adrian Barton, Nick Johns ...
    How the state ‘deals with’ crime and criminality is a major issue for all students of criminology and criminal justice. This book offers a fresh perspective on the policy making process in the criminal justice system of England and Wales by presenting a detailed overview of both the theory behind it and how it plays out in practise with contemporary policy examples.The key features of this text ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Governing Britain

    Power, Politics and the Prime Minister

    by Patrick Diamond ...
    Series series Policy Network
    Number Ten Downing Street and the Cabinet Office are at the apex of power in British government, but relatively little is known about the day to day functioning of these great institutions of state. With an unprecedented level of access, and wide-ranging interviews from former ministers, senior civil servants and political advisers, Patrick Diamond examines the administrative and political ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Transformational Moments in Social Welfare

    What Role for Voluntary Action?

    by Georgina Brewis, Angela Ellis Paine, Irene Hardill, Rose Lindsey, Rob Macmillan ...
    ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.During the consolidation of the welfare state in the 1940s, and its reshaping in the 2010s, the boundaries between the state, voluntary action, the family and the market were called into question.This interdisciplinary book explores the impact of these ‘transformational moments’ on the role, position and contribution of voluntary action to ... Read more

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  • Transforming conflict through social and economic development

    Practice and policy lessons from Northern Ireland and the Border Counties

    by Sandra Buchanan ...
    Transforming conflict through social and economic development examines lessons learned from the Northern Ireland and Border Counties conflict transformation process through social and economic development and their consequent impacts and implications for practice and policymaking, with a range of functional recommendations produced for other regions emerging from and seeking to transform violent ... Read more

    $93.99 USD