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  • A Year Like No Other

    Life on a Low Income during COVID-19

    by Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Kayleigh Garthwaite, Jim Kaufman, Geoff Page, Katie Pybus ...
    Money was already tight for UK families living on a low income before the COVID-19 pandemic, but national lockdowns made life much harder.Telling the stories of these families, this book exposes the ways that pre-existing inequalities, insecurities and hardships were amplified during the pandemic for families who were already in poverty before COVID-19, as well as those pushed into poverty by the ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain

    An Inequality of Power

    by Maddy Power ...
    Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food poverty debates.It argues that the food aid industry is infused with neoliberal governmentality and shows how food charity upholds Christian ideals and white privilege, maintaining inequalities of class, race, religion and gender. However, it also reveals a ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Social Policy Review 38

    Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2026

    by Javier Castro Spila, Xanti Moriones, Aitor Garmendia Bartolomé, Anju Yamada, Sophia Landzettel, Gonzalo Arévalo-Iglesias, Marco Arlotti, Kate Andersen, Ciara Fitzpatrick, Katy Gillespie, Maddy Power, Ruth Patrick, Annie Irvine, Tom Lee, Mhairi-Jean Ross, Uisce Jordan, Kirsty Cameron, Jack Liuta, Lois Orton, Juhyun Lee, Alessandra Pernetti, Carl-Johan Sommar, Johan Nordensvärd, Cat Spellman, Sanne Elbrink, Joanne McGrath, Savita Sathe, Lee Wainright, Believe Housing, Varvara (Berry) Lalioti, Rana Khazbak, Sharon Gewirtz, Sait Bayrakdar, Alice Weavers, Meg Maguire, Charlotte McPherson, Chris Winch ...
    Series series Social Policy Review
    Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.In the latest volume of the long-established Social Policy Review series, leading experts critically assess key developments and debates in social and public policy over the past year.Offering a wide-ranging exploration of contemporary issues – including labour market transitions, migrant experiences, welfare governance and inequalities in ... Read more

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  • COVID-19 Collaborations

    Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic

    Edited by Kayleigh Garthwaite, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Anna Tarrant, Rosalie Warnock ...
    Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC BY NC ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone – but, for some, existing social inequalities were exacerbated, and this created a vital need for research. Researchers found themselves operating in a new and difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of the pandemic. ... Read more

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  • Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion

    Promoting Social Justice in Social Work

    by John H. Pierson ...
    In our highly unequal Britain poverty and social exclusion continue to dominate the lives of users of social work and social care services. At the same time, spending cuts and welfare reform have changed the context within which services are delivered. The third edition of this unique textbook seeks to capture the complexity and diversity of practice relating to social exclusion as social workers ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society

    The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure

    by Sophie Yarker ...
    Series series Emerald Points
    Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local neighbourhoods that are supportive of the social relationships we need in later life?Understanding that social infrastructures are the shared spaces in our ... Read more

    $51.69 USD

  • Aspirations, Access and Attainment

    International perspectives on widening participation and an agenda for change

    Edited by Neil Murray, Christopher Klinger ...
    It is perhaps ironic that as the global financial crisis has, in some cases, led governments and institutions to pull back from and/or set more modest goals and associated funding around widening participation, there is an ever-growing sense that the ideals buttressing the widening participation movement are becoming more universally acknowledged by educators across the globe. That acknowledgement ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Understanding Employer Engagement in Education

    Theories and evidence

    Edited by Anthony Mann, Julian Stanley, Louise Archer ...
    This collection focuses on employer engagement in education, how it is delivered and the differentiated impact it has on young people in their progression through schooling and higher education into the labour market. The focus is not narrowly on vocational or technical education or work-related learning, but on how employer engagement (eg, work experience, internships, careers education, ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • COVID-19, Inequality and Older People

    Everyday Life during the Pandemic

    by Camilla Lewis, Chris Phillipson, Sophie Yarker, Luciana Lang ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.It draws upon novel qualitative longitudinal research which recorded the experiences of a diverse group of people aged 50+ in Greater Manchester over a 12-month period during the pandemic. The book analyses their lived ... Read more

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  • The Care Crisis

    What Caused It and How Can We End It?

    by Emma Dowling ...
    An examination of the global economic crisis from the perspective of careValuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go further.In this groundbreaking book, Emma Dowling charts the multi-faceted nature of care in the modern world, from the mantras of self-care and what they tell us about our anxieties, to the state of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Great Mistakes in Education Policy

    And How to Avoid Them in the Future

    by Ruth Lupton, Debra Hayes ...
    Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has gone wrong.The authors draw on extensive research in education to review the impact of multiple policies on students, teachers and schools, with a focus on communities where ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • The Wife Drought

    by Annabel Crabb ...
    'I need a wife'It’s a common joke among women juggling work and family. But it’s not actually a joke. Having a spouse who takes care of things at home is a Godsend on the domestic front. It’s a potent economic asset on the work front. And it’s an advantage enjoyed – even in our modern society – by vastly more men than women.Working women are in an advanced, sustained, and chronically under ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

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