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States and Welfare States

Government for the People

By: Paul Spicker

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States and Welfare States

Government for the People

By: Paul Spicker

Most governments in the world - including many that are autocratic or authoritarian - have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social security. This book explores the role of government and the state in the contemporary world and, considering a range of theories and evidence, discusses views about government responsibility for social welfare services. Applying political theory to social policy, this book seeks to address a set of key questions: What responsibilities do governments have towards their populations? What ought they do and what not? How can they do things better?

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Arguments for Welfare

The Welfare State and Social Policy

By: Paul Spicker

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Arguments for Welfare

The Welfare State and Social Policy

By: Paul Spicker

This book makes the case for the welfare state. Nearly every government in the developed world offers some form of social protection, and measures to improve the social and economic well-being of its citizens. However, the provision of welfare is under attack. The critics argue that welfare states are illegitimate, that things are best left to the market, and that welfare has bad effects on the people who receive it. If we need to be reminded why we ought to have welfare, it is because so many people have come think that we should not. Arguments for Welfare is a short, accessible guide to the arguments. Looking at the common ideas and reoccurring traits of welfare policy across the world it discusses: ·The Meaning of the 'Welfare State' ·The Moral Basis of Social Policy ·Social Responsibility ·The Limits of Markets ·Public Service Provision ·The Role of Government With examples from around the world, the book explains why social welfare services should be provided and explores how the principles are applied. Most importantly, it argues for the welfare state's continued value to society. Arguments for Welfare is an ideal primer for practitioners keen to get to grips with the fundamentals of social policy and students of social policy, social work, sociology and politics.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1786603039

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How to Fix the Welfare State

Some Ideas for Better Social Services

By: Paul Spicker

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How to Fix the Welfare State

Some Ideas for Better Social Services

By: Paul Spicker

Paul Spicker offers an original take on the British welfare state. He outlines the structure of services, the impact of false narratives, the real problems that need to be addressed and how we can do things better.

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1447364597

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The Welfare State

A General Theory

By: Paul Spicker

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The Welfare State

A General Theory

By: Paul Spicker

A major orginal work of social theory, this book presents a distinctive and tightly argued theoretical model for understanding the basis of welfare in society. The author develops a theory of welfare based on a series of basic propositions: that people live in society and have obligations to each other; that welfare is obtained and maintained through social action; and that the welfare state is a means of promoting and maintaining welfare in society. Each of these propositions is examined and developed to suggest a clear way of understanding the foundations of social welfare. The book make a lively and informative contribution to debates in social policy, as well as moral philosophy, political theory a

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0761967052

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Reclaiming Individualism

Perspectives on Public Policy

By: Paul Spicker

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Reclaiming Individualism

Perspectives on Public Policy

By: Paul Spicker

This book is about individualist ideas, and how they shape contemporary approaches to public policy. If we were to believe the existing literature, we might think that only markets can satisfy people's needs, and that any collective concept of welfare compromises individual welfare. The price mechanism is taken to be the best way to allocate resources, and it is assumed that individualised responses to need must be better than general ones.Reclaiming individualism reviews the scope of individualist approaches, and considers how they apply to issues of policy. It argues for a concept of individualism based on rights, human dignity, shared interests and social protection. A valuable resource for those working or studying in social or public policy, this book is a powerful restatement of some of the key values that led to individualism being such a force in the first place.

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Policy Press

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144730909X

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What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?

By: Paul Spicker

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What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?

By: Paul Spicker

This provocative short book is a valuable introduction to social security in Britain and the potential for its reform.

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Thinking Collectively

Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good

By: Paul Spicker

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Thinking Collectively

Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good

By: Paul Spicker

What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Individualism, reviewing collectivism as a dimension of political discourse. Breaking down his analysis to examine collectivism through substantive, moral and methodological lenses, he reviews a series of arguments for cooperative effort, solidarity and collective responsibility. Taking a dispassionate and methodical approach, the author explores what collectivism means in social policy and what value it offers to the field.

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1447346912

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Social Policy

Theory and Practice

By: Paul Spicker

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Social Policy

Theory and Practice

By: Paul Spicker

The second edition of this leading international text introduces students to the concepts and methods of social policy.

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The Poverty of Nations

A Relational Perspective

By: Spicker, Paul

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The Poverty of Nations

A Relational Perspective

By: Spicker, Paul

In this persuasive study, social welfare and policy expert Paul Spicker makes a case for a relational view of poverty. Poverty is much more than a lack of resources. It involves a complex set of social relationships, such as economic disadvantage, insecurity or a lack of rights. These relational elements tell us what poverty is – what it consists of, what poor people are experiencing, and what problems need to be addressed. This book examines poverty in the context of the economy, society and the political community, considering how states can respond to issues of inequality, exclusion and powerlessness. Drawing on examples of social policy in both rich and poor countries, this is an accessible contribution to the debate about the nature of poverty and responses to it.

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Social Policy

Theory and Practice

By: Paul Spicker

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Theory and Practice

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The second edition of this leading international text introduces students to the concepts and methods of social policy.

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Liberty, equality, fraternity

By: Spicker, Paul

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Liberty, equality, fraternity

By: Spicker, Paul

Paul Spicker's new book takes the three founding principles of the French Revolution - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - and examines how they relate to social policy today. The book considers the political and moral dimensions of a wide range of social policies, and offers a different way of thinking about each subject from the way it is usually analysed. The book is in three main parts, one part devoted to Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in turn. Each part explores the elements and dimensions of the key concept, its application to policy, its interrelationship with the other two principles, and how policies have developed to promote the principle in society. The conclusion outlines three models of radical politics, based on the main concepts. Liberty, equality, fraternity is an original, thought-provoking book, addressing perennial themes with many topical examples drawn from policy in practice, and offering distinctive insights into socialist and radical thinking.

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Social Exclusion in Europe

Problems and Paradigms

By: Paul Littlewood,Ignace Glorieux,Ingrid Jönsson

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Social Exclusion in Europe

Problems and Paradigms

By: Paul Littlewood,Ignace Glorieux,Ingrid Jönsson

Exclusion has come to hold a prominent place in the political discourse of all governments in the European Union and in the European Commission itself. As such, it figures importantly in various research agencies’ funding priorities attracting academics to develop and conduct major research programmes. But what does it mean? This book analyzes the different meanings the term exclusion has come to convey and surveys a wide variety of actual applications in different European countries.

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Thinking Collectively

Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good

By: Paul Spicker

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Social Policy, Collective Action and the Common Good

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Reclaiming Individualism

Perspectives on Public Policy

By: Paul Spicker

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Perspectives on Public Policy

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Policy Analysis for Practice

Applying Social Policy

By: Paul Spicker

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Policy Analysis for Practice

Applying Social Policy

By: Paul Spicker

This accessible textbook looks at ways to understand and analyse the main stages of the policy process: developing strategies, identifying aims, examining the situation, choosing methods, implementation and service delivery and evaluating outcomes.

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The Future of Work in Europe

By: Ignace Glorieux,Paul Littlewood,Ingrid Jonsson

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The Future of Work in Europe

By: Ignace Glorieux,Paul Littlewood,Ingrid Jonsson

Recent years have witnessed major changes to the workplace across Europe. The speed of these changes requires constant monitoring and reappraisal. In this book, recent trends are analyzed and their consequences discussed, within a socio-historical context which also reveals underlying patterns of continuity. The trends analyzed include: the presence of high rates of endemic unemployment and underemployment, particularly amongst the young the growth of insecure and precarious employment sweeping changes to the regulation of and organization of work the diminution in the availability of manual work and the growth of white-collar service-sector jobs the growing participation of women in paid employment the introduction of new organizational forms and new forms of management the accelerating use of IT the growth in demand for educational and vocational qualifications by employers the increasing influence of European legislation on work, retirement, health, safety, etc the growing importance of voluntary-sector work The contributors to the volume present both primary research and a wide-ranging survey and analysis of recent major contributions in the field. Detailed empirical material is included from Belgium, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the EU more generally. Thus, the book aims to provide a current overview of the nature of work from a pan-European perspective, illuminated by up-to-the-minute field research.

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Understanding Social Inequality

By: Tim Butler,Paul Watt

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Understanding Social Inequality

By: Tim Butler,Paul Watt

This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in class, inequality, poverty and politics. Actually, probably more importantly it should be read by people who think that those things do not matter! It provides a wonderful summation of the huge amount of work on these topics that now exists and it also offers its own distinctive perspectives on a set of issues that are - despite the claims of some influential commentators - still central to the sociological enterprise and, indeed to political life."- Roger Burrows, University of York "A clear and compelling analysis of the dynamics of social and spatial inequality in an era of globalisation. This is an invaluable resource for students and scholars in sociology, human geography and the social sciences more generally."- Gary Bridge, University of Bristol With the declining attention paid to social class in sociology, how can we analyze continuing and pervasive socio-economic inequality? What is the impact of recent developments in sociology on how we should understand disadvantage? Moving beyond the traditional dichotomies of social theory, this book brings the study of social stratification and inequality into the 21st century. Starting with the widely agreed ′fact′ that the world is becoming more unequal, this book brings together the ′identity of displacement′ in sociology and the ′spaces of flow′ of geography to show how place has become an increasingly important focus for understanding new trends in social inquality.

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0761963707

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Philosophy Of Mind

By: Paul Gilbert,Kathleen Lennon

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Philosophy Of Mind

By: Paul Gilbert,Kathleen Lennon

A welcome introduction to one of the most intellectually demanding areas of the undergraduate philosophy curriculum. The authors provide a clear framework within which students can fit contemporary developments in the Anglo-American tradition which provide the core themes of philosophy of mind and which connect to their other work in epistemology and philosophy of language.

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1135362696

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Medical Ethics in the Ancient World

By: Paul Carrick

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Medical Ethics in the Ancient World

By: Paul Carrick

Carrick (philosophy, Gettysburg College) explores the origins and development of medical ethics as practiced by physicians in ancient Greece and Rome, and the relevance of their ideas to contemporary medicine. Sources of information include anthropological, linguistic and legal evidence, as well as the works of poets and playwrights. Ater discussion of the ancient world, the author concludes with an analysis of contemporary biomedical practices and associated ethical issues. The book is academic but accessible to the general reader. c. Book News Inc.

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Georgetown University Press

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0878408495

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Supranationalism in the New World Order

Global Processes Reviewed

By: Paul Close,Emiko Ohki-Close

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Supranationalism in the New World Order

Global Processes Reviewed

By: Paul Close,Emiko Ohki-Close

Supranationalism in the New World Order argues that in the post-Cold War distribution of global power and configuration of global players, the European Union is just one among a growing number of regional regimes that are acquiring prominent roles in the process of global governance, to some extent through the operation of differentiated zones of geo-political management.

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Philosophy of Medicine

An Introduction

By: R. Paul Thompson,Ross E.G. Upshur

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Philosophy of Medicine

An Introduction

By: R. Paul Thompson,Ross E.G. Upshur

What kind of knowledge is medical knowledge? Can medicine be explained scientifically? Is disease a scientific concept, or do explanations of disease depend on values? What is "evidence-based" medicine? Are advances in neuroscience bringing us closer to a scientific understanding of the mind? The nature of medicine raises fundamental questions about explanation, causation, knowledge and ontology – questions that are central to philosophy as well as medicine. This book introduces the fundamental issues in philosophy of medicine for those coming to the subject for the first time, including: • understanding the physician–patient relationship: the phenomenology of the medical encounter. • Models and theories in biology and medicine: what role do theories play in medicine? Are they similar to scientific theories? • Randomised controlled trials: can scientific experiments be replicated in clinical medicine? What are the philosophical criticisms levelled at RCTs? • The concept of evidence in medical research: what do we mean by "evidence-based medicine"? Should all medicine be based on evidence? • Causation in medicine. • What do advances in neuroscience reveal about the relationship between mind and body? • Defining health and disease: are explanations of disease objective or do they depend on values? • Evolutionary medicine: what is the role of evolutionary biology in understanding medicine? Is it relevant? Extensive use of empirical examples and case studies are included throughout, including debates about smoking and cancer, the use of placebos in randomised controlled trials, controversies about PSA testing and research into the causes of HIV. This is an indispensable introduction to those teaching philosophy of medicine and philosophy of science.

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Vaccines and World Health

Science, Policy, and Practice

By: Paul Frederick Basch

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Vaccines and World Health

Science, Policy, and Practice

By: Paul Frederick Basch

This timely work deals with the application of biotechnologic innovations to improve health throughout the world. The text focuses on the role of vaccines, existing and proposed, in preventing and controlling diseases in the poorer countries. It clarifies the interrelations of science, technology, economics, epidemiology, and other disciplines needed to take a vaccine from concept to reality. The particular concerns of each participating group are discussed with ways to minimize risks and hazards. This book is essential reading for laboratory investigators, primarily in the industrialized world, who generate the products of biotechnology; administrators of public health programs in developing countries; and the evaluators, managers, production specialists, and others who make the product "from the bench to the bush". Students of medicine, immunology, public health, public policy, development studies, and related fields will find this book invaluable.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195085329

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Drawing Imagining Building

Embodiment in Architectural Design Practices

By: Paul Emmons

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Drawing Imagining Building

Embodiment in Architectural Design Practices

By: Paul Emmons

Drawing Imagining Building focuses on the history of hand-drawing practices to capture some of the most crucial and overlooked parts of the process. Using 80 black and white images to illustrate the examples, it examines architectural drawing practices to elucidate the ways drawing advances the architect’s imagination. Emmons considers drawing practices in the Renaissance and up to the first half of the twentieth century. Combining systematic analysis across time with historical explication presents the development of hand-drawing, while also grounding early modern practices in their historical milieu. Each of the illustrated chapters considers formative aspects of architectural drawing practice, such as upright elevations, flowing lines and occult lines, and drawing scales to identify their roots in an embodied approach to show how hand-drawing contributes to the architect’s productive imagination. By documenting some of the ways of thinking through practices of architectural handdrawing, it describes how practices can enrich the ethical imagination of the architect. This book would be beneficial for academics, practitioners, and students of architecture, particularly those who are interested in the history and significance of hand-drawing and technical drawing.

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Blind Spot

How Neoliberalism Infiltrated Global Health

By: Salmaan Keshavjee,Paul Farmer

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Blind Spot

How Neoliberalism Infiltrated Global Health

By: Salmaan Keshavjee,Paul Farmer

Neoliberalism has been the defining paradigm in global health since the latter part of the twentieth century. What started as an untested and unproven theory that the creation of unfettered markets would give rise to political democracy led to policies that promoted the belief that private markets were the optimal agents for the distribution of social goods, including health care. A vivid illustration of the infiltration of neoliberal ideology into the design and implementation of development programs, this case study, set in post-Soviet TajikistanÕs remote eastern province of Badakhshan, draws on extensive ethnographic and historical material to examine a Òrevolving drug fundÓ programÑused by numerous nongovernmental organizations globally to address shortages of high-quality pharmaceuticals in poor communities.ÊProvocative, rigorous, and accessible, Blind Spot offers a cautionary tale about the forces driving decision making in health and development policy today, illustrating how the privatization of health care can have catastrophic outcomes for some of the worldÕs most vulnerable populations.

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Univ of California Press

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0520282833

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Social Construction of Gender Inequality in the Housing System

Housing Experience of Women in Hong Kong

By: Paul Pennartz,Anke Niehof

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Social Construction of Gender Inequality in the Housing System

Housing Experience of Women in Hong Kong

By: Paul Pennartz,Anke Niehof

First published in 1997, this volume recognises the issue of gender inequality in Hong Kong housing. The invisibility of the housing problem is compounded by the dominant patriarchal Chinese culture in Hong Kong. The issue remains marginal in Western countries as well, despite increasing concern. Kam Wah Chan makes meaningful, insightful progress on the housing issue in Hong Kong by focusing on the crucial issues of housing for lone mothers and for women in new towns.

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0429797826

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The Philosophy of Nurse Education

By: John Drummond,Paul Standish

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The Philosophy of Nurse Education

By: John Drummond,Paul Standish

In recent years, philosophical issues in nursing and health care have become more evident in the academic literature. The Philosophy of Nurse Education covers a variety of philosophical perspectives and enhances ideas of learning, teaching and curriculum design.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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Equality and Public Policy

Exploring the Impact of Devolution in the UK

By: Paul Chaney

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Equality and Public Policy

Exploring the Impact of Devolution in the UK

By: Paul Chaney

Equality of opportunity is a contested concept. It evokes strong emotions from proponents and opponents alike. Enduring issues of inequality and discrimination mean that it remains at the forefront of political priorities in the twenty-first century. Traditional analyses tend to focus on developments at the level of the unitary state or European Union. In contrast, this book underlines the salience of multi-level governance and offers the first detailed comparative analysis of contemporary efforts to promote equality of opportunity in the wake of constitutional reform in the UK. It presents a summary of social theory on equalities in relation to gender, and a full range of social groups and identities - such as disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation and age. It outlines the contemporary evidence base relating to patterns and processes of inequality in the 'devolved' nations. A 'governance perspective' is also advanced; one that details how constitutional law establishing the devolved legislatures contains equality clauses that enable and empower government to promote equality in public policy and law. Analysis reveals the development of distinctive regulatory structures and equalities policy lobbies in each territory. Overall, this volume charts the development of divergent legal rights and public policy on the promotion of equality in the wake of constitutional reform in the UK. Notwithstanding ongoing challenges, it is argued that the move to quasi-federalism is significant for it marks a shift from the predominant, centralised administration of social policy witnessed throughout the twentieth century, to divergent approaches designed to address contrasting socio-economic patterns and processes in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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University of Wales Press

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1783164395

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Politics, Identity and Emotion

By: Paul Hoggett

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Politics, Identity and Emotion

By: Paul Hoggett

In this wide-ranging book, Paul Hoggett argues that human feelings and identities are constitutive of both personal and political life. Engaging with major debates in political theory, sociology, and psychoanalysis, he brings fresh insights to a range of issues: dynamics of political protest, intractable conflicts, fundamentalism and populism, the new political charismatics, the nature of forgiveness, and the relationship between anxiety and governance. The book is conceptually innovative and accessible, carefully introducing different theories of collective emotion and group identity and making extensive use of case studies from the U.S., England, and across the globe.

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1317253825

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Becoming A Researcher: A Research Companion For The Social Sciences

A Companion to the Research Process

By: Dunne, Mairead,Pryor, John,Yates, Paul

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Becoming A Researcher: A Research Companion For The Social Sciences

A Companion to the Research Process

By: Dunne, Mairead,Pryor, John,Yates, Paul

This innovative book combines what most books separate: research as practical activity and research as intellectual engagement. It clarifies and makes explicit the methodological issues that underlie the journey from initial research idea to the finished report and beyond. The text moves the researcher logically through the research process and provides insights into methodology through an in-depth discussion of methods. It presents the research process as an engagement with text. This theme moves through the construction of text in the form of data and the deconstruction of text in analysis. Finally the focus moves to the reconstruction of text through the re-presentation of the research in the report. Following through each of these stages in turn, the chapters consider either a practical issue or a group of methods and interrogate the associated methodological concerns. In addition, the book also addresses the rarely explored issues of the researcher as writer and researcher identity as core elements of the research process. The book provides a range of insights and original perspectives. These successfully combine practical guidance with the invitation to consider the problematic nature of research as social practice. It is an ideal reference for those embarking on research for the first time and provides a new methodological agenda for established researchers.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335213944

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Social Policy & Welfare

By: Mark Walsh,Paul Stephens,Stephen Moore

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Social Policy & Welfare

By: Mark Walsh,Paul Stephens,Stephen Moore

This book is designed specifically for the new A, AS Levels and AVCE in Social Policy, Sociology, and Health and Social Care. It is widely used by students progressing to further study. It covers all the main areas of Social Welfare, including classic themes and debates, and the New Labour approach to social policy and social welfare provision. It is supported throughout by topic revision features and self-test opportunities to aid learning.

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Nelson Thornes

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0748745912

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Becoming a Researcher

By: Mairead Dunne,John Pryor,Paul Yates

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Becoming a Researcher

By: Mairead Dunne,John Pryor,Paul Yates

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0335224911

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Global Sociology

By: Robin Cohen,Paul Kennedy

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Global Sociology

By: Robin Cohen,Paul Kennedy

A core introduction to Sociology that puts global issues at the heart of its discussion. From recessions and revolutions to social media and migration, this third edition is fully updated to explore just how these issues can help us to understand the role of Sociology in our world today. With clear writing and infectious enthusiasm for its topic, it evaluates the connections between everyday experiences and larger processes. Combining discussion of global challenges with an emphasis on critical thinking, this lively text offers an engaging introduction, ideally suited for first-year Sociology modules. In addition, it can be used as a standalone text on more specialised modules on Globalisation, or as complimentary reading on courses dealing with issues such as Work, Class and Gender, Race, Crime or Leisure from a global perspective. New to this Edition: - Incorporates coverage of the global financial crisis, the environment, family and intimacy, and technology - An improved companion website with resources for students at more advanced stages and for instructors - Updated further guidelines for primary sources and additional reading

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1137272465

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9781137272461

Ethnography

Principles in Practice

By: Martyn Hammersley,Paul Atkinson

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Ethnography

Principles in Practice

By: Martyn Hammersley,Paul Atkinson

Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and practice, and includes a new chapter on ‘Ethnography in the digital world’. The authors argue that ethnography is best understood as a reflexive process. This requires recognition that social research is part of the world that it studies, and demands that researchers reflect on how they shape both data and analysis. Starting in Chapter 1 with an outline of the principle of reflexivity, against the background of competing research philosophies, the authors go on to discuss the main features of ethnographic work, including: the selection and sampling of cases the problem of access field relations and observation interviewing the use of documents recording and organizing data the process of data analysis and writing research reports. There is also consideration of the ethical issues involved in ethnographic research. Throughout, the discussion draws on a wide range of illustrative material from classic and more recent studies, within a global context. The new edition of this popular textbook will be an indispensable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and for all researchers using ethnographic methods in the social sciences and the humanities.

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Routledge

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1351380958

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Legal Framework of the Single European Currency

By: Paul Beaumont,Neil Walker

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By: Paul Beaumont,Neil Walker

This collection features essays by leading experts in European public law on the most significant single initiative in European integration of the past decade. After introductory essays on the legal and economic foundations and political context of the Euro,the book concentrates on the articulation of Monetary Union with other aspects of the legal and political order of the EU. The constitutional status of the institutions of Monetary Union is assessed, as is the relationship between Monetary Union and the broader administrative structure and social objectives of the EU. A final essay considers the implications of the Euro for the cohesiveness of the European legal order in the early years of the next century. This highly topical book is the first of its kind, seeking to address in a comprehensive manner the relationship between the single currency and the European legal order. Contributors: Paul Beaumont, Neil Walker (eds), Alistair Darling, John Usher, Andrew Scott, Ian Harden, Paul Craig, Joanne Scott (Stephen Vousden - co-author), Michelle Everson.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847314260

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