This title focuses on how personal health budgets can be implemented to achieve the best possible outcome for individuals, while real life stories from personal health budget holders bring their potential vividly to life.
Mixed communities: gentrification by stealth?
"Encouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might …
This groundbreaking volume presents the first detailed look at forced labor among displaced migrants who are seeking refuge in the United Kingdom. Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about socio-legal statuses, endangerment, and degrees of freedom and its lac…
"This ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, the book explores how asylum and forced labour a…
A great deal has been written about developing effective practice against a backdrop of rapid change in criminal justice services. Much of this is research-oriented and not always accessible to practitioners in their day-to-day work. This book changes that. Drawing on research a…
Tony Blair was the longest serving Labour Prime Minister in British history. This book analyses the legacy of his government for social policy, focusing on the extent to which it has changed the UK welfare state
"The expansion of the European Union (EU) has put an end to the East-West division of Europe. At the same time it has increased the cultural heterogeneity, social disparities and economic imbalances within the EU, exemplified in the lower living standards and higher unemployment…