"At a time when social welfare is undergoing structural economic change, this text puts the important emerging field of social development into the hands of the student. Inspired by the conceptual insights of contemporary political economy, social development offers a macro view…
Recoge: 1. Introduction. - 2. The national focus of 'make work pay' debates en relation to social protection and social inclusion-an evaluation from a gender pespective. - 3. The impact of maternity and parental leave on employment. - 4. The impact of parental leave or extended …
In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948). This book explores the consequences of this central government driven deregulation on local communities. The poli…
Harvey seeks to breathe life into the idea and practicability of Utopia. He unites the discourses of the body and globalization to explain how and why the notion that there is no alternative to inequality and injustice now dominates politics and ideology.
Thinking about Belonging in Youth Studies
by Wyn, Johanna, Harris, Anita, Cuervo, Hernan
This book takes a global perspective to address the concept of belonging in youth studies, interrogating its emergence as a reoccurring theme in the literature and elucidating its benefits and shortcomings. While belonging offers new alignments across previously divergent approa…
"Social investment is a strategy that addresses neoliberal austerity by putting private capital to public purpose. An investment state serves as a sequel to the welfare state by maximizing capability, expanding employee benefits, implementing evidence-based policy, democratizing…
1e dr. : 1990 Verzameling cultuur-sociologische teksten van een aantal vooraanstaande wetenschappers rond het thema cultuur en samenleving. Vertegenwoordigers van verschillende 'scholen' binnen de cultuursociologie (Weberiaans, Durkheimiaans, Marxistisch, functionalistisch, semi…
Traditionally, men's mental health woes have been attributed to male stubbornness and rigid notions of masculinity. However, there is growing recognition that mental health issues in men are socially determined by a range of factors including family, educational, occupational, a…
This book assembles many of the foremost writers and clinicians in the field of team-based primary care to share their own relational reflections. It features narratives from fields such as integrated behavioral health, integrated primary care, primary care behavioral health, me…
"This is a necessary and utterly compelling book which shines a light on disabled people's experiences of 'everyday hate'. Rich in theoretical insight, methodological innovation and candid reflection, it places victims' lived realities front and centre of its analysis. In so doi…