Publications
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Mobilising Voluntary Action in the UK
(2022)
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The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the landscape of voluntary action. Some volunteering projects had to be paused, while others were delivered in different ways, ...
Northern Exposure
(2023)
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Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic affected all parts of the country, it did not do so equally. Northern England was hit the hardest, exposing more than ever the ...
Harnessing Complexity for Better Outcomes in Public and Non-profit Services
(2023)
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Building on research in public health, social epidemiology and the social determinants of health, this book presents complexity theory as an alternative ...
The Marketisation of Welfare-To-Work in Ireland
(2023)
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This book assesses how the practice of contracting-out public employment services via competitive tendering and Payment-by-Results is transforming welfare-to-work ...
Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis
(2023)
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This book illustrates life through the COVID-19 pandemic for ethnic minorities in Britain.
Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), ...
Care Technologies for Ageing Societies
(2023)
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Technology is quickly becoming an integral part of care systems across the world and is frequently cited in policy discourse as pivotal for solving the ‘crisis’ ...
Chapter 9 Academy in my flesh
(2023)
Chapter 9 EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities. With 11 international and comparative ...
Affective Capitalism in Academia
(2023)
Chapter 9 EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities. With 11 international and comparative ...
Migrants and Refugees in Europe
(2023)
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This book explores the labour market integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers across seven European countries: the Czech Republic, Denmark, ...
What Matters and Who Matters to Young People Leaving Care
(2024)
The EPDF and EPUB are available open access under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This publication was supported by the University of Essex's open access fund. How do young people transitioning from care plan their future lives? ...
Nurturing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book provides scientific evidence to support arguments for equality and change in academic institutions both in terms of the business case and the interests ...
The Escape from Poverty
(2023)
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The perpetuation of poverty across generations damages lives. It weakens social cohesion and the economy and undermines environmental sustainability. This ...
Innovation in Social Care
(2024)
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-BD licence. Based on the findings of the Innovate Project, a four year pan-UK study to identify the processes of innovation in care, this book asks: how can services be re-envisioned ...
What is Public Trust in the Health System?
(2023)
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This important book uses empirical evidence to explore the concept of public trust in health systems.
In doing so, it provides a comprehensive contemporary ...
Desistance and Children
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC BY-NC-ND licence. ‘Desistance’ - understanding how people move away from offending – has become a significant policy focus in recent years, with desistance thinking transplanted ...
Living on the Edge
(2023)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence. Young people transitioning out of care towards independence, work and adulthood are on the edge of these phases of life. Considering previously neglected groups of ...
Combining Work and Care
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The proportion of employees with caring responsibilities is growing and, as a result, policies that support working carers are becoming increasingly important. ...
Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can we design, develop and adapt urban environments to better meet the needs and aspirations of an increasingly diverse ageing population? This edited collection ...
Social Policy Review 36
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Experts from across the globe review leading social policy scholarship in this new volume in the Social Policy Review series. Specialists explore local and multi-level ...
Co-creation in Public Services for Innovation and Social Justice
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines the idea and practice of co-creation in public services. Informed by practical action, lived experience and research from 10 countries across ...
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation
(2024)
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How can we use evidence to improve deradicalisation and violence prevention outcomes?
Based on work developed during the implementation of the cross-European ...
Ineffective Policies
(2025)
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Bad policies have repercussions that can be felt for decades. But what makes a bad policy? And how can it be reversed or improved?
Bringing together ...
Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries
(2025)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. During the cost-of-living crisis, schools and nurseries have had to step beyond their educational purpose to offer free food to families through food banks. This ...
Social Policy Review 37
(2025)
Leading international experts review recent social policy developments in this latest edition of the longstanding Social Policy Review series. Available Open Access and published in association with the Social Policy ...
Re-Imagining Sexual Harassment
(2023)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The #MeToo movement sparked many debates and increased the demand for more problematised perspectives on the issue of sexual harassment. This book opens up new ...
Listening to Children about Kinship Care, Child Welfare, and Permanence
(2025)
For too long, kinship and other forms of childhood care have been determined without a clear focus on children’s views. This book unveils unique research on the transformative power of listening to children, exploring how ...
Preventing Violence
(2025)
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Preventing Violence argues that we can move towards safer and better societies by advancing holistic public health approaches to violence prevention.
...
Human Trafficking of Children and Young People
(2025)
Human trafficking of children and young people is a major concern yet there is limited research on the lived experiences of those affected and even less on their post-trafficking aspirations, strengths and capabilities. ...
Diverse Transnational Care
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Transnational care practices differ and are not available to everyone in equal measure. Drawing on interviews with migrants’ parents in Bolivia, this book considers ...
Pragmatic Adaptive Leadership
(2025)
Traditional governance in education often struggles to accommodate the dynamic and evolving interactions between cognitive, emotional and socio-cultural factors that shape learning. This book introduces Pragmatic Adaptive ...
Supporting Young Children’s Participation in Child Welfare
(2025)
How do we better involve young children in the decision-making of their own social care? This book, developed from the Erasmus+ funded PANDA project, explores the development of knowledge and resources to educate and support ...
Digital Public Employment Services in Action
(2025)
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the ongoing digital transformation of public employment services (PES) – the most radical remaking of the welfare state in a generation.
As PES shift from analogue to ...
The Eco-Social Polity?
(2025)
The devastating effects of climate change are undeniable. Fires rage and waters rise in every corner of the globe. In light of these changes to our planet, the issue of social and environmental wellbeing has gained prominent ...
Ageing Equitably with Care
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What are the consequences of growing old and needing care in a world shaped by inequality? Who provides the care? What are the challenges? This groundbreaking book ...
Civic Engagement in Later Life
(2025)
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Older adults’ civic engagement has become a key concern in academic and policy debates in recent years. However, existing studies on this topic remain fragmented ...
Women, Work and the Everyday Politics of Welfare
(2025)
The restructuring of the welfare state in the UK has marked a significant change in the way contemporary society is ordered and understood. This research monograph explores the implications of this restructuring for women ...
Care Poverty and Unmet Needs
(2025)
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As populations age around the world, there is an urgent need to address the inadequate and unequal provision of care and support to older and disabled people. ...
Social Innovation for Real-World Transformation
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. In an era where ‘social innovation’ is often used as a buzzword, this book challenges readers to rethink its true potential for addressing the systemic roots of ...
Getting Better
(2025)
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Health inequality has reached a crisis point. Your income or hometown can have a devastating impact on how well and how long you live. This injustice, ...
Child Protection and the European Court of Human Rights
(2025)
Article 1 of the European Convention of Human Rights gives children the same protection of their fundamental rights and freedoms as adults. However, there is a notable absence of specific provisions for their rights. What ...
Ecosocial Work and Sustainability Transitions
(2025)
Sustainable development and ecosocial work have become one of the most dynamic global debates of the social work profession. How can social work contribute to the sustainability transitions of European societies? Bringing ...
Towards Inclusive Social Policies?
(2025)
Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted economies and upended lives – but did it also open the door to more inclusive policies? Focusing on both attitudinal and institutional ...
Decriminalising Abortion in the UK
(2019)
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The public and parliamentary debate about UK abortion law is often diverted away from key moral and political questions by disputes regarding basic questions of fact. And ...
Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK
(2020)
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. 50 years after the establishment of the Runnymede Trust and the Race Relations Act of 1968 which sought to end discrimination in public life, this accessible book provides ...
Comparative Urban Research From Theory To Practice
(2020)
"Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC license. Reporting on the innovative, transdisciplinary co-production on sustainable urbanisation undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures, a highly influential research centre based in ...