Publications
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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalisation
(2024)
EPUB and EPDF available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
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)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
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.
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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)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
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 ...