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28th November 2016

Halvorsen and Hvinden (eds), Combating Poverty in Europe

Rune Halvorsen and Bjørn Hvinden (eds), Combating Poverty in Europe: Active inclusion in a multi-level and multi-actor context, Edward Elgar, 2016, 1 78471 217 4, hbk, xiii + 236 pp, Read More

28th November 2016

Freeman and Mirilovic (eds), Handbook on Migration and Social Policy

Gary P. Freeman and Nikola Mirilovic (eds), Handbook on Migration and Social Policy, Edward Elgar, 2016, 1 78347 628 2, hbk, x + 481 pp, £170 This substantial volume really Read More

16th November 2016

Guy Standing, The Corruption of Capitalism

Guy Standing, The Corruption of Capitalism: Why rentiers thrive and work does not pay, Biteback Publishing, 2016, xv + 352 pp, 1 78590 044 0, hbk, £17.99 It would be Read More

13th October 2016

Bergh, Bilsson and Waldenström, Sick of Inequality?

Andreas Bergh, Therese Bilsson and Daniel Waldenström, Sick of Inequality? An introduction to the relationship between inequality and health, Edward Elgar, 2016, viii + 161 pp, 1 78536 420 4, Read More

13th October 2016

Peter Beresford, All our Welfare

Peter Beresford, All our Welfare: Towards participatory social policy, Policy Press, 2016, x + 445 pp, 1 44732 893 3, hbk, £75, 1 44732 894 0, pbk, £23.99 One of Read More

13th October 2016

Paul Auerbach, Socialist Optimism

Paul Auerbach, Socialist Optimism: An alternative political economy for the twenty-first century, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, x + 522 pp, 1 137 56394 1, hbk, £85, 1 137 56395 8, pbk, Read More

21st September 2016

Svendsen and Svendsen, Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State

Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen and Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State: Explaining the flight of the bumblebee, Edward Elgar, 2016, viii + 156 pp, hbk, Read More

3rd September 2016

A new Fabian report, Andrew Harrop, For Us All

Andrew Harrop, For Us All: Redesigning social security for the 2020s, Fabian Society, 2016, xxiii + 164 pp, pbk, 0 7163 4128 4, free to download  This is an important Read More

15th August 2016

A new Fabian report, Changing Work

Yvette Cooper MP (ed.), Changing Work: Progressive ideas for the modern world of work, Fabian Society, 2016, 0 7163 4127 7, pbk, xviii + 90 pp, £9.95, or online free of Read More

3rd August 2016

Stephen Sinclair, Introduction to Social Policy Analysis

Stephen Sinclair, Introduction to Social Policy Analysis: Illuminating welfare, Policy Press, 2016, vi + 182 pp, 1 4473 1391 5, hbk, £70, 1 4473 1392 2, pbk, £19.99 The author Read More