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22nd July 2018

Dunlop, Radaelli, and Trein (eds), Learning in Public Policy

Claire A. Dunlop, Claudio M. Radaelli, and Philipp Trein (editors), Learning in Public Policy: Analysis, modes and outcomes, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, xxi + 360 pp, 3 319 76209 8, hbk, Read More

22nd July 2018

Ian Greener, Social Policy after the Financial Crisis

  Ian Greener, Social Policy after the Financial Crisis, Edward Elgar, 2018, vi + 217 pp, 1 78643 610 8, hbk, £75. The eBook is priced from £22 from Google Play, ebooks.com and Read More

22nd July 2018

Annie Lowrey, Give People Money

Annie Lowrey, Give People Money: The simple idea to solve inequality and revolutionise our lives, W.H. Allen, 2018, 263 pp, 0-753540577-5, pbk, £12.99 Imagine a check showed up in your Read More

22nd July 2018

Barrault-Stella and Weill, Creating Target Publics

Lorenzo Barrault-Stella and Pierre-Edouard Weill, Creating Target Publics for Welfare Policies: A comparative and multi-level approach, Springer, Cham, 2018, ix + 310 pp, 3 319 89595 6, hbk, £79 Every Read More

22nd July 2018

Lee Gregory, Exploring Welfare Debates

Lee Gregory, Exploring Welfare Debates: Key concepts and questions, Policy Press, 2018, x + 272 pp, 1 4473 2656 4, pbk, £17.59 The assumption underlying this textbook is that the Read More

22nd July 2018

Watts and Fitzpatrick, Welfare Conditionality

Beth Watts and Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Welfare Conditionality, Routledge, 2018, vii + 200 pp, 1 138 11991 8, pbk, £28.99 This book is a comprehensive, comprehensible, and densely referenced exploration of Read More

22nd July 2018

Peter John, How Far to Nudge?

Peter John, How Far to Nudge? Assessing behavioural public policy, Edward Elgar, 2018, xi + 173 pp, 1 78643 056 4, pbk, £25. The eBook is priced from £22 from Google Read More

22nd July 2018

Fée and Kober-Smith (eds) Inequalities in the UK

David Fée and Anémone Kober-Smith (eds), Inequalities in the UK: New discourses, evolutions and actions, Emerald Publishing, 2018, xx + 369 pp, 1 78714 480 4, hbk, £70 While prediction Read More

22nd July 2018

Murray and Forstater (eds) Full Employment and Social Justice

Michael J. Murray and Mathew Forstater (eds), Full Employment and Social Justice: Solidarity and sustainability, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, ix + 264 pp, 3 319 66375 3, hbk, £88 In their Read More

4th June 2018

£10,000 for 25-year-olds

On the 2nd April 2018, the Institute for Public Policy Research published a report, Our Common Wealth, which recommends that a Citizens’ Wealth Fund should be established, which by 2030 Read More