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• Author(s): Jon Kvist • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThis book challenges the common view that social protection is exclusively a national concern with EU social policy fragmented and mere...

• Author(s): Eloise Poole | Matthew Aldrich | Svetlana Speight • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - Marriage & FamilyFatherhood is in transition and being challenged by often contradictory forces: s...

• Author(s): Marion Repetti • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: GerontologyThe last few decades have seen an increase in the migration of ageing people from richer Northern and Western countries to poorer Southern...

• Author(s): Vaughan Robinson | Roger Andersson | Sako Musterd • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationEuropean governments are now engaging in one of the largest exercises in social engine...

• Author(s): Sonia Livingstone • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Children's StudiesAs the internet and new online technologies are becoming embedded in everyday life, there are increasing questions about their s...

• Author(s): Auke Dijk | Frank Hoogewoning | Maurice Punch • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Pr. • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: CriminologyPolicing is at a turbulent turning point: the pace of change is acceler...

• Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Public Policy - Social PolicyAvailable Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The proportion of employees with caring responsibilities is growing and, as a result, po...

• Author(s): Alan Walker | Chack-Kie Wong • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: CriminologyEastern welfare systems have largely been neglected by Western social policy. There is very little information in the West a...

• Author(s): Daniel Beland | Klaus Petersen • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Pr. • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSocial policy scholars and practitioners work with concepts such as "welfare s...

• Author(s): Petteri Eerola | Katherine Twamley | Henna Pirskanen • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - Marriage & FamilyDespite growing recognition of fathers' involvement in family life, dominant n...

• Author(s): David Dr Lain • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Personal Finance - Retirement PlanningRetirement is being 'reconstructed', with the UK following the US path of abolishing mandatory retirement and in...

• Author(s): René Cuperus • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Political Ideologies - DemocracySocial Democracy is on the back-foot, and increasingly centre-left political parties are struggling to win office. Brin...