Search results for “[Subject: criticism]”

• Author(s): Marian Barnes | Phil Cotterell • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralDrawing on contributions from user activists and academic researchers, this topical reader provides a critical sto...

• Author(s): Sarah Ayres • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Public Policy - GeneralIn recent years the nature of policy and politics has witnessed significant transformations. These have challenged perceptions ab...

• Author(s): Rob Creasy • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Children's StudiesFor anyone studying childhood or families, a consideration of the state may not always seem obvious, yet a good critical knowledge of p...

• Author(s): Michael Clarke • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralChoice pervades our society: it is founded on political rights to choose and our economy on market choices, but we have now reache...

• Author(s): Michael Clarke • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralChoice pervades our society: it is founded on political rights to choose and our economy on market choices, but we have now reache...

• Author(s): Debbie Watson • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Children's StudiesThis book challenges the concept of wellbeing as applied to children, particularly in a school-based context. Taking a post-structur...

• Author(s): Ann Leahy • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: GerontologyEstablishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disabil...

• Author(s): Katherine Smith • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Educational Policy & ReformMeasuring research impact and engagement is a much debated topic in the UK and internationally. This book is the firs...

• Author(s): Priscilla Alderson • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Health PolicyWinner of the 2022 Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize. Critical realism, as a toolkit of practical ideas, helps researchers to extend and c...

• Author(s): Debbie Watson • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Children's StudiesThis book challenges the concept of wellbeing as applied to children, particularly in a school-based context. Taking a post-structur...

• Author(s): Ann Leahy • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: GerontologyEstablishing a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue, this text engages with the typically disparate fields of social gerontology and disabil...

• Author(s): Steve Rogowski • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Social WorkRogowski's second edition of this bestselling textbook responds to the major changes to social work practice since the first edition was p...

• Author(s): Ellen A. Stewart • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Disease & Health IssuesEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What does it mean to love a healthcare system? It is o...

• Author(s): Behrooz Morvaridi • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Public Policy - Social PolicyThere is a broad consensus that traditional philanthropy has the potential to be transformative and address inequalit...

• Author(s): Michael Lavalette | Laura Penketh • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Pr. • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Social WorkWithout a doubt, structural and institutionalised racism is still present in Britai...

• Author(s): Lester Parrott • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Pr. • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralSocial work and poverty: A critical approach provides a timely review of the key issues facing...

• Author(s): Jeffrey Ian Ross • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: PenologyKey Issues in Corrections is an engaging textbook critically analyzing the most important challenges affecting the correctional system in t...

• Author(s): Andy Hamilton • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: PeaceUsing Northern Ireland as a compelling case study, this book offers a critique of peacebuilding approaches with young people in contested societi...

• Author(s): Max Travers • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Public Affairs & AdministrationThere has already been much discussion and critique of the New Public Management, and the impact of auditing and insp...

• Author(s): Charles Husband • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Pr. • Subject: Writing/Research Methods • BISAC: Public Policy - Environmental PolicyIn the field of ethnic relations the complex, often tortuous, interactions amo...

• Author(s): John Clarke • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralIn this engaging and original book, John Clarke is in conversation with 12 leading scholars about the dynamics of thinking critically...

• Author(s): Gary Beauchamp • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: ResearchWhy is teacher education policy significant - politically, sociologically and educationally? While the importance of practice in teacher educ...

• Author(s): Joe Whelan • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Social WorkCovering a range of important social theorists - from W.E.B. Du Bois to Judith Butler - this accessibly written textbook encourages critical t...

• Author(s): Miriam Bernard | Thomas Scharf • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: GerontologyThis important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology pe...

• Author(s): Sarah Kerr • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Social Classes & Economic DisparityThe rich and the poor in the UK are subject to radically different legislative approaches. While the behaviours of...

• Author(s): Mark Henrickson • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Social WorkEuropean and North American notions of helping - or managing - poor and marginalised people have deep roots in religious texts and tradit...

• Author(s): Jessie Daniels • Publisher: Policy Press • Publisher Imprint: Policy Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralProviding a much needed overview of the growing field of digital sociology, this handbook connects digital media technologies to t...