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New titles for November
Youth justice in practice
Making a difference
Bill Whyte
PB GBP16.99 (12.23 with website discount) ISBN 9781861348395
HB GBP55.00 (39.60 with website discount) ISBN 9781861348401
A new title in our Social Work in Practice series, this book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, highlighting the challenge facing all jurisdictions in balancing welfare and justice.
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Making sense of 'Every Child Matters'
Multi-professional practice guidance
Edited by Richard Barker
PB GBP19.99 (15.99 with website discount) ISBN 9781847420114
This book considers the implications for practice of the 'Every Child Matters' (ECM) agenda for working with children, analysing the key issues from the perspective of the different professions that make up the 'new children's workforce'.
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The dilemmas of development work
Ethical challenges in regeneration
Paul Hoggett, Marjorie Mayo and Chris Miller
PB GBP23.99 (19.99 with website discount) ISBN 9781861349712
HB GBP65.00 (52.00 with website discount) ISBN 9781861349729
This book, written by three well-known educators and researchers in the social policy and development field, explores the ways in which front-line professionals, working with communities, identify and address the dilemmas inherent in the current policy context.
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Healthcare in the UK
Understanding continuity and change
Ian Greener
PB GBP24.99 (19.99 with website discount) ISBN 9781861346087
HB GBP65.00 (52.00 with website discount) ISBN 9781861346094
This book contends that attempts to reform the NHS can only be understood by reference to both the wider social and political contexts, and to the organisational and ideational legacies present within the NHS itself. It aims to take students beyond a basic understanding of the historical development of health policy in the UK, to one that demonstrates an appreciation of the interactions between health policy, organisation and
society.
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Towards a democratic division of labour in modern welfare states?
The Combination Model as a new integrated approach to professional and family life
Walter Van Dongen
PB GBP29.99 (23.99 with website discount) ISBN 9781847422699
HB GBP70.00 (56.00 with website discount) ISBN 9781847422941
This book starts from the challenge of balancing values of 'equality' and 'freedom' in all sections of modern societies, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work and for elaborating adequate policy perspectives.
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Policy for a change
Local labour market analysis and gender equality
Edited by Sue Yeandle
HB GBP65.00 (52.00 with website discount) ISBN 9781847420541
Using a new and original approach, this illuminating book explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century, identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which remain poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work.
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Prevention and youth crime
Is early intervention working?
Edited by Maggie Blyth and Enver Solomon
PB GBP14.99 (11.99 with website discount) ISBN 9781847422637
The 2008 UK government Youth Crime Action Plan emphasises prevention and early intervention in different aspects of work with young people who offend or are considered to be 'at risk' of offending. Much of this approach includes targeted work with families and work to reduce the numbers of young people entering the youth justice system.
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Children and young people in custody
Managing the risk
Edited by Maggie Blyth, Chris Wright and Robert Newman
PB GBP14.99 (11.99 with website discount) ISBN 9781847422613
Over the last decade, the reformed youth justice system has seen increases in the numbers of children and young people in custody, a sharp rise in indeterminate sentences and the continuing deaths of young prisoners. This report brings together contributions from leading experts on young people and criminal justice to critically examine current policy and practice.
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