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1. Homelessness and Social Policy

   Edited by Roger Burrows, Nicholas Pleace, Deborah Quilgars

   The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could better epitomise the end of modernity than our seeming inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs - shelter, warmth, food - of substantial numbers of our '...

   Published October 1st 1997 by Routledge
2. The Sociology of Health Promotion

   Critical Analyses of Consumption, Lifestyle and Risk

   Edited by Robin Bunton, Roger Burrows, Sarah Nettleton

   Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. The issues examined in The Sociology of Health Promotion include sociology of risk, the...

   Published August 2nd 1995 by Routledge
3. Towards a Post-Fordist Welfare State?

   By Roger Burrows, Brian D Loader

   There is no doubt that significant socio-economic changes have occurred over the last twenty years in the UK and other advanced capitalist societies. Consequently, Fordism, a bureaucratic, hierarchical model of industrial development has matured into Post-Fordism, with its greater emphasis on the...

   Published May 18th 1994 by Routledge