Forthcoming Social Work and Social Policy Books

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31. The Handbook of European Welfare Systems

    Edited by Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich, Ursula Bazant

    This book provides the first comprehensive information and detailed data on the welfare systems of all twenty-seven EU member states and offers the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative welfare research. The introductory chapter summarizes the actual debate about...

    To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
32. Prostitution in the Community

    Attitudes, Action and Resistance

    By Sarah Kingston

    Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

    Prostitution often causes significant anxiety for communities. These communities have been known to campaign against its presence in ‘their’ neighbourhoods, seeking the removal of street sex workers and their male clients. Although research and literature has begun to explore prostitution from the...

    To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
33. Understanding Penal Practice

    Edited by Ioan Durnescu, Fergus McNeill

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

    Criminological and penological scholarship has in recent years explored how and why institutions and systems of punishment change – and how and why these changes differ in different contexts. Important though these analyses are, this book focuses not so much on the changing nature of institutions...

    To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
34. Disability Rights and Wrongs Revisited

    2nd Edition

    By Tom Shakespeare

    Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and activist Tom Shakespeare argues that disability research needs a firmer conceptual and empirical footing....

    To Be Published October 6th 2013 by Routledge
35. Safeguarding and Protecting Children in the Early Years

    Edited by James Reid, Steven Burton

    This book provides a comprehensive guide to safeguarding and child protection in the early years. Aimed at students and practitioners it offers insight into contemporary developments in early years and safeguarding practice and sets out the legal and policy foundations for effective practice before...

    To Be Published October 9th 2013 by Routledge
36. Re-engaging Young People in Education

    Learning from alternative schools

    By Martin Mills, Glenda McGregor

    Many young people failed by the school system are those who face a range of social and economic challenges due to multiple forms of injustice. This book provides an insight into the educational practices that work to re-engage young people who have become disenchanted with traditional schooling. It...

    To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge
37. Empowerment, Health Promotion and Young People

    A Critical Approach

    By Grace Spencer

    Series: Routledge Studies in Public Health

    Globally, young people’s health is an increasing priority area for health practitioners, policy-makers and researchers, and concepts of empowerment feature strongly in international public health discourses on young people’s health. Yet the concept of empowerment remains under-theorized, and its...

    To Be Published October 23rd 2013 by Routledge
38. Using Evidence for Advocacy and Resistance in Early Years Services

    Exploring the Pen Green Research Approach

    Edited by Eddie McKinnon

    Series: Pen Green Books for Early Years Educators

    Insightful and relevant, Using Evidence for Advocacy and Resistance in Early Years Education supports practitioners working in Early Years settings to develop the knowledge and skills required to carry out research into their own practice. Based on the renowned Pen Green approach, which advocates...

    To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
39. Spiritual Art and Art Education

    By Janis Lander

    Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

    This book is a study of contemporary spirituality as it is practiced in the world today, characterized by its secular and inclusive nature, and applied to art and art education. It identifies the issues facing a formal introduction of contemporary spiritual concepts into a secular and multicultural...

    To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
40. Forensic Practice in the Community

    Edited by Zoë Ashmore, Richard Shuker

    Series: Issues in Forensic Psychology

    Whilst there are many books looking at forensic practice in secure settings such as prisons or hospitals, very little has been written about forensic work in the community, such as individual’s homes or in Probation or Youth Offending settings around the country. The developments vary from...

    To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge