Social Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Understanding European Movements

   New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest

   Edited by Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Laurence Cox

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   European social movements have been central to European history, politics, society and culture, and have had a global reach and impact. Yet they have rarely been taken on their own terms in the English-language literature, considered rather as counterpoints to the US experience. This has been...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Social Innovation

   New Forms of Organisation in Knowledge–Based Societies

   Edited by Carmen Ruiz Viñals, Carmen Parra Rodríguez

   Series: Routledge/Lisbon Civic Forum Studies in Innovation

   'Social innovation’ can be simply defined as the new ideas and initiatives that make it possible to meet our society’s challenges in areas such as the environment, education, employment, culture, health and economic development. It is currently becoming increasingly important as a central concept...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Television News and the Elderly

   Broadcast Managers' Attitudes Toward Older Adults

   By Michael L. Hilt

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   This concise survey investigates the television general managers’ and news directors’ attitudes towards the elderly in the United States. Originally published in 1997, it raises important issues of ageing in relation to the media with specific focus on the older viewer’s status as a viewing...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
4. Development, Power, and the Environment

   Neoliberal Paradox in the Age of Vulnerability

   By Md Saidul Islam

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   Unmasking the neoliberal paradox, this book provides a robust conceptual and theoretical synthesis of development, power and the environment. With seven case studies on global challenges such as under-development, food regime, climate change, dam building, identity politics, and security...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
5. Family Investments in Children's Potential

   Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success

   Edited by Ariel Kalil, Thomas DeLeire

   Series: Monographs in Parenting Series

   The papers in this volume bring together a cross-disciplinary mix of researchers--developmental psychologists, evolutionary biologists, economists, anthropologists, and sociologists--working on the common theme of investments in children. The interdisciplinary conceptual framework adopted by this...

   Published May 2nd 2013 by Psychology Press
6. Justice Reinvestment

   Can the Criminal Justice System Deliver More for Less?

   By Chris Fox, Kevin Albertson, Kevin Wong

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   Rising prison numbers on both sides of the Atlantic are cause for concern. Justice Reinvestment is a major movement in criminal justice reform in the US that is also attracting lots of interest in the UK. Justice Reinvestment is an approach to addressing the penal crisis that uses the best...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Penal Landscape

   The Howard League Guide to Criminal Justice in England and Wales

   Edited by Anita Dockley, Ian Loader

   The Howard League for Penal Reform is committed to developing an effective penal system which ensures there are fewer victims of crime, has a diminished role for prison and creates a safer community for all. In this collection of ten papers, the charity has brought together some of the most...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
8. New Racial Missions of Policing

   International Perspectives on Evolving Law-Enforcement Politics

   Edited by Paul Amar

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   This book identifies new formations of race, racism and ethnicity at the intersection of neoliberalism, security, urban governance and the law through a comparative, international analysis of police organizations and practices. It pushes analytical and theoretical boundaries by examining...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. Migrant Politics and Mobilisation

   Exclusion, Engagements, Incorporation

   Edited by Davide Pero, John Solomos

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   In recent years immigration and the integration of migrants and minorities have become politicised in public and policy debates in Britain, the rest of Europe and the United States. In such debates, migrants are commonly treated as objects of politics and spoken in terms of management, national...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
10. Social Sustainability

    A Multilevel Approach to Social Inclusion

    Edited by Veronica Dujon, Jesse Dillard, Eileen M. Brennan

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    How can we raise the standard of living of the world’s poor and maintain high levels of social health and well-being in the developed world, while simultaneously reducing the environmental damage wrought by human activity? The social dimension of sustainability is becoming recognized as a necessary...

    Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge