Forthcoming Welfare Books

Forthcoming Books

1. New Horizons for Policy Practice

   By Richard Hoefer

   This book provides fresh perspectives on the state of policy practice. Leading scholars explore such vital conceptual topics such as how to impact social justice, what the strengths-based perspective means to policy practitioners and how to bridge the all-too common gap between community organizing...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Korea's Retirement Predicament

   The Ageing Tiger

   Edited by Thomas R. Klassen, Yunjeong Yang

   Series: Routledge Advances in Korean Studies

   The distinguishing feature for many workers in South Korea is contractual – and often involuntary – retirement at a young age (mid-50s for most workers) followed by precarious and low-paying self-employment or contract work. In the past this practice, which is also found in other East Asian nations...

   To Be Published August 1st 2013 by Routledge
3. The State, Class and the Recession (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Stewart Clegg, Geoff Dow, Paul Boreham

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   The contributions to this edited collection, first published in 1983, are based on two underlying themes. The first examines the major recession that took hold of the global economy during the 1980s and assesses its effects on key areas of social structure, including political and economic...

   To Be Published August 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. Transnational Social Support

   Edited by Adrienne Chambon, Wolfgang Schröer, Cornelia Schweppe

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   In the context of ever-increasing globalization, transnational systems of support have emerged in response to the needs of transnational families, labour forces, and the communities within which they are located. This volume will be the first to systematically address transnational support...

   To Be Published September 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Self-care

   Embodiment, Personal Autonomy and the Shaping of Health Consciousness

   By Christopher Ziguras

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   This book examines the widespread cultural and political consequences of the proliferation of popular health advice. It provides a key theoretical contribution to the sociological study of health and embodiment by illuminating the processes of social change that have transformed how individuals...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. Essays Soc & Social Psych V 6

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Decolonizing Indigenous Child Welfare

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Terri Libesman

   During the past decade, a remarkable transference of jurisdiction to Indigenous children’s organisation has taken place in many parts of Australia, Canada, the USA and New Zealand. This reform has taken place with little attention from academic and non-Indigenous communities. It has been influenced...

   To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
9. Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China

   Welfare Regimes in Transition

   Edited by Ka Ho Mok, Maggie K. W. Lau

   Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

   East Asia is at the heart of the global economic transformation, and the countries of the region are witnessing rapidly changing labour markets, alongside the pressure to cut production costs and lower taxes in order to become successful ‘competition states’. These changes have resulted in...

   To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Measuring Welfare beyond Economics

    The Genuine Progress of Hong Kong and Singapore

    By Claudio O. Delang, Yi Hang Yu

    Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

    Developed in the 1930s, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was never meant to be an indicator of the level of welfare of a population, but its emphasis by politicians and news outlets has made it become one of the most popular indicators of “development”. Increasingly scholars have criticized the...

    To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge