Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Series edited by David Downes and Paul Rock, both at London School of Economics, UK
This series of books is intended to offer accessible, informed and well-evidenced analyses of topical policy issues - from the national health through women’s work to central issues of crime and criminal justice - as a counterweight to the manner in which they tend to be presented in political and public debates. The mass media can be sensationalizing and overly-simple. Many observers and commentators are too engaged politically or professionally to take a dispassionate stand. By contrast, what is offered here is considered expert commentary laid out in a literate and helpful manner. Moreover, in the wake of globalization, the revolution in information technology and new forms of regulation and audit, an immense proliferation of data has occurred which can swamp all but the most experienced and duly skeptical analyst. Providing an excellent core for teaching in social policy, criminology, politics and the sociology of contemporary Britain, the series is also intended for politicians, policy-makers, journalists and other concerned people who wish to know more about the world they live in today.
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Health and the National Health Service
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Reviewing recent healthcare policy in the NHS, this book firmly locates the NHS in the context of the welfare state. Setting health policy in both an historical and modern context (post-1997) Carrier and Kendall weigh up the successes and failures of the National Health Service in the United...
To Be Published December 2nd 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Health and the National Health Service
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Reviewing recent healthcare policy in the NHS, this book firmly locates the NHS in the context of the welfare state. Setting health policy in both an historical and modern context (post-1997) Carrier and Kendall weigh up the successes and failures of the National Health Service in the United...
To Be Published December 2nd 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Mental Health and Crime
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Does mental disorder cause crime? Does crime cause mental disorder? And if either of these could be proved to be true what consequences should stem for those who find themselves deemed mentally disordered offenders? Mental Health and Crime examines the nature of the relationship between mental...
Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Mental Health and Crime
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Does mental disorder cause crime? Does crime cause mental disorder? And if either of these could be proved to be true what consequences should stem for those who find themselves deemed mentally disordered offenders? Mental Health and Crime examines the nature of the relationship between mental...
Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Immigration, Social Integration and Crime
A Cross-National Approach
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
The problem of social control has constituted the acid test for the entire issue of immigration and integration. But whilst recent studies show that the crime rate for non-nationals is three, four or more, times higher than that of the country’s 'own' citizens, academic interest in these statistics...
Published May 26th 2010 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Immigration, Social Integration and Crime
A Cross-National Approach
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
The problem of social control has constituted the acid test for the entire issue of immigration and integration. But whilst recent studies show that the crime rate for non-nationals is three, four or more, times higher than that of the country’s 'own' citizens, academic interest in these statistics...
Published May 26th 2010 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Child Sexual Abuse
Media Representations and Government Reactions
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Child Sexual Abuse critically evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders. The last fifteen years has seen increasing concern on the part of the government, criminal justice agencies, the media and the public, regarding child sexual abuse. This...
Published March 30th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Child Sexual Abuse
Media Representations and Government Reactions
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Child Sexual Abuse critically evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders. The last fifteen years has seen increasing concern on the part of the government, criminal justice agencies, the media and the public, regarding child sexual abuse. This...
Published March 30th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
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UK Election Law
A Critical Examination
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
This book contains a critical analysis of the law and politics governing the conduct of statutory elections in the United Kingdom. The author argues that elections have now become a marketplace for 'buying' the most seemingly attractive political party on offer into power, rather than an...
Published January 8th 2006 by Routledge-Cavendish
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UK Election Law
A Critical Examination
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
This book contains a critical analysis of the law and politics governing the conduct of statutory elections in the United Kingdom. The author argues that elections have now become a marketplace for 'buying' the most seemingly attractive political party on offer into power, rather than an...
Published January 8th 2006 by Routledge-Cavendish
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The Police and Social Conflict
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Policing remains one of the most controversial areas of criminal justice. Recent years have seen major changes in every aspect of policing: new constructions of the police mission, new ways of delivering police services and new arrangements for police accountability. The police have had to respond...
Published December 19th 2005 by Routledge-Cavendish
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The Police and Social Conflict
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Policing remains one of the most controversial areas of criminal justice. Recent years have seen major changes in every aspect of policing: new constructions of the police mission, new ways of delivering police services and new arrangements for police accountability. The police have had to respond...
Published December 19th 2005 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Key Issues in Women's Work
Female Diversity and the Polarisation of Women's Employment
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men, or do they already do more than their share of domestic...
Published August 31st 2004 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Key Issues in Women's Work
Female Diversity and the Polarisation of Women's Employment
Series: Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men, or do they already do more than their share of domestic...
Published August 31st 2004 by Routledge-Cavendish