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  • Understanding Neighbourhood Dynamics

    New Insights for Neighbourhood Effects Research

    Edited by Maarten van Ham, David Manley, Nick Bailey, Ludi Simpson, Duncan Maclennan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This rare interdisciplinary combination of research into neighbourhood dynamics and effects attempts to unravel the complex relationship between disadvantaged neighbourhoods and the life outcomes of the residents who live therein. It seeks to overcome the notorious difficulties of establishing an empirical causal relationship between living in a disadvantaged area and the poorer health and well ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ethnic Identity and Inequalities in Britain

    The Dynamics of Diversity

    Edited by Stephen Jivraj, Ludi Simpson ...
    As debates around ethnic identity and inequality gain both political and media interest, this important book is the first to offer in-depth analysis from the last three UK population censuses focusing on the dynamics of ethnic identity and inequalities in contemporary Britain. While providing a comprehensive overview, it also clarifies concepts associated with greater ethnic diversity, increased ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives

    Edited by Maarten van Ham, David Manley, Nick Bailey, Ludi Simpson, Duncan Maclennan ...
    Over the last 25 years a vast body of literature has been published on neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in more deprived neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. The volume of work not only reflects academic and policy interest in this topic, but also the fact that we are still no closer to answering ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems?

    A Policy Context

    Edited by David Manley, Maarten van Ham, Nick Bailey, Ludi Simpson, Duncan Maclennan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited volume critically examines the link between area based policies, neighbourhood based problems, and neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. Over the last few decades, Western governments have persistently pursued area based policies to fight ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Data in Society

    Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation

    by Jim Ridgway, Ron Johnston, Liliana Bounegru, Jonathan Gray, Amy Sippitt, Spencer Hedger, Sinclair Sutherland, James Nicholson, Charlotte Brookfield, Luke Sloan, Malcolm Williams, Keiko Yasukawa, James Goodman, Nour Dados, Kate Bloor, Ludi Simpson, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Jay Ginn, Richard Cookson, Tim Doran, Roy Carr-Hill, David Walker, Prem Sikka, Rebecca Boden, Paul Bivand, Stewart Lansley, Christopher Deeming, Steve Fothergill, Christina Beatty, David Byrne, David Rhind, Richard Murphy, Alessio D'Angelo, Eleonore Kofman, Brad K Blitz, Adrian Tear, Gary Hearne, Ifan Shepherd, Ruth Gilbert, Harvey Goldstein, Kevin McConway ...
    Statistical data and evidence-based claims are increasingly central to our everyday lives. Critically examining ‘Big Data’, this book charts the recent explosion in sources of data, including those precipitated by global developments and technological change. It sets out changes and controversies related to data harvesting and construction, dissemination and data analytics by a range of private, ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • 'Sleepwalking to segregation'?

    Challenging myths about race and migration

    by Nissa Finney, Ludi Simpson ...
    In the context of renewed debates about diversity and cohesion, this book interrogates contemporary claims about race and migration. It demonstrates that many of the claims are myths, presenting evidence in support of and in opposition to them in an accessible yet academically rigorous manner.The book combines an easy-to-read overview of the subject with innovative new research. It tackles head-on ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

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    by Beth Watts, Suzanne Fitzpatrick ...
    Series series Key Ideas
    Welfare conditionality has become an idea of global significance in recent years. A ‘hot topic’ in North America, Australia, and across Europe, it has been linked to austerity politics, and the rise of foodbanks and destitution. In the Global South, where publicly funded welfare protection systems are often absent, conditional approaches have become a key tool employed by organisations pursuing ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Health Inequalities

    Critical Perspectives

    Edited by Katherine E. Smith, Clare Bambra, Sarah E. Hill ...
    Informed by a wealth of available research, between 1997 and 2010, the UK Labour government introduced a raft of policies to reduce health inequalities. Despite this, by most measures, the UK's health inequalities have continued to widen. This failure has prompted calls for new approaches to health inequalities research and some consensus that public health researchers ought to be more actively ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Social Advantage and Disadvantage

    Edited by Hartley Dean, Lucinda Platt ...
    Social advantage and disadvantage are potent catch-all terms. They have no established definition but, considered in relation to one another, they can embrace a wide variety of more specific concepts that address the ways in which human society causes, exacerbates or fails to prevent social divisions or injustices. This book captures the sense in which any conceptualisation of disadvantage is ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Canadian Social Policy, Fifth Edition

    Issues and Perspectives

    Edited by Anne Westhues, Brian Wharf ...
    Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. Too often, those on the front lines—social workers, nurses, and teachers—observe that policies do not work well for the most vulnerable groups in society. In the first part of this new edition of Canadian ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Cities, Economic Inequality and Justice

    Reflections and Alternative Perspectives

    by Edwin Buitelaar, Anet Weterings, Roderik Ponds ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance
    Increasing economic inequality in cities, and the spatial translation of that into more segregated neighbourhoods, is top of the political agenda in developed countries. While the overall living standards have increased in the last century, the focus has now shifted from poverty to economic differences, with a particular focus on the gap between the very poor and the (ultra-)rich.The authors ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Irish Social Policy

    A Critical Introduction

    by Fiona Dukelow, Mairéad Considine ...
    This 2nd edition of a highly respected textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to Irish social policy. It provides an accessible, critical overview taking account of significant changes over recent years.The book is organised across four key sections:1: Traces the emergence and development of Irish social policy from its origins to the present2: Situates the Irish case in the wider context of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD