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  • The Antidote

    How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice

    by Peter Beresford ...
    The gap between personal and formal politics has been widening globally and locally. As personal politics have become more inclusive and egalitarian inspired by new social movements, neoliberal ideologies have undermined democracy, increasing isolation, inequality, poverty, disease and environmental threat. Yet this paradox may also offer a path to transformation.Using international evidence and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • All Our Welfare

    Towards Participatory Social Policy

    by Peter Beresford ...
    The UK welfare state is under sustained ideological and political attack. It has also been undermined by accusations of paternalism and past failures to engage with the very people it is intended to help.This unique book is the first to critique the past, present and future welfare state from a participatory perspective. Peter Beresford, champion of user involvement, draws on pioneering theories ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Participatory Ideology

    From Exclusion to Involvement

    by Peter Beresford ...
    The COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement and renewed action against climate change all highlight the increasing gulf between narrowly based dominant political ideologies and popular demands for social justice, global health, environmentalism and human rights.This book examines for the first time the exclusionary nature of prevailing political ideologies. Bringing together theory, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Supporting people

    Towards a person-centred approach

    by Peter Beresford, Jennie Fleming, Michael Glynn, Catherine Bewley, Suzy Croft, Fran Branfield, Karen Postle ...
    There is widespread agreement that care and support services must change radically if they are to meet the rights and needs of the rapidly growing number of people who require them.For the first time, Supporting people explores with service users, practitioners, carers and managers what person-centred support means to them, what barriers stand in its way and how these can be overcome. It provides ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Managing Front Line Practice in Social Care

    by Peter Beresford, Suzy Croft ...
    Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
    Written by key figures in the field of social care training and management this much-needed book provides practice guidance for front line managers in social care. Refocusing attention on the management of practice and accountability within services and to service users, the authors provide a variety of perspectives on how front line managers can support practice. Highlighting important aspects of ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Audiobook

    Cogheart

    by Peter Bunzl ...
    Narrated by Rachael Beresford ...
    Series series Cogheart Adventures

    Unabridged

    8 hours 25 min

    Thirteen-year-old Lily Hartman always dreamed of adventure. A strong-willed girl, Lily felt trapped in a life of Victorian stuffiness at her prim boarding school. But after her father-a famous inventor-disappears on a routine zeppelin flight, Lily's life gets turned upside down. Now cared for by her guardian, the heartless Madame Verdigris, Lily is quite certain that she's being watched. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Is the Future of Social Work?

    A handbook for positive action

    by Peter Dowd, Chris Jones, John Harris, Gurnam Singh, Peter Beresford, Jan Walmsley, Iain Ferguson, Mark Lymbery, Brid Featherstone ...
    Social work is under unprecedented pressure as a result of funding cuts, political interventions, marketisation and welfare transformations which, combined, are dramatically reshaping the relationship between individuals and the welfare state.A wide range of distinguished academics provide a comprehensive analysis of the evolving challenges facing contemporary social work, reflecting on both the ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • At the Heart of a Mad Movement

    The Life and Work of Peter Campbell, Psychiatric System Pioneer

    Edited by Peter Barham, Peter Beresford, Ker Wallwork ...
    Series series The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series
    This book showcases and celebrates the writings of Peter Campbell, an activist, writer, educator, and a veteran survivor of the mental health system, conveying the variety and vitality of Campbell's accomplishments across the years from 1967 to 2022.Diagnosed with severe psychosis and with a history of hospitalizations reaching back to 1967, Peter Campbell was an indefatigable critic of orthodox ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Mad Studies

    Edited by Peter Beresford, Jasna Russo ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    By drawing broadly on international thinking and experience, this book offers a critical exploration of Mad Studies and advances its theory and practice.Comprised of 34 chapters written by international leading experts, activists and academics, this handbook introduces and advances Mad Studies, as well as exploring resistance and criticism, and clarifying its history, ideas, what it is, and what ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Madness, Violence, and Power

    A Critical Collection

    Edited by Andrea Daley, Lucy Costa, Peter Beresford ...
    Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection disengages from the common forms of discussion about violence related to mental health service users and survivors which position those users or survivors as more likely to enact violence or become victims of violence. Instead, this book seeks to broaden understandings of violence manifest in the lives of mental health service users/survivors, ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Service User Involvement in Human Services Research and Education

    Edited by Hugh McLaughlin, Peter Beresford, Colin Cameron, Helen Casey, Joe Duffy ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Worldwide, there has been a growth in service user involvement in education and research in recent years. This handbook is the first book which identifies what is happening in different regions of the world to provide different countries and client groups with the opportunity to learn from each other.The book is divided into five sections: Section One examines service user involvement in context ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Personalisation

    Edited by Peter Beresford ...
    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
    Personalisation has become the policy buzz-word of the twenty-first century. Supporters claim it offers service users choice and services attuned to meet their specific needs, moving away from 'one size fits all' state services. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Peter Beresford, one of Britain's foremost social work academics, challenges the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD