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“phillip whitehead”

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  • Education Policy

    by Michael Rathbone, Phillip Whitehead, Ian Abbott ...
    ′A splendid read. Via interviews with several Secretaries of State for Education and a supporting analytical commentary, Education Policy provides a fascinating insight and historical appraisal of English policy rationale′-Dr David Kitchener, Reader in Education, University of Bolton′This book should be compulsory reading, not only for people interested in the history of education policy but also ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

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  • The Planning Polity

    Planning, Government and the Policy Process

    by Mark Tewdwr-Jones ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
    Planning is not a technical and value free activity. Planning is an overt political system that creates both winners and losers. The Planning Polity is a book that considers the politics of development and decision-making, and political conflicts between agencies and institutions within British town and country planning. The focus of assessment is how British planning has been formulated since the ... Read more

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  • The European Dimension of British Planning

    by Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Richard H. Williams ...
    The UK government of Tony Blair is committed to fostering a European dimension of planning practice. Significant developments in relation to planning within Europe are occurring. The creation of the European Spatial Development Perspective, the reform of the Structural Funds, and the implementation of programmes to foster trans-national co-operation between governments, will all impact on UK ... Read more

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  • Held in contempt

    What’s wrong with the House of Commons?

    by Hannah White ...
    The House of Commons is increasingly held in contempt by the British public. From attending parties during the Covid-19 lockdown to taking payment for lobbying, MPs undermine their credibility by acting as if the rules they set for others should not apply to them. Still far from representative of the country they govern from the ancient and crumbling Palace of Westminster, MPs appear detached from ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Industrial Efficiency and State Intervention

    Labour 1939-1951

    by Dr Nick Tiratsoo, Nick Tiratsoo, Jim Tomlinson ...
    Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson describe and assess the Labour Party's development of a policy of improving industrial efficiency. They concentrate on the debates and initiatives of the wartime period and subsequent implementation of policy under Attlee. The book modifies existing historiography in two ways - it shows that the Labour Party of 1945-51 was concerned mainly with industrial ... Read more

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  • A Contemporary History of Social Work

    Learning from the Past

    by Terry Bamford ...
    Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why social work has failed to maintain its position as a driver of social reform. Bamford looks forward to a new model of practice that places a commitment to put social justice back at the heart of professional practice ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Developing Early Childhood Services: Past, Present And Future

    by Peter Baldock ...
    Assisting readers to understand how early years services have been transformed and to evaluate that process and to prepare for the future. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Adult Social Care

    Edited by Iain Ferguson, Michael Lavalette ...
    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
    Adult social care in Britain has been at the centre of much media and public attention in recent years. Revelations of horrific abuse in learning disability settings, the collapse of major private care home providers, abject failures of inspection and regulation, and uncertainty over how long-term care of older people should be funded have all given rise to serious public concern. In this short ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • The Scottish Political System Since Devolution

    From New Politics to the New Scottish Government

    by Paul Cairney ...
    This book presents a narrative of Scottish politics since devolution in 1999. It compares eight years of coalition government under Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats with four years of Scottish National Party minority government.It outlines the relative effect of each government on Scottish politics and public policy in various contexts, including: high expectations for ‘new ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Nation Changed?

    The SNP and Scotland Ten Years On

    Edited by Gerry Hassan, Simon Barrow ...
    A Nation Changed? Provides the first detailed and wide-ranging analysis of the SNP in office. It looks at how Scotland has changed and not changed during that time, and the challenges that lie ahead. The book examines the SNP's record, its role as a government and as a party, detailed policy issues such as education and health, the Brexit conundrum and independence.Offering insights and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Local Government

    Policy and Management in Local Authorities

    by Howard Elcock ...
    Since first publication in 1982, Howard Elcock's Local Government has established a reputation as a comprehensive and unbiased account of how British local government really works. This respected textbook has been completely revised and rewritten for its third edition, to take account of changes in local government and in the circumstances in which it operates. The third edition examines new ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • A Generation of Radical Educational Change

    Stories from the field

    Edited by Richard Pring, Martin Roberts ...
    How much have teachers and their pupils benefitted from the top-down Westminster-led control of policy held in place by a powerful national inspection regime?A Generation of Radical Educational Change: Stories from the Field is an exploration of the revolutionary impact of the greater and continuing involvement of central government in education policy-making which began in 1976 and was ... Read more

    $47.99 USD