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Book SynopsisBringing together the voices of leading experts in the field, this edition offers an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year.
Table of ContentsPart I: Race, Racism and Social Policy ~ James Rees Race and Social Policy: Challenges and Obstacles ~ Nasar Meer ‘Race’: the Missing Dimension in Social Policy Higher Education? ~ Bankole Cole, Gary Craig and Nasreen Ali Young People as Cultural Critics of the Monocultural Landscapes that Fail them ~ Rick Bowler and Amina Razak Returnees: Unwanted Citizens or Cherished Countrymen ~ Bozena Sojka and Maarja Saar Part II: Social Policy and Young People ~ Elke Heins The Family Welfare Source and Inequality in Liberal Welfare States: Evidence from Cohort Studies ~ Sarah Weakley Economic Hardship in Young Adulthood: A Cause for Concern or a Matter of Course while Settling into the Swedish Labour Market? ~ Anna Kahlmeter Cultural Education and the Good Citizen: A Systematic Analysis of a Neo-Liberal Communitarian Policy Trend ~ Katherine Tonkiss, Eleni Stamou and Malgorzata Wootton How Geographical and Ideological Proximity Impact Community Youth Justice (In)accessibility in England and Wales ~ Sarah Brooks Wilson Part III: Austerity ~ Marco Pomati After a Decade of Austerity, Does the UK Have an Income Safety Net Worth its Name? ~ Donald Hirsch A New Page? The Public Library in Austerity ~ Emma Davidson No Way Home: the Challenges of Exiting Homelessness in Austere Times ~ Christina Carmichael ‘Everywhere and Nowhere’: Interventions and Services under Austerity ~ Stephen Crossley
