Search results for ""Author Kirstein Rummery""
Bristol University Press What Works in Improving Gender Equality: International Best Practice in Childcare and Long-term Care Policy
Publishing rationale • A topical short which fits with our existing list • Draws on original and international ESRC research • Written by respected authors with a clear vision for the project • Has a clear focus on what works and policy recommendations Unique selling point: This is the only book that provides accessible information on international best practice in childcare and longterm care, and discusses what works and why in achieving gender equality and how it can be applied elsewhere
£16.55
Policy Press Social Policy Review 20: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2008
Social Policy Review provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Contributions reflect key themes in the UK and internationally. The first part of the collection focuses on developments and change in core UK social policy areas. Part two provides in-depth analyses of topical issues from both UK and international perspectives, while this year's themed section examines 'Gender and policy'.
£69.53
Bristol University Press Social Policy Review 21: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2009
Social Policy Review provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. This year the Review takes the opportunity of the 60th anniversary of the key legislation founding the welfare state in the UK to provide a comprehensive overview of policy developments in the UK and internationally. The first part brings together a selection of papers which have been commissioned to examine historical and contemporary developments in policy tackling Beveridge's five evils of want, idleness, disease, squalor and ignorance, looking at how policy has changed since the aims and ideology of the inception of the post-war welfare state. The second part looks at the issue of the current challenges facing children's welfare services internationally: always a contemporary and contentious issue. The final part brings together a selection of papers looking at the effect of policy development at various governance levels on social policy. The contributions bring together an exciting mix of internationally renowned authors to provide comprehensive discussion of the some of the most challenging issues facing social policy today.
£69.53
