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The following titles are new from The Policy Press this month. For more
information, please visit www.policypress.org.uk. Details of how to
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CORPORATE POWER AND SOCIAL POLICY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: BRITISH
WELFARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Kevin Farnsworth, Department of Social and Political Studies, South
Bank University
This groundbreaking book investigates and documents corporate influence
on social policies at global/regional, national and local levels. It
argues that we cannot understand the recent history and present
direction of the welfare state unless we focus on the role that
business has played in its development.
Paperback £23.50 (US$35.00) ISBN 1 86134 473 2
Hardback £50.00 (US$75.00) ISBN 1 86134 474 0
224 pages January 2004
GRANDPARENTING IN DIVORCED FAMILIES
Neil Ferguson, Cardiff Family Studies Research Centre, Cardiff Law
School with Gillian Douglas, Nigel Lowe, Mervyn Murch and Margaret
Robinson
This book is the first in-depth exploration of grandparents'
relationships with adult children and grandchildren in divorced
families. It asks what part grandparents might play in public policy
and whether measures should be taken to support their grandparenting
role. Do they have a special place in family life that ought to be
recognised in law?
Paperback £18.99 (US$28.50) ISBN 1 86134 498 8
Hardback £50.00 (US$75.00) ISBN 1 86134 499 6
176 pages January 2004
SUPPORTING FAMILIES: THE FINANCIAL COSTS AND BENEFITS OF CHILDREN SINCE
1975
Stuart Adam and Mike Brewer, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Drawing on a large-scale survey spanning the last 28 years, this report
analyses entitlements to child-contingent taxes and benefits for
thousands of households with children in the UK. It examines how
support has varied across households and over time, separates the
impact of policy from socio-economic changes, and compares government
support for children with available estimates of the actual costs of
children.
Paperback £14.95 (US$25.50) ISBN 1 86134 571 2
88 pages January 2004 REPORT
Published in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
THE WELL-CONNECTED COMMUNITY: A NETWORKING APPROACH TO COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Alison Gilchrist, Community Development Foundation
Policy interest in the contribution that communities can make to civil
society and democratic renewal has grown under New Labour. Key
programmes, particularly those promoting regeneration and renewal,
require community participation in partnerships and public
decision-making. This book demonstrates how informal and formal
networks strengthen communities and improve partnership working.
Paperback £18.99 (US$29.95) ISBN 1 86134 527 5
176 pages January 2004
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