Apologies for cross posting
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Happy New Year from The Policy Press. We are seeing in 2007 with the
publication of some key new titles - see details below - and are extending
our 20% discount sale on titles exploring poverty and social exclusion:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/page.php?name=specialoffers
We are also publishing the first editions of the volume for our journals
Evidence & Policy and Policy & Politics this month. Further details are
available at:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/journals
NEW BOOKS THIS MONTH
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In The idea of poverty, Paul Spicker examines views about what poverty is
and what should be done about it, making a committed argument for a
participative, inclusive understanding of the term.
For more information, go to:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10043&products_id=1151
Welfare policy under New Labour: Views from inside Westminster,
by Hugh Bochel and Andrew Defty, examines the role of Parliament in the
formulation and scrutiny of welfare policy, focusing in particular on how
MPs and Peers view their influence on policy.
Read sample chapters in our reading room:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/general/reading_room.php.
Ethics: Contemporary challenges in health and social care, edited by Audrey
Leathard and Susan McLaren, examines theory, research, policy and practice
in the fields of both health and social care. For more information please
visit:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=1077
Building sustainable communities: Spatial policy and labour mobility in
post-war Britain, by Mike Raco, uses historical and contemporary materials
to document the ways in which policy-makers, in different eras, have sought
to use state powers and regulations to create better, more balanced, and
sustainable communities and citizens. This title is featured in our website
reading room
https://www.policypress.org.uk/general/reading_room.php
For more information on all of our titles, please visit
https://www.policypress.org.uk.
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