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Please see details of all new Policy Press titles below. We also have new
titles on special offer, this month focusing on aspects of social care.
Visit our special offers page to see a complete list:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/page.php?name=specialoffers
NEW TITLES THIS MONTH
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Understanding the mixed economy of welfare
Edited by Martin Powell
A new title in our Understanding welfare series, this book sheds light on
the growing movement towards welfare pluralism - a mixed economy of welfare
- involving private, voluntary and informal sectors. For more information,
please see:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10033&products_id=1075
Power, participation and political renewal
Case studies in public participation
by Marian Barnes, Janet Newman and Helen Sullivan
The authors of this title offer a critical examination of both the
discourse and practice of participation, to understand the significance of
this explosion in participatory forums and the extent to which such
practices represent a fundamental change in governance.
Extracts from this title can be read in our reading room:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/general/reading_room.php
Public policy analysis
by Peter Knoepfel, Corinne Larrue, Frédéric Varone and Michael Hill
An English version of a successful book written for a Swiss and French
audience, this book presents a model for the analysis of public policy and
includes examples of its application in everyday political-administrative
situations. Visit the reading room to read extracts from this book:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/general/reading_room.php
Making it personal
Individualising activation services in the EU
Edited by Rik van Berkel and Ben Valkenburg
This book addresses the development of increasingly individualised public
social services in the EU. It focuses particularly on activation services
that have become crucial in the 'modernisation' of European welfare states.
For more information, go to:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=1111
For more information on all of our titles, please visit
https://www.policypress.org.uk.
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