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New titles in social policy from Policy Press at the University of Bristol.

All recently published titles in social policy from Policy Press are available at 20% discount from www.policypress.co.uk  

JUST PUBLISHED

New media and public activism: Neoliberalism, the state and radical protest in the public sphere
By John Michael Roberts
Paperback £24.99 US$42.95 ISBN 9781447308218

“This is an extremely good book, which contains a range of fascinating arguments and ideas about new media public spheres”. Professor Jonathan Joseph, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield 

In this highly topical book, John Michael Roberts employs a political economy perspective to explore the relationship between financial neoliberal capitalism and digital publics. He offers an indispensable guide to understanding the relationship between the state, new media activism and neoliberal practices.

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447308218


Austerity bites: A journey to the sharp end of cuts in the UK
By Mary O’Hara
Hardback £19.99 US$34.95 ISBN 9781447315605

"Travelling around the country interviewing people allowed Mary O’Hara to harness first-hand accounts of the fallout of cuts in the UK. Austerity Bites brings together many poignant stories of people affected by the first impact of the coalition government's choice to impose social austerity on Britain." Danny Dorling, University of Oxford 

This timely book by award-winning journalist Mary O’Hara chronicles the true impact of austerity on people at the sharp end of the cuts to welfare spending in the UK, based on her 12-month journey around the country as the most radical reforms were being rolled out in 2012 and 2013.

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447315605


Analysing social policy concepts and language: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives
By Daniel Béland and Klaus Petersen 
Hardback £70.00 US$110.00 ISBN 9781447306443

“A must-read for all those interested in the political power of ideas. Both transnational and historical, these explorations of the languages of social policy and welfare reform are as innovative as compelling.” Christoph Conrad, University of Geneva 

Where do concepts such as “welfare state” and “social security” come from and how has their meaning changed over time?. This edited collection, written by a cross-disciplinary group of leading social policy researchers, analyses the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy.

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447306443


Social policies and social control: New perspectives on the 'not-so-big society'
Edited by Malcolm Harrison and Teela Sanders
Hardback £70.00 $110.00  ISBN: 9781447310747

“This unique collection asks important normative and evaluative questions about techniques used to ‘responsibilise’ citizens, illustrating vividly the wider implications of the ceaseless pursuit of moral welfare on arguably the most ‘vulnerable’ groups.” Dr Emma Wincup, University of Leeds

An innovative account of social control and behaviourism within welfare systems and social policies, and the implications for disadvantaged groups.

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447310747


Knowledge in policy: Embodied, inscribed, enacted
Edited by Richard Freeman and Steve Sturdy 
Hardback £70.00 US$110.00 ISBN 9781447309987

This important collection presents a radical reconception of the place of knowledge in contemporary policymaking in Europe, based not on assumptions about evidence, expertise or experience but on the different forms that knowledge takes.

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447309987


Disputing citizenship
By John Clarke, Kathleen Coll, Evelina Dagnino and Catherine Neveu 
Paperback £21.99 US$36.95  ISBN: 9781447312536

"A major contribution to critical thinking about citizenship that takes its political, contentious, and cultural aspects seriously and playfully, through brilliantly nuanced discussions." Engin Isin, Professor of Citizenship, The Open University

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447312536


Coming soon from Policy Press

Lived diversities: Space, place and identities in the multi-ethnic city
By Charles Husband, Yunis Alam, Jorg Huettermann and Joanna Fomina 
Hardback £70.00 US$110.00 ISBN 9781447315643

Out 24th September 2014

"Lived diversities is a suggestive, richly textured study of everyday urban multiculture. Its engagement with issues of conflict, conviviality and banal civility will reward and challenge researchers and practitioners working through the implications of diversity for contemporary conceptions of citizenship." Therese O’Toole, University of Bristol 

Focusing on multi-ethnic interaction in an inner city area, this book addresses difficult issues that are often simplistically and negatively portrayed, challenging the stereotypical denigration of inner city life, and Muslim communities in particular.

http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447315643