Policy Press

Using evidence: How research can inform public services

By Sandra M. Nutley (University of St Andrews), Isabel Walter (ESRC Research Unit for Research Utilisation, University of St Andrews), Huw T.O. Davies (Department of Management

The effects of parents' employment on children's lives

By John F. Ermisch (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex), Marco Francesconi (Institute for Social and Economic Research

Tackling the roots of racism: Lessons for success

By Reena Bhavnani (Middlesex University), Heidi Safia Mirza (Institute of Education, University of London), Veena Meetoo (Middlesex University)

Children these days

By Nicola Madge (Kingston University London)

Understanding health and social care

By Jon Glasby

Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland

By Gerry Mooney (The Open University (Scotland)), Gill Scott (Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University)

Understanding human need

By Hartley Dean

Partnership working: Policy and practice

By Susan Balloch (Health and Social Policy Research Centre (HSPRC), University of Brighton), Marilyn Taylor (Author, Short Guide to Community Development 3e)

The idea of poverty

By Paul Spicker (Robert Gordon University)

The Well-Connected Community: A Networking Approach to Community Development

By Alison Gilchrist

Understanding social welfare movements

By Jason Annetts (School of Social and Health Sciences, University of Abertay-Dundee), Alex Law (Sociology Division, University of Abertay Dundee), Wallace McNeish (Sociology Department, School of Social and Health Sciences, ...

Community development and civil society: Making connections in the European context

By Paul Henderson (Community Development Consultant), Ilona Vercseg (Research Fellow (Community Development), Hungarian Association For Community Development)

Biography and social exclusion in Europe: Experiences and life journeys

By Prue Chamberlayne, Michael Rustin, Tom Wengraf

Understanding Community: Politics, Policy and Practice

By Peter Somerville

Community Development: A Critical Approach

By Margaret Ledwith

ASBO nation: The criminalisation of nuisance

By Peter Squires (School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton)

Managing Community Practice: Principles, Policies and Programmes

By Sarah Banks, Hugh L. Butcher, Paul Henderson, Jim Robertson

Contested communities: Experiences, struggles, policies

By Paul Hoggett (Director of the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Languages)

Making spaces for community development

By Michael Pitchford, with, Paul Henderson

Including the excluded: From practice to policy in European community development

By Paul Henderson (Community Development Consultant)

An Equal Start?: Providing Quality Early Education and Care for Disadvantaged Children

By Ludovica Gambaro (Institute of Education, University of London), Kitty Stewart (London School of Economics and Political Science), Jane Waldfogel (School of Social Work, Columbia University)

The politics of parental leave policies: Children, parenting, gender and the labour market

By Sheila Kamerman, Peter Moss

Parents, Poverty and the State: 20 Years of Evolving Family Policy

By Naomi Eisenstadt, Carey Oppenheim

Youth crime and youth justice: Public opinion in England and Wales

By Mike Hough (Birkbeck, University of London), Julian V. Roberts (Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa)

Markets as sites for social interaction: Spaces of diversity

By Sophie Watson (Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University), with, David Studdert (Department of Sociology

Public Spaces, Social Relations and Well-being in East London

By Nicholas T. Dines, Vicky Catell, Wilbert M. Gesler

Unequal Health: The Scandal of Our Times

By Danny Dorling (University of Oxford)

New Labour's countryside: Rural policy in Britain since 1997

By Michael Woods (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales)

Providing a Sure Start: How government discovered early childhood

By Naomi Eisenstadt (International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics)

Understanding Research for Social Policy and Practice: Themes, Methods and Approaches

By Saul Becker, Alan Bryman