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Credit crunch health care: How economics can save our publicly funded health services

By Cam Donaldson (Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University)

Rethinking palliative care: A social role valorisation approach

By Paul Sinclair

50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain

By James Treadwell, Adam Lynes

Zero tolerance policing

By Maurice Punch

Crime and Investigative Reporting in the UK

By Marianne Colbran (Criminology, London School of Economics)

Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists

By Daniel Dorling

Where next for criminal justice?

By David Faulkner, Ros Burnett

A more equal society?: New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion

By John Hills, Kitty Stewart (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Critical perspectives on user involvement

By Marian Barnes (University of Brighton), Phil Cotterell (School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton)

Researchers and their 'subjects': Ethics, power, knowledge and consent

By Marie Smyth, Emma Williamson

Participatory Research: Working with Vulnerable Groups in Research and Practice

By Jo Aldridge

Partnership Working in Health and Social Care

By Jon Glasby, Helen Dickinson

Citizens at the centre: Deliberative participation in healthcare decisions

By Celia Davies (Professor of Health Care, Open University), Margaret Wetherell (Department of Social Sciences, Elizabeth Barnett (Former Research Associate in Health, Faculty of Health and Social Care

Contemporary social evils

By Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Diminished rights: Danish lone mother families in international context

By Valerie Polakow, Therese Halskov, Per Schultz Jorgensen

The Short Guide to Gender

By Kath Woodward

Radical social work in practice: Making a difference

By Iain Ferguson (University of the West of Scotland), Rona Woodward (Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling)

Religion and Faith-Based Welfare: From Wellbeing to Ways of Being

By Rana Jawad

Supporting Struggling Students on Placement: A Practical Guide

By Jo Finch (University of Suffolk)

Values in Criminology and Community Justice

By Malcolm Cowburn, Marian Duggan, anne robinson, Paul Senior

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

By Andrew Sayer

Making Sense of Child Sexual Exploitation: Exchange, Abuse and Young People

By Sophie Hallett

Explaining Ethnic Differences: Changing Patterns of Disadvantage in Britain

By David Mason

Understanding Social Citizenship: Themes and Perspectives for Policy and Practice

By Peter Dwyer

The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does Area-based Early Intervention Work?

By Jay Belsky, Edward Melhuish, Jacqueline Barnes

Consultancy in Public Services: Empowerment and Transformation

By Adams, Robert, Tovey, Wade