Authors:Anne Power, John Houghton,
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: poverty, place, amp, policy, studies, case, cities, places, small, spaces, jigsaw
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2007-03-14
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 1861346581
ISBN-13: 9781861346582

This new book explores Britain’s intensely urban and increasingly global communities as interlocking pieces of a complex jigsaw, which are hard to see apart yet they are deeply unequal. How did our major cities become so divided? How do they respond to housing and neighbourhood decay? "Jigsaw City" examines these issues using Birmingham, Britain’s second largest city and pioneer of the modern urban order, as our strongest model of the drive to create public solutions to private squalor is in three parts. Through looking at major British cities, using Birmingham as a case study, the

Authors:Richard Farnell, Robert Furbey, Stephen Shams Al-Haq
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: faith, regeneration, urban, communities, engaging
Number of Pages: 58
Published: 2003-04
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 186134516X
ISBN-13: 9781861345165

Authors:John Tomaney, John Mawson,
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: regions, state, england
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2003-03
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 1861343752
ISBN-13: 9781861343758

The debate about the English regions is rising up the academic and political agenda. It now seems likely that the government will legislate to create regional assemblies in at least some parts of England. This book brings together the country’s leading experts to provide an overview of the institutional and political dynamics across the regions. It provides a comprehensive picture of the state of regionalism in England, charting the regionalisation of England that has occurred over recent years. The book: examines the background to the "English Question"; outlines factors leading to regi

Author: Martin Powell
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: reforms, welfare, labour, new, evaluating
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2002-10
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 1861343353
ISBN-13: 9781861343352

The New Labour government has placed great emphasis on service delivery. It has provided performance information in the form of Annual Reports, Public Service Agreements, Performance Assessment Frameworks, and a host of other targets. But has New Labour delivered on its welfare reform? This work examines the New Labour government’s welfare policies to the end of its first term. It moves beyond a descriptive account to provide an evaluative perspective on New Labour’s welfare reforms. "Evaluating New Labour’s Welfare Reforms": provides a detailed and comprehensive examination

Authors:Ben Valkenburg, Rik Van Berkel,
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: services, activation, individualising, personal, making
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2007-02-28
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1861347979
ISBN-13: 9781861347978

Author: Chiara Saraceno
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: local, poverty, regimes, national, europe, assistance, dynamics, social
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2002-01-30
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 1861343140
ISBN-13: 9781861343147

Throughout Europe income support for the poor has become highly controversial. It is often assumed to be not the answer to, but the cause of social exclusion, and is increasingly believed to give rise to welfare dependency. This book contributes to a more complex understanding of welfare state regimes and welfare recipients in contemporary Europe. Describing social assistance ’careers’ in different national and urban contexts, it documents the strong interplay between personal biographies and policy patterns – a particularly useful perspective which complements the more struct

Author: Peter Squires
Publisher: Policy Press
Keywords: nuisance, criminalisation, nation, asbo
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2008-06-11
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1847420273
ISBN-13: 9781847420275

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) has been a major preoccupation of New Labour’s project of social and political renewal, with ASBOs a controversial addition to crime and disorder management powers. Thought by some to be a dangerous extension of the power to criminalise, by others as a vital dimension of local governance, there remains a concerning lack of evidence as to whether or not they compound social exclusion. This collection, from an impressive panel of contributors, brings together opinion, commentary, research evidence, professional guidance, debate and critique in order to understan