Books
We have over 650 titles in our book list and publish around 80 new titles each year on contemporary social issues that affect us all from birth to old age. Our books feature regularly in the media and have contributed to changes in policy and practice. They also provide key teaching and research material in a wide range of social science disciplines.
A large selection of our e-books are also now available through third party partners, so you can buy them for personal use or your library can purchase them through its preferred supplier.
Below are a selection of our current highlights.
Book of the month
Understanding crime and social policy
Understanding crime and social policy encourages readers to reflect upon the close connections, and sometimes tensions, between crime reduction and social policy agendas.
Paperback price: £21.99 Our Price: £17.59
Also publishing in May
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International community organising Taking power, making change
This book is the first to explore the diverse history of community organising, telling stories of how it developed, its successes and failures, and the lessons that can be applied today.
Paperback price: £23.99 Our Price: £19.19
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Criminalisation and advanced marginality Critically exploring the work of Loïc Wacquant
Written by criminologists and policy analysts, Criminalisation and advanced marginality offers a constructive but critical application of Wacquant's ideas.
Paperback price: £28.99 Our Price: £23.19
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Transitions to parenthood in Europe A comparative life course perspective
This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context.
Paperback price: £24.99 Our Price: £19.99
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Neighbourhood planning Communities, networks and governance
Neighbourhood Planning offers a critical analysis of community-based planning activity in England, framed within a broader view of collaborative rationality and its limits.
Paperback price: £24.99 Our Price: £19.99
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Ageing with disability A lifecourse perspective
This is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability.
Hardback price: £70.00 Our Price: £56.00
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Geographies of alternative education Diverse learning spaces for children and young people
This book offers a comparative analysis of alternative education in the UK, focusing on learning spaces that cater for children and young people. It constitutes one of the first book-length explorations of alternative learning spaces outside mainstream education.
Hardback price: £70.00 Our Price: £56.00
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Organising waste in the city International perspectives on narratives and practices
Organising waste in the city takes a broad and international approach to the ways in which the issue of waste is framed, and brings together narratives from cities as diverse as Amsterdam, Bristol, Cairo, Gothenburg, Helsingborg and Managua.
Hardback price: £70.00 Our Price: £56.00