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Social Policy & Welfare

The Policy Press has changed the landscape of publishing in social policy and welfare over the last ten years. Academics in the field regularly assert that it’s our commitment to publish the very best quality work in social policy which has led us to be considered their primary publisher of choice.

Our best-selling textbook series, Understanding Welfare, edited by Saul Becker, presents topical and innovative approaches to understanding social issues, policies and welfare delivery in an accessible and student-friendly way. Secondly, Policy and Politics in the 21st Century, edited by Michael Hill, offers a guide through today’s most hotly contested policy issues by distinguished leaders in the field. Thirdly the highly-regarded journal Policy & Politics contains many articles of related interest


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The Peter Townsend reader

Alan Walker, David Gordon, Ruth Levitas, Peter Phillimore, Chris Phillipson, Margot E. Salomon, Nicola Yeates

This reader brings together for the first time a collection of Peter Townsend's most distinctive work, allowing readers to review the changes that have taken place over the past six decades, and reflect on issues that have returned to the fore today.

Paperback price: £24.99   Our Price: £19.99


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