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Education without schools
Discovering alternativesThis topical book focuses on elective home education (EHE) in England and considers how the dominance of schooling has affected our ability to conceive of education as diverse and different. It highlights the lack of governmental interest in alternative education and also considers the human rights issues, the relationship of the state to education and parental education choice.
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Regenerating deprived urban areas
A cross national analysis of area-based initiativesThis book compares the impacts of ABIs in two deprived urban areas in England and Germany on organisations and development actors at the neighbourhood level. It applies a mixed method approach to help the reader with a wider spectrum of illustrations and is aimed at those studying and working in the field of urban regeneration and planning.
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The future of development
A radical manifestoThis book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.
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The future of development
A radical manifestoThis book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.
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Risk and rehabilitation
Management and treatment of substance misuse and mental healthThis original and valuable book considers notions of risk and rehabilitation in detail.
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Education under siege
Why there is a better alternativeEducation under siege considers the English education system as it is and as it might be. It identifies the current system’s strengths and weaknesses and proposes radical changes to ensure fair education for all.
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Inclusive equality
A vision for social justiceIn this ambitious, wide-ranging book, the author asks what it takes to create inclusive, cohesive societies, and formulates a vision for social justice as 'inclusive equality'.
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Values in criminology and community justice
This timely and thought-provoking collection of writings considers values in crime theory, criminal justice and research practice, uncovering the many different 'sides' that criminologists, policy makers and researchers take.
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The responsiveness of social policies in Europe
The Netherlands in comparative perspectiveUsing in-depth analysis gathered over 15 years, this book closely analyzes the consequences of a wide variety of social and economic developments for social policies, offering theoretical and practical insights about their responsiveness.
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The future of planning
Beyond growth dependenceThis timely book provides a fresh analysis of the limitations of the growth-dependence planning paradigm and considers alternative urban development models, ways of protecting and enhancing existing low value land uses and means of managing community assets within the built environment
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The future of planning
Beyond growth dependenceThis timely book provides a fresh analysis of the limitations of the growth-dependence planning paradigm and considers alternative urban development models, ways of protecting and enhancing existing low value land uses and means of managing community assets within the built environment
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Negotiating cohesion, inequality and change
Uncomfortable positions in local governmentUsing original empirical data, this book explores how local government officers and politicians negotiate 'difficult subjects' linked with community cohesion policy: diversity, inequality, discrimination, extremism, migration, religion, class, power and change.
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Environmental harm
An eco-justice perspectiveA systematic and critical discussion of the nature of environmental harm from an eco-justice perspective, challenging conventional criminological definitions of environmental harm. It features examples and illustrations from many national contexts.
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Youth and community empowerment in Europe
International perspectivesThis book is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes and sheds light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. .
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Promoting walking and cycling
New perspectives on sustainable travelThis book uses innovative research methods to examine why so many people fail to travel in ways that are deemed by most to be desirable - on foot or by bike. It proposes evidence-based policy solutions that could increase levels of walking and cycling substantially.
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