Social Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Solidarity in Individualized Societies

   Recognition, Justice and Good Judgement

   By Søren Juul

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   In today’s individualized, culturally diverse and globalized society, many sociologists have concluded that the conceptualizations developed by classical sociology are no longer sufficient to promote social cohesion. So what kind of solidarity can achieve this? Engaging with recent thought in...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Trafficked Young People

   Breaking the Wall of Silence

   By Jenny J. Pearce, Patricia Hynes, Silvie Bovarnick

   Series: Adolescence and Society

   Human trafficking constitutes one of the most serious human rights violations of our time. However, many social work practitioners still have a poor and incomplete understanding of the experiences of children and young people who have been trafficked. In Trafficked Young People, the authors call...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. Contemporary Drug Policy

   By Henry Brownstein

   Series: New Directions in Critical Criminology

   This book focuses on the use of drugs in our lives and how we respond to them. Whereas drug policy typically centres on the problems of illicit drugs or licit drugs used in illicit ways or circumstances, Contemporary Drug Policy instead considers the wide variety of substances we call drugs as a...

   Published January 22nd 2013 by Routledge
4. Social Security in Contemporary Japan

   By Mari Osawa

   Series: Routledge/University of Tokyo Series

   The present study analyzes the livelihood security system of contemporary Japan in international comparison from a historical and gender perspective. It posits ‘livelihood security systems’ rather than ‘welfare states’ or ‘welfare regimes’ as its object of analysis to enter the role of...

   Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge
5. Engaging with the World

   Agency, Institutions, Historical Formations

   Edited by Margaret S Archer, Andrea Maccarini

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   This title reflects the general theme of the 2010 IACR annual conference that was held in Padova, Italy, the aim of which was to provide a fresh view on some cultural and structural changes involving Western societies after the world economic crisis of 2008, from the point of view of...

   Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Contextualising Narrative Inquiry

   Developing methodological approaches for local contexts

   Edited by Sheila Trahar

   Narrative inquiry is growing in popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences, medicine and the humanities. In narrative inquiry, the transparency of interactions between researcher and research participants, together with rich, contextual descriptions, help to shape and structure...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. Alfred Marshall's Mission (Routledge Revivals)

   By David Reisman

   Alfred Marshall was anxious to do good. Intended by an Evangelical father for the vocation of clergyman, the author of the mould-shaping Principles of Economics remained to the end of his days a great preacher deeply committed to raising the tone of life. First published in 1990, Alfred Marshall’s...

   Published December 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. Yes We Can?

   White Racial Framing and the Obama Presidency, 2nd Edition

   By Adia Harvey-Wingfield, Joe Feagin

   The first edition of this book offered one of the first social science analyses of Barack Obama’s historic electoral campaigns and early presidency. In this second edition the authors extend that analysis to Obama’s service in the presidency and to his second campaign to hold that presidency....

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
9. Victimology (Routledge Revivals)

   The Victim and the Criminal Justice Process

   By Sandra Walklate

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of the victims of crime and the way in which they are treated in society generally, and in the criminal justice process in particular. The study of victims of crime is important to academics, the wider community...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
10. Judicial Reform and Reorganization in 20th Century Iran

    State-Building, Modernization and Islamicization

    By Majid Mohammadi

    Series: New Approaches in Sociology

    Iran is now at the center of political and social developments in the Middle East. This book examines the reform of the judicial system in 20th century Iran and is the first to relate state-building process with rule of law promotion and judicial reform in the region. This subject occupies the...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge