Social Policy

Disrupting Disruption: The Steady Work of Transforming Schools

David Kirp, Marjorie Wechsler, Madelyn Gardner, Titilayo Tinubu Ali

9780197652008
Paperback
21 November 2022

Party Personnel Strategies: Electoral Systems and Parliamentary Committee Assignments

Matthew S Shugart, Matthew E Bergman, Cory L. Struthers, Ellis S Krauss, Robert J Pekkanen

9780192897053
Hardback
27 May 2021

Key party goals serve to advance a policy brand and maximize seats in the legislature. This book offers a theory of how political parties assign their elected members — their "personnel" — to specialized legislative committees to serve collective organizational goals, developing the notion of "party personnel strategies".

Secularism: A Very Short Introduction

Andrew Copson

9780198747222
Paperback
11 July 2019

Very Short Introductions

Secularism, the belief that religion should not be part of the affairs of the state or part of public education, is an increasingly hot topic in global public, political, and religious debates. Andrew Copson tells the story of secularism, discussing secular republics and the challenges they can face from resurgent religious identity politics.

Social Policy

Fourth Edition

John Baldock, Lavinia Mitton, Nick Manning, Sarah Vickerstaff

9780199570843
Paperback
22 September 2011

The fourth edition of this well-respected textbook includes three new chapters on the history and development of social policy, making social policy in a global context, and how to research and write about social policy. It is up-to-date with the coalition government's welfare agenda, and remains the best introduction to social policy available.