Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy
Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism: Mediated Interventions in the Global Public Sphere
1st Edition
By Hilde Van Den Bulck
August 14, 2020
In recent years, celebrity philanthropy and activism has attracted much attention from the media, sparking a great deal of public interest. As exponents and endorsers of the marketisation and corporatisation of philanthropy and activism, globally renowned super-celebrities habitually lend their ...
Research and Evaluation in Community, Health and Social Care Settings: Experiences from Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Suzanne Guerin, Nóirín Hayes, Sinéad McNally
September 11, 2019
How can we develop a comprehensive understanding of the research process in community, health and social care settings? Covering all stages of the research process, from funding to dissemination, this book considers the views of funders, researchers, communities and policy makers. Drawing on ...
White Nativism, Ethnic Identity and US Immigration Policy Reforms: American Citizenship and Children in Mixed Status, Hispanic Families
1st Edition
By Maria del Mar Farina
September 11, 2019
Analysing US immigration and deportation policy over the last twenty years, this book illustrates how US immigration reform can be conceived as a psychological, legal, policy-driven tool which is inexorably entwined with themes of American identity, national belonging and white nativism. Focusing ...
Maternity Services and Policy in an International Context: Risk, Citizenship and Welfare Regimes
1st Edition
Edited
By Patricia Kennedy, Naonori Kodate
June 06, 2019
This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship, it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for childbearing women. Each substantive chapter ...
Effective Interventions for Unemployed Young People in Europe: Social Innovation or Paradigm Shift?
1st Edition
Edited
By Tomáš Sirovátka, Henk Spies
May 21, 2019
Young people in Europe have been disproportionally affected by unemployment as a result of the economic crisis and a large number of the most disadvantaged are migrant youth, or those of a different ethnic origin, living in deprived city neighbourhoods. This book examines the need for more ...
Planning Later Life: Bioethics and Public Health in Ageing Societies
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Schweda, Larissa Pfaller, Kai Brauer, Frank Adloff, Silke Schicktanz
May 21, 2019
This book examines the relevance of modern medicine and healthcare in shaping the lives of elderly persons and the practices and institutions of ageing societies. Combining individual and social dimensions, Planning Later Life discusses the ethical, social, and political consequences of ...
Social Research in Health and Illness: Case-Based Approaches
1st Edition
By Costas S. Constantinou, Constantinos N. Phellas
May 17, 2019
Social Research in Health and Illness offers a theoretically informed guide to practising the key social research methods in investigating health and illness. Examining both methods and methodology, the authors explore the importance of selecting the appropriate research method for the project in ...
Alcohol, Power and Public Health: A Comparative Study of Alcohol Policy
1st Edition
By Shane Butler, Karen Elmeland, Betsy Thom, James Nicholls
May 07, 2019
In recent years, the reduction of alcohol-related harm has emerged as a major policy issue across Europe. Public health advocates, supported by the World Health Organisation, have challenged an approach that targets problem-drinking individuals, calling instead for governments to control ...
Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services
1st Edition
By Rolf Rønning, Marcus Knutagard
May 07, 2019
Innovation is an oft-heard buzzword in both public and private sectors concerned with the organisation and delivery of services to vulnerable individuals. This thoughtful volume explores what innovation might actually involve in the context of contemporary human services. Highlighting both the ...
Learning in Later Life: Challenges for Social Work and Social Care
1st Edition
By Trish Hafford-Letchfield
May 07, 2019
Within the UK and Europe, government legislation and policies concerned with demography have asserted a paradigmatic shift towards the increased engagement of older people with public services. The philosophy of user involvement and co-production within these contexts has become integral to finding...
Moralising Poverty: The ‘Undeserving’ Poor in the Public Gaze
1st Edition
By Serena Romano
May 07, 2019
Do we judge the poor? Do we fear them? Do we have a moral obligation to help those in need? The moral and social grounds of solidarity and deservedness in relation to aid for poor people are rarely steady. This is particularly true under contemporary austerity reforms, where current debates ...
The End of Physiotherapy
1st Edition
By David A. Nicholls
May 07, 2019
Physiotherapy is arriving at a critical point in its history. Since World War I, physiotherapy has been one of the largest allied health professions and the established provider of orthodox physical rehabilitation. But ageing populations of increasingly chronically ill people, a growing scepticism ...