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Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy

36 Series Titles


Aging Veterans with Disabilities A Cross-National Study of Policies and Challenges

Aging Veterans with Disabilities: A Cross-National Study of Policies and Challenges

1st Edition

By Arie Rimmerman
April 29, 2022

The number of older war veterans receiving disability benefits is steadily growing and is predicted to rise in the next decade. This book provides comprehensive knowledge about health and psychosocial concerns of veterans aging with disabilities and unmet needs and compares policy in three ...

Critical Discourses of Old Age and Telecare Technologies

Critical Discourses of Old Age and Telecare Technologies

1st Edition

By Gizdem Akdur
April 29, 2022

This book makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare. It contextualises telecare within the wider history of health and social care in England to build the case that there are grand narratives of old age embedded in policies. Divided into four sections, the book covers: • ...

Celebrity Philanthropy and Activism Mediated Interventions in the Global Public Sphere

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Social Research in Health and Illness: Case-Based Approaches

1st Edition

By Costas S. Constantinou, Constantinos N. Phellas
May 20, 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

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

Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services

1st Edition

By Rolf Rønning, Marcus Knutagard
July 05, 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

Learning in Later Life: Challenges for Social Work and Social Care

1st Edition

By Trish Hafford-Letchfield
July 05, 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...

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