"For too long the collective struggles of the oppressed over welfare provision and welfare settlement have been ignored, yet such struggles punctuate recent British history. By presenting a series of case-studies of episodes of collective action from the field of social policy and social welfare, Class Struggle and Welfare aims to rediscover this 'hidden history'. Organised chronologically, the book covers some of the most important wel ..."
""Social Justice and Social Policy in Scotland" offers a critical engagement with the state of social policy in one of the devolved nations of the UK, a decade after the introduction of devolution. Promoting greater social justice has been held up as a key vision of successive Scottish administrations since devolution began. It is argued throughout this important book that the analysis of Scottish social policy must therefore be located ..."
Work Personal Lives andSocial Policy (Personal Lives andSocial Policy Series) by GerryMooney Paperback, 173 Pages, Published 2004 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-86134-520-2, ISBN: 1-86134-520-8
"This textbook explores the dynamics of work, personal lives and social policy by examining welfare work and voluntary work, old age, work and welfare and the politics of welfare to work policies."
"For too long the collective struggles of the oppressed over welfare provision and welfare settlement have been ignored, yet such struggles punctuate recent British history. By presenting a series of case-studies of episodes of collective action from the field of social policy and social welfare, Class Struggle and Welfare aims to rediscover this 'hidden history'. Organised chronologically, the book covers some of the most important wel ..."
"Michael Lavalette, Gerry Mooney. Series. editor's. preface. State welfare policies
reflect changing perceptions of key sources of social instability. In the first half of
the twentieth century - from Bismarck to Beveridge - the welfare state emerged as
a set of policies and institutions which were - in the main - a response to the '
problem of labour', the threat of class conflict. The major objective was to contain
and integrate th ..."
"Laura Penketh and Alan Pratt are lecturers in Social Policy at the University of
Central Lancashire. Both authors have written on aspects of political philosophy
and social welfare, disadvantage and discrimination. Laura Penketh is
completing a book on the Central Council for Education and Training in Social
Work's anti-racist initiatives (Policy Press, forthcoming). Alan Pratt is co-editor of
Social Policy: A Conceptual and Theore ..."
"Hutchinson, J. (2000) 'Urban policy and social exclusion', in J. Percy-Smith (ed)
Policy responses to social exclusion, Buckingham: Open University Press, pp
164-83. Lister, R. (2004) Poverty, Cambridge: Polity Press ... Loots, F. (2006)
Using evidence to mainstream equalities in regeneration, Edinburgh:
Communities Scotland. Vlaguire, R. and Riddell, ... York: Joseph Rowntree
Foundation. \Iew Policy Institute (2009) Scotland, low ..."
An Introduction to the Social Sciences Understanding Social Change: Introductory Chapter - Tales of Fear and Fascination: The Crime Problem in the Contemporary UK by GerryMooney Paperback, Published 2002 by Unknown ISBN-13: 978-0-7492-7756-7, ISBN: 0-7492-7756-4
3(1st Edition) The Guitar Music of Spain, Volume Three (Traditional Spanish and Hispanic music) by John Zaradin, GerryMooney, Aa.Vv. Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 1994 by Music Sales America ISBN-13: 978-0-7119-3305-7, ISBN: 0-7119-3305-7
New Labour/hard Labour? Restructuring and Resistance Inside the Welfare Industry by GerryMooney, Alex Law Published 2009 ISBN-13: 978-1-84742-277-4, ISBN: 1-84742-277-2
New Labour/Hard Labour? Restructuring and Resistance Inside the Welfare Industry by GerryMooney, Alex Law Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 2007 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-86134-834-0, ISBN: 1-86134-834-7
Poverty In Scotland 2002(1st Edition) People, Places And Policies (Poverty in Scotland: People, Places and Policies) by Usha Brown, Gill Scott, GerryMooney, Bryony Duncan Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2002 by Child Poverty Action Group ISBN-13: 978-1-901698-50-3, ISBN: 1-901698-50-5