Assessing Parental Capacity to Change when Children are on the Edge of Care is an
overview of current research evidence, bringing together some of the key research …

From Every Child Matters and the Munro Review, to changing shifts in thinking from
Coalition government; the child protection system has seen dramatic political and policy …

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy. In this
meticulously revised and updated new edition of his groundbreaking study, Sport and Social …

The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process
by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship …

The formation of the Coalition government in 2010 has resulted in unprecedented spending
cuts presented as necessary austerity, together with the promotion of the 'Big Society'as the …

Background Whether or not relative measures of income poverty effectively reflect children's
life chances has been the focus of policy debates in the UK. Although poverty is associated …

Report Card 10 considers two views of child poverty in the world's advanced economies: a
measure of absolute deprivation, and a measure of relative poverty. The first measure is a …

We provide an overview of microsimulation approaches for assessing the effects of policy on
income distribution. We focus on the role of tax-benefit policies and review the concept of …

Southern European welfare states are under stress. On the one hand, the recession has
been causing unemployment to rise and incomes to fall. On the other hand, austerity has …

Since 2010, UK social policy has been dominated by austerity and welfare reform. These
policy platforms sit on a wider set of shifts in policy framings, in terms of both understanding …