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  • The Labour Government and Social Policy

    by Stephen J. Ball, Patrick Bailey, Harriet Churchill, Sara Cutler, Anne Daguerre, Andrew Defty, Rosalind Edwards, Nick Ellison, David Etherington, Jon Glasby, Ann Marie Gray, Bronwen Jones, Stephen D. McKay, Karen Rowlingson, Kirstein Rummery, Nando Sigona, Carolyn Snell, Peter Somerville, Peter Squires, Sharon Wright ...
    In 2024, following years of austerity, political instability and external shocks including Brexit, COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis, the Labour Party was voted into power in the UK. This book is the first in-depth analysis of the Labour government from a social policy perspective.Through expert chapters covering broad themes such as public expenditure, public opinion and devolution, and ... Read more

    $48.79 CAD

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  • The Conservative Governments and Social Policy

    by Nick Ellison, Ian Greener, Peter Squires, Anne Daguerre, David Etherington, Catherine Bochel, Val Gillies, Rosalind Edwards, Stephen J. Ball, Harriet Churchill, Andrew Defty, Steven Corbett, Jon Glasby, Ann Marie Gray, Stephen D. McKay, Karen Rowlingson, Kirstein Rummery, Peter Somerville ...
    Focusing on the policy approaches of Conservative governments since 2015, this book examines key social policy areas including education, health, housing, employment, children and young people, and more.Respected social policy researchers explore the degree to which the positions and policies of recent Conservative governments have differed from the previous Coalition government (2010–15). They ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Britain, America and Anti-Communist Propaganda 1945-53

    The Information Research Department

    by Andrew Defty ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    In the Cold War battle for hearts and minds Britain was the first country to formulate a coordinated global response to communist propaganda. In January 1948, the British government launched a new propaganda policy designed to 'oppose the inroads of communism' by taking the offensive against it.' A small section in the Foreign Office, the innocuously titled Information Research Department (IRD), ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

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  • Australian Social Policy and the Human Services

    by Ed Carson, Lorraine Kerr ...
    Social policy encompasses the study of social needs, policy development and administrative arrangements aimed at improving citizen wellbeing and redressing disadvantage. Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces readers to the mechanisms of policy development, implementation and evaluation. This third edition emphasises the complexity of practice, examining the links and gaps ... Read more

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  • None Is Too Many

    Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948

    by Irving Abella, Harold Troper ...
    Winner of the National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust Category)Winner of the Canadian Historical Association John A. Macdonald PrizeFeatured in The Literary Review of Canada 100: Canada’s Most Important Books[This] is a story best summed up in the words of an anonymous senior Canadian official who, in the midst of a rambling, off-the-record discussion with journalists in 1945, was asked how many ... Read more

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  • The New Working Class

    How to Win Hearts, Minds and Votes

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    Recent events such as the Brexit vote and the 2017 general election result highlight the erosion of traditional class identities and the decoupling of class from political identity. The majority of people in the UK still identify as working class, yet no political party today can confidently articulate their interests. So who is now working class and how do political parties gain their support ... Read more

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    The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century

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  • Act now

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  • The Road to War

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