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  • Poor Parents

    Social Policy and the 'Cycle of Deprivation'

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy
    Originally published in 1974, this book provides a critique of official policy towards families with young children living on low incomes and looks in detail at some of the myths prevalent in the public debate – both political and academic – about the ‘cycle of deprivation’, a phrase coined by Sir Keith Joseph (British Politician, 1918-1994). One of these myths is that it is possible to provide, ... Read more

    $136.03 CAD

  • Collective Action

    Tribes, Empires, Nations, and Protest Movements

    by Bill Jordan ...
    This book examines how different levels and forms of human collectivity have interacted, voluntarily or coercively, and how these transformed societies and polities.Every size and type of human collective involve co-operation among members and competition with other groups. The two most recent trends in human relations – individualism and economic globalisation – have contributed to ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Why the Third Way failed

    Economics, morality and the origins of the 'Big Society'

    by Bill Jordan ...
    In the wake of the economic crash, public policy is in search of a new moral compass. This book explains why the Third Way's combination of market-friendly and abstract, value-led principles has failed, and shows what is needed for an adequate replacement as a political and moral project. It criticises the economic analysis on which the Third Way approach to policy was founded and suggests an ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Helping in Social Work

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1979, Helping in Social Work elaborates on the personal processes of influence in social work between clients and social workers. Shifting focus from the organizational structure of social work to face-to-face interactions, the author expounds on the personal and qualitative components in social work. The aim of this book is to present a simple, practical and positive account of ... Read more

    $67.32 CAD

  • Paupers

    The Making of the New Claiming Class

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State
    Originally published in 1973, Paupers looks at poverty through the lens of class and the Welfare State. The book examines those living in poverty, and the direct effects poverty has. The book follows the basis that the economic factors which gave rise to poverty, have little to do with the Welfare State, and that fragmentary changes, can do little to change them. The book’s core argument examines ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Welfare and well-being

    Social value in public policy

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Research on well-being reveals the significance of personal relationships, trust and participation to sustain quality of life, yet it is the economic model that remains the dominant basis for political and social institutions and policy.In this original book, Bill Jordan presents a new analysis of well-being in terms of social value, and outlines how it could be incorporated into public policy ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Freedom and the Welfare State

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State
    Originally published in 1976, Freedom and the Welfare State, critiques the Welfare State in Britain and analyses the relationship between freedom and welfare. The book considers philosophical, literary and political expressions of the ideals of liberty, and relates them to present-day issues in social policy and the social services. It tackles the major questions emerging in the current welfare ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Social Value in Public Policy

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book considers the role of social value in the making and implementation of public policy, taking into account how concepts such as subjective well-being (SWB) can be used to measure the expected impact of enacted policies. It argues that there is no evidence that markets have contributed to greater well-being, and that moments of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, represent an ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Automation and Human Solidarity

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and political implications of the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics into the service sector of economies that have so far relied on service jobs to sustain levels of employment. It examines how reliance on coercive measures for enforcing low-paid service work attempts to postpone this third Industrial Revolution, and ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Automatic Poverty

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State
    Originally published in 1981, Automatic Poverty provides a much-needed alternative to the Radical Right’s analysis. The book argues that Britain’s economic decline is symptomatic of an advanced stage of industrialisation in which productive processes are increasingly mechanised, but output remains static. Under these circumstances workers become redundant, the income of the working class ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Authoritarianism and How to Counter It

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was assumed that liberal democracies would flourish worldwide. Instead, today authoritarian leaders are gaining power – from Trump’s US and Bolsonaro's Brazil to Orban's Hungary – while Russia and China have turned back towards their old, autocratic traditions. This book examines the origins and implications of this shift, and focusses especially on the ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Immigration, Social Cohesion and Political Reaction

    by Bill Jordan ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book addresses the challenge for social integration posed by immigration into Western liberal democracies. Movement of people, goods and money across borders has increased in recent decades – the phenomenon known as globalisation. But it has been the migration of refugees from civil wars in the Middle East which has most transformed the political life of European societies, causing the ... Read more

    $83.29 CAD