The Contributory Principle: Minutes of Evidence (HC)

Alcock, Pete

Lawlor, Sheila

Committee, Social Security

The Stationery Office Books

Understanding Poverty

'Alcock has done us all a service. He has written an excellent, readable textbook. ' - Angus Erskine, Benefits 'It will be much used by students and others as a source book on poverty.' - Bob Holman, Community Care This text provides a comprehensive and accessible review of research on and debates about poverty and anti-poverty policy in Britain and beyond. It deals with the problems of definition, measurement and distribution of poverty and analyses debates about its causes and its possible solution. It is an essential text for students of social policy, sociology and related disciplines.

Politics & Social Sciences

Campling, Jo

Social Sciences

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Work to Welfare: How Men Become Detached from the Labour Market

Business & Money

Beatty, Christina

Fothergill, Stephen

MacMillan, Rob

Yeandle, Sue

Economics

Cambridge University Press

During the last twenty years vast numbers of working age men have moved completely out of the labor market into "early retirement" or "long-term sickness" and to take on new household roles. These trends contrast greatly to rising labor market participation among women. Based on research in the U.K. presented in an international perspective, this book offers a detailed exploration of the varied circumstances "detached men" are living in and challenges assumptions about the true state of the labor market.

Pete Alcock provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of poverty and social exclusion covering the definition, measurement, distribution and causes of poverty and the policies developed to combat it. The third edition has been rewritten to include recent developments while maintaining the successful broad approach of earlier editions.

Red Globe Press

What is welfare? Why is it a key part of the common good for all? And how should we go about providing it? In Why We Need Welfare, social policy expert Pete Alcock explains the challenges that collective welfare faces in a world that so often—and so wrongly—equates it with weakness and dependence. Exploring the complexities involved in the where and how of welfare delivery, and touching on debates about who really benefits from it, Alcock reclaims this vital, urgently needed institution. Drawing examples from around the globe, Alcock offers a fresh perspective on the underlying issues involved in the welfare debate. He looks to problems of poverty and inequality in the United Kingdom; to the role of recent political and economic changes in undermining public investment; as well as to other crucial points of conflict from across Europe and the nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development—such as the impact of private health care in the United States. A concise, accessible introduction to the challenges we face and the solutions they demand, Why We Need Welfare is a clarion call for new forms of collective action to meet the growing welfare needs of the twenty-first century.

Why We Need Welfare: Collective Action for the Common Good

Politics & Government

Policy Press

Despite the growing significance of the voluntary sector in political planning, and despite increased research into the size, shape and structure of this sector, we still know little about its everyday dynamics.Drawing on detailed case study research with eight organisations in the UK in 1999, Moving pictures fills this gap, providing an accessible and lively account of the working of voluntary sector organisations.  It identifies eight key dilemmas of voluntary action and explores how these are experienced and managed within particular organisations.  In addressing these issues through practitioners' voices, it highlights the human perspective on policy and practice.The report will improve understanding of how voluntary organisations are structured and evolve, and how they respond to, or resist, opportunities and constraints.  Issues covered include:the infrastructure of small and medium sized voluntary organisations, and how they achieve much with little;the values and dilemmas of volunteering;the dilemmas of strategic planning;the issues and tensions associated with external agencies and partnership working.·[vbTab]Moving pictures will appeal to practitioners and policy makers, to workers, volunteers and users, and to a wider academic and student audience endeavouring to make sense of their findings in a critically analytical way.

Moving pictures: Realities of voluntary action

Russell, Lynne

Scott, Duncan W.

Sociology

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