This book makes a forthright case for a shift in policy focus from 'community cohesion' to the br...

This collection offers a comprehensive review of the origins, scale and breadth of the privatisat...

The book explores the extent to which rights to welfare are related to human inter-dependency on ...

Democracy is the most effective way to give us control over the decisions that impact on our live...

The ageing of the population has enormous implications for the provision of, and access to, healt...

The allied health professions have gained legitimacy through the pursuit of research evidence and...

Over the next 40 years the number of people aged 60+ in the world, many of whom live in developin...

Developing the new framework of life-mix, which considers the mixed patterns of caring and workin...

This book focuses on older people as makers of meaning and insight, highlighting the evolving val...

Although the plight of children can sometimes seem grim, there are positive indicators. This inte...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Health literacy addresses a range of social dimensi...

Building on Knoepfels previous book, Public policy analysis, this book offers a conceptually cohe...