'Systematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies' - Niels Rosendal Jensen 'A call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion.' - Lel Meleyal 'An impassioned dissection of the highly coded lexicon of so-called welfare reform...get reading, get angry, get ready'. - Gargi Bhattacharyya Welfare Words analyses the keywords and phrases commonly used by policy-makers, news-outlets and wider society, when referring to social policy, welfare reform and social work in the present-day culture of neoliberal capitalism. Examining how power relations operate through language and culture, it encourages readers to question how welfare words fit within a wider economic and cultural context riven with gross social inequalities; to disrupt taken-for-granted meanings within mainstream social work and social policy, and to think more deeply, critically and politically about the incessant usage of specific words and phrases. Written by an authoritative voice in the field, Paul Michael Garrett makes sense of complex theories which codify everyday experience, giving readers vital tools to better understand and change their social worlds.
There is currently a seeming widespread crisis in care and as a result the relation between policy and care is under intense scrutiny and contestation. Care, including an alleged loss of care in public services, has become a focus of increased public concern, political debate and academic research in the UK, Europe, the US and many other countries. At the same time, numerous policies have been exposed as ineffective, harmful or deliberately weak. Hence there is a concern that 'policies' are not care-full enough and may even promote relations of neglect and suffering. The monograph draws inevitably from this context, offering a collection of case studies of locations, relations and heterogeneous entities that make up policy practices in various sites. Drawing on two specific sources of inspiration - that of Science and Technology Studies and that of Critical Policy Studies - the authors of this collection empirically explore and theorise policy-care relations in geographically and substantively diverse situations. Each of the 8 contributions explores how policy and care are not separate matters, but are entangled in diverse ways. The monograph includes papers by Nigel Clarke and Giovanni Bettini (migration under climate change), Natalie Gill (waste recycling), Jennifer Gabrys (air pollution), Monica Greco (medically unexplained symptoms), Stephanie Lavau and Nick Bingham (food safety inspection), John Law and Solveig Joks (salmon fishing), Vicky Singleton and Steve Mee (compassion and health), Michael Schillmeier (cosmopolitics of care), Manuel Tironi and Israel Rodriguez-Giralt (toxic environment and citizen activism) and ends with a reflective Postscript by Richard Freeman. The aim of collecting these contributions together is to attend to and engage in the politics of policy in practices; to explore how we might think about care/policy relations; and ultimately, to explore how policy is and could be care.
Honorable Mention, 2018 Distinguished Book Award presented by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Sexualities Section The first inside look at gay gang members. Many people believe that gangs are made up of violent thugs who are in and out of jail, and who are hyper-masculine and heterosexual. In The Gang's All Queer, Vanessa ......
From grassroots to global activism, the untold story of the world's first domestic workers' movement. Domestic workers exist on the margins of the world labor market. Maids, nannies, housekeepers, au pairs, and other care workers are most often 'off the books,' working for long hours and low pay. They are not afforded legal protections or benefits ......
Applying the Natural Sciences to Criminal Justice and Penology
Using physics and biology to examine social dynamics is not new and is often referred to as socio-physics. This is the first sustained attempt utilizing current research to apply this approach to the fields of criminal justice and penology. The authors intend this new research to promote a more innovative, creative and critical approach to the ......
Sara R. Farris examines the demands for women's rights from an unlikely collection of right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policy makers. Focusing on contemporary France, Italy, and the Netherlands, Farris labels this exploitation and co-optation of feminist themes by anti-Islam and xenophobic ......
This book takes students on a guided tour of the gang phenomenon through history, as well as current representations of gangs in literature and media. It includes: - A detailed global overview of gang culture, covering, amongst others, Glasgow, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Shanghai - A chapter on researching gangs which covers quantitative and qualitative methods - Extra chapter features such as key terms, chapter overviews, study questions and further reading suggestions. Alistair Fraser brings together gang-literature and critical perspectives in a refreshingly new way, exploring 'gangs' as a social group with a long and fascinating history.
This book takes students on a guided tour of the gang phenomenon through history, as well as current representations of gangs in literature and media. It includes: - A detailed global overview of gang culture, covering, amongst others, Glasgow, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Shanghai - A chapter on researching gangs which covers quantitative and qualitative methods - Extra chapter features such as key terms, chapter overviews, study questions and further reading suggestions. Alistair Fraser brings together gang-literature and critical perspectives in a refreshingly new way, exploring 'gangs' as a social group with a long and fascinating history.
Engage your students with the most current, cutting-edge articles published in the field while also connecting them to basic concepts of victimology and victimization.
