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Cognitive Mapping

Past, Present and Future

Edited by Scott Freundschuh, Rob Kitchin

This important work brings together international academics from a variety of disciplines to explore the topic of spatial cognition on a 'geographic' scale. It provides…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20806-2 (Routledge)

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Poverty in Transition Economies

Edited by Sandra Hutton, Gerry Redmond

This study addresses the experience of, and responses to poverty in a range of transition economies including Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovenia, Uzbekistan, Romania, Albania and…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-21550-3 (Routledge)

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Class Struggle and Social Welfare

Edited by Michael Lavalette, Gerry Mooney

For too long the collective struggles of the oppressed over welfare provision and welfare settlement have been ignored, yet such struggles punctuate recent British history.…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-20105-6 (Routledge)

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Gender Inequalities in Southern Europe

Woman, Work and Welfare in the 1990s

Edited by Maria Jose Gonzalez, Teresa Jurado, Manuela Naldini

Presenting studies of the situation on gender inequalities and associated pattern of work and welfare in all southern European countries, this work focuses on the…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8084-2 (Routledge)

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Practice and Research in Social Work

Postmodern Feminist Perspectives

Edited by Barbara Fawcett, Brid Featherstone, Jan Fook, Amy Rossiter

Although postmodernist theory has been related to and explored in sociology and social policy, this book is amongst the first to apply the theories to…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-19512-6 (Routledge)

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Absent Fathers?

By Jonathan Bradshaw, Christine Skinner, Carol Stimson, Julie Williams

Much has been written and debated on lone mothers. However little has been discussed about non-resident fathers. Absent Fathers is part of a growing literature…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-21593-0 (Routledge)

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Feminism, Identity and Difference

Edited by Susan J. Hekman

This study focuses on a set of issues at the forefront of feminist thought in the late 1990s: identity, difference and their implications for feminist…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8074-3 (Routledge)

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Welfare, Exclusion and Political Agency

Edited by Janet Batsleer, Beth Humphries

Welfare, Exclusion and Politcal Agency develops key topics in social work and social policy relating to exclusion, social divisions and control in welfare. It provides…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-19514-0 (Routledge)

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Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation

Edited by Bob Franklin

Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation examines aspects of news media reporting of social policy and how such coverage can influence processes of policy-making…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-20107-0 (Routledge)

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Introduction to Social Security

Policies, Benefits and Poverty

Edited by John Ditch

Social Security forms a major area of government policy and social expenditure. Government activity in this area impacts directly on all citizens, and consequently social…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-21431-5 (Routledge)

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The Microstructures of Housing Markets
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Welfare in the United States: A History with Documents, 1935-1996
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