Overview

Social policy and human geography are intimately intertwined yet frequently disconnected fields. Whilst social policies are always conceived, implemented and experienced in and through geography, the role of place in social policy scholarship and practice is frequently overlooked. Bringing together experts from both fields, this collection illuminates the myriad of ways that human geography offers rich insights conceptually, empirically and methodologically into the neglected spatialities of policy scholarship, practice and experience. By building the necessary bridges towards a spatial social policy, this book enables the enhanced design, performance and understanding of social policies once properly rooted in their multiple spatialities.

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Author:   John Clarke ,  Brian Webb (School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University) ,  Scott Orford (School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University) ,  Richard Harris
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447337911

ISBN 10:   1447337913
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   13 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction ~ Adam Whitworth Section 1: Concepts Spaces of Welfare Localism: Geographies of Locality-Making ~ Martin Jones Doing space and star power: Foucault, exclusion-inclusion and the spatial history of social policy ~ Chris Philo Section 2: Themes Grenfell and the place of housing in modern life ~ Anna Minton Re-placing employment support: Multi-spatial activation diorama ~ Adam Whitworth Making markets: social impact investing and new spaces of financialisation in social policy ~ Jay Wiggan A critical neuro-geography of behaviourally - and neuroscientifically - informed public policy ~ Jessica Pykett Section 3: Methods Not just nuisance. Spatializing social statistics ~ Richard Harris Situating social policy analysis: Possibilities from quantitative and qualitative GIS ~ Scott Orford and Brian Webb Retrospective Developing a spatial social policy: Taking stock and looking to the future ~ John Clarke

Reviews

“This book is to be greatly welcomed. Social policy analysis has tended to neglect – certainly to downplay – the significance of the spatial dimension, and this volume makes an admirable contribution towards correcting this imbalance.” Nick Ellison, University of York

This book is to be greatly welcomed. Social policy analysis has tended to neglect - certainly to downplay - the significance of the spatial dimension, and this volume makes an admirable contribution towards correcting this imbalance. Nick Ellison, University of York

Author Information

Adam Whitworth is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield.

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