Welfare & benefit systems books

The twentieth-century Australian welfare state made the bold promise to care for its citizens. But since the 1990s,...  Read More >>

This book describes how young Black men on a disadvantaged housing estate in London navigate the estate’s expectations...  Read More >>

Hello, Nancy. You're at your usual locker at Fitness Plus. The time is 09:15. Your cell phone is dead, your home...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1971, this title explores childcare in the period between the Children Act of 1948 and the...  Read More >>

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Examining the interaction between families and professionals in the child welfare system of New York, this book...  Read More >>

A pioneering study of children's social care in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, A Home From Home?...  Read More >>

At once a powerful memoir, unflinching polemic and probing investigation into modern homelessness in the UK, by...  Read More >>

Neurodivergent couples, where one or both partners have ASD, ADHD, or another brain difference, often struggle with...  Read More >>

It is critical for children to experience the world using sensory systems in order to have the brain function at...  Read More >>

This book analyses fresh empirical evidence which demonstrates the gendered impacts of the new conditionality regime...  Read More >>

Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was...  Read More >>

""This book provides a one-stop resource for understanding the full dimensions of income inequality in the United...  Read More >>

Presenting a truly comprehensive history of Basic Income, Malcolm Torry explores the evolution of the concept of...  Read More >>

This book explores what happened to the 'Romanian orphans' of the 1990s, including those who stayed in institutions...  Read More >>

Mark Maclay examines the part the Republican Party played in shaping and eventually curtailing President Johnson's...  Read More >>

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A guide for using the Bernstein Cognitive Method for Autism (BCMA, or Bernstein Method for short). The book teaches...  Read More >>

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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light...  Read More >>

Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light...  Read More >>

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Based on ethnographic fieldwork and the author's own experience, this book explores how diverse welfare users navigate...  Read More >>

Inspired by ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows...  Read More >>