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Anna Minton is a writer, journalist and Reader in Architecture at the University of East London. Her first book, Ground Control, was publ...

Reveals the real life stories behind Ken Loach's "I, Daniel Blake". An exploration of who are newly living in poverty, the true costs of ...

An exploration of the unprecedented scale of poverty across Britain, looking at the contemporary experience of poverty and the most effec...

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations

This book examines poverty in the context of the economy, society and the political community, considering how states can respond to issu...

Poverty: The Basics will present the readers with the core concepts, latest development and knowledge about policies that work to elimina...

Ideally, it would be desirable if we could all adopt a high-minded commitment to a risk-free existence. Unfortunately, such an objective ...

Best Books Award Winner - USA Book NewsIn a free and peaceful society where so many have been taught that all violence is wrong, citizens...

A provocative look at the truth behind aid and its realmeaning of political influence and struggle.

Expecting and nurturing a baby is a joyous experience, but also involves unique emotional challenges. Unlike other mindfulness resources ...

"Choice, Welfare and Measurement" contains many of Amartya Sen's most important contributions to economic analysis and methods, including...

Inter-marriage both reflects and brings social change. This book draws on a unique survey to randomly selected samples of national and Eu...

Lembke concludes that the prescription drug epidemic is a symptom of a faltering health care system, the solution for which lies in rethi...

A classic, radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.

Networks of Outrage and Hope is an exploration of the new forms of social movements and protests that are erupting in the world today, fr...

Reveals the dark underside of environmental privilege

This book offers guidance and practice development strategies for social workers on the causes of, and effective responses to, the many d...

Amidst crisis and fragmentation, the need for sociable, practical and sustainable housing is manifest.

Violence in Gay and Lesbian Domestic Partnerships provides a comprehensive analysis of same-sex domestic violence, addressing the major t...

This updated edition of the Handbook of Autism explores and expands on the practical and jargon free information of the best-selling firs...

"Uses ethnographic research from LGBT and queer subjects to challenge how sexuality has been used to provide an exceptional narrative abo...

Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. In this in...

The history of international banking, the commodification of black masculinity, the buying and selling of women's eggs, Michelle Obama's ...

New perspectives on migration governance and its effects on different groups of people on the move in the context of a highly politicised...

This book provides mental health students and practitioners with the key knowledge to carry out anti-discriminatory practice while workin...

Social work in modern society requires practitioners to be culturally and spiritually sensitive. This book explores the often challenging...

This third edition of the premier book on sexual addiction is updated to include the latest research and a new chapter on cybersex addict...

Izzy feels invisible. Trapped under the weight of expectation and censored by shame. Her mum Steph and best friend Grace have always been...

Presents a framework for studying the relationship between medicine, psychiatry, and culture. This book contains a dialectical tension be...

'This book flips your world upside down. Daniel Markovits argues that meritocracy isn't a virtuous, efficient system that rewards the bes...

The impact of the 1986 Chernobyl accident and the attempt to cover up the devastating consequences of the event are investigated by the a...

White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slippi...

A guide to the benefits and challenges of the use of cannabis in spiritual practice

Thirty years after Lyndon Johnson declared a 'War on Poverty, ' the United States still lags behind most Western democracies in national ...

Learning from professional errors in social work is vital for successful reflective practice. With plenty of practice examples and questi...

Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are livin...

Explains the impact of early trauma on children's development, and provides clear therapeutic parenting principles for foster carers and ...

A groundbreaking work that turns a "queer eye" on the criminal legal system Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy, Q...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. New York Times Editor's Pick. Library Journal Best Books of 2019. TIME Magazine's "Best Memoirs of...

Don Kulick and Jens Rydstroem argue that for people with disabilities, being able to explore their sexuality is an issue of fundamental s...

Regular "Guardian" contributor Jason Hickel analyses the timeline of first world exploitation of third, proposing that the problem is inh...

A sweeping work examining the evolution of "race" in the past three centuries as a cultural invention rationalizing inequality among the ...

An NPR Favorite Book of the Year Winner of the Critics' Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association Winner of the Mirra K...

'Women so empowered are dangerous' Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbr...

A portrait of the devastating scale of the opioid crisis in America, drawing attention to the experiences in smalltown Appalachia and wea...

A collection of writings, speeches, and pamphlets documenting Britain's fight for women's right to vote Bringing together the voices of t...

Roxane Gay is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Bad Feminist and Hunger, the novel An Untamed State, and the short story colle...

This book provides recommendations to healthcare professionals and organisations to help them deliver effective responses to the traumati...

Accompanying a film of the same name, marking the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, in this book people from all the world lay bare...

What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, from Trump's twitter outbursts to deadly gun violence, from male suicide rates to in...

This activity book features a colourful illustrated therapeutic story about Ollie the Octopus, with a focus on Ollie coming to terms with...