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  • The Politics of Drugs

    Perceptions, Power and Policies

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the complexities of drugs policy in Britain, contradicting the over simplified representation found in the public sphere. It focuses on developments in Britain since the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971, covering debates at national level and local experiences set in international and European context, emphasizing the interconnectivity between people and countries in this global age. ... Read more

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  • Drugs and British Society

    Responses to a Social Problem in the Eighties

    Edited by Susanne MacGregor ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1989, Drugs and British Society (now with a new preface by Susanne MacGregor) provides information on the drugs problem in Britain in the 1980s, based on extensive research and experience, and places it in its international and historical context.The contributors to this book are all experts in this field, and are drawn from a range of disciplines, including epidemiology, ... Read more

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  • Responding to Drug Misuse

    Research and Policy Priorities in Health and Social Care

    Edited by Susanne MacGregor ...
    Responding to Drug Misuse provides a unique insight into the current shape of the drugs treatment system in England.Reporting findings from research linked to the government's ten year drugs strategy Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain, the book places these in the context of policy, practice, and service development. It goes on to discuss the implications of these findings for the government ... Read more

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  • Social Issues and Party Politics

    After the landslide election of a new Labour government in May 1997, what are the key social policy issues and problems which the new government needs to address?Social Issues and Party Politics looks at the manifestos of the main parties and the way social issues figured in the 1997 election campaign and the early days of the new government. Chapters discuss green issues, the management and ... Read more

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  • Transforming Cities

    Contested Governance and New Spatial Divisions

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association
    Transforming Cities examines the profound changes that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the twentieth century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and co-operation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms of contemporary urban life. This book focuses on the impact of economic restructuring and changing ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Risk and Substance Use

    Framing Dangerous People and Dangerous Places

    Edited by Susanne MacGregor, Betsy Thom ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness
    This interdisciplinary collection examines the role that alcohol, tobacco and other drugs have played in framing certain groups and spaces as ‘dangerous’ and in influencing the nature of formal responses to the perceived threat.Taking a historical and cross-national perspective, it explores how such groups and spaces are defined and bounded as well as the processes by which they come to be seen as ... Read more

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  • Transforming Cities

    New Spatial Divisions and Social Tranformation

    This collection examines the profound transformations that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the 20th century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and cooperation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms of contemporary urban life. In particular, the essays focus on the impact of economic restructuring ... Read more

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  • International and Interdisciplinary Insights into Evidence and Policy

    Series series Contemporary Issues in Social Science
    Contributors to this highly original book address the many questions raised by researchers and policymakers about the complex and often uneasy relationship between evidence and policy from an international and interdisciplinary perspective. They explore both the institutions acting as evidence brokers and the different methods used to collect, assess and use evidence in a variety of national and ... Read more

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  • Revolt on the Right

    Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain

    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Winner of the Political Book of the Year Award 2015The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is the most significant new party in British politics for a generation. In recent years UKIP and their charismatic leader Nigel Farage have captivated British politics, media and voters. Yet both the party and the roots of its support remain poorly understood. Where has this political revolt come from? Who is ... Read more

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  • OCR Sociology for A Level Book 1

    Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a team of leading subject authors.- Develop knowledge and understanding of key Year 1 concepts in... ... Read more

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  • At Risk

    Social Justice in Child Welfare and Other Human Services

    In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services. They argue that the tools, technologies, and practices used to measure risk to the individual have gone unquestioned and unstudied and that current methods of risk assessment may be distorting the principles of social ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD