Hearing the Voices of Children provides a fresh perspective on social policy. At the heart of the book is the emergence of 'children's voices' and the implications of this for social policy. The authors argue that children's voices should be heard much more strongly in the process of policy formation at all levels. Although there is growing support for this idea, it is not without opposition, and the authors themselves make many critical points about the current attempts to put it into practice. The book is divided into four main themes: hearing children's voices; discourses of...
Hearing the Voices of Children provides a fresh perspective on social policy. At the heart of the book is the emergence of 'children's voices...
The History of Nursing is a complex, shifting discipline engaged in an ongoing search for identity and purpose. If its earliest works were celebratory narratives of great deeds and influential nurses, dominated by biographies of Florence Nightingale and tropes of imperial womanhood, then from at least the 1970s, academics drawn mainly from Women s History and Nursing have argued for a move from such uncritical stances and towards more analytical and nuanced approaches. Lately, Nursing History has been characterized by the cultural turn, with a shift in focus from class, gender, and race,...
The History of Nursing is a complex, shifting discipline engaged in an ongoing search for identity and purpose. If its earliest works were celebrat...
Women and Social Policy is a major new textbook on women and social policy in Britain in the 1990's. Written by a team of leading academics, the book provides an introduction to the key topics and issues in social policy as they directly affect women as both users and providers of welfare services. All of the main social policy areas are covered: employment, poverty and social security, housing education, health, the personal social services and community care. The book also covers other issues such as race and domestic violence. The book is published in association with the Social Policy...
Women and Social Policy is a major new textbook on women and social policy in Britain in the 1990's. Written by a team of leading academics, the book ...
