Mark Anthony Drakeford

Mark Drakeford

Mark Drakeford AM (born 19 September 1954) is a Welsh politician and academic, who is the Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government,...

Children, Place and Identity: Nation and Locality in Middle Childhood

In this, the first sociology book to consider the important issue of how children identify with place and nation, the authors use original research and international case studies to explore this topic in depth. The book is rooted in original qualitative research the authors conducted with a diverse ...

Children, Place and Identity: Nation and Locality in Middle Childhood

In this, the first sociology book to consider the important issue of how children identify with place and nation, the authors use original research and international case studies to explore this topic in depth. The book is rooted in original qualitative research the authors conducted with a diverse ...

Pre-Trial Services and the Future of Probation

This book considers how pre-trial services can help shape the future of probation practice when the fastest rising sector of the prison population is those awaiting trial or sentencing.

Social Movements and Their Supporters: The Green Shirts in England

Why do people join social movements? What keeps them involved once they have joined? These central questions in the study of social movements are newly investigated in this study of the interwar Green Shirt Movement. youth movement which became a uniformed, political organisation, marching the stree...

Stigma and Social Welfare: An International Comparative Study (Welfare and Society)

The results of research carried out in the UK, Holland and Spain, this study assesses the impact upon child welfare services of perceptions of stigma associated with such services by providers and consumers. Funded by the European Commission and conducted in Wales, the Netherlands and Catalonia, the...

Scandal, social policy and social welfare (Revised Second Edition)

Scandals do not just happen. They are made. They are constructed out of such everyday tragedies as the small carelessnesses and institutional brutality of the long stay hospital, the abuse of children or the violent deaths of innocent bystanders. This book, by examining the landmark scandals of the ...

Social Work on Trial: The Colwell Inquiry and the State of Welfare

The public inquiry that followed the death of Maria Colwell in 1973 had profound implications for the developing profession and practice of social work in the UK. This book describes the politics, professional concerns, and public interest—both local and national— that surrounded the inquiry and its...

Social Work and Social Policy under Austerity (Reshaping Social Work)

What has the contemporary financial context meant for social policy, social work and the relationship between them? Examining the role of political, economic and societal forces, this lively book uses a full range of supportive features to encourage reflection on the impact of austerity on different...

Social Movements and Their Supporters: The Green Shirts in England

Social Movements and Their Supporters: The Green Shirts in England

Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal : How British Public Policy Is Made

Pre-Trial Services and the Future of Probation