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In this wide-ranging book, Marian Barnes argues for care as an essential value in private lives and public policies, considering the importance of care to well-being and social justice and applying insights from feminist care ethics to care work, and care within personal relationships.

This book is about communal living, as practised by the Pilsdon Community in Dorset. It describes an alternative way of providing refuge, support and a place of recovery for people experiencing mental health problems, addictions and other crises in their lives.

Many of the UK's recent reforms in public services have been driven by the image of the 'responsible citizen' the service user who not only has rights to receive services, but also has responsibilities for the delivery of policy outcomes. In this way, c

This original and insightful reader provides a critical stock take of the state of user involvement and will be an important resource for students studying health and social care and social work, researchers and user activists.

This original and insightful reader provides a critical stock take of the state of user involvement and will be an important resource for students studying health and social care and social work, researchers and user activists.

The understanding that humans are relational beings is central to the development of an ethical perspective that is built around the significance of care in all our lives. Our survival as infants is dependent on the care we receive from others. And for all of us, in particular, in older age, there are times when illness, emotional or physical frailty, mean that we require the care of others to enable us to deal with everyday life. With this in...

The understanding that humans are relational beings is central to the development of an ethical perspective that is built around the significance of care in all our lives. Our survival as infants is dependent on the care we receive from others. And for all of us, in particular, in older age, there are times when illness, emotional or physical frailty, mean that we require the care of others to enable us to deal with everyday life. With this in...

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Health Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the earliest and prominent area-based initiatives launched by the New Labour government in England soon after it came to power in 1997. Written by the team undertaking the national evaluation of HAZ, this multidisciplinary book analyses the initiative's development and impact from a variety of perspectives.

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The international contributors to this unique collection demonstrate the significance of care ethics as a transformative way of thinking across diverse geographical, policy and interpersonal contexts.

Social and demographic changes have led to traditional areas of welfare being transformed. The contributors to this book take a critical look at the current situation and assess the implications for future practice. They debate the assumptions and values underlying established welfare programmes and consider the case for change.

The international contributors to this unique collection demonstrate the significance of care ethics as a transformative way of thinking across diverse geographical, policy and interpersonal contexts.

Compilation of tales from Afro-American folklore. Among the storytellers included are Zora Neale Hurston, Nikki Giovanni, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Leadbelly.

Recent developments in UK public policy have emphasized the need for greater public participation in decision-making and for new forms of democratic practice. Enhanced public participation is viewed as capable of improving the quality and legitimacy of decisions in government, health services, local government, and other public bodies. As a consequence there has been an explosion of participative forums, including citizens juries, area committ...

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Many of the UK's recent reforms in public services have been driven by the image of the 'responsible citizen' the service user who not only has rights to receive services, but also has responsibilities for the delivery of policy outcomes. In this way, c

In this wide-ranging book, Marian Barnes argues for care as an essential value in private lives and public policies, considering the importance of care to well-being and social justice and applying insights from feminist care ethics to care work, and care within personal relationships.

Recent developments in UK public policy have emphasized the need for greater public participation in decision-making and for new forms of democratic practice. Enhanced public participation is viewed as capable of improving the quality and legitimacy of decisions in government, health services, local government, and other public bodies. As a consequence there has been an explosion of participative forums, including citizens juries, area committ...

Based on an empirical work looking at the user and 'official' perspective, this title includes studies of user groups and officials in two policy areas - mental health and disability. It examines both the strategies user groups adopt to seek their objectives, and explores conceptual issues relating to notions of consumerism and citizenship.