Publications
Christian Karner (2011) Negotiating National Identities - Between Globalization, the Past and 'the Other'. Ashgate.
Negotiating National Identities presents an empirically detailed and theoretically wide-ranging analysis of the complex political and cultural struggles taking place in contemporary Europe.
Taking contemporary Austria and her controversial identity politics as its central case study in a discussion of developments across a variety of national and pan-European contexts, this book demonstrates that neo-nationalism has been one among several competing reactions to the processes and challenges of globalization, whilst inclusive notions of identity and belonging are shown to have emerged from the realms of civil society and cultural production.
Hannah Elwick and Saul Becker (2011) Emergency Schemes for Carers in Britain: Results of a National Survey. The Princess Royal Trust for Carers.
Emergency schemes for carers involve the establishment and delivery of an agreed plan of action, and of alternative care, in the event of an emergency affecting a carer's ability to continue to provide care. Very little is known about such schemes and how they operate in Britain. This report provides the results of a National Survey carried out by the University of Nottingham to investigate the number and characteristics of emergency schemes in Britain today. Forty-nine schemes provided details about who they operate, how many carers use them, what counts as an emergency or crisis, the aims of the schemes, any barriers to carers accessing the support, and their strengths and weaknesses. The report is illustrated by case studies of 10 caters who were interviewed as part of the study.
The report provides a framework to inform the future development of emergency schemes and includes a useful Directory of known own schemes across Britain.
Tony Fitzpatrick (2011) Understanding the environment and social policy. Policy Press.
Bringing together leading experts, this textbook explores the key social, political, economic and moral challenges that environmental problems pose for social policy in a global context. Combining theory and practice with an interdisciplinary approach, the book reviews the current strategies and policies and provides a critique of proposed future developments in the field. Understanding the environment and social policy guides the reader through the subject in an accessible way using chapter summaries, further reading, recommended web pages, a glossary and questions for discussion. Providing a much-needed overview, the book will be invaluable reading for students, teachers, activists, practitioners and policymakers.
Elisabetta Zontini (2010) Transnational families, migration and gender - Moroccan and Filipino women in Bologna and Barcelona. New Directions in Anthropology.
By linking the experiences of immigrant families with the increased reliance on cheap and flexible workers for care and domestic work in Southern Europe, this study documents the lived experiences of neglected actors of globalization - migrant women - as well as the transformations of Western families more generally. However, while describing in detail the structural and cultural contexts within which these women have to operate, the book questions dominant paradigms about women as passive victims of patriarchal structures and brings out instead their agency and the creative ways in which they take control of their lives in often difficult circumstances. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, the author offers a valuable dual comparison between two Southern European countries on the one hand and between two migrant groups, one Christian and one Muslim, on the other, thus bringing to light unique detailed data on migration decision-making, settlement and on the multiple ways in which different women cope with the consequences of their transnational lives.
Davide Pero and John Solomos (2010) Migrant politics and mobilisation - Exclusion, engagements, incorporation. Routledge.
This volume contributes to the study of migrants’ mobilisation through theoretically informed original empirical papers focusing on current forms and aspects of migrants and minorities practices of citizenship in an engaged and people-centred manner. In particular, the book addresses issues of change both in the forms assumed by migrants and minorities’ political engagements and in the transformations these engagements produce as well as exclusion-inclusion dynamics that migrants experience with regard to the political process and more generally.
Stephen Joseph (2010) Theories of Counselling and Psychotherapy - An introduction to the different approaches. Palgrave Mcmillan.
This is an introductory text book for trainee counsellors and psychotherapists, and students in the social sciences, psychology, nursing, and social work taking final year options on therapy.
The book covers the main approaches to therapy – the different ways in which therapists understand people’s problems in living and how to help them. The approaches are the biomedical model, the psychodynamic model, the humanistic model, the behavioural model, and the cognitive model. Also discussed is the socio-cultural model – how society shapes the ways in which we think about problems in living. Each of the models is explained using case examples to illustrate how it works in practice. In the final chapter recent developments in therapy are discussed. Research mindedness is introduced. Eclectic and integrative approaches are discussed. For trainees and those new to the topic this book is a useful introduction text.
Alison Pilnick, John Hindmarsh, Virginia Teas Gill (2010) Communication in Healthcare Settings: Policy, participation and new technologies. Wiley-Blackwell.
This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice.
The editors have brought together a carefully selected series of papers describing features of healthcare interaction in settings in Australasia, the U.S.A, continental Europe and the UK. It contains original research data from previously under-studied settings including professions allied to medicine, telephone-mediated interactions and secondary care. It draws on the established conversation analytic literature on healthcare interaction and broadens its scope by applying it to professionals other than doctors in primary care . It also examines how issues relating to policy, procedure or technology are negotiated and managed throughout daily healthcare practice.
Stephen Regel and Stephen Joseph (2010) Post-traumatic Stress. Oxford University Press.
Post-traumatic stress can develop after traumatic events such as sexual assault, disasters, combat, and life-threatening illnesses. It is a set of psychological reactions that can severely disrupt a person’s life. In this book, the signs and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder are discussed in a way which will be useful to general practitioners, social workers, psychiatric nurses, counsellors, and psychologists, emergency service personnel – all those whose work brings them into contact with people who have experienced trauma.
The book is also useful for people who have experienced trauma – and their families and friends. The book also discusses the results of research, the different treatment methods, and the support that is most valuable to people in the early aftermath of trauma.
Tony Fitzpatrick (2010) Voyage to Utopias: A fictional guide through social philosophy. Policy Press.
This fascinating fictional account will introduce you to key ideas in social and political philosophy. It provides you with key skills of philosophical investigation in an accessible, rigorous and light-hearted way. The novel is comical, informative and entertaining, allowing you to experience often complex ideas from the 'inside' by using skills you will have acquired, unconsciously, from films, TV series and novels.
You will learn about freedom, responsibility, justice and fairness and see how these are played out in the different utopian futures of a range of socio-political regimes.
Visit the companion website for 'Voyage to Utopias: a fictional guide through social philosophy' (external website)
Elisabetta Zontini (2010) Transnational Families - Ethnicities, identities and social capital. Routledge.
This innovative book provides an overview of the emergence of new understandings of ethnicities, identities and family forms across a number of ethnic groups, family types and national boundaries. Based on the new empirical data from fairly distinct sets of transnational family networks in minority communities with a substantial presence in the United Kingdom - principally, Caribbean and Italian, but also drawing on others such as Indian - it examines their experiences and uses the concept of social capital to explore how these families manage to maintain close and meaningful links.
Saul Becker and Ruth Evans (2009) Children caring for parents with HIV and AIDS. Policy Press.
This ground-breaking book focuses on the experiences and perspectives of children and young people who care for a parent with HIV in the global North and South. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research from the UK and Tanzania, the book presents a unique insight into the similarities and differences in children's and parents' experiences across diverse socio-economic, cultural and welfare contexts. The book makes a significant contribution to the growing research evidence on children and young people with caring responsibilities ('young carers') and the impacts of HIV and AIDS on families globally. It examines caring relationships within families affected by HIV and AIDS; the outcomes of caregiving; children's and families' resilience; the factors influencing whether children become involved in care work; and local and global policy responses. It also provides insight into the perspectives of parents living with HIV and service providers working with families.
Stephen Joseph, Fiona Becker and Saul Becker (2009) Manual for measures of caring activities and outcomes for children and young people. The Princess Royal Trust for Carers.
This practical ‘hands-on’ Manual is intended to provide researchers and practitioners in the field of caring with relevant and accessible instruments (or tools) for the assessment of caring activities and caring outcomes in children and young people (‘young carers’). The instruments can be used on a one-off basis for the purpose of assessment, or pre- and post-intervention
to measure change and the impact of support. The instruments in this Manual have been developed and tested with over 500 young carers so can be used with confidence.
Fiona Becker and Saul Becker (2009) Young adult carers in the UK. Experiences, needs and services for carers aged 16-24. The Princess Royal Trust for Carers.
Fiona Becker and Saul Becker’s pioneering research report highlights the experiences, needs and service responses to young adult carers aged 16-24 in the UK. There are almost 300,000 carers of this age with a quarter of a million aged between 18 and 24. The report draws on original data, including in-depth interviews with carers aged 18-24, focus groups with carers aged 16-17, surveys of young and adult carers services and secondary analysis of Census 2001 data. The report reveals the number of young adult carers in the four countries of the UK; the changing nature of their caring tasks and responsibilities as they get older; their experiences of education at school, college and university; how they choose their friends and relationships; the restrictions on their leisure and lifestyle choices; their concerns about money, jobs and carers; their aspirations for the future; the challenges of leaving home and gaining ‘independence’; the roles of young carers projects; emerging service responses specifically aimed at carers aged 18 plus; and how the needs of young adult carers can best be met.
Publications archive
The School has an extensive collection of publications, which have been previously published. These can be found on the publications archive page.