Paul Spicker is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. His research has included studies of poverty, need, disadvantage and service delivery. His books on social policy for Policy Press have discussed poverty, social security and the theory of social policy, and include a leading textbook, ‘Social Policy: Theory and Practice’.
26 Ebooks by Paul Spicker
Paul Spicker: Reclaiming Individualism
This book is about individualist ideas, and how they shape contemporary approaches to public policy. If we were to believe the existing literature, we might think that only markets can satisfy people …
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€41.99
Paul Spicker: Social Policy
Social Policy: Theory and practice is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international re …
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€49.99
Paul Spicker: How social security works
How social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text which can help readers …
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€39.99
Paul Spicker: What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?
In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of the criticisms mad …
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€15.99
Paul Spicker: Policy analysis for practice
People who work in planning, management and service delivery in the public sector need to know how policy is translated into practice, what is happening, and whether a policy works. Policy analysis f …
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€30.99
Paul Spicker: The idea of poverty
This book examines views about what poverty is and what should be done about it. ‘Poverty’ means many different things to different people – for example, material deprivation, lack of money, dependen …
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€28.99
Paul Spicker: Thinking Collectively
What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Individu …
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€39.99
Paul Spicker: Arguments for Welfare
This book makes the case for the welfare state. Nearly every government in the developed world offers some form of social protection, and measures to improve the social and economic well-being of its …
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€156.33
Paul Spicker: Liberty, equality, fraternity
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Paul Spicker’s new book takes the three founding principles of the French Revolution – Liberty, Equality, Fraternity – and examines how they relate to so …
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€0.00
David Gordon & Paul Spicker: Poverty
This second edition of this highly-successful glossary provides an exhaustive and authoritative guide to over 200 technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on poverty. It seeks to make …
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€40.48
Maurice Mullard & Paul Spicker: Social Policy in a Changing Society
Social Policy in a Changing Society is a critical guide to theories about society, exploring the links between social theory and social policy. It considers a range of interpretations of changes in s …
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English
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€35.94
Maurice Mullard & Paul Spicker: Social Policy in a Changing Society
Social Policy in a Changing Society is a critical guide to theories about society, exploring the links between social theory and social policy. It considers a range of interpretations of changes in s …
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English
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€54.96
Maurice Mullard & Paul Spicker: Social Policy in a Changing Society
Social Policy in a Changing Society is a critical guide to theories about society, exploring the links between social theory and social policy. It considers a range of interpretations of changes in s …
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English
DRM
€54.90
Paul Spicker: Social Policy
Social Policy: Theory and practice is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international re …
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English
DRM
€33.37
Paul Spicker: What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?
In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of the criticisms mad …
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English
DRM
€14.01
Paul Spicker: How social security works
How social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text which can help readers …
PDF
English
DRM
€33.37
Paul Spicker: Thinking Collectively
What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to his Reclaiming Individu …
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English
DRM
€35.68
David Gordon & Paul Spicker: Poverty
This second edition of this highly-successful glossary provides an exhaustive and authoritative guide to over 200 technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on poverty. It seeks to make …
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English
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€40.03
Paul Spicker: The Poverty of Nations
In this persuasive study, social welfare and policy expert Paul Spicker makes a case for a relational view of poverty. Poverty is much more than a lack of resources. It involves a complex set of soci …
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€35.99
Paul Spicker: Poverty of Nations
In this persuasive study, social welfare and policy expert Paul Spicker makes a case for a relational view of poverty.Poverty is much more than a lack of resources. It involves a complex set of socia …
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€31.89
Gabriele Koehler & Alberto D Cimadamore: The Politics of Social Inclusion
This volume looks at concepts and processes of social exclusion and social inclusion. It traces a number of discourses, all of them routed in a relational power analysis, examining them in the contex …
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€26.99
Paul Spicker: How to Fix the Welfare State
The British welfare state is traditionally understood to be comprised of five main services: health, housing, social security, education and the ‘personal social services’, such as social care and ch …
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€38.99
Paul Spicker: How to Fix the Welfare State
The British welfare state is traditionally understood to be comprised of five main services: health, housing, social security, education and the ‘personal social services’, such as social care and ch …
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English
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€35.89
Paul Spicker: States and Welfare States
Most governments in the world – including many that are autocratic or authoritarian – have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social secur …
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€39.99
Paul Spicker: States and Welfare States
Most governments in the world – including many that are autocratic or authoritarian – have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social secur …
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English
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€127.47
