Multidisciplinary Handbook of Social Exclusion Research - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047009513X ISBN 13: 9780470095133

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

Social exclusion is a key problem for policy makers, researchers and professionals worldwide. Despite this, the debate lacks a dominant disciplinary focus. This innovative handbook covers evidence from key research and policy to offer cross-disciplinary perspectives on major areas of social exclusion. Focusing on central policy domains including education, healthcare and crime, it is structured so as to relate evidence to the state of social exclusion and the mechanisms by which it can be tackled. It book will be an unrivalled reference for academics and practitioners working across disciplines including housing, education, psychology, political science, healthcare, sociology and law.

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About the Author

Dr. Julie Christian is a lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on the application of attitude and inter-group processes to various areas within social service provision, with particular regard to homelessness. She has published numerous journal articles.

 Professor Dominic Abrams is the director of the Centre for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent. He has published extensively in journals and is the editor of the European Bulletin of Social Psychology. He has authored/edited 6 previous books.

David Gordon, School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK

From the Back Cover

Social exclusion remains one of the key problems nationally and globally for policy makers, researchers and professionals. In spite of its prominence today, social exclusion policy debate lacks a dominant disciplinary focus. This innovative book covers evidence from key research and policy to provide readers with cross-disciplinary perspectives on major areas of social exclusion.

Chapters focus on central social exclusion policy domains, including education, healthcare and crime. They are structured in a common framework that relates available evidence to the state of social exclusion and the mechanisms by which social exclusion can be tackled. Contributors also offer connections between different national and international approaches to social exclusion and, in doing so, shed further light on the complexities of social exclusion in society.

The cross-disciplinary approach offered in Multi-professional Handbook of Social Exclusion gives the book broad appeal across a range of professions and disciplines. The book will act as an unrivalled source of reference on social exclusion for academics and practitioners working in disciplines including housing, education, psychology, political science, healthcare, sociology and Law

Chapters focus on central social exclusion policy domains, including education, healthcare and crime. They are structured in a common framework that relates available evidence to the state of social exclusion and the mechanisms by which social exclusion can be tackled. Contributors also offer connections between different national and international approaches to social exclusion and, in doing so, shed further light on the complexities of social exclusion in society.

The cross-disciplinary approach offered in Multi-professional Handbook of Social Exclusion gives the book broad appeal across a range of professions and disciplines. The book will act as an unrivalled source of reference on social exclusion for academics and practitioners working in disciplines including housing, education, psychology, political science, healthcare, sociology and Law

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047009513X
• ISBN 13: 9780470095133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Abrams Dominic, Christian Julie, Gordon David