Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Gonzalez Hernando, Marcos / Mitchell, Gerry, Uncomfortably Off: Why the Top 10% of Earners Should Care about Inequality. 208 pp. 2023:5 (Policy Pr., UK) <697-262>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6751-2 hard ¥5,694.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99 *

Media attention is often focused on the very richest, the 1%, and their capacity to influence politics and shape society. But they are not the only ones who drive politics, the public conversation and much of the private sector. The focus of this book is on the larger group between the 1% and the 10%. These are the managers and professionals of our media, business, the third sector, political parties and academia and are just as influential. However, many would not recognise themselves as high earners at all. In fact, earning around GBP60,000 a year in Britain places you in the top 10% of income earners. Maybe you're surprised you fall into this category, or are not as far off as you thought. Despite this group's relative advantage and comfort, these high earners don't always feel politically empowered. They worry about their income and are anxious about the future. Most of them are more likely to move down the income ladder than up it. Drawing attention to this powerful section of society, this book explains why, even if you are relatively near the top, it is in your interest that inequality is reduced, and how you can make that happen.

Bacchini, Simone C., An Introduction to Language and Communication for Allied Health and Social Care Professions. 168 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-265>
ISBN 978-0-367-17529-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-17531-3 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Bringing insights from linguistics to those without a background in this field, An Introduction to Language and Communication for Allied Health and Social Care Professions enables readers to better appreciate the ways in which language functions simultaneously as an instrument to encode and communicate meaning, build and sustain interpersonal relationships, and express identity. Grounded in the understanding of language as a multifunctional, interactional tool offered by sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis, the book:Provides readers with well-grounded tools that they can use to inform their daily work as well as to reflect upon their own communicative practices and - where necessary - to improve themFeatures 'discussion points' in the form of questions, suggestions for reflection, and small analysis tasks throughout Contains end-of-chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading An Introduction to Language and Communication for Allied Health and Social Care Professions is ideal as a core or supplementary textbook for students on degrees in public health, social work, social care, nursing, and other allied health professions who are taking courses in communication. It is also an invaluable guide for qualified health and social care practitioners, to support both their professional practice and their continuing professional development.

M.ゼーライプ・カイザー他編　欧州社会政策とCOVID-19のパンデミック
Boerner, Stefanie / Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin (eds.), European Social Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges to National Welfare and EU Policy. (International Policy Exchange Series) 384 pp. 2023:6 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <697-266>
ISBN 978-0-19-767618-9 hard ¥23,716.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

This is an open access title available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and select open access locations. During the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, social policy was one of the most important strategies used by governments to help mitigate the crisis. European Social Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges to National Welfare and EU Policy provides an encompassing and longer-term analysis of the social policy responses of European countries, as well as the European Union (EU), to the challenges of the pandemic. The book asks in which direction the European welfare states, on the one hand, and EU social policy, on the other, are developing as a result of the pandemic with respect to polity, politics, and policy instruments. European Social Policy and the COVID-19 Pandemic addresses several questions, such as what medium- and long-term effects will the current social policy crisis responses have on the different welfare states? Will the partly improvised, partly only temporary but in every respect diverse and often unprecedented measures lead to novel reform trajectories or even a new welfare state model? What new forms of international cooperation and conflict resolution mechanisms may arise within the social policy domain of the EU? The questions raised not only concern the future of welfare states in Europe but also EU-level social-policy making and European integration in general. The chapters--written by experts on law, political science, social policy, and sociology--build on various methodological backgrounds and encompass single case studies, comparative policy analyses, and discourse-analytical perspectives.

Firmin, Carlene / Lloyd, Jenny (eds.), Contextual Safeguarding: The Next Chapter. 208 pp. 2023:7 (Policy Pr., UK) <697-267>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6642-3 hard ¥22,792.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-4473-6643-0 paper ¥6,264.- (税込) GB￡ 21.99 *

How do we respond to harm faced by young people beyond their front doors? Can practitioners keep young people safe at school, in their neighbourhoods or with their friends when social care systems are designed to work with families? The Contextual Safeguarding approach has transformed how policy makers, social care leaders, practitioners and researchers understand harm that happens to young people in their communities and what is required to respond. Since 2015 it has been tested across the UK and internationally. This book shares stories from child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation and peer violence about what has been learnt on this journey. For anyone interested in how we safeguard young people beyond their front doors, this book shows how much we have achieved and raises big questions about what more we need to do to ensure young people are safe - whatever the context.

多様性と福祉の提供－21世紀英国における緊張と差別
Gregory, Lee / Iafrati, Steve (eds.), Diversity and Welfare Provision: Tension and Discrimination in 21st Century Britain. 240 pp. 2024:1 (Policy Pr., UK) <697-269>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6515-0 hard ¥24,498.- (税込) GB￡ 85.99 *

Recognising diverse groups within society is a vital part of policy research and analysis, yet few texts have drawn together the breadth of experiences of welfare provision from a diverse group of citizens. This book fills this gap, by exploring how diverse citizens experience welfare provision. It aims to promote debate about the importance of social divisions in society and to address the gaps in research, in relation to race, ethnicity, disability, gender and LGBTQ+. It comes at a crucial time as we emerge out of a decade of austerity, a global pandemic and Brexit, where issues of diversity have been at the forefront of debates, and renews the call for analysis within social policy, particularly on issues of diversity in the 21st century context.

英国における無償ケア政策
Lloyd, Liz, Unpaid Care Policies in the UK: Rights, Resources and Relationships. 208 pp. 2023:6 (Policy Pr., UK) <697-270>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6129-9 hard ¥24,498.- (税込) GB￡ 85.99 *

This book examines policies on unpaid care throughout the UK since the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act. It questions why, after decades of policies and strategies, unpaid care remains in a marginal position in the social care system and in society more broadly, as demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides critical analysis of key policies and professional practice over three decades and highlights the continuing challenges faced by people in caring relationships, as well as reflecting on developments in the position of unpaid carers in the system of social care. By questioning why this crucially important sphere of human life remains under-resourced, it sheds light on the ways in which care is understood and how policy makers and service providers perceive the need for support.

英国公共サービスへのCOVID-19の影響の管理－ヘルスケアとソーシャル・ケアに焦点を当てて
Malin, Nigel, Managing the Impact of COVID-19 on UK Public Services: Focus on Health and Social Care. 160 pp. 2023:5 (Policy Pr., UK) <697-271>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6499-3 hard ¥24,498.- (税込) GB￡ 85.99

Public services have been at the frontline of the response to COVID-19 and, despite the extraordinary efforts of staff, most services have struggled. This book evaluates the impact of COVID-19 on the UK health and social care sector, paying particular attention to widening social inequalities. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of UK public services' response to the pandemic, outlining how eroded resilience and reduced trust in leadership have influenced the sectors' ability to deliver. The book outlines recommendations for policy reform in the aftermath of the pandemic, including suggestions for an increased focus on decentralised governance and leadership.

Murphy, Mary P., Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future. 192 pp. 2023:5 (Policy Pr., UK) <697-272>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6355-2 hard ¥24,498.- (税込) GB￡ 85.99 *
ISBN 978-1-4473-6356-9 paper ¥7,973.- (税込) GB￡ 27.99 *

A uniquely hybrid approach to welfare state policy, ecological sustainability and social transformation, this book explores transformative models of welfare change. Using Ireland as a case study, it addresses the institutional adaptations needed to move towards a sustainable welfare state, and the policy of making such transformation happen. It takes a theoretical and practical approach to implementing an alternative paradigm for welfare in the context of globalisation, climate change, social cohesion, automation, economic and power inequalities, intersectionality and environmental sustainability, as well as perpetual crisis, including the pandemic.

Randall, Thomas, Justice, Care, and Value: A Values-Driven Theory of Care Ethics. (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory) 200 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-118>
ISBN 978-1-03-243528-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

In Justice, Care, and Value Thomas Randall argues for the radical potential of care ethics as a distinct and preferable theory of distributive justice.Advancing the feminist literature, this book defends a vision of society that can best enable caring relations to flourish. Specifically, Randall proposes a values-driven theory of care ethics that derives normative criteria for evaluating the moral worth of caring relations and their surrounding institutions via a classification of the values of care. They argue that such a theory gives us unique and meaningful solutions to contemporary questions of distributive justice across personal, political, global, and intergenerational domains. In doing so, the book makes significant strides to engage care ethics with the broader moral and political philosophy literature.Topical and interdisciplinary, Randall demonstrates that care ethics has the conceptual resources to ground distributive theories of socialism, territorial and natural resource rights, obligations to future generations, and historic redress. The book will be of great interest to academics, researchers, and students of feminist philosophy, but also of liberalism, political economy, and theories of global and intergenerational justice.