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

Klostermann, Janna, At the Limits of Care: Gendered Work and Stories That Matter. 277 pp. 2025:10 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <754-258>
ISBN 978-1-4875-6394-3 hard ¥15,922.- (税込) US$ 75.00
ISBN 978-1-4875-6395-0 paper ¥5,296.- (税込) US$ 24.95

For author Janna Klostermann, reaching her limits and resigning from care work felt like a crisis of self. In the aftermath of this upheaval, this is the book she needed to write. At the Limits of Care is a book that will change how you think about care work and about the women who provide it. Now an assistant professor in sociology and a radical care scholar, Klostermann interrogates women's counter-stories of reaching their limits, crossing ethical lines, and stepping back from paid or unpaid care work roles. She weaves feminist sociological analyses with memoir to challenge dominant narratives around women and care, transforming the ways we think about ourselves and our relationships. The book makes a major contribution in how and what constitutes care research. Drawing on in-depth life history interviews with women ages twenty-seven to seventy-eight in Ontario, Canada, Klostermann enacts a "counter politics of care" approach that centres untold and lesser-told stories of care work. She pushes readers to rethink gendered power dynamics, question prevailing tropes of care, and imagine more equitable, emancipatory futures.

Citroni, Sebastiano, The Everyday Life of Civil Society: Changes and Scene Style in Italian Third-Sector Organizations. (Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research) 196 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-265>
ISBN 978-3-031-97584-4 hard ¥34,646.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book explores the challenges facing third-sector groups in Italy after changes such as the professionalization and commercialization of non-profit groups and their increased role as suppliers of public services in local welfare systems, as well as partners in recent governance arrangements. These changes have sparked debates about the general role of third-sector groups and the potential decline of their role as civil society actors. The book focuses on three major changes and associated debates, exploring their everyday implications to ask the question 'What are the consequences of shifts in action approaches, civic participation, and relations with public authorities?' Backed by four years of ethnographic empirical data, it reveals that the meaning of these changes varies even within a single organization, depending on the observed scenes of its everyday life. By introducing five "scene styles," interaction patterns shaping exchanges between professionals, volunteers, and activists, the book analyses third-sector organizations and reveals unexpected political functions that take shape underneath that which is openly declared.

Dalingwater, Louise / Page, Arnaud / Winett, L. B. (eds.), Structural and Systemic Perspectives on Health and Well-being. (Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making) 189 pp. 2025:11 (Springer, GW) <754-266>
ISBN 978-3-031-99923-9 hard ¥32,171.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This volume provides a background to debates on definitional terms of subjective and objective wellbeing. Beyond that, it analyses discourse and policy practice relating to population-level and individual health and wellbeing promotion. The chapters in this volume illustrate salient aspects relating to health and wellbeing: how the post-pandemic world seems to be at a tipping point in terms of worsening outcomes for the social determinants of health and wellbeing, how health and wellbeing approaches in the educational sector can be seen as rhetoric devices to promote reform but also as a meaningful way to promote student flourishing; how holistic approaches to health and wellbeing, namely embedding arts and culture in a healthcare setting, can support enhanced wellbeing of frontline healthcare staff; and how specific health and wellbeing issues relating to women and their integration into the workforce remain fraught with difficulty. Finally, the volume analyses efforts to improve health and wellbeing in the face of political turmoil. This highly interdisciplinary volume includes contributions from senior academics and early career researchers in political science, social science, area studies and economics and is an important contribution to the SDG and broader literature on policies related to health and wellbeing.

包括的社会政策に向けて？－パンデミック後の東南アジア
Fossati, Diego / Thomas, Nicholas / Thompson, Mark, Towards Inclusive Social Policies?: Southeast Asia after the Pandemic. (Policy Press Shorts Research) 144 pp. 2025:10 (Policy Pr., UK) <754-267>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7623-1 paper ¥4,336.- (税込) GB￡ 14.99

Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted economies and upended lives - but did it also open the door to more inclusive policies? Focusing on both attitudinal and institutional repercussions of the pandemic, and transcending Western-centric narratives and case studies, this book asks the question: has the COVID-19 pandemic facilitated the adoption of more generous and inclusive social policies in Southeast Asia? Combining original survey data with qualitative policy analysis in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, this concise yet rigorous volume challenges long-held beliefs and provides a comparative framework for understanding welfare change in politically and economically varied contexts. Valuable reading for anyone seeking to understand how crises can reshape public expectations and state responses.

Hyslop, Ian / Pease, Bob, Abolition in Social Work and Human Services: Visions, Possibilities and Challenges. 342 pp. 2025:9 (Policy Pr., UK) <754-268>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7432-9 hard ¥24,590.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Globally, social workers are committed to human rights and challenging unjust social structures. However, their close ties to the state often reinforce such systems of oppression. The first to apply abolitionist theory from international perspectives to social work, this book examines this contradiction, exploring whether social work can embrace radical change while operating within state structures. Bringing together scholars from the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Finland, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, it explores alternatives for addressing issues such as child protection, mental health, violence against women, drug use, violent extremism, homelessness and Indigenous sovereignty. Essential reading for academics, researchers, students, human service practitioners and social activists, this book interrogates the implications of social work's complicity with systems that perpetuate oppression and social injustice.

Levy, Suzy, Mind the Inclusion Gap: How Allies Can Bridge the Divide Between Talking Diversity and Taking Action. 272 pp. 2025:9 (Policy Pr., UK) <754-270>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7928-7 paper ¥4,336.- (税込) GB￡ 14.99

The drive to reflect the rich diversity of our world in our organisations isn't inherently political - it's smart business. Yet, from the US to Europe and beyond, diversity and inclusion efforts are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of a culture war. As the backlash against 'DEI' grows, the very principles of fairness and dignity are being reframed as divisive. So how did we get here? And what can each of us do about it? While most of us are curious about diversity, and some would call ourselves allies, very few are skilled in inclusion. Instead, we double down on being nice and hope that will be enough. But this optimistic attitude may harm as much as help. The more we lean on our niceness, the more we tend to bypass the uncomfortable to avoid discord and the more likely we are to take an idle role. But there is no such thing as a passive ally. This book is for anyone who wants to dive into the complex task of supporting equality as the threat to an inclusive future becomes ever more urgent. Inside are tools to build confidence and capability, as well as practical guidance to help navigate complexity, challenge complacency and take meaningful action.

社会政策を理解する　第8版
Loechen, Valerie, Comprendre les politiques sociales. 8e ed. (Guides sante social) 597 p. 2025:7 (Dunod, FR) <754-271>
ISBN 978-2-10-087536-8 paper ¥10,890.- (税込) EUR 44.00

Moxley, David P., Responsive Community Building in High Need Contexts: The Good Organization and the Aesthetics of Human Development. 129 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-272>
ISBN 978-3-031-99055-7 hard ¥9,896.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book provides a description of what a good human service organization is, and what it does. The author relies on a broad framework to define "good" and offers a fictional account as a methodology, using his considerable consulting and research experience in human service organizations as a content enriching approach to the case examples he presents in this volume. The book details the fictional story of Fifth Street, a non-governmental organization nested in a high-need community, which itself is hypothetical but reflects what is occurring within communities whose residents are struggling with poverty. The content of this fictional account leans on a synthesis of multiple case examples. This approach will appeal to faculty and students as well as practitioners who are seeking a grand example of how human service organizations can work effectively in high need contexts. Students will also gain from the ethical perspective the author presents in this monograph. This is a project of hope: one that can inspire us all practicing in human services to strive for the best in novel and innovative ways.

Vasoo, S (ed.), Management Issues In Social Services. 120 pp. 2025:10 (World Scientific, SI) <754-273>
ISBN 978-981-9815-02-9 hard ¥9,765.- (税込) US$ 46.00

This edited volume - a collation of workshop discussions and papers presented by social service leaders - seeks to highlight good management skills that aid in the delivery of cost efficient, effective and accountable services amid an expanding social service sector.Selected social workers and social service leaders from Asia, in particular ASEAN, attended the workshops to learn and share their experiences in their own communities with Singapore social work and service practitioners. Such cross-border exchanges facilitated ideas on social challenges related to the management of social services. Major key management issues, such as organisational review and change, financial resources management, evaluation of service outcomes and stewardship, have been identified, presented and discussed.

Wallace, Rebecca, Who Deserves Welfare?: Framing Social Assistance in Canadian News Media. 208 pp. 2025:12 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <754-274>
ISBN 978-1-4875-4010-4 hard ¥18,045.- (税込) US$ 85.00
ISBN 978-1-4875-4011-1 paper ¥6,994.- (税込) US$ 32.95

Welfare has long been a divisive issue in Canada, sparking debates across the political spectrum. In her latest text, political studies scholar Rebecca Wallace explores how Canadian media frames social assistance recipients. Revealing how race and identity shape public perceptions of welfare and redistribution, Who Deserves Welfare? presents a comprehensive analysis spanning several decades, from the 1990s to the 2020s, demonstrating how immigrant and Indigenous welfare recipients are framed differently. Drawing on a media analysis, a custom-designed survey, and a news framing experiment, Wallace shows how identity plays a crucial role in the media's representation of welfare recipients and public perceptions of deservingness. Immigrant recipients are often portrayed positively for their economic potential, while Indigenous recipients face negative stereotypes about work ethic. However, Wallace finds that the relationship between media framing and public attitudes is complex when it comes to immigrant and Indigenous recipients, and, troublingly, that positive coverage does not necessarily yield positive sentiment toward redistribution. Who Deserves Welfare? offers a critical examination of how media framing influences public opinion about welfare and identity, shedding light on the quiet but persistent resentment targeting immigrant and Indigenous communities. By exploring these media portrayals, Wallace invites readers to reconsider the assumptions that underlie both support for and opposition to assistance programs in Canada.

ベーシック・インカム、労働のインセンティブ、就職活動の行動－欧州のコンテクストにおける理論と実践の橋渡し－
Watkins, Simon, Basic Income, Work Incentives and Job Search Behaviour: Bridging Theory and Practice in European Contexts. (Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee) 198 pp. 2025:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-252>
ISBN 978-3-031-99196-7 hard ¥9,896.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book analyzes existing welfare regimes across Europe, offering an exploration into how basic income principles might influence job search behaviour. Drawing on time-use data and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, it challenges assumptions about work incentives and demonstrates that institutional contexts significantly mediate welfare effects. The analysis develops an innovative "ideal type" framework that measures how existing systems approximate basic income principles, unconditionality, universalism, and non-withdrawal of benefits. Chapters explore the complex relationships between welfare design and job search intensity, with a special focus on providing evidence as to whether conditionality increases job search or if certain configurations of accessibility and high participation tax rates decrease it. Comparing ten European countries and counterfactual examination of Finland and the UK, the book provides empirical grounding for debates often based on theoretical assumptions. The resulting text provides insights for designing context-appropriate strategies for basic income implementation that enhance income security while preserving individual autonomy.

乾彰夫他編　若者の移行と社会福祉－日本、ドイツ、スイス、英国、ノルウェーの比較研究
Inui, Akio / Skrobanek, Jan / Imdorf, C. et al. (eds.), Youth Transition and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, and Norway. (Perspectives on Children and Young People 16) 180 pp. 2025:9 (Springer, GW) <753-469>
ISBN 978-981-9689-46-0 hard ¥27,221.- (税込) EUR 109.99

Perocco, Fabio (ed.), Welfare Racism: The Discursive Dimension. (Critiques and Alternatives to Capitalism) 280 pp. 2025:10 (Routledge, UK) <753-470>
ISBN 978-1-032-99867-1 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Welfare racism is a combination of racial discrimination in the welfare system and racist discourses used in the name of the welfare state. Presenting a global overview of discourses of welfare racism across the world by institutional actors, public figures, political parties, and mass media, this book examines the evolution, character, role, and consequences of racialized welfare discourse towards immigrants, asylum seekers, and BIPOC.This volume explores how racialized welfare discourse fuels and legitimises inequality, as well as its role in public policies concerning social citizenship, and its role as a structural element of migration policies and welfare policies. The chapters focus on a variety of global contexts to analyse how welfare racism is linked to the historical development of the welfare state, the dismantling of social welfare in Western countries, the structures and practices of public administration, the intertwining of welfare racism and welfare classism, political discourses, the media, and the role of far-right parties, academics, and professionals in the spread of racialized welfare discourse.Presenting a novel, in-depth study of the phenomenon from a critical racism perspective, this book expands knowledge on the ideological-discursive dimension of welfare racism. It will appeal to scholars, post-graduate students, and professionals with interests in inequality, migration, public discourse, communication, mass media, social policy, and welfare.

OECDと世界銀行におけるエコ社会政策
Schulze Waltrup, Robin, Eco-Social Policy in the OECD and the World Bank: Global Governance and Social-Ecological Transformation. 272 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <753-471>
ISBN 978-3-031-95428-3 hard ¥29,696.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book explores eco-social policy and its role in the global governance system. By focusing on the eco-social policy discourses of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of how and to what extent these influential international organisations integrate environmental and social concerns and promote an integrated eco-social policy perspective. While the OECD and the World Bank promote crucial elements of eco-social policy integration, the book argues that they fall short of pushing toward a social-ecological transformation within global governance that profoundly focuses on the decommodification of nature and labour. Drawing on different concepts, including Polanyi's notion of the double movement, it shows how there are partly contradictory policy perspectives on eco-social policy integration in both organisations, which eventually stabilise the existing capitalist mode of production, albeit with green conditions. Through its in-depth exploration of the eco-social policy discourses of the OECD and the World Bank, this book serves as an essential resource for understanding and questioning the scope of sustainable and equitable global policy frameworks for both researchers and practitioners.

Sealey, Clive (ed.), The Students' Handbook for Studying Health and Social Care: Essential Context, Knowledge and Practice Skills for Doing a Successful Degree. 334 pp. 2025:12 (Routledge, UK) <753-472>
ISBN 978-1-032-61929-3 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-60852-5 paper ¥11,568.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book provides students with the essential context, knowledge and practice skills required to succeed in your health and social care degree.Students doing a health and social care degree make a real difference to people's lives every day in incredible and inspiring ways. Choosing to study health and social care gives you the opportunity to acquire a wide range of essential context, knowledge and practice skills that positively transform both your life and the lives of many others. This book uniquely presents these essential context, knowledge and practice skills in one essential place, to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of doing a health and social care degree.Topics covered in the book include health and social care legislation, demographic change, children's rights, disability, mental health, anatomy and physiology, health and social care regulation, communication skills, teamwork and leadership and reflective practice. It is an indispensable learning resource for health and social care students wishing to succeed in their degree and beyond in a wide range of both health and social care settings, as well as a wide variety of other settings, such as schools, community settings and welfare organizations.

Zavattaro, Staci M. / Wright-Berryman, Jennifer L., Equity at the End: The New American Way of Death. 236 pp. 2025:12 (Emerald, UK) <753-473>
ISBN 978-1-83662-381-6 hard ¥22,291.- (税込) US$ 105.00

In Equity at the End, authors Staci M. Zavattaro and Jennifer L. Wright-Berryman explore the intricate and often confusing landscape of deathcare in the United States. This complex system of public, private, and nonprofit institutions often leaves individuals perplexed as they navigate their final arrangements, revealing significant inequities. Combining comprehensive research from public administration and social work to examine policy design and deathcare bureaucracy, Zavattaro and Wright-Berryman scrutinize the governance of the deathcare system, the policies shaping it, and the economic and personal biases influencing its implementation. They begin by defining the concept of death equity, exploring disparities in access to resources like eco-friendly burials, identity-aligned services, and affordable body disposition. Through their extensive research, including interviews with over 70 deathcare professionals from both the public and private sectors, the authors provide readers with tools to navigate these inequities, addressing the reluctance to discuss and prepare for death. Equity at the End offers practical tools and insights to reduce inequities and improve transparency in the deathcare system. Promoting death literacy and equitable practices, this work is essential reading for social scientists, public policy experts, healthcare professionals, and educators.

Gallagher, Ann / Davies, Nigel et al. (eds.), Interprofessional Ethics Across the Life Course in Health and Social Care: A Scenario Based Approach. 198 pp. 2025:11 (Routledge, UK) <753-138>
ISBN 978-1-041-12912-7 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-97443-9 paper ¥11,568.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Interprofessional teams of Health and social care professionals encounter, and respond to, significant ethical challenges and complexity in their everyday work. This scenario-based book explores how to enact ethical values and virtues, while working across the four pillars of professional activity - practice, education, leadership and research. Effective responses to care needs and everyday complexity require teamwork and a holistic approach to individual, family and community needs. They require a health and social professional having an in-depth appreciation of their own professional role, responsibilities and contribution, as well as those of other professions.This book enables readers to engage with, and reflect on, a range of ethical decision-making situations that can occur across the lifecourse and impact interprofessional teams. Each chapter is based around a particular authentic scenarios derived from the experiences of care-recipients and family members involved in the co-production of the book and take place in a range of care contexts - from maternity care to community; from hospital to residential care; and from accident and emergency areas to hospice.Introducing and discussing interprofessional issues from an ethical stance, this is an essential text for health and social care students and practitioners and a resource for IPE facilitators with a commitment to ethics in health and social care practice, research, education and leadership.

社会政策と雇用研究ハンドブック
Ramia, Gaby / Irving, Zoe / Heins, Elke et al. (eds.), Research Handbook on Social Policy and Employment. (Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare) 512 pp. 2025:10 (E. Elgar, UK) <750-227>
ISBN 978-1-0353-1793-6 hard ¥62,199.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00

This compelling Handbook explores how social policies have been adapted and remodelled in response to transformations in work and employment in the twenty-first century. It outlines the history of the welfare-work relationship, assesses the current state of the global workforce and provides theoretical and practical analyses of the work-employment-social policy relationship.Leading experts review the state of the art in the work-welfare nexus and explore new avenues for future research. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, chapters consider young people in the labour market, unemployment insurance, free trade agreements and employment relations as well as the future of work and the welfare state. They also address core aspects of social protection and employment services, including the policy impact of enduring, current and future challenges. The Handbook sheds light on existing social policy ideas and initiatives which can be used to develop better living conditions for all.This authoritative book is an essential resource for scholars and students of comparative social policy, political science, the sociology of work and labour policy. It is also an engaging and informative read for policymakers and civil servants working in employment relations, as well as welfare professionals and civil society actors.

移民のケア労働、フィリピン人の若者、国境を超える家族生活
Shaw, Jennifer E., Tender Labour: Migrant Care Work, Filipina/o Young People, and Family Life Across Borders. 255 pp. 2025:4 (U. British Columbia Pr., CN) * paper 2025:12 <750-229>
ISBN 978-0-7748-7130-3 hard ¥23,353.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *
ISBN 978-0-7748-7131-0 paper ¥8,056.- (税込) US$ 37.95 *

To meet demand in Canada, more and more women are migrating from the Philippines to become domestic workers. What happens to family left behind? Tender Labour investigates the experiences of young people as they navigate precarity in all its forms when their mothers work elsewhere.Jennifer Shaw conducts nuanced research with youth who have been separated from and later reunited with their mothers in Canada, incorporating their own voices through poems, song lyrics, and photographs. She focuses on how their tender labour - the work they perform within their families - emerges not only from necessity but also from the stresses and dreams that tug at the threads of kinship.The role of young people in familial migrations reveals the hard consequences of capitalist extraction of transnational labour. Nonetheless, despite childhoods shaped by economic inequality and racialized disparity, Shaw discovers that these Filipina/o young people keep their hope of a good life.

グローバルなソーシャル・プロテクション－制度的視点
Bender, Katja / Kaltenborn, Markus (eds.), Global Social Protection: Institutional Perspectives. 208 pp. 2025:11 (E. Elgar, UK) <750-230>
ISBN 978-1-80037-135-4 hard ¥26,037.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This innovative book provides a multidisciplinary institutional approach to social protection, combining insights from economics, law, philosophy, political science, and sociology. It examines the role of institutions in the effective functioning of social protection systems and explores the factors driving or hindering institutional change.Expert authors investigate the rationales that underpin social protection, emphasising institutional design and the need to address the transformation of social protection systems in low- and middle-income countries. They assess the role of social protection in tackling poverty and social exclusion in these nations, as well as the challenges of operational barriers and limited coverage. Chapters blend conceptual insights with empirical applications to highlight the complementary nature of diverse institutional research. Ultimately, the book addresses the ethical considerations and international legal standards of social protection and concludes that a renewed framework is required to improve human rights globally.Presenting a holistic understanding of the field, Global Social Protection is a vital read for scholars and students of comparative social policy, sociology of development, and development studies. It will also benefit policymakers and practitioners engaged in social protection and development cooperation.

Mendes, Philip, From Resistance to Reform: Case Studies of Long-Term Social Justice Advocacy in Australia. 236 pp. 2025:11 (Emerald, UK) <750-231>
ISBN 978-1-83549-721-0 hard ¥22,291.- (税込) US$ 105.00

Many social policy texts examine specific social policy debates at a point in time and offer mostly technical interpretations of why existing or amended policies and programs have worked or not worked. In contrast, this text presents a comprehensive historical and political analysis of four policy areas where reform was achieved after many years of neglect. Using a rich corpus of primary and secondary data, this is the first ever time that these four cases - covering discrete policy debates around young people transitioning from out-of-home care, medically supervised injecting facilities, social security payments for the unemployed, and compulsory income management - have been compared within an organized framework. For each of these policy areas, author Philip Mendes presents the long-term chronology of the public policy debates, the key arguments and evidence presented by researchers and advocacy groups in favour of policy reform, the strategies used by policy advocates, and the contrary arguments presented by governments and other bodies, as well as other factors which may have hindered or enabled policy change. Chronicling these cases where long-standing research evidence in favour of practice and policy reform suddenly achieved implementation and political impact when evidence finally trumped ideology, author Philip Mendes also describes the improved outcomes for disadvantaged groups and the wider community. Arguing that governments should introduce policy development processes and networks that include active engagement with knowledge from domestic and global research studies, this is critical reading for scholars and policymakers internationally on the dynamics of policy initiatives, outcomes and reform.

ソーシャル・ケア政策研究ハンドブック
Ranci, Costanzo / Rostgaard, Tine (eds.), Research Handbook on Social Care Policy. (Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare) 608 pp. 2025:10 (E. Elgar, UK) <750-233>
ISBN 978-1-83910-368-1 hard ¥73,771.- (税込) GB￡ 255.00

This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive exploration of recent advances in social care policy scholarship. Spanning a breadth of issues and policy programmes, it presents a systematic, empirically and theoretically grounded overview of social care policy research, addressing a notable gap in a field often dominated by issue or country-specific studies.Recognising that social care is emerging as a respected and institutionalized public policy field, this Research Handbook investigates how social care policies have gained momentum across the globe and documents the development of contemporary literature in this area. The Handbook presents a topical and global overview of social care policies for children, frail older people and adults with disabilities, exploring the institutional setting of care systems, care policies and related trends. Chapter authors assess care work's (in)formalization, marketization, quality and affordability, as well as exploring care poverty, inequality, and the consequences of the pandemic for care.A crucial read for social care policy scholars, this Handbook is also a vital resource for academics, researchers and students of social work, social policy, sociology, political science, public administration studies, gender studies, childcare, and disability studies.

EUにおける脆弱なグループの社会的排除
Anagnostopoulou, Despoina (ed.), European Identities, Inclusion and Equality: Social Exclusion of Vulnerable Groups in the European Union. (Diversity and Inclusion Research) 294 pp. 2025:7 (Springer, GW) <749-276>
ISBN 978-3-031-90601-5 hard ¥29,696.- (税込) EUR 119.99

The volume takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to recent trends in European identities, social exclusion and poverty on the one hand, and social rights and equality legislation and policies in the European Union on the other. It examines whether legal instruments and policies can effectively address structural discrimination and social exclusion, explores their interplay with identity politics and stereotypes, and examines how legal principles and policies translate into societal progress and inclusion at both the EU and national levels. The book highlights the social rights safeguarded in the European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe's European Social Charter, as well as the role of EU and national courts in interpreting social rights and non-discrimination legislation. Using case studies from Greece, Italy and Spain, the book examines state and civil society initiatives to combat poverty and marginalization. The book will appeal to students, researchers and academics in political science, law, sociology and education, as well as policy-makers and practitioners interested in equality and social policies aimed at combating social exclusion, marginalization and poverty.

いかに国際機関が数字を通じて社会政策を構築するか
Berten, John, Laboratories of Social Knowledge: How International Organizations Construct Social Policy Through Numbers. (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy) 304 pp. 2025:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-277>
ISBN 978-3-031-89178-6 hard ¥32,171.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The book examines the politics of knowledge in global social policy, investigating how international organisations (IOs) have contributed to the emergence and development of social security as a global policy field. It reconstructs the role of numerical knowledge in the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank, theorising how IOs contribute to epistemic infrastructures of global social security. The book shows how IOs' knowledge production has led to a continuous refinement of the meaning and purpose of social security. First, it reveals how IOs arrived at a shared conception of social security: what the book calls an ontological framework. Second, it traces how numbers have increasingly enabled the assessment of countries according to shared benchmarks: what the book calls an evaluative framework. The author demonstrates the political and epistemic work involved in universalising knowledge of social security, while highlighting the limits of governing by numbers in global social policy.

Devetzi, Stamatia / Reinhard, Hans-Joachim (eds.), Provision for Surviving Dependants in Social Security: A New Architecture for the 21st Century? (An Interdisciplinary Series of the Centre for Intercultural and European Studies - CINTEUS) 212 pp. 2025:7 (Ibidem Pr., GW) <749-278>
ISBN 978-3-8382-2036-9 paper ¥6,156.- (税込) US$ 29.00 *

This book explores survivors’ benefits, a long-standing pillar of social security systems worldwide. Rooted in the outdated male breadwinner model, these benefits were crafted to shield dependents from financial ruin after losing a primary earner. Yet, as societal currents shift?marked by rising female employment, widespread divorce, and the prevalence of informal partnerships?, social security systems increasingly grapple with their relevance. Are survivors’ benefits a vestige of the past, poised for overhaul, substitution, or even elimination? Focusing on recent shifts in selected countries, this collected volume dissects the legal, social, and policy dimensions of these benefits. It examines how international and European legal instruments address survivors’ benefits and analyzes 21st-century reforms, revealing a system in quiet upheaval. Compact and incisive, this work lays bare the evolution of a once-steady institution now facing an uncertain future.

Heinrich, Andreas / Ewa Kaminska, Monika et al. (eds.), The Generosity of Social Policies in Socialist and Post-Socialist States. (Global Dynamics of Social Policy) 316 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-279>
ISBN 978-3-031-87732-2 hard ¥12,371.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book maps and compares national social policies of socialist and post-socialist countries, examining designs, implementation, and outcomes. It analyses how the generosity of social policies - understood as the combination of their inclusiveness and the scope of benefits they offer - has been conceptualised in different socialist and post-socialist national contexts, how these conceptualisations have shaped the content of social policies, and finally, how the content of social policies has actually been implemented. Thus, the contributions include the ideational, de jure and de facto aspects of social policy in socialist and post-socialist contexts.

Fisher, Linda, Cultivating Compassion in Health and Social Care: Psychological and Practical Perspectives. 128 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-245>
ISBN 978-1-032-54731-2 hard ¥40,502.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-54730-5 paper ¥6,650.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99 *

Compassion in healthcare is simultaneously a professional practice and a personal response to the suffering of strangers that is shaped by life experience and a shared evolutionary past. This foundational text draws on insights from Gilbert's body of work on compassion and brings them together with research findings by experts in healthcare to explore the nature and function of compassion in this particular context.The particularities of empathy and compassion and the challenges of both practices are considered. The process of emotional co-regulation that has a practical basis rooted in communication is framed as key to the experience of compassion. Mindfulness is presented as a way of establishing an attuned self-awareness as the foundation for self-care as well as for states of healthy connection with patients and colleagues. The cognitive therapy model is introduced as one way of organising the salient features of compassionate practice. Suggestions are made for cultivating compassion in health and social care at individual, team and organisational level.This book is essential reading for all healthcare workers and students of medicine, nursing, the allied healthcare professions, psychology and healthcare management.

福祉の労働と教育における専門職の倫理－北欧の視点
Ribers, Bjorn / Warring, Niels (eds.), Professional Ethics in Welfare Work and Education: Nordic Perspectives. (Routledge Research in Education) 336 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <748-246>
ISBN 978-1-032-55038-1 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

Fundamentally concerning the relationship and dynamics between education, professionalism and ethical awareness, this interdisciplinary, edited volume showcases novel research perspectives on professional ethics in education, practice, and the work life of welfare professionals in the Nordic countries.Contextualising the term 'welfare professions' as the collective definition of teachers, early childhood educators, social educators, social workers and nurses in the Nordic countries, the book chiefly concerns their ability to navigate within the complex political and institutional frameworks that surround their working environments. Chapters position their competence to act with strong critical, ethical awareness and integrity as a key tenet of a well-functioning education system, and provide research-based perspectives and reflections on how the dichotomy between ethical standards and realities of practice can lead to ethical pressure and moral distress. With contributions from Denmark and the Nordic countries, as well as Canada and the US, the book offers empirical and theoretical perspectives into the relationship between education, professionalism and ethical awareness, and is supported with empirical examples and research-based case studies. Ultimately, the book showcases and promotes research aimed at strengthening professionalism based on critical, innovative and practice-focused education.This enlightening book will be essential reading for global academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of pedagogy, professional development, the sociology of education, and education ethics more broadly. Those involved with issues of welfare in society, working life research, policy and professional values will also find the volume of use.

女性の経済安全保障、安全、自由を確保する－オーストラリアにおけるベーシックインカムの役割
Staines, Zoe, Securing Women's Economic Security, Safety, and Freedom: The Role of Universal Basic Income in Australia. 156 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <748-247>
ISBN 978-1-032-95787-6 hard ¥15,329.- (税込) GB￡ 52.99 *

Universal basic income (UBI) as a policy measure for supporting economic security has attracted worldwide attention. This book contributes to the discussion by focusing on UBI's potential impacts for women, including women of colour and First Nations women.Utilizing a "scenario interviewing" approach, the author worked with 26 diverse Australian women to imagine the potential implications of UBI for their own lives, as well as for women more broadly. The women talked about a range of possible impacts including poverty reduction, economic security, improved autonomy, and freedom from violence, which are sorted into overarching themes and chapters. Integrating these women's narratives into the key arguments for and against UBI, this book provides a robust and readable introduction to relevant literature.This book is suitable for a wide audience including scholars and students across the social sciences, as well as policymakers.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Wadley, James C. (ed.), Contemporary Issues in Human Services: Special Topics for Clinical Practice, Public Health, and Social Justice. 346 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <748-248>
ISBN 978-1-032-87171-4 hard ¥40,502.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00
ISBN 978-1-032-86514-0 paper ¥9,543.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99

This text informs human services students and practitioners on complex contemporary issues in the human services, public health, and clinical social work fields, allowing them to be more agile and better-prepared agents and leaders of change.Dr. James C. Wadley brings together a collection of critical perspectives from the top human service practitioners, administrators, advocates, and leaders in the field. Chapters consider contemporary issues such as social justice, sexuality, ability and disability, policy formation, pedagogy, mental health, sociopolitical perspectives, constructions of race and gender, and social positioning and identities. This text helps readers in human services, public health, and social work fields expand their understanding about service access and coordination, resource delivery, and the potential implications for a variety of populations and settings. Each chapter offers an opportunity to engage professionals, students, clients, and constituents in meaningful dialogue about sensitive issues that impact a range of communities and individuals. This book also offers a wealth of strategies, insight, interventions, and suggestions for students and practitioners to consider while working with a myriad of populations.This book is an invaluable resource for human service professionals, social workers, policymakers, mental health practitioners, community behavioral health professionals, as well as undergraduate and graduate students.

Daly, Mary (ed.), Families, Welfare States and Resilience: Low-Resource Families Navigating Care, Employment and Welfare in Europe. 226 pp. 2025:6 (E. Elgar, UK) <747-365>
ISBN 978-1-0353-4675-2 hard ¥28,930.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00 *

This pioneering book critically reviews and develops the concept of resilience in relation to family life. It examines the experiences of low-resourced families in Belgium, Croatia, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, assessing how they manage challenges such as low income and poor working conditions whilst also caring for children and others needing care. It considers the resources that are available to families, how they are utilised and the role and effectiveness of the welfare state system in supporting families with low resources. Expert authors comparatively analyse the findings from focus group interviews with over 300 participants in the six countries. The participants came from a variety of backgrounds, including lone parent families, those with heavy care-related demands and those with an immigrant background. The book studies the resilience of families in a variety of low-income situations, identifying how they cope with family and employment transitions and risks and discussing the crucial linkages between care, paid work and income. Ultimately, it critiques welfare state provision from the perspective of family resilience and advocates for policy and practical reform in relation to childcare, labour market, and income and service support. Students and scholars of social policy, comparative welfare studies and sociology will greatly benefit from this cutting-edge book. It is also a vital resource for policymakers and practitioners working in social and labour policy.

Mueckenberger, Ulrich / Fechner, H. / Dingeldey, I. (eds.), Constructing Worlds of Labour: Coverage and Generosity of Labour Law as Outcomes of Regulatory Social Policy. (Global Dynamics of Social Policy) 355 pp. 2025:6 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <747-371>
ISBN 978-3-031-82410-4 hard ¥12,371.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book simultaneously addresses both the segmenting and the egalitarian function of individual labour law, in almost all countries of the world, in some chapters following up from its origin to the present. Its socio-legal approach fills gaps for sociological, legal and historical research of regulatory social policy. Labour law is dealt with both in qualitative (theoretical, hermeneutic and historical) and in quantitative manner (with the leximetrics method developing new ways to measure generosity and coverage of law). This is a groundbreaking contribution to regulatory social policy research. By indicating the relevance and the mechanisms of legal segmentation for labour market segmentation, unequal opportunities and social stratification it provides evidence for the assumptions that social segmentation does not only stem from market forces, but also from the law itself. Even the rising impact of egalitarian law cannot fully cope with legal segmentation. The book chapters place particular emphasis on the development in countries of the Global South.

Galis, Vasilis / Vlassis, Vasileios-Spyridon (eds.), Digitalization, Data and Welfare: Sociotechnical Approaches to Service Delivery. 272 pp. 2025:8 (E. Elgar, UK) <747-376>
ISBN 978-1-0353-3814-6 hard ¥31,823.- (税込) GB￡ 110.00 *

This insightful book investigates the growing use of digital technologies to support welfare provision and examines which digital tools can have the greatest impact. It explores how these technologies influence and are influenced by social and cultural relations, working life, education, healthcare, markets, and organizations.Vasilis Galis and Vasileios-Spyridon Vlassis bring together renowned experts who analyze digital technologies for welfare provision as sociotechnical phenomena, that is, the welfare state is mutually constructed by welfare practices and digital technologies, an outcome of organizational reconfiguration, political-economic visions, and socio-technical imaginaries. They demonstrate that digitalization is not simply a question of implementing digital technologies but also an introduction of new governmental ideas that transform both the public sector and its services as well as inter-state and state-society relations. The book explores how the rapid implementation of digital tools in the provision of welfare services is bringing fundamental changes to welfare and provides experienced-based accounts of the transformations occurring in public service work.Digitalization, Data and Welfare is an essential resource for students and academics in welfare studies. Its practical insights into inter-state and state-society relations will also greatly benefit welfare policymakers and practitioners in innovation, science and technology.

デジタル・トランスフォーメーションと公共福祉サービス
Pedersen, John Storm, Digital Transformation and Public Welfare Services: The Opportunity, the Challenge, and the Wildcard. 160 pp. 2025:9 (E. Elgar, UK) <747-378>
ISBN 978-1-0353-2544-3 hard ¥23,144.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

In this insightful book, John Storm Pedersen explores the consequences of the increasing digitalisation of public welfare services. With reference to the historical contexts of welfare states, Pedersen presents the seven main elements of this digital transformation and their advantages and disadvantages.Digital Transformation and Public Welfare Services focuses on three new concepts that reflect the ways in which digital transformation is significantly altering the welfare state and public service sector. The Opportunity is based on data-driven management, enabling increased welfare to citizens and win-situations for all stakeholders. The Challenge is based on automation and a version 2.0 of New Public Management and The Wildcard replaces citizens' physical presence with a digital presence within public service provision. Pedersen argues that societies should strive to employ the first concept, the Opportunity, as it provides a clear framework to improve welfare for all citizens, creating beneficial arrangements for stakeholders within public service provision.This is an important book for students and researchers of comparative social policy, digital sociology, and sociology and social policy. It will also be invaluable to professionals and policymakers working in the welfare state and public service sectors.

van Niekerk, Annelize / Harry, Nisha / Coetzee, M. (eds.), Unlocking Sustainable Wellbeing in the Digital Age: Theory, Research, Strategies and Practices. (Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making) 401 pp. 2025:6 (Springer, GW) <747-379>
ISBN 978-3-031-87615-8 hard ¥42,071.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This volume includes global and interdisciplinary reflections for innovative solutions to facilitate wellbeing in the digital age, at individual, team and organisational levels. It provides new perspectives, strategies, theories and practices through analyses of multidisciplinary wellbeing research in different contexts influenced by the unprecedented era of technological advancement. It features insights into sustaining human-centric wellbeing across four streams of thought: Gauging psychosocial wellbeing risks in the age of digital transformationBalancing the technostress epidemicOvercoming technophobia: building tech confidence and competenceNurturing a culture of human-centric digital wellbeing This volume includes empirical evidence and cases across sectors and provides scholars and practitioners with useful frameworks and resources to unlock human and workplace wellbeing.

変化する世界における社会福祉政策　第2版
Lane, Shannon R. / Palley, Elizabeth S. / Shdaimah, C. S., Social Welfare Policy in a Changing World. 2nd ed. 488 pp. 2025:4 (Sage, UK) <746-327>
ISBN 978-1-0718-5793-9 paper ¥38,476.- (税込) GB￡ 133.00 *

Social Welfare Policy in a Changing World, Second Edition offers an engaging, student-friendly approach that links policy and practice, while employing a critical analytic lens to U.S. social welfare policy. The authors provide a brief foundation in history, the policy process, and theory, while primarily helping students understand how policy shapes their lives, communities, and clients.

Mullen, Laura, Applying Social Policy in Social Work Practice. 172 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <746-328>
ISBN 978-1-916925-29-8 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-916925-26-7 paper ¥5,782.- (税込) GB￡ 19.99

Rad, Dana / Dughi, Tiberiu / Maier, Roxana et al. (eds.), A behavioral sciences perspective on digital well-being. 458 pp. 2025:2 (P. Lang, SZ) <746-329>
ISBN 978-3-631-91790-9 paper ¥13,670.- (税込) SFR 52.00

The book offers a multidimensional exploration of the interplay between digital technologies and individual well-being. Spanning diverse disciplines such as psychology, education, social sciences, and physical therapy, each chapter delves into a unique facet of this complex relationship. From decision-making under uncertainty to the impact of social networking intensity, the book unravels how digital environments shape our choices, interactions, and vulnerabilities. It examines the role of educational resources in enriching learning contexts and explores the implications of virtual communities and online participation for social capital. The book also highlights the influence of digital tools on psychological interventions, sports performance, and medical recovery in fostering well-being.

Stake, Robert / Visse, Merel, Researching Care with Case Studies. 186 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-331>
ISBN 978-1-032-98054-6 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-98711-8 paper ¥11,568.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Researching Care with Case Studies offers a fresh perspective on the universe of care practices, using case studies to illuminate their stretch and complexities.Building on Robert Stake's foundational work with qualitative methods and Merel Visse's integrating insights from care studies, this book offers a comprehensive approach to understanding care across various fields. It bridges the gap between research methodology and professional and personal realities and concerns of care. Readers will benefit from insights derived from care ethics and theory, which highlight relationality, shared responsibility, intersubjectivity, and vulnerability in dynamic interactions within care settings, extending beyond healthcare altogether. This practical approach offers an inclusive and adaptable understanding of care case studies. Here, 'care' is broadly defined as encompassing all that is done to enhance personal and other well-being, including shared responsibilities, responsiveness to evolving needs, and the ongoing negotiation of optimal solutions.Step by step, this book guides both novice and experienced researchers in prioritizing issues and concerns, context, specific details, relationships, the richness of lived experiences, and personal narratives when studying and advancing care. It provides insights into the strengths of case studies in learning about care and supports a more nuanced, responsive approach to research in everyday, ordinary practices.

ヘルスケアとソーシャル・ケアにおける研究
Williams, Simon / Searcey, Rachel (eds.), Research in Health and Social Care. 198 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2025:5 <746-332>
ISBN 978-1-041-05679-9 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-916925-30-4 paper ¥7,518.- (税込) GB￡ 25.99

Research in Health and Social Care equips students and early-career practitioners with the cruicial knowledge, skills, and understanding required to conductsound research. Accessibly written, it is structured to allow professionals and students to engage in the theoretical development of their practice in ethical and reflective research.Each chapter incorporates student voices, featuring vignettes from health and social care students that highlight their personal journeys with research engagement. Content includes:exploring the everyday nature of research, processes, procedures and analysis;demystifying key terminology;an introduction to research and its importance in practice;creative and traditional tools of research;analysing data and how to disseminate data;approaches to research;embedding research into practice.Discussions around key theoretical ideas are explored throughout as well as opportunities for deep reflection. This essential book is perfect for all social work and health and social care students, as well as early-career practitioners, aiming to deepen their knowledge and skills in conducting robust, ethical, and relevant developmental research.

Schulz-Nieswandt, Frank, Die Koelner morphologische Genossenschaftslehre im Kontext der Gemeinwirtschaft im Lichte der Gerhard Weisser-Schule: Eine Aktualisierung zwischen Tradition und Wandel auf der Grundlage einer transzendentalen Dialektik als Wahlverwandtschaft von Geist und Praxis. (Schriften zum Genossenschaftswesen und zur Oeffentlichen Wirtschaft 49) 196 S. 2025:3 (Duncker, GW) <746-212>
ISBN 978-3-428-19039-3 paper ¥18,537.- (税込) EUR 74.90 *

Das Seminar fuer Genossenschaftswesen in der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultaet der Universitaet zu Koeln, noch bis Ende 2029 unter der Direktion von Univ.-Prof. Dr. (em.) Frank Schulz-Nieswandt, steht vor seinem 100. Geburtstag. Wie laesst sich die forschungsorientierte Lehrmeinung des Seminars in seiner heutigen Aufstellung charakterisieren? Mit einem epistemologischen Fokus auf die morphologische Methode wird die Kontinuitaet des neokantianischen Kritizismus der Gerhard Weisser-Schule der Sozialpolitik und der Gemeinwirtschaftslehre im Wandel hin zu einer Kritischen Theorie der Ontoanthropologie, Rechtsphilosophie und Ethik der kulturellen Grammatik des genossenschaftlichen Formprinzips skizziert. Das Profil erweist sich als komplexe interdisziplinaere Gewebestruktur von Bezugspunkten: der Daseinsvorsorge, des Sozialraums, der Gemeinwirtschaft, der Gemeinwohloekonomie, der Commons und der Kritik der Grenzen des Traegerpluralismus der Gemeinwirtschaft im Regulationsregime des wettbewerblichen Marktes.

成長戦略と福祉改革－いかに国家が経済的移行に対処するか
Hassel, Anke / Palier, Bruno (eds.), Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope with Economic Transitions. 448 pp. 2025:10 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <745-153>
ISBN 978-0-19-894748-6 hard ¥34,426.- (税込) GB￡ 119.00

How have advanced capitalist democracies dealt with deindustrialization? Did financialization affect these economies to the same degree? How does digitalization transform them? How do governments deal with the polycrises of Covid-19, inflation, and climate change? What roles did welfare systems and reforms play in these adaptations? This book seeks to answer these questions by exploring the economic and social trajectories of advanced political economies in Europe, the United States, China, and Russia in the twenty-first century. It focuses on the interaction between national growth and welfare regimes, government growth strategies, and welfare state reforms to explain these countries' differing developments from the 1990s to the mid 2020s. The chapters offer theoretical, typological, and empirical comparisons between advanced capitalist countries, alongside detailed national case studies, in order to further understand their general economic and social features and their developments. Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms features contributions from leading scholars in comparative political economy and comparative welfare state research, and presents a sophisticated theoretical approach, drawing on but also moving beyond varieties of capitalism and growth model approaches.

Lim, Anna, Filipino Care Workers in Israel: Migration, Trans-local Livelihoods and Space. (Diaspora in Asia and Beyond) 218 pp. 2025:3 (Amsterdam U. Pr., NE) <745-221>
ISBN 978-94-6372-040-3 hard ¥30,955.- (税込) GB￡ 107.00 *

This book traces the construction of migrant space in Israel's urban periphery with a focus on the flat that Filipino care workers co-rent for their day-off and provides insight into the migrant lives and journeys in trans-local contexts. The author selects the flat not only as the central field site for fieldwork but also as an analytical lens for grasping the various social networks and the formation of new identities. Offering a repertoire of migrants' own narratives, she shows how the flat, as a microcosm of societal constellations of networks, provides opportunities for all sorts of new experiences. The groundbreaking ethnography contributes to migration scholarship by opening up avenues of analysis for space, community, and boundary-making in displacement and provides comprehensive insight into the dynamics of transnational labor migration. This provocative volume will be of key interest to scholars and students of migration studies, urban studies, and more broadly to anthropology and gender studies.

Briguglio, Marie / Czap, Natalia / Laffan, Kate (eds.), Wellbeing and Policy: Evidence for Action. 256 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-261>
ISBN 978-1-032-46592-0 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-46591-3 paper ¥11,568.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

As wellbeing becomes an increasingly explicit policy goal in countries across the world, the demand for evidence upon which to base intervention is growing. Featuring 41 contributing authors from 18 countries, this book surveys and synthesizes recent developments in wellbeing science and policy to highlight key lessons learned and to offer actionable insights for policy-making.Opening with a foreword by Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, and an introductory chapter surveying the fundamentals of wellbeing policy, the book reviews the links between wellbeing and various domains, including income, work, health, family, altruism and empathy, ageing, gender, education, housing, environment, crime, democracy, migration, religion, digital technology, and art, culture, and creativity. The book also examines the state of the art on wellbeing policy frameworks in diverse contexts, including developed and developing countries, small and large states, across the world, documenting interventions by governmental, private, or non-governmental organizations. Case studies include Bhutan, New Zealand, Finland, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Malta.This book is essential reading for anyone interested in progressing towards a wellbeing economy including policy-makers, academics, and students in economics, public policy, public administration, and behavioural and political science.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

J.L.Powell著　分断に架橋する－社会理論と社会政策研究
Powell, Jason L., Bridging the Divide: Exploring Social Theory and Social Policy. (International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice) 132 pp. 2025:3 (Springer, GW) <743-303>
ISBN 978-3-031-82422-7 hard ¥27,221.- (税込) EUR 109.99 *

In today's complex and rapidly changing globe, understanding the link between social theory and social policy is crucial for addressing the diverse challenges that diverse societies face. This book aims to provide a thorough critical analysis of how social theory shapes social policy and how effective policies can be informed by theoretical frameworks emanating from history and the present. This book is both important and significant: by bridging the gap between theory and policy, this book seeks to contribute to the development of evidence-based policies that promote social cohesion, social justice, and well-being. The book is one of the first to open up theoretical strategies and applicability to social policies.

Schmid, Hillel / Greenspan, Itay (eds.), Human Service Organizations in Times of the COVID-19. 195 pp. 2025:5 (Routledge, UK) <742-169>
ISBN 978-1-041-02525-2 hard ¥41,948.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book explores the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on human service organizations from an international perspective. The pandemic is described as a "disruptive extreme event" that has resulted in extensive and intolerable physical, psychological, and material consequences for members and clients within human service organizations. The chapters in this volume highlight the need for organizations to strengthen their resilience, adapt to changing external circumstances, and continue to serve their missions effectively. They address the implications of a health and social pandemic on economic resilience, changes in work technologies, therapeutic intervention programs, human resources, organizational structure, and social media tools used by human service organizations. The eleven chapters of this volume cover seven countries representing diverse socio-political, cultural, and economic systems, ranging from the USA and the UK to Austria, Bangladesh, China, and Israel. The perspectives presented in these chapters offer a significant contribution to theory, research, and practice in the management of human service organizations during times of disruptive extreme events.The chapters in this book were originally published in Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance.

T.ジャクソン著　ケアの経済
Jackson, Tim, The Care Economy. 342 pp. 2025:2 (Polity Pr., UK) <742-105>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5428-7 hard ¥14,850.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5429-4 paper ¥5,721.- (税込) US$ 26.95 *

Care is the foundation of organic life. But its fate in the economy is precarious and uncertain. The labour of care is arduous and underpaid. Yet without it health and vitality are impossible. Care itself ends up leading a curious dual life. In our hearts it's honoured as an irreducible good. But in the market it's treated as a second class citizen - barely recognised in the relentless rush for productivity and wealth.How did we arrive in this dysfunctional place? And what can we do to change things? What would it mean to take health seriously as a societal goal? What would it take to adopt care as an organising principle in the economy? Renowned ecological economist Tim Jackson sets out to tackle these questions in this timely and deeply personal book. His journey travels through the history of medicine, the economics of capitalism and the philosophical underpinnings of health. He unpacks the gender politics of care, revisits the birthplace of a universal dream and confronts the demons that prevent us from realising it. Irreverent, insightful and profoundly inquisitive, The Care Economy offers a bold and accessible manifesto for a healthier and more humane society. Also available as an audiobook, narrated by the author.

エコ社会政策？－理論的、概念的、実証的諸問題
Domorenok, Ekaterina / Graziano, P. / Zimmermann, K. (eds.), The Eco-Social Polity?: Theoretical, Conceptual and Empirical Issues. 304 pp. 2025:5 (Policy Pr., UK) <741-326>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7283-7 hard ¥24,590.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

The devastating effects of climate change are undeniable. Fires rage and waters rise in every corner of the globe. In light of these changes to our planet, the issue of social and environmental wellbeing has gained prominent attention from both academia and policy makers. Scholarly research on the interaction between social and employment policy domains has flourished. Academics now reflect on the different aspects of environmental and social protection, ecological and social risks, and the costs of climate change, sustainable welfare and new social movements prompted by green transitions. This book provides a vital contribution to the emerging research agenda. It brings together scholars from interconnected disciplines to discuss the eco-social debate, providing a critical overview on extant scholarship and reflecting on future research pathways on the eco-social nexus from a variety of analytical perspectives.

Fox, Stephanie / McAllum, Kirstie / Mikkola, Leena (eds.), Interprofessional Communication in Health and Social Care: Theoretical Perspectives on Practical Realities. 274 pp. 2025:3 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <741-327>
ISBN 978-3-031-70105-4 hard ¥42,071.- (税込) EUR 169.99 *

This is an Open Access book. Interprofessional communication remains both under-theorized and under-researched in healthcare contexts. This book aims to fill that gap by offering practitioners, policy makers, interprofessional curriculum builders, and students in the health professions a broadened theoretical understanding and rich empirical examples of interprofessional communication across a range of health and social care contexts. Importantly, this means opening the black box of what it means for interprofessional collaboration to be "effective," in particular, for complex, collective practices that rely on shared meanings and accountabilities. Divided into three parts, the book brings together the practical and conceptual expertise of scholars and practitioners from the fields of communication, interprofessional education, health and human sciences, and healthcare management.

ベーシック・インカム－全てを変える政策
Johnson, Matthew / Pickett, Kate / Nettle, Daniel et al., Basic Income: The Policy That Changes Everything. 160 pp. 2025:5 (Policy Pr., UK) <741-328>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7400-8 paper ¥2,889.- (税込) GB￡ 9.99 *

Basic income can no longer be dismissed as a utopian idea - it's being tested worldwide. But can it truly transform economies and societies? This book dives into real-world examples, revealing how basic income reshapes lives. It explores the ripple effects of financial security-better health, stronger communities, more education, meaningful work, and engaged citizenship. By breaking the cycle of poverty, basic income unlocks access to essentials like food and housing, empowers people, and fuels long-term thinking and entrepreneurship Tying together theory with groundbreaking evidence from real-world trials, this book shows why basic income isn't just possible-it's the vital solution to our age of crisis, paving the way for a fairer society.