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

Garces-Velastegui, Pablo, Liberal Welfarism as an Approach to Governance: Enhancing Wellbeing and Freedom. (Wellbeing in Politics and Policy) 169 pp. 2025:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <756-241>
ISBN 978-3-032-01861-8 hard ¥30,092.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book examines whether it is possible for governments to improve the wellbeing of its citizens, whilst simultaneously enhancing individual liberty. It is traditionally argued that these two policy goals are incompatible. Any attempts to improve welfare result in greater government interventions, whilst any gains in individual freedom often involve an absence of restrictions, which have a detrimental effect on wellbeing. By enhancing the notion of 'liberal welfarism', this book argues that it is possible for governments to simultaneously accommodate both wellbeing and freedom. First, it provides a conceptual overview of 'liberal welfarism', and explains how it originates from combining the theoretical approaches of libertarian paternalism and the capability approach. It then demonstrates how the theory of 'liberal welfarism' can be implemented in practice, and the implications of this for politics and policy-making, especially with regards to social policy, security policy, and environmental policy. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book will appeal to all those interested in public policy, politics, philosophy, and behavioral economics.

McGovern, William / Alderson, Hayley et al. (eds.), Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research: Critical Perspectives and Innovative Practice. 288 pp. 2025:12 (Emerald, UK) <756-242>
ISBN 978-1-83608-681-9 paper ¥6,828.- (税込) US$ 32.00

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. This edited collection brings academics, researchers and practitioners/public from a range of subject and discipline areas together with a view to providing insight into critical concerns and innovative practices on the process of developing and delivering Public Involvement and Community Engagement (PICE work) in a range of research settings. Delivering powerful reflections and insights from professional groups, marginalised communities and people with lived experience as research partners/participants each chapter will present from "real life" illustrative practice examples and each will engage in a sympathetic critical appraisal of a concern or innovation. Chapters will also provide methodological, theoretical and practice insight into the process of PICE work and each will explore the implications and lessons that can be learned in and across different subject and discipline areas. It is important to recognize here that this is a collection of work that will call for intuitive and informed professional practice that creates space for individuals to reflect on their own practice (involvement) and how they consider, conceptualise, learn, manoeuvre, and position themselves in relation to "doing PICE work". Bridging a lack of knowledge and concern about the more critical and innovative aspects of PICE work in relation to representation, epistemic injustice, positionality, ethically informed and sustainable practice, this is pioneering reading for those who are the ever-pertinent issue of public involvement and community engagement in applied research practice.