Why is the concept of ‘security’ so important in modern society? Why do people and governments invest so much in the pursuit of different forms of security? How do we make sense of the changing nature of the relationship between security and insecurity? This book focuses on the concept of 'security' - as an idea, an ideal and a practice - and explores the ways in which it can shed light on the relationship between welfare and crime, and the ambiguities that arise from them. The authors investigate these issues by examining particular areas of social life and policy development with a focus that ranges from global to local and neighbourhood concerns. The book is integrated with engaging activities such as case studies, review and reflection sections. Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach to explore criminological and social policy perspectives, the chapters reflect the increasingly blurred area between social and crime control policy and the way in which it is managed. The contributors delve into the consequences and implications of policies and practices aimed at 'creating security' which can, all too often, have the opposite effect. Security is key reading for students in criminology, social policy and social justice.

Security

Politics & Social Sciences

Cochrane, Allan

Talbot, Deborah

Sociology

Open University Press

<ul>
<li>Why is the concept of ‘security’ so important in modern society? </li>
<li>Why do people and governments invest so much in the pursuit of different forms of security? </li>
<li>How do we make sense of the changing nature of the relationship between security and insecurity?</li>
</ul>
This book focuses on the concept of 'security' - as an idea, an ideal and a practice – and explores the ways in which it can shed light on the relationship between welfare and crime, and the ambiguities that arise from them. 
The authors investigate these issues by examining particular areas of social life and policy development with a focus that ranges from global to local and neighbourhood concerns. The book is integrated with engaging activities such as case studies, review and reflection sections. Adopting an inter-disciplinary approach to explore criminological and social policy perspectives, the chapters reflect the increasingly blurred area between social and crime control policy and the way in which it is managed. The contributors delve into the consequences and implications of policies and practices aimed at 'creating security' which can, all too often, have the opposite effect. 
Security is key reading for students in criminology, social policy and social justice.

Security: Welfare, Crime and Society

Social Sciences

Rethinking the Region argues that regions are not simply bounded spaces on a map. This book uses unique research of England during the 1980s to show how regions are made and unmade by social processes. The book examines how new lines of division both social and geographical were laid down as free-market growth and reconstructed this are as a `neo-liberal' region.  The authors argue that a more balanced form of growth is possible - within and between regions as well as between social groups. This book shows that to grasp the complexities of growth we must rethink `the region' in time as well as in space.

Rethinking the Region: Spaces of Neo-Liberalism

Massey, Doreen

Allen,John

Charlesworth, with Julie

Court, Gill

Henry, Nick

Sarre, Phil

History

Routledge

Originally published in 1981 but now with a new preface, this volume provided the first detailed comparative analysis of how local authorities in the UK and W. Germany faced up to the challenge of trying to help local industry and improve employment prospects. Based on the results of case-studies the book considers the powers and resources available to local authorities and examines how the authorities are organized for this type of economic activity. The authors' analysis of the interplay of political and administrative factors will be particularly important for student and professionals in comparative public policy and public finance. The study shows how economic policy making in local government is constrained both by the higher levels of government in both countries and by the conditions in the economy operating both locally and nationally.

Economic Policy-Making by Local Authorities in Britain and Western Germany (Routledge Library Editions: The German Economy)

Business & Money

Johnson, Nevil

Economics

This extensive review of urban policy explores the interaction of urban policy with changing perspectives on urban life and social welfare. 
<ul> <li>An extensive review of urban policy since the 1960s. 
</li> <li>Examines a broad range of issues, such as race, economic regeneration and competitiveness, managing dangerous places, community and managerialism. 
</li> <li>The theme-based structure provides a new and innovative approach to the subject. 
</li> <li>Written in a clear, accessible style with pedagogic features to appeal to students from a range of disciplines.</li> </ul>

Understanding Urban Policy: A Critical Introduction

Wiley/Blackwell

Understanding Urban Policy: A Critical Approach

Blackwell Publishing

In an increasingly ethnically diverse society, debates about migration, community, cultural difference and social interaction have never been more pressing. Drawing on the findings from a two-year, qualitative Economic and Social Research Council funded study of different locations across England, Lived Experiences of Multiculture uses interdisciplinary perspectives to examine the ways in which complex urban populations experience, negotiate, accommodate and resist cultural difference as they share a range of everyday social resources and public spaces. The authors present novel ways of re-thinking and developing concepts such as multiculture, community and conviviality, whilst also repositioning debates which focus on conflict models for understanding cultural differences. Amidst highly charged arguments over the social relations of belonging and the meanings of local and national identities, this timely volume will appeal to advanced undergraduate students and graduate students interested in fields such as Race and Ethnicity Studies, Sociology, Urban Studies, Human Geography and Migration Studies.

Lived Experiences of Multiculture: The New Social and Spatial Relations of Diversity (Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity)

Neal, Sarah

Bennett, Katy

Mohan, Giles

This book sets out to understand the significance of geographical context – place – for universities in the globalised setting of the twenty-first century. It examines their social impact on the regions in which they are situated, both from the perspectives of the universities themselves and from the perspectives of a range of different local and regional interest groups. It draws on a national study in the UK which has examined the role played by universities in four contrasting regional contexts. This UK study will be set within the larger theoretical and international literature on the role played by universities in processes of social change and transformation. An important theme of the book is the effects of university activities on various socially disadvantaged groups and consideration is given to whether there are ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ arising from the activities and interventions of universities. The book distinguishes between ‘discourses’, ‘activities’ and their ‘impacts’ in considering the role of universities and emphasises the importance of history and context as important mediators of national and institutional policies. It examines some of the key partnerships which universities enter into within their regions and considers some of the factors which determine the nature of these partnerships. Implications are drawn out for university leaderships and for regional and national policy bodies. The book provides empirical evidence in a field marked by a considerable amount of rhetoric from interested parties. One of the book’s conclusions is that there is considerable diversity among higher education institutions in how they perform a regional role, but it is a significant question for each of them. Institutional variation and regional setting come together to shape what is achievable.

The University in its Place: Social and Cultural Perspectives on the Regional Role of Universities (Higher Education Dynamics)

BRENNAN, JOHN

Williams, Ruth

Lebeau, Yann

Reference

Springer

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