"This thoroughly revised and expanded new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary social policy and addresses its historical, theoretical and contextual foundations as well as contemporary policy issues relating to health, education and welfare as well as the impact of...

This article examines aspects of the ‘leadership' roles and functions of female and male councillors. It highlights the continued under-representation of women in terms of the proportion of councillors who are women, and the ‘gender gap' that exists in terms of council leadership and the...

The expertise of its members is often cited as one of the distinctive features of the House of Lords. It is frequently argued that, in particular, because of its composition, and in particular the existence of the Crossbench Peers, debates in the Lords are more informed than in the Commons....