Bücher von Bill Jordan

This book considers the role of social value in the making and implementation of public policy, taking into account how concepts such as subjective well-being (SWB) can be used to measure the expected impact of enacted policies.

This book is an up-to-date analysis of the issues facing the future of the social work profession in the face of rising political authoritarianism, economic inequality and insecurity, class and racial conflicts, fiscal pressure and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book addresses the challenge for social integration posed by immigration into Western liberal democracies.

Enjoy your time reading rhymes about the fate of the United States in this collection of poems. Featuring sections on important events, significant people and the presidents, this book will take you back to history class and help you with the fight at trivia night. With 101 poems featuring 12 rhymes a piece from the Lost Colony in 1587 to the Revolutionary War and onward to Y2K and beyond, these poems will entertain and educate even those with the smallest interest in history.

This book addresses the disintegration of collective units of all kinds, under the twin pressures of economic globalisation and technological automation. At the level of super-states, the constituent nations of the European Union and the former Soviet Union, and of the United Kingdom, have demonstrated this dynamic;

This text provides a critical introduction to the debates and politics surrounding welfare reform in the UK, Europe and the US. The author demonstrates how values derived from the family and voluntary associations are in danger of running counter to the principles of liberal democracy.

Research on well-being reveals the significance of personal relationships, trust and participation to sustain quality of life, yet it is the economic model that remains the dominant basis for political and social institutions and policy. In this original book, Bill Jordan presents a new analysis of well-being in terms of social value, and outlines how it could be incorporated into public policy decisions. He argues that the grandiose attempt to maximise welfare and regulate social relations through contract, in line with the economic theory of information and incentives, is counterproductive for well-being. Instead, both the quality of personal experience and the restraints necessary for a convivial collective life would be better served by a focus on cultures and institutions. This book will be an essential text for academics and students in social theory, social welfare, public policy and governance. Bill Jordan is Professor of Social Policy at Plymouth and Huddersfield Universities. He has held visiting chairs in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Slovakia and Hungary. He worked for 20 years in the UK social services, and is the author of 25 books on social policy, social theory, politics and social work.

In the wake of the economic crash, public policy is in search of a new moral compass. This book explains why the Third Way's combination of market-friendly and abstract, value-led principles has failed, and shows what is needed for an adequate replacement as a political and moral project. It criticises the economic analysis on which the Third Way approach to policy was founded and suggests an alternative to its legalistic and managerial basis for the regulation of social relations.

When Mat lost his soul mate, Ashley, to cancer, he never thought he would find true love again. While attending a support group for tragic losses, Mat befriends Samantha who takes interest in the captivating stories he tells about his life with Ashley and their love for each other. Over time, Samantha is drawn to Mat, but Mat struggles to decide whether love has a place in his life after Ashley. Will he give love the second chance Samantha needs him to?