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    The Antidote

    Peter Beresford

    The gap between personal and formal politics has been widening globally and locally. As personal politics have become more inclusive and egalitarian inspired by new social movements, neoliberal ideologies have…

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    The Antidote

    Peter Beresford

    The gap between personal and formal politics has been widening globally and locally. As personal politics have become more inclusive and egalitarian inspired by new social movements, neoliberal ideologies have…

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    Personalisation

    One of Britain’s foremost social work academics, Peter Beresford, challenges the personalisation agenda and its consequences on service users.

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    A Straight Talking Introduction to Emotional Wellbeing

    Peter Beresford

    This book is a revised and retitled second edition of A Straight Talking Introduction to Being a Mental Health Service User (2010). It shows how those with experiential knowledge of…

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    The Routledge International Handbook of Mad Studies

    Peter Beresford,Jasna Russo

    By drawing broadly on international thinking and experience, this book offers a critical exploration of mad studies and advances its theory and practice.

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    Citizen Involvement: A Practical Guide for Change

    Peter Beresford,Suzy Croft

    A guide to increasing people’s say and involvement in their lives, neighbourhood and services. It draws on a study of initiatives to involve and empower people. It explores a range…

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    The Routledge International Handbook of Mad Studies

    By drawing broadly on international thinking and experience, this book offers a critical exploration of mad studies and advances its theory and practice.

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    Managing Front Line Practice in Social Care

    Written by key figures in the field of social care training and management this book provides practice guidance for front line managers in social care. Refocusing attention on the management…

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    Straight Talking Introduction to Being a Mental Health Service User

    Peter Beresford

    Few of us would want to be a user of psychiatric services. It is a status associated with fear, stigma, isolation and disadvantage. This book looks at the realities for…

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    Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users: Making Life Possible

    Suzy Croft,Peter Beresford,Lesley Adshead

    This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective of service users. Drawing on new original research, the authors examine service users’ experiences…

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    Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection

    Using a complex and nuanced approach to madness, violence, and power, this book challenges conventional research on psychology, social work, law, medicine, and public policy.

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    All Our Welfare: Towards Participatory Social Policy

    Peter Beresford (Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia and Co-Chair, Shaping Our Lives,)

    This unique book is the first to critique the past, present and future welfare state from a participatory perspective. Peter Beresford demonstrate the value of ‘user knowledge’ by challenging orthodox…

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    All Our Welfare: Towards Participatory Social Policy

    Peter Beresford (Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia and Co-Chair, Shaping Our Lives,)

    This unique book is the first to critique the past, present and future welfare state from a participatory perspective. Peter Beresford demonstrate the value of ‘user knowledge’ by challenging orthodox…

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    Participatory Ideology: From Exclusion to Involvement

    Peter Beresford (Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia and Co-Chair, Shaping Our Lives,)

    This book examines for the first time the exclusionary nature of prevailing political ideologies. Bringing together theory, practice and the relationship between participation, political ideology and social welfare, it offers…

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    Participatory Ideology: From Exclusion to Involvement

    Peter Beresford (Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia and Co-Chair, Shaping Our Lives,)

    This book examines for the first time the exclusionary nature of prevailing political ideologies. Bringing together theory, practice and the relationship between participation, political ideology and social welfare, it offers…

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    Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress

    Jerry Tew

    Offers practice frameworks that help to make sense of people’s mental distress and recovery in relation to their social experience.

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    The Routledge Handbook of Service User Involvement in Human Services Research and Education

    Worldwide there has been a growth in service user involvement in education and research in recent years. This handbook is the first book which identifies what is happening in different…

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    This is Survivor Research

    Explores the theory and practice of survivor research, provides practical examples of survivor research and offers guidance for people wishing to carry out such research themselves. This book is suitable…

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    The Routledge Handbook of Service User Involvement in Human Services Research and Education

    Worldwide there has been a growth in service user involvement in education and research in recent years. This handbook is the first book which identifies what is happening in different…

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    Roadwork: Theory and Practice

    Malcolm Copson (Consulting Engineer, UK),Peter Kendrick (Consulting Engineer, UK),Steve Beresford (Consulting Engineer, UK)

    This book gives the essential information needed by every road worker, highway technician, incorporated, graduate or chartered engineer, not only by explaining the theory of road construction and its associated…

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    Roadwork: Theory and Practice

    Malcolm Copson (Consulting Engineer, UK),Peter Kendrick (Consulting Engineer, UK),Steve Beresford (Consulting Engineer, UK)

    This book gives the essential information needed by every road worker, highway technician, incorporated, graduate or chartered engineer, not only by explaining the theory of road construction and its associated…

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    Planning Matters: The Impact of Development Planning in Primary Schools

    Barbara MacGilchrist,Peter Mortimore,Jane Stedman,Charles R. Beresford

    “Informative reading for those governers who may wish to gain insight in to this area of school planning’ - Teacher Development Development plans have become a feature of almost every…

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    What Is the Future of Social Work?

    This book offers a unique analysis of the challenges facing contemporary social work that considers the multi-faceted threats to the profession. It provides in-depth reflections on the future of social…

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    What Is the Future of Social Work?

    This book offers a unique analysis of the challenges facing contemporary social work that considers the multi-faceted threats to the profession. It provides in-depth reflections on the future of social…

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    Social Work: Past, Present and Future

    This collection brings together a collection of experts from across social work who explore key developments in the field over the last fifty years. They examine evolution in thinking and…

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    Social Work: Past, Present and Future

    This collection brings together a collection of experts from across social work who explore key developments in the field over the last fifty years. They examine evolution in thinking and…

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    Innovations in Social Work Research: Using Methods Creatively

    Full of innovative techniques for carrying out social work research, this book will help students, practitioners and academics engaged in research to understand and apply creative methods. With extended case…

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    Ethical Practice and the Abuse of Power in Social Responsibility: Leave No Stone Unturned

    To avoid unfair and abusive practice in social care, policy makers and professionals need to examine the body of values, rules and methods which guide their work, and to move…

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    Supporting people: Towards a person-centred approach

    Peter Beresford (Visiting Professor, University of East Anglia and Co-Chair, Shaping Our Lives,),Jennie Fleming (Centre for Social Action, De Monfort University),Michael Glynn,Catherine Bewley (Values Into Action, Acting Chief Executive),Suzy Croft (Social work team, St. John's Hospice)

    Based on the largest independent UK study of person-centred support and written by an experienced team of authors, this book explores with service users, practitioners, carers and managers what person-centred…

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