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Studying Health Inequalities
An Applied Approach
Through the framework of understanding health inequalities as a 'wicked problem' the book develops an applied approach to researching, understanding and addressing these by drawing on complexity theory.
Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century
Tax and Spending in Post-Industrial Societies
By David Byrne and Sally Ruane
Amid urgent debates around the function of welfare in the post-industrial 21st Century, and how we pay for it, David Byrne and Sally Ruane deploy the concepts and analytical tools of Marxist political economy to better understand recent developments, and the possibilities they present for social change.
Applying social science
The role of social research in politics, policy and practice
By David Byrne
This important book examines how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis.