This paper from the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference explored differences in school engagement and family life for the 16 year olds who have grown up in low-income families and those in higher income families; the links to the workforce for those who have left school early and those still at school; and the history...

Researchers examined the community services recommended for older people with complex needs, the extent to which such recommendations were taken up and the ACAS clients’ and carers’ experience of services. They found that difficulties in accessing community services were related to social isolation of the older person, high carer burden and the older person reporting...

This report from stage 7 of the Brotherhood’s longitudinal Life Chances Study, when the young people were aged 15, explores school engagement and transition issues. It reports on interviews with 41 selected fifteen-year-olds and their parents, and contains several illustrative case studies. These young people's engagement with school (at a critical stage) was influenced by...

In the United Kingdom and the European Union, social policy is losing its economic rationalist spots at an increasingly rapid pace. Today a number of writers have been searching for a way to name just what it is that is taking its place. In this paper Daniel Perkins, Lucy Nelms and Paul Smyth introduce the...