Publishing rationale

Offers a blueprint for participatory social policy for the future.

As the leading social policy publisher, PP is the obvious publisher for this book.

Peter Beresford is the leading name in user and participatory research and practice the best person to write this book.

There is increasing interest (including internationally) in greater public, patient and service user involvement in social policy as both political activity and academic discipline.

Written in an accessible and engaging style building on our growing list of work on participation from a well know PP author.

Unique selling point: This is the first text to explore social policy and the welfare state from a participatory perspective