INFORMATION & UPDATES Publications
Frontier Encounters: Knowledge and Practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongolian Border This book presents a wide range of views on
how the borders between these countries are enacted, produced, and crossed. It also sheds light on global uncertainties: China’s search for energy resources and the employment of its huge population; Russia’s fear of Chinese migration; and the precarious economic independence of Mongolia as its neighbours negotiate to extract its plentiful resources. The book is available in hardback, paperback and e-book or read for free on the publisher’s website. n
Frontier Encounters: Knowledge and Practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongolian Border by Franck Billé, Grégory Delaplace and Caroline Humphrey (eds.). ISBN 978- 1906924-87-4, (paperback), 281pp @ £15.95. For more information see: www. openbookpublishers. com/product/139
Thrive: the Power of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies
Britain has become a world leader in providing psychological therapies but the majority of people who need help still don’t get treatment. Thrive explores the new effective solutions to the misery and injustice caused by mental illness. It describes how successful psychological treatments have been developed and explains what works best for whom. It also urges us to do all we can to prevent these problems in the first place, through better schools and a better society. And it offers real hope. n Thrive: the Power of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies by Richard Layard and David M Clark. ISBN 9781846146053, (hardback), 384pp @ £20.00. For more information see: www.
penguin.co.uk/nf/ Book/BookDisplay/ 0,,9781846146053,00. html
India’s Risks: Democratizing the Management of Threats to Environment, Health, and Values
A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with a host of risks that threaten to hamper its progress. These range from environmental threats caused by GM crops and pollution; dangers to health from HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality; safety concerns about natural hazards, nuclear power, and industrial disasters; and challenges to livelihoods and values. This book explores some of these risks and challenges many of the dominant perspectives in India. n India’s Risks: Democratizing the Management of Threats to Environment, Health, and Values by
Raphaelle Moor and M.V. Rajeev Gowda ISBN 978-0-19-945045-9, (hardback), 386pp @ £37.99. For more information see:
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Good times, bad times: The welfare myth of them and us
This ground-breaking book, written by one of the UK’s leading social policy experts, uses extensive research and survey evidence to challenge the myth that the population divides into those who benefit from the welfare state and those who pay into it – ‘skivers’ and ‘strivers’, ‘them’ and ‘us’. It shows that our complex and ever-changing lives mean that all of us rely on the welfare state throughout our lifetimes, not just a small ‘welfare-dependent’ minority. n
Good times, bad times: The welfare myth of them and us by John Hills. ISBN 9781447320036, (Paperback), 336pp @ £12.99. For more information see: www.policypress.
co.uk/display. asp?K=97814 47320036
EVENTS 5-6 NOVEMBER
Innovate UK 2014 The UK is a world-leading environment to set up and grow a business with an incredible eco-system of government, academic and institutional support. Both UK and international investors seek to identify such businesses - Innovate UK 2014 is the event to find these new partners. To register, visit the Innovate UK 2014 website:
www.events.ukti.gov.uk/tsb- innovate
28 NOVEMBER
Labour Force Survey/ Annual Population Survey user conference
The next Labour Force Survey/Annual Population Survey user conference is being organised by the UK Data Service for 28 November 2014.
The programme will contain a mixture of papers from the data producers, ONS, and researchers. Presentations will be based on analysis of the UK Labour Force Survey or Annual Population Survey.
www.esds.ac.uk/ news/
UKDSEventManagement.asp?id=3881
4 DECEMBER
Autumn Statement 2014: IFS analysis
The Autumn Statement 2014 will be made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, on Wednesday 3 December. IFS researchers will present their analysis at a briefing the following day.
This event has been organised by the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the IFS. Please email
events@ifs.org.uk with your name, relevant affiliations, contact details and invoicing details. IFS members: £20; IFS non-members: £40.
www.ifs.org.uk/events/1089
30 JANUARY 2015
The Politics of Wellbeing, Seminar 4/6
The Politics of Wellbeing seminar series is an ESRC-funded interdisciplinary project aiming to identify and communicate the distinctive contribution the politics discipline can make to the wellbeing debate and policy development in the UK and beyond. Seminar questions: What is the relationship between the wellbeing agenda and debates on new growth/growth plus/sustainable growth models, post-financial crisis? How might this dialogue be developed most productively for policymakers?
politicsofwellbeing.group.shef.ac.uk
AUTUMN 2014 SOCIETY NOW 31 SPRING 2011
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