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Introduction
The publication and dissemination of our research is an integral
part of PSI's activity, and we undertake research only on the understanding
that the results will be made public - however uncomfortable the findings
may be to any established interests.
We publish around 5-10 books a year based on our own primary research.
We also publish selected material from 'outside' authors and other
research institutes and academic institutes, provided the research
matches our own interests and is fully peer-reviewed.
In addition to our books programme, we publish the Research
Discussion Series - short, topical reports on work in progress
and single-issue analyses of PSI's current research projects. We also
produce Policy
Studies, a quarterly, peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary academic
journal, and the highly-regarded Cultural
Trends, a quarterly statistical journal on the arts and wider
cultural sector.
It is our policy to publish our work whenever possible. To ensure that as much of our work as possible
is available, we are currently in the process of making our older
publications (pre-1995) which would otherwise have become out of print
available for free from this web site. A number of titles are already
available. If there are any specific publications that are not available
in bound form and that you would like to see on this site, then please
contact Mary Daws, Publications
Manager.
New for 2002
Findings
from the Macro evaluation of the New Deal for Young People, by
Michael White and Rebecca Riley, and published by the Department for
Work and Pensions.
Collective Bargaining
and Workplace Performance: An Investigation using the Workplace Employee
Relations Survey 1998, by Alex Bryson and David Wilkinson, and
published by the Department of Trade and Industry.
A New Agenda for Sustainable
Development, by Malcolm Eames
The most recent issue of Cultural Trends, issue 40, focuses on the
media, and includes a chapter by Robin Moss on educational broadcasting
in schools. Visit the Cultural
Trends website for further details. Click here
to view the press release.
In January we published Ethnicity,
Class and Health, a follow-up to Ethnicity
and Mental Health and The
Health of Britiain's Ethnic Minorities. It offers some key insights
into the effects of class on the health of ethnic minorities.
For more information on these or any other
PSI titles, don't hesitate to contact the PSI Publications team on
(020) 7468 2319 or email
us.
2001
In October we celebrated the
70th birthday - and over 30 years of research - of Mayer Hillman,
Senior Fellow Emeritus at Policy Studies Institute. In Ahead
of Time, fifteen prominent UK thinkers, academics and innovators
pay a remarkable tribute to one of the best known - and most outspoken
- social and environmental researchers of our time.
Earlier in the year we published The
UK Cultural Sector: Profile and Policy Issues, the most thorough
analysis made to date of the subsidised cultural sector in the UK.
The book covers the built heritage, film, libraries, literature, museums
and galleries, performing arts, public broadcasting and the visual
arts. It examines how much funding each of these various domains receive,
where it comes from, what it's intended for, and how it's distributed;
and assesses policy trends and developments - particularly under New
Labour. A summary document is available
from this site.
The December 2000 issue of
our quarterly academic journal Policy Studies was devoted to issues
surrounding the New Deal, with chapters from Michael White, Senior
Fellow at PSI; Jane Millar, Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy,
University of Bath; Jane Ritchie, Associate Director of the Qualitative
Research Unit, National Centre for Social Research; and Robert Walker,
Professor of Social Policy, University of Nottingham. Information
on how to subscribe to Policy Studies or to obtain individual
copies is available from the publishers, Carfax Publications, on 01256
813000.
We will be adding titles to
our Research
Discussion Series throughout the year, with forthcoming papers
on employee voice, workplace closure and employment growth; lone parents'
employment and partnership; the take-up of childcare amongst working
mothers; and many more. All of the papers wil be available for free
online.
We are also delighted to announce
that our Archived Publications service is
now up and running. More than 25 publications are already online,
and by the end of the year we aim to make available all of our books
and reports published before 1995.
New books for 2001 include
our study of Stress among Ward Sisters
and Charge Nurses; Black and Minority
Ethnic Voluntary and Community Organisations, copublished with
the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; and Youth
Unemployment, Labour Market Progammes and Health, a literature
review which explores the impact of labour market initiatives such
as New Deal on the health of young people.
If you'd like any more information
on these or any other PSI titles then please don't hesitate to contact
us on (020) 7468 2319 or email us,
and we'll respond within 24 hours.
2000
Last year PSI has begun to
publish a new series of reports in collaboration with the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation. The series reflects many of PSI's core research
interests, with reports on issues surrounding ethnic equality, employment,
social care, personal finance, disability and much more. In the first
report in the series, Fate, Hope and Insecurity,
Karen Rowlingson (University of Bath) uses primary quantitative analysis
to explore the extent to which people plan for the future. Her report
was published in May.
On June 23 we published the
first ever history of the UK employment service, Office
of Hope by David Price. It's a fascinating account. Rodney Lowe,
Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Bristol, writes
of the book: "The Employment Service, despite its lingering
associations with the dole queues of the 1930s, has been a pioneer
among public services. Here is the history it deserves, written with
great clarity and an authority based on insider knowledge and privileged
access to unreleased policy files." The launch of this important
book was marked by a PSI lunchtime seminar at which David Price spoke
of 'The Employment Service: lessons from the past'; Leigh Lewis, ES
Chief Executive, discussed the future for the Service and its merger
with the Benefits Agency in 2001, and Dan Finn, University of Portsmouth,
acted as academic discussant.
Our new report Coming
up for Care: Assessing the post-hospital needs of older patients (March
2000), reveals that the assistance received by older people upon discharge
from hospital elderly care units often depends upon who they see and
where they live, and that the needs of patients do not necessarily
predict service outcomes. (Press release.)
Towards the end of the year
we launched our new Research Discussion Series: short, topical reports
arising from work in progress and single-issue analysis of PSI's current
research interests and projects.
Other forthcoming publications
include a new report on ethnicity and health; an analysis of the gender
pay gap; the long-awaited follow-up to Culture as Commodity, our economic
analysis of the cultural sector in the UK, and more. Plus, of course,
we will continue to bring you our two quarterly journals, Policy
Studies and Cultural
Trends.
For more information on these
or any other PSI titles, don't hesitate to contact the PSI Publications
team on (020) 7468 2319 or email
us.
1999
In October 1999 PSI published the final report
of the UK's first comprehensive survey of Ethnicity
and Employment in Higher Education. The report was commissioned
by a consortium of higher education organisations working with the
Commission for Racial Equality, and was conducted at the University
of Bristol. It reveals that ethnic minorities are disadvantaged in
the academic labour force, and has already received widespread media
attention.
Also new for 1999 has been Wealth
in Britain. The study assesses the distribution of wealth across
different groups and between various age-groups throughout the UK,
and is the most recent analysis of wealth inequality available.
Other key titles include Access
to Legal Services, which 'makes a valuable contribution to
the debate about how best to provide legal services to those most
in need of them' (The Lord Chancellor); Direct Routes to Independence: A guide to local
authority implementation and management of direct payments; Overcrowding
in Bangladeshi Households; and Britain's
Future, a key text which explores selected national and international
developments, the issues likely to arise, and the policies needed
to address them.
All four issues of our quarterly academic
journal Policy Studies,
published by Carfax, are now available this year, as well, of course,
as the influential Cultural
Trends.
For more information on these or any other
PSI titles, don't hesitate to contact the PSI Publications team on
(020) 7468 2319 or email
us.
1998
Amongst the highlights of 1998 was the relaunch
of our quarterly journal, Cultural Trends. The
journal is the UK's leading source of statistical information on the
arts and wider cultural sector in the UK and has been established
as a key reference for all those working in, researching for and studying
the cultural sector. It has been relaunched with a new format and
layout; new contributors; a new, regularised programme of content;
and now has an advisory board comprising leading figures from the
arts and cultural industry. We hope all the subscribers are as pleased
with the changes as we are.
Also new for 1998 were three books exploring
the issues surrounding lone parenthood. Private Lives and Public Responses is a multi-contributed
volume which draws on a wider range of data and information than has
ever been available in the UK. The Growth
of Lone Parenthood uses new research to chart the dynamics of
this country's 1.5 million lone parents, and The Health Trap : Poverty, Smoking and Lone Parenthood
is a long-awaited follow up to PSI's seminal Poor
Smokers (1994).
Other new titles include Gender
Inequalities in Nursing Careers,based on the largest survey of
nurses ever undertaken; Paying for Peace of Mind - a review of home
contents insurance take-up amongst low income households; Race
and Higher Education, a multi-contributed volume with chapters
by leading academics and policy-makers from the field of higher education
and ethnic equality; Teenage Mothers and Dangerous
Care : Assessing The Risks to Children from their Carers.
For more information on these or any other
PSI titles, don't hesitate to contact the PSI Publications team on
(020) 7468 2319 or email
us.
1997
1997 was an exciting year for PSI. Our publications
received nationwide publicity: media as diverse as the Financial
Times, the Daily Mail and the BBC Radio 4 have commended
our work as 'influential', and stories on aspects of the Institute's
work have been editorialised by national newspapers and broadcast
on national radio and television, reaching an estimated readership
of over 4.5 million broadsheet readers every week. During the year,
PSI's work has fed directly into public policy across a wide range
of sectors. Our research teams have been the leading source of information
for ministers and officials responsible for new policy initiatives
on welfare to work, the New Deal for lone parents and solicitors'
conditional fees. Ministers have also called for briefings on regional
arts funding and student finances in higher education, to name just
some examples.
Perhaps the highlight of 1997, though, was
the publication of Ethnic Minorities in Britain. The report attracted
unprecedented attention from media and policy-makers alike. It reached
mass audiences: at home, an estimated 28 million newspaper readers
saw articles about the research, and the international coverage ranged
from Japan to Jamaica, and Russia to New Zealand. The report was the
subject of a major national conference featuring a keynote speechfrom
Jack Straw, and has been adopted on numerous academic courses. It
will be a benchmark for future research in the area. Two sister publications,
The Health of Britain's Ethnic Minorities
and Ethnicity and Mental Health are
already educating policy-makers on the health needs of different ethnic
minority groups, and have been extremely well received in academic
circles.
Other lead titles in 1997 included A
Leading Role for Midwives; Policing
after the Act, Information for Citizenship in Europe; the
recent study of lawyers' use of conditional fees, The
Price of Success; and Consulting
the Public - case studies of consultation processes across the
UK, with a commentary on best practice.
For more information on these or any other
PSI titles, don't hesitate to contact the PSI Publications team on
(020) 7468 2319 or email
us.
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