Links by Subject
See also Links by Chapter
General Social Policy
UK Government
Think Tanks
Political
International Organizations
Academic
Third Sector
Some Key Sources
General Social Policy
An Introduction to Social Policy by Paul Spicker
http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/main.htm
Social Policy Association website
http://www.social-policy.com
Social Policy Digest – currently subscription only
http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_JSP
Guide to Social Policy on the web
http://www.socialpolicy.net/
Welfare reform on the web
http://www.bl.uk/welfarereform/index.html
Defining quality in social policy research
http://www.social-policy.com/documents/spaquality06.pdf
General Social Care Council
http://www.gscc.org.uk
Involve:
Promoting public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research
http://www.invo.org.uk
Social Research Association’s Code of Ethics
http://www.the-sra.org.uk/ethical.htm
UK Government
Cabinet Office
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Cabinet Office for the Third Sector site
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/third_sector.aspx
Commission for Equality and Human Rights
http://www.cehr.org.uk/
Department for Children, Schools and Families
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/
Department for Children, Families and Schools: children and families section
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies
Department for Work and Pensions
http://www.dwp.gov.uk
Department of Health
http://www.dh.gov.uk
Government site aimed at health and social care professionals working with carers
http://www.direct.gov.uk/carers
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk
HM Treasury web site
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
HM Treasury Charity and Third Sector Finance Unit site
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk./documents/public_spending_reporting/
charity_third_sector_finance/psr_charity_thirdsector_index.cfm
Home Office research website
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pubsintro1.html
Local Government Association
http://www.lga.gov.uk
Local Government Finance Review
http://www.localgovernmentfinancereview.org/
Lyons Inquiry
http://www.webarchive.org.uk/pan/15454/20070428/
www.lyonsinquiry.org.uk/index.html
Ministry of Justice
http://www.justice.gov.uk/
National Assembly for Wales
http://www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm
Northern Ireland Assembly
http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/
Number 10 Downing St
http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/page1.asp
Policy Hub
http://www.policyhub.gov.uk
Scottish Executive (or Government)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home
Social Care Institute for Excellence
http://www.scie.org.uk
Social Exclusion Task Force
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social_exclusion_task_force.aspx
The gateway portal for all public services and government departments
http://www.direct.gov.uk
UK government’s sustainable development site
http://www.sustainable-development.gov.uk
Think Tanks
Adam Smith Institute
http://www.adamsmith.org
Centre for Policy Studies
http://www.cps.org.uk/
Citizen’s Income online
http://www.citizensincome.org
Civitas
http://www.civitas.org.uk
Demos
http://www.demos.co.uk/
Fabian Society
http://fabians.org.uk/
Institute for Fiscal Studies
http://www.ifs.gov.uk
Institute for Public Policy Research
http://www.ippr.org.uk
New Economics Foundation
http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/
Policy Exchange
www.policyexchange.org.uk/
Policy Network
http://www.policy-network.net
Politeia
http://www.politeia.co.uk/
Reform
http://www.reform.co.uk/website/home.aspx
Smith Institute
http://www.smith-institute.org.uk/
Social Market Foundation
http://www.smf.co.uk/
Political
Alliance for Green Socialism
http://www.greensocialist.org.uk
British Politics Group
http://www.uc.edu/bpg/
Child Poverty Action Group
http://www.cpag.org.uk
Conservative Party
http://www.conservatives.com
Labour Party
http://www.labour.org.uk/
Liberal Democrats
http://www.libdems.org.uk/
Plaid Cymru - the Party of Wales
http://www.plaidcymru.org/
Red Pepper
http://www.redpepper.org.uk
Richard Kember’s political sciences resources
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
Scottish Nationalist Party
http://www.snp.org/
Sustainable Development Commission
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk
The Electoral Commission
http://www.electoralcommission.gov.uk/
UCL Constitution Unit
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/
International Organizations
European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/
International and Comparative Social Policy Group
http://www.globalwelfare.net
International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org
LIS (2007), Luxembourg Income Study: Key figures
http://www.lisproject.org/keyfigures.htm
OECD
http://www.oecd.org
OECD social expenditure database
http://www.oecd.org/els/social/expenditure
UN Human Development Reports
http://hdr.undp.org/en/
UNICEF, including Convention on the Rights of the Child and many other issues that affect children
http://www.unicef.org
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
http://www.unrisd.org
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int
World Social Forum
http://www.forumsocialmundial.org.br/index.php?cd_language=2&id_menu
Academic
Amartya Sen piece on Global Justice, 'Beyond International Equity'
http://them.polylog.org/3/fsa-en.htm
CASE/LSE publications
http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/publications/papers.asp
Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought, Martin Ryder
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html
Disability Archive UK
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/archiveuk/
ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change Programme (2000-06)
http://www.devolution.ac.uk
History and Policy
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/
Institute of Historical Research
http://www.history.ac.uk/
Postmodernism and Its Critics, Shannon Weiss & Karla Wesley
http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/436/pomo.htm
Wellbeing in Developing Countries site
http://www.welldev.org.uk
Yeates, N. and Deacon, B. (2006) Globalism, Regionalism and Social Policy, UNU-CRIS Working Paper 0-2006/6
http://www.cris.unu.edu/admin/documents/20060418154630.O-2006-6.pdf
Third Sector
Carers UK
http://www.carersuk.org
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
http://www.jrf.org.uk
Local Exchange Trading Schemes
http://www.letslinkuk.net
National Council for Voluntary Organizations
http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Oxfam International
http://www.oxfam.org
Runnymede Trust
http://www.runnymedetrust.org
Save the Children
http://www.savethechildren.org
The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK
http://www.icar.org.uk
Voluntary Sector Studies Network
http://www.vssn.org.uk
Some Key Sources
Benefits journal
https://www.policypress.org.uk/journals/benefits/
Education Guardian
http://education.guardian.co.uk
Google Scholar (for searching)
http://scholar.google.co.uk/
Labour market statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=1944
Office for National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
Poverty Indicators - the New Policy Institute and Joseph Rowntree Foundation
http://www.poverty.org.uk