Books by Pete (University of Birmingham) Alcock

Explains the challenges that collective welfare faces, and explores the complexities involved in delivering it, including debates about who benefits from welfare and how and where it is delivered.

In recent years vast numbers of men have moved completely out of the labour market into 'early retirement' or 'long-term sickness' and taken on new roles in the household. Based on new research the book explores the varied circumstances they are living in and challenges assumptions about the labour market.