Free topical journal articles of the month of May are:

• Putting higher education in its place: the socio-political geographies of English universities - Policy & Politics

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• Plural forms of evidence in public health: tolerating epistemological and methodological diversity - Evidence & Policy

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• Happier and less isolated: internet use in old age - Journal of Poverty & Social Justice

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• Valuing the social? The nature and controversies of measuring social return on investment (SROI) - Voluntary Sector Review
• Infertility and relationships: the importance of constructions in context - Families, Relationships & Societies
• Critical and Radical Social Work

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Free journal articles For April:

1. Persistent poverty and children’s development in the early years of childhood - Policy & Politics

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2. Evidence, policy and pragmatics: a case study on the development of a national research and data strategy on children’s lives and the role of knowledge exchange - Evidence & Policy

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3. Poor and dissatisfied? Income poverty, poverty transitions and life satisfaction in Chile - Journal of Poverty & Social Justice

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4. Building better neighbourhoods? Insights into the contributions of local faith-based organisations - Voluntary Sector Review
5. Still a woman’s job: the division of housework in couples living with dementia - Families, Relationships & Societies

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Free journal articles of March:

1. Representing the family: how does the state ‘think family’? - Policy & Politics

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2. Rapid evidence assessments of research to inform social policy: taking stock and moving forward - Evidence & Policy

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3. Subjective wellbeing: a primer for poverty analysts - Journal of Poverty & Social Justice

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4. Micro-mapping: what lies beneath the third sector radar? - Voluntary Sector Review
5. From traditional to companionate marriages: women’s changing experience of marriage and divorce in Ireland - Families, Relationships & Societies

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Free topical journal articles of the month of January are:

• Policy learning from abroad: why it is more difficult than it seems - Policy & Politics

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• Perspectives of academic social scientists on knowledge transfer and research collaborations: a cross-sectional survey of Australian academics - Evidence & Policy

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• Tackling urban poverty in China: the Minimum Living Standard Scheme and its limitations - Journal of Poverty & Social Justice

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• Protecting the most vulnerable in an economic crisis: a participatory study of civil society organisations in Ireland - Voluntary Sector Review
• Critical friendships - Families, Relationships & Societies

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Free topical journal articles of the month of October are:

1. Social policy learning and diffusion in China: the rise of welfare regions? - Policy & Politics
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2. A collaborative approach to defining the usefulness of impact: lessons from a knowledge exchange project involving academics and social work practitioners - Evidence & Policy
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3. Three ways to defend social security in Britain - Journal of Poverty & Social Justice
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4. Learning to take part as active citizens: emerging lessons for community organising in Britain - Voluntary Sector Review
5. The ‘family-work project’: children’s and parents’ experiences of working parenthood - Families, Relationships & Societies

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The articles free for the month of September are:

• Policy & Politics
  The social division of welfare knowledge: policy stratification and perceptions of welfare reform in Australia (July 2012)
  You may also be interested in: Social policy in challenging times: Economic crisis and welfare systems, the first book to address the relationship between the economic crisis and social policy within an international context. 

• Evidence & Policy
  The strange case of the two Wootton Reports: what can we learn about the evidence-policy relationship? (August 2012)

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Each month Policy Press offers a free topical article available from each of their four journals. The articles free for the month of August are:

1.    Welcome relief or indecent subsidy? The implications of wage top-up scheme - Policy &  Politics (July 2012)

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2.    What do we know and how well do we know it? Identifying practice-based insights in education - Evidence & Policy (May 2012)

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3.    Beyond CV building: the communal benefits of student volunteering - Voluntary Sector Review (July 2012)

4.    What is commitment? Women’s accounts of intimate attachment - Families, Relationships & Societies (June 2012)

5.    Serving the public or delivering public services? Religion and social welfare in the new British social policy landscape - Journal of Poverty & Social Justice (February 2012)

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After the Olympics frenzy, will London’s East End return to its former poverty?  - Poverty and Inequality (August 3, 2012)

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Each month Policy Press offers a free topical article available from each of their four journals. The articles free for the month of May are:

1. Policy transfer and convergence within the UK: the case of local government performance improvement regimes - Policy & Politics (Volume 40, Number 2, April 2012)

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2. Framing, ideology and evidence: Uganda’s HIV success and the development of PEPFAR’s ‘ABC’ policy for HIV prevention - Evidence & Policy (Volume 8, Number 1, January 2012)

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3. Out of sight, out of mind: the exploitation of migrant workers in 21st-century Britain - Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (Volume 20, Number 1, February 2012)

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4. The changing fortunes of community - Voluntary Sector Review (Volume 3, Number 1, March 2012)

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Each month Policy Press offers a free topical article available from each of their four journals. The articles free for the month of April to tie in with this month’s international development theme are:

1. Rhetoric or reality? Cross-sector policy implementation at the UK government Department for International Development - Policy & Politics (Vol 37 No 2, 2009)

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2. Invisible impacts and lost opportunities: evidence of the global recession in developing countries - Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (Vol 18 No 3)

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3. Situating children in international development policy: challenges involved in successful evidence -informed policy influencing - Evidence & Policy (Vol 4 No 1)

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4. Strengthening government-nonprofit relations: international experiences with compacts - Voluntary Sector Review (Vol 1 No 1)