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  1. The effect of treating public services as commodities

    Article • Public Money & Management, September 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Paul Spicker

  2. The commitment to welfare

    Article • November 2022, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  3. Welfare

    Article • November 2022, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  4. Public policy

    Article • November 2022, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  5. Which people?

    Article • November 2022, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  6. Ethical research in public policy

    Article • July 2022, JSTOR

    Professor Paul Spicker

  7. One size fits all? The problems of offering ethical guidance to everyone

    Article • July 2022, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  8. How to Fix the Welfare State

    Article • February 2022, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  9. Austerity and poverty

    Article • January 2021, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Paul Spicker

  10. The Poverty of Nations

    Article • March 2020, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  11. Thinking Collectively

    Article • June 2019, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  12. What’s wrong with social security benefits?

    Article • February 2017, JSTOR

    Professor Paul Spicker

  13. The Real Dependent Variable Problem: The Limitations of Quantitative Analysis in Comparative Policy Studies

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, January 2017, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  14. Policy translation: a reply

    Article • Global Discourse, January 2016, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  15. The devolution of social security benefits in Scotland: the Smith Commission

    Article • Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, February 2015, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  16. Social policy 3e

    Article • March 2014, JSTOR

    Professor Paul Spicker

  17. Cohesion, Exclusion and Social Quality

    Article • International Journal of Social Quality, January 2014, Berghahn Journals

    Professor Paul Spicker

  18. Seven Principles of Public Life: time to rethink

    Article • Public Money & Management, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Paul Spicker

  19. Introducing Universal Credit

    Article • June 2013, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  20. Reclaiming individualism

    Article • April 2013, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  21. Universal Credit: Simplification or personalisation?

    Article • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, August 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Paul Spicker

  22. Why refer to poverty as a proportion of median income?

    Article • Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, June 2012, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  23. Personalisation Falls Short

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, May 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Paul Spicker

  24. “Leadership”: a perniciously vague concept

    Article • International Journal of Public Sector Management, January 2012, Emerald

    Professor Paul Spicker

  25. Social Welfare, Provision and Finance

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Spicker

  26. Social Security

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Spicker

  27. Social Policy Approaches

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Spicker

  28. Poverty

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Paul Spicker

  29. Ethical Covert Research

    Article • Sociology, February 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Paul Spicker

  30. How social security works

    Article • January 2011, JSTOR

    Professor Paul Spicker

  31. Generalisation and Phronesis: Rethinking the Methodology of Social Policy

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, June 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  32. The Origins of Modern Welfare

    Article • January 2010, Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers

    Professor Paul Spicker

  33. The Nature of a Public Service

    Article • International Journal of Public Administration, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Paul Spicker

  34. Commentary on ‘What is a priority?’ by Paul Spicker

    Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, April 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Paul Spicker

  35. What is a priority?

    Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, April 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Paul Spicker

  36. Author's response

    Article • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, April 2009, SAGE Publications

    Professor Paul Spicker

  37. Government for the people: the substantive elements of democracy

    Article • International Journal of Social Welfare, July 2008, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  38. Pathways through psychiatric care: the experience of psychiatric patients

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, June 2007, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  39. The idea of poverty

    Article • January 2007, JSTOR

    Professor Paul Spicker

  40. The ethics of policy research

    Article • Evidence & Policy, January 2007, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  41. Liberty, equality, fraternity

    Article • September 2006, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  42. Policy analysis for practice

    Article • June 2006, JSTOR

    Professor Paul Spicker

  43. Targeting, residual welfare and related concepts: modes of operation in public policy

    Article • Public Administration, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  44. Developing indicators: issues in the use of quantitative data about poverty

    Article • Policy & Politics, October 2004, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  45. Distinguishing disability and incapacity

    Article • International Social Security Review, April 2003, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  46. Cross-national comparisons of poverty: reconsidering methods

    Article • International Journal of Social Welfare, July 2001, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  47. A Third Way?

    Article • The European Legacy, April 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Paul Spicker

  48. The Impact of European Law on the Development of Social Security Policies in the United Kingdom

    Article • International Social Security Review, January 1999, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  49. A POPULATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROFILE FOR DEMENTIA

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, June 1997, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  50. IDENTIFYING OLDER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A MULTISERVICE CENSUS

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, June 1997, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  51. IDENTIFYING OLDER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A MULTISERVICE CENSUS

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, June 1997, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  52. A POPULATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROFILE FOR DEMENTIA

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, June 1997, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  53. Exclusion

    Article • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, March 1997, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  54. Social Policy in a Federal Europe

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, December 1996, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  55. Understanding particularism

    Article • Critical Social Policy, January 1994, SAGE Publications

    Professor Paul Spicker

  56. Needs as Claims

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, March 1993, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  57. Principles of Social Welfare: An Introduction to Thinking about the Welfare State. Paul Spicker. London: Routledge, 1989. 171 pp. $49.50 hardback

    Article • Social Work, March 1992, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Paul Spicker

  58. Grossbritannien: Armut Im Land Des „Welfare State“

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paul Spicker

  59. Equality versus Solidarity

    Article • Government and Opposition, January 1992, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  60. The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Social Policy of the European Community

    Article • Journal of European Social Policy, February 1991, SAGE Publications

    Professor Paul Spicker

  61. Mental Handicap and Citizenship

    Article • Journal of Applied Philosophy, October 1990, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  62. Charles Booth: the examination of poverty

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, May 1990, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  63. Poverty and depressed estates: A critique ofUtopia on trial

    Article • Housing Studies, October 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Paul Spicker

  64. Concepts of Need in Housing Allocation

    Article • Policy & Politics, January 1987, Policy Press

    Professor Paul Spicker

  65. The Case for Supplementary Benefit

    Article • Fiscal Studies, November 1986, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  66. Is psychiatry stigmatising?

    Article • Psychiatric Bulletin, September 1986, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Paul Spicker

  67. Why Freedom Implies Equality

    Article • Journal of Applied Philosophy, October 1985, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  68. Why Freedom Implies Equality

    Article • Journal of Applied Philosophy, October 1985, Wiley

    Professor Paul Spicker

  69. Liberal welfare states

    Article • Taylor & Francis

    Professor Paul Spicker