Janet Batsleer is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Community Studies and Women's Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University., Beth Humphries is a Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of Postgraduate studies in the Department of Applied Community Studies

• Chapter 1 Welfare, exclusion and political agency, Janet Batsleer, Beth Humphries; Chapter 2 From ‘street arabs’ to ‘angels’: working-class children, competence andcitizenship, 1850–1914, Tom Cockburn; Chapter 3 The colonization of the poor, Daryl S. Crosskill; Chapter 4 Outsiders within, Debra Hayes; Chapter 5 Clinical psychology in a cold climate, Gill Aitken; Chapter 6 Resources for hope, Beth Humphries; Chapter 7 Critical professionals and reflective practice, Mary Issitt; Chapter 8 Socio-economic factors, Vic Tuck; Chapter 9 School exclusion, Carol Packham; Chapter 10 Sparring Part ners, Helen Spandler, Janet Batsleer; Chapter 11 Three prisoners’ stories, Steve Morgan; Chapter 12 In or out?, Helen Williamson;

Janet Batsleer is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Community Studies and Women's Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University., Beth Humphries is a Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of Postgraduate studies in the Department of Applied Community Studies

• Chapter 1 Welfare, exclusion and political agency, Janet Batsleer, Beth Humphries; Chapter 2 From ‘street arabs’ to ‘angels’: working-class children, competence andcitizenship, 1850–1914, Tom Cockburn; Chapter 3 The colonization of the poor, Daryl S. Crosskill; Chapter 4 Outsiders within, Debra Hayes; Chapter 5 Clinical psychology in a cold climate, Gill Aitken; Chapter 6 Resources for hope, Beth Humphries; Chapter 7 Critical professionals and reflective practice, Mary Issitt; Chapter 8 Socio-economic factors, Vic Tuck; Chapter 9 School exclusion, Carol Packham; Chapter 10 Sparring Part ners, Helen Spandler, Janet Batsleer; Chapter 11 Three prisoners’ stories, Steve Morgan; Chapter 12 In or out?, Helen Williamson;

Janet Batsleer is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Community Studies and Women's Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University., Beth Humphries is a Principal Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of Postgraduate studies in the Department of Applied Community Studies

• Chapter 1 Welfare, exclusion and political agency, Janet Batsleer, Beth Humphries; Chapter 2 From ‘street arabs’ to ‘angels’: working-class children, competence andcitizenship, 1850–1914, Tom Cockburn; Chapter 3 The colonization of the poor, Daryl S. Crosskill; Chapter 4 Outsiders within, Debra Hayes; Chapter 5 Clinical psychology in a cold climate, Gill Aitken; Chapter 6 Resources for hope, Beth Humphries; Chapter 7 Critical professionals and reflective practice, Mary Issitt; Chapter 8 Socio-economic factors, Vic Tuck; Chapter 9 School exclusion, Carol Packham; Chapter 10 Sparring Part ners, Helen Spandler, Janet Batsleer; Chapter 11 Three prisoners’ stories, Steve Morgan; Chapter 12 In or out?, Helen Williamson;