Social Services category: 2206 books
The European Union and the Social Dimension of Globalization
How the EU Influences the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
This volume provides a comprehensive account of the European Union’s social role in the world, assessing the EU’s ability to shape the social aspect of globalization from both law and political science perspectives.
Focusing explicitly on the EU, the authors address the extent of coherence...
Social Work Practice with Groups, Communities, and Organizations
Evidence-Based Assessments and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
A solid, theory-to-practice guide to contemporary mezzo and macro social work
Written by a renowned team of scholars, Social Work Practice with Groups, Communities, and Organizations focuses on the contemporary theory and practice of social work. Each chapter delves deeply into the key theoretical...
Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China
Welfare Regimes in Transition
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
East Asia is at the heart of the global economic transformation, and the countries of the region are witnessing rapidly changing labour markets, alongside the pressure to cut production costs and lower taxes in order to become successful ‘competition states’. These changes have resulted in increased...
by The World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Over the last decade, a policy revolution has been underway in the developing and emerging world. Country after country is systematically providing non-contributory transfers to poor and vulnerable people, in order to protect them against economic shocks and to enable them to invest in themselves and...
Social Housing, Disadvantage, and Neighbourhood Liveability
Ten Years of Change in Social Housing Neighbourhoods
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
In a groundbreaking longitudinal study, researches studied seven similar social housing neighbourhoods in Ireland to determine what factors affected their liveability. In this collection of essays, the same researchers return to these neighbourhoods ten years later to see what’s changed. Are these...
Targeting Social Benefits
International Perspectives and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Over the last decade changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection. Faced with fiscal and demographic changes, many countries have been struggling to -develop innovative policy responses....
by Carol L. Langer, Cynthia Lietz
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
The social worker's guide to integrating theory and practice
Applying Theory to Generalist Social Work Practice teaches aspiring social workers how to apply theory in real world practice. Fully aligned with the Council on Social Work Education's 2015 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards,...
Reframing global social policy
Social investment for sustainable and inclusive growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally renowned contributors propose that the merging of the ‘social investment’ and ‘inclusive growth and development’ agendas is forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. The book shows how these key ideas together...
by Lida Fan
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
This book explores the interactions between social policy and migration in China. Using a theoretical framework of institutional economics, Lida Fan’s discussion examines migration regulations, household registration, social welfare and insurance, employment, education, housing, medical care and...
by Aled Griffiths, John Williams, Gwyneth Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Social work law is at the foundation of all social work practice, from shaping professional boundaries to determining the level of intervention. Every case is complex and unique and therefore requires different legal treatment; this means it is absolutely vital that social workers not only understand...
Social Policy and Social Change
Toward the Creation of Social and Economic Justice
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2014
The Second Edition of Social Policy and Social Change is a timely examination of the field, unique in its inclusion of both a historical analysis of problems and policy and an exploration of how capitalism and the market economy have contributed to them. The New Edition of this seminal text examines...
Social Security at the Dawn of the 21st Century
Topical Issues and New Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Presenting a periodic overview of the most significant developments and trends in the field of social security has become, for the International Social Security Association, a tradition and a firm commitment. Benefiting from the vast quantity of information uniquely available to the ISSA, its triennial...
by Eileen Oak
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2008
This significant and distinctive text demonstrates the relationship between social work and sociological theory. It provides students with a strong knowledge base to support the development of critical social work practice.
By integrating both theory and practice to cover a wide range of sociological...
by Malcolm Payne, Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
In this clear and insightful book, best selling author Malcolm Payne analyses the major elements of social care practice, explaining how caring and social work skills and values are crucial to effective social care.
Through theory, research evidence and skill development, Payne identifies...