Social Services category: 2206 books
Social Security for the Elderly
Experiences from South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
This book overviews the issue of population ageing in five countries in South Asia and projects the emerging scenarios. With a new field survey, it also documents existing policies and programs on pensions and social security, and examines their fiscal implications for the economy and society.
Ageing...
Welfare Hot Buttons
Women, Work, and Social Policy Reform
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2002
Welfare Hot Buttons provides one of the first comparative assessments of contemporary social policy change in three Western countries: Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Sylvia Bashevkin probes the fate of single mothers on social assistance during the period when three "third way"...
by Francisco Gómez Gómez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2016
El autor parte de los conceptos básicos y de los principios fundamentales del Trabajo Social Comunitario para describir unos modelos de redes comunitarias útiles en la práctica profesional, en algunos campos de más relieve social, como la convivencia en la comunidad, la violencia comunitaria,...
See You in Court, Second Edition
A Social Worker's Guide to Presenting Evidence in Care Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Now fully revised and updated, See You in Court is an accessible guide for social workers on being a witness in care proceedings.
This book de-mystifies the court system explaining court structures and procedures, roles and responsibilities and basic rules of evidence. It considers how to present...
Problemas sociales y trabajo social
Hacia la inclusión y el cambio sociales
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Esta interesante y original obra ofrece una ambiciosa visión del trabajo social y de sus actividades fundamentales, así como un modelo de práctica minuciosamente desarrollado. Gerald SMALE, Graham TUSON y Daphne STATHAM evitan la moderna tendencia a considerar al ?individuo? como la fuente primordial...
Capability-promoting policies
Enhancing individual and social development
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
How can unjust societies be overcome with a better distribution of opportunities to flourish? How can human development be revitalised in countries where social welfare is being questioned? In short, how can human development be fostered in practice? These are some of the important questions asked...
On the Frontlines of the Welfare State
How the Fire Service and Police Shape Social Problems
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Although public safety agencies protect our well-being, they also shape social problems and community inequities.
Public safety protections promote what T.H. Marshall called "social rights" of equitable citizenship. Frontlines of Welfare State shows how public safety agencies function...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Social workers play a crucial part in contemporary society by ensuring that individuals are able to address, overcome, and manage obstacles in their daily lives. In an effort to better serve their clients, many practitioners have turned to evidence-based practice. Evidence Discovery and Assessment...
Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe
Social Assistance, Activation and Care for Older People
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
The workings of multi-level governance -- institutional choices concerning centralisation, decentralisation and subsidiarity -- are widely debated within European public policy, but few systematic studies assessing the effects of changing divisions of power for policy-making have been carried out....
Social Workers as Game Changers
Confronting Complex Social Issues Through Cases
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Designed to promote active, hands-on learning, Social Workers as Game Changers: Confronting Complex Social Issues Through Casesby Laura Lewis is composed of 11 chapter-length case studies that prepare students to address the types of challenging social issues they will encounter as practicing social...
A Twenty-First Century Approach to Community Change
Partnering to Improve Life Outcomes for Youth and Families in Under-Served Neighborhoods
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Urban renewal has been the dominant approach to revitalizing industrialized communities that fall into decline. A national, community-based organization, the Skillman Foundation sought to engage in a joint effort with the University of Michigan's School of Social Work to bring six neighborhoods in...
by Martin Davies
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Social workers are constantly making decisions under pressure. How do policy, law, research and theory influence what they do? This important book provides the answers with a crystal-clear map of the field of social work with children and families.
Focused on four major themes - family support...
by Professor Pete Alcock
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
In this timely revision of his best-selling introductory textbook, Pete Alcock has been joined by Margaret May to bring you an essential up-to-date guide on social policy.Continuing the accessible approach of the previous editions, Social Policy in Britain explores the major topics of social policy in...
Politics of Segmentation
Party Competition and Social Protection in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
When political parties make policy decisions they are influenced by the competition they face from other parties. This book examines how party competition and party systems affect reforms of social protection. Featuring a historical comparison of Italy and Germany post-1945, the book shows how a high...