Social Services category: 2206 books
Equal as Citizens
The tumultuous and troubled history of a great Canadian idea
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
No matter where they live, Canadians expect and receive equal benefits from their government when it comes to old age pensions, consular services when travelling abroad, and airline safety. Canadians also expect the same quality of education, medical care, and social benefits anywhere in the country....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Over the past few years, e-government has been rapidly changing the way governmental services are provided to citizens and businesses. These services improve business and government exchange capability, provide a new way to discover and share information, and play a part in the evolution of future technologies....
Public Services
A New Reform Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Griffiths, Kippin and Stoker bring together many of the country's leading academic and policy experts to explore the long-term challenges facing public services, and ask what the role of government, citizens and society should be in addressing them. The book sets out a new reform agenda, exploring...
by Caroline McGee
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2000
Based on the first-hand accounts of children and their mothers regarding their experiences of both domestic violence and support services, this is the first book to examine children's experiences of a range of service provision in response to domestic violence. It seeks to encourage a more effective...
by Robert Adams, Jo Campling
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2002
Social Policy for Social Work provides a comprehensive, critical and engaging introduction to social policy for students and practitioners of social work. The text is clearly structured into three parts that cover contexts, policies and issues. The first part explores changing perspectives on social...
Contracting-out Welfare Services
Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Contracting-out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices.
International...
Administrative Burden
Policymaking by Other Means
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Bureaucracy, confusing paperwork, and complex regulations—or what public policy scholars Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan call administrative burdens—often introduce delay and frustration into our experiences with government agencies. Administrative burdens diminish the effectiveness of public...
Social Purpose Enterprises
Case Studies for Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy: market-based entities supported by a nonprofit organization and operated for the benefit of a workforce who lives on the margins...
Hearing Impairment and Hearing Disability
Towards a Paradigm Change in Hearing Services
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
The purpose of this book is to challenge people (service providers, people with a hearing disability and those who advocate for them) to reconsider the way western society thinks about hearing disability and the way it seeks to 'include them’. It highlights the concern that the design of hearing...
Assessing Outcomes in Child and Family Services
Comparative Design and Policy Issues
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
In this collective portrait, editors and authors do not attempt to draw systematic, country-by-country comparisons. Given the magnitude of the issues, they believed that it would be inappropriate to paint with too broad a stroke. What they have accomplished, however, is to codify and identify what...
Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future
The U.S. in Global Context
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Unique in its use of a sustainability framework, Social Welfare Policy for a Sustainable Future by Katherine S. van Wormer and Rosemary J. Link goes beyond U.S. borders to examine U.S. government policies—including child welfare, social services, health care, and criminal justice—within a global...
by Frances Ruane, Dr Pete Lunn
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Using Evidence to Inform Policy is a unique examination of how evidence can be used to improve policymaking, especially in challenging economic times.
There is a need for transparency in government and policy decisions. Research and evidence can help to provide this transparency, and Using...
Dementia Studies
A Social Science Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
What is dementia? How should we organize dementia care? This comprehensive book critically examines the main approaches to understanding dementia (bio-medical, social-psychological and socio-gerontological) and the main principles and ideologies of care.
The book:
• provides clarity...
Enhancing the Well-being of Children and Families through Effective Interventions
International Evidence for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2006
Services for families and children are rightfully the focus of intense scrutiny and debate, and there is a clear need to establish a knowledge of which services work well.
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of research evidence from the UK and USA on the effectiveness of selected...