Social Services category: 2206 books
The Politics of Disability
A Need for a Just Society Inclusive of People with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
We are confronted by neoliberalism and the inhumane consequences of its economic policies. The claim that "there is no alternative" to profit-making simply denies basic features of everyday reality. The Politics of Disability asks: Just where does all of this leave people with disabilities? What are...
Striving to Save
Creating Policies for Financial Security of Low-Income Families
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
"Striving to Save will inform and inspire social policy with its breakthrough approach in understanding how low-income families make ends meet while striving to make a better life for themselves and their families. Scholarly work in savings, debt, household finance, and behavior economics will...
by Lesley Barcham
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
If you are working within the learning disability sector and studying for the QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care, you will find this book invaluable in helping you to achieve the unit on Personal Development. It will help you to become a person-centred worker, to reflect on your own performance and...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
This Byte offers readers insight into some of the central debates and questions about gender and the family, examined through the lens of moral panic. It begins with an overview of the part played by moral panics, together with an appraisal of the work of Stanley Cohen, one of the chief architects...
by Fisher, Karen, Shang
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
In the last 20 years, state care in China has shifted away from institutional care, towards alternative care that recognises children’s rights to an inclusive childhood and adulthood. This book reviews changes in policy and practices that affected the generation of young people who grew up in state...
Transforming Asian Governance
Rethinking assumptions, challenging practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
There are a multitude of hazards that confront attempts to change institutional or political orders in pursuit of good governance. Even seemingly technical prescriptions run up against local political and social realities which make their adoption difficult and, if adopted, require significant modification...
The Italian welfare state in a European perspective
A comparative analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
There is a need to understand the Italian welfare state, but as yet it has received little academic research attention. The Italian Welfare State in a European Perspective is the first book to explore the evolution of Italy's welfare state in the decades since the ‘Trente Glorieuses’ (1945–75)....
by María Dolores Lorenzo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 25, 2016
En el universo de publicaciones que pueden ser materia prima para la historia de México, esta recopilación de siete libros cumple, por un lado, con el propósito de facilitar la consulta de ciertas obras que narran cómo fueron escritos los hechos pasados sobre la asistencia social en México, y...
Stategraphy
Toward a Relational Anthropology of the State
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Stategraphy—the ethnographic exploration of relational modes, boundary work, and forms of embeddedness of actors—offers crucial analytical avenues for researching the state. By exploring interactions and negotiations of local actors in different institutional settings, the contributors explore...
New media and public activism
Neoliberalism, the state and radical protest in the public sphere
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
The Arab Spring, chat forums, political leaders tweeting, online petitions, and protestors in the Occupy Movement - new media public spheres have without doubt radically altered social and political activism in society. But to what extent is this new activist public sphere stifled by the neoliberal...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Supporting Bereaved Students at School provides educational professionals with essential information to support bereaved students. The book specifically targets helping children and adolescents cope with their emotional, physical, and social reactions during the period of grief, lasting for months...
Tackling Child Poverty in Latin America
Rights and Social Protection in Unequal Societies
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
This book highlights current debates about concepts, methods, and policies related to poverty in Latin America. It focuses on child and adolescent well-being and the issue of inclusive societies. Its goal is to promote new and critical thinking about these issues globally and in Latin America. The...
by Mathieu Deflem
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
This volume deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. The orientation of this volume is driven by relevant recent occurrences, such as hurricanes Katrina and Irene in the United States; the 2010 BP oil spill, and...
by Daisy Bogg
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2010
This book draws on both the historical context and contemporary research evidence to present the roles of the Mental Health Social Worker, the Approved Mental Health Professional and Best Interest Assessor, within an ethical framework. Codes of practice and statutory legal requirements, such as the...