Social Services category: 2206 books

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Lou Dobbs in his book “War on the Middle Class, How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back”. This summary offers a concise overview of the...

America has two economic systems: capitalism for the rich and socialism for the poor. This double-minded approach seems to keep the poor enslaved to poverty while the rich get richer. Let's face it, despite its $400 billion price tag, welfare isn't working. The solution, asserts Star Parker,...

The integration of the children of immigrants – both those born in the host country (the “second generation”) and those who arrived young enough to be educated in the host country – is of growing policy relevance for OECD countries. This group is entering the labour market in ever larger numbers,...

For many women around the globe, health has become the central intersection of the personal and the political; women's bodies are the arena for policy debates about population, poverty, reproduction, and morality. Women's Global Health: Norms and State Policies is a comprehensive assessment of health...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Arnold S. Relman in his book “A Second Opinion: Rescuing America’s Health Care”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in...

Rome's wars delivered great wealth to the conquerors, but how did this affect politics and society on the home front? In Power and Public Finance at Rome, James Tan offers the first examination of the Roman Republic from the perspective of fiscal sociology and makes the case that no understanding...

A primer in plain English that explains how health insurance will work under the new legislation and how it will affect your care and your choices going forward. Now that "Obamacare" (as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is popularly known) has become the law of the land,...

The Country Water Assessment (CWA) evaluates the balance between reliable and available water supplies and future demands for sustainable economic development in Indonesia. Articulated around the water,food, and energy nexus, the CWA explores technical, institutional, and policy options to improve...

Alegrias y penas en Garveloch sitúa la historia en las islas de Escocia, a través de los mismos personajes aparecidos en su novela Ella de Garveloch trata la cuestión del principio de la población, uno de los temas estudiados ampliamente por los economistas clasicos

"Claim denied!" All too often millions of veterans have received this response to their legitimate claims for federal benefits. In most cases, writes veterans' advocate John D. Roche, the claimant didn't understand the procedures needed to meet the myriad requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs....

I do not want to convey the impression that Veterans Affairs medical care is hopelessly flawed. However, I am of the opinion that it need to work on its priorities. It is all show and no go, with the emphasis placed on what VIP's see when they tour the hospital or nursing home. Directors who hire unlicensed physicians should be summarily fired and barred from federal employment.

‘Cut out your morning latte and you can be rich!’ It’s a popular view that many of us have heard in some form or other. Unfortunately, it’s also inaccurate. The Latte Fallacy aims to debunk this and other money myths, and empower a new generation of Australians with the skills and attitudes...

Adoption is one of the great, untold stories of our recent past. It is a truly epic tale of loss, guilt, identity, family feuds, reunion and redemption. It is a subject, until very recently, surrounded by secrecy and taboos. This is the heart-warming true story of a little girl's adoption in...

Sidney Hook (1902-1989) is known for his participation in the public debates about communism, the Soviet Union and the Cold War. These letters, drawn from the Hook collection at the Hoover Institution, provide an insight into US intellectual and political history.