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  • Social Policy

    Theories, Concepts and Issues

    Edited by Michael Lavalette, Alan Pratt ...
    The Third Edition of this widely adopted textbook has been thoroughly revised and offers an authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the key theories, concepts and issues in social policy. The lively and readable text has been designed to provide students with the essential tools to gain a clear understanding of the theoretical debates surrounding the discipline.The book is organized into three ... Read more

    $85.49 USD

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  • Growing Apart

    Regional Prosperity in New Zealand

    by Shamubeel Eaqub ...
    Series series BWB Texts
    ‘If we rank our regions internationally, Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury are comparable to France, Finland and Saudi Arabia respectively. But the smaller regions look like Timor-Leste (Northland), Greece (Manawatu-Whanganui and Gisborne) or other emerging economies such as Cyprus and the Seychelles.’The gaps between New Zealand’s regions are increasing. Many local economies are stagnating, ... Read more

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  • A Tragedy Waiting to Happen – The Chaotic Life of Brendan O'Donnell

    The true story of an abandoned orphan who became a psychotic killer

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  • The Poverty Industry

    The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens

    by Daniel L Hatcher ...
    How funds for the needy are siphoned off for profit: "A distressing picture of how states routinely defraud taxpayers of millions of federal dollars." ― Boston ReviewGovernment aid doesn't always go where it's supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected children. States and their revenue consultants use illusory ... Read more

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  • Take Care, Son

    The Story of My Dad and his Dementia

    by Tony Husband ...
    'Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started?'When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates, names, appointments . . . daft things, important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved.This is the touching, ... Read more

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  • The Failed Welfare Revolution

    America's Struggle over Guaranteed Income Policy

    by Brian Steensland ...
    Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960s and 1970s, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the nation's existing welfare system with a revolutionary program to guarantee Americans basic economic ... Read more

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  • Oxford Handbook of Happiness

    Edited by Susan David, Ilona Boniwell, Amanda Conley Ayers ...
    Series series Oxford Library of Psychology
    In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "dark side" of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing. The Positive Psychology movement, along with changes in attitudes toward organisational and societal health, has generated a surge of interest in human happiness. The Oxford Handbook of Happiness is the definitive text for ... Read more

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  • Private Profits versus Public Policy

    The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State

    by Joel Lexchin ...
    The widespread condemnation of drastic price increases on life-saving drugs highlights our growing dependency on and vulnerability to international pharmaceutical conglomerates. However, aren’t the interests of the public supposed to supersede the pursuit of private profit?In his new work, Private Profits versus Public Policy, Joel Lexchin addresses this question as he examines how public policy ... Read more

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    The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America

    by Colin Gordon ...
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    Why, alone among industrial democracies, does the United States not have national health insurance? While many books have addressed this question, Dead on Arrival is the first to do so based on original archival research for the full sweep of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of political, reform, business, and labor records, Colin Gordon traces a complex and interwoven story of ... Read more

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  • Tackling Child Neglect

    Research, Policy and Evidence-Based Practice

    by Jane Barlow, Jan Horwath, Jenny Woodman, Andrew Turnell, Hilary Kennedy, Sarah Gorin, Amanda Bunn, Debra Allnock, Jan McAllister, Wendy Lee, Marian Brandon, Pippa Belderson, Dan Koziolek, Leigh Taylor, Maeve Macdonald, Whitney R. Rostad, Katelyn M. Guastaferro, John R. Lutzker, Paul Whalley ...
    With contributions from internationally recognized experts, this edited volume presents original thinking on the theory, research and practice surrounding child neglect.Comprehensive and current, the book takes an expansive look at how we can better address this prevalent issue. It explores the effects of neglect on the developing child and makes recommendations on how to identify neglect at the ... Read more

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    Obama's Fight for Rigor and Results in Social Policy

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    The first comprehensive history of the Obama administration's evidence-based initiatives. From its earliest days, the Obama administration planned and enacted several initiatives to fund social programs based on rigorous evidence of success. Ron Haskins and Greg Margolis tell the story of six-spanning preschool and K-12 education, teen pregnancy, employment and training, health, and community ... Read more

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