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  • Clever Design in Critical Times

    Conceptualizing the Callidocene

    by Guilherme Meyer, Cliff Shin, Juan Salamanca, Brianna I. Wiens, Teresa M. Dobson, Juan De La Rosa, Gerry Derksen, Shana MacDonald, Ricardo Triska0, Stan Ruecker1, Colter Wehmeier3, Andrea Hoff4 ...
    This edited volume identifies and establishes the idea of the Callidocene, which the authors position as an epoch that both includes and extends beyond the current conception of the Anthropocene.While the word 'Anthropocene' has become strongly associated with concerns over humanity's impact on the planet, contributors turn instead to the Callidocene-intended to encompass human, machine, and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe

    Societal and Policy Implications

    Edited by Andreas Hoff ...
    During the 1990s, Europe became the first continent with a 'mature society', where people aged 60 years and older outnumber children and as this trend continues, the resulting 'ageing societies' will differ from previous societies in their make-up, in their needs, and in their resource allocation. Population ageing poses an even greater challenge to the post-communist societies of Central and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • New Dynamics in Old Age

    Individual, Environmental and Societal Perspectives

    by Hans-Werner Wahl, Clemens Tesch-Romer, Dr. Andreas Hoff, Jon Hendricks ...
    This book was nurtured by the belief that the new dynamics of today's and tomorrow's aging has not yet been treated well in the gerontology literature. Several questions drove the choice of substance for the book: What kind of new dynamics of aging deserves consideration? What kinds of theories and fields are at the core of treating such a new dynamics? And what kind of empirical evidence should ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Combining Work and Care

    Carer Leave and Related Employment Policies in International Context

    by Shingou Ikeda, Kate O'Loughlin, Tatjana Rakar, Maša Filipovič Hrast, Valentina Hlebec, Anna Ruzik-Sierdzińska, Jolanta Perek-Bialas, Alison Williams, Linnéa Aldman, Eva Sennemark, Elizabeth Hanson, Camille Allard, Emilia Leinonen, Jacquie Eales, Katja Knauthe, Andreas Hoff ...
    Series series Sustainable Care
    Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The proportion of employees with caring responsibilities is growing and, as a result, policies that support working carers are becoming increasingly important.Written and informed by national experts, this is the first publication to provide a detailed examination of the development and implementation of carer leave policies and policies in ... Read more

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  • Care Technologies for Ageing Societies

    An International Comparison

    by James Wright, Tomoko Wakui, Meryl Lovarini, Kate O'Loughlin, Lindy Clemson, Andreas Hoff, Bill Pottharst, Arlene Astell, Janet Fast ...
    Series series Sustainable Care
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Technology is quickly becoming an integral part of care systems across the world and is frequently cited in policy discourse as pivotal for solving the ‘crisis’ in care and delivering positive outcomes.Exploring the role of technology in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, this book examines how technology contributes effectively to ... Read more

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    Keeping Medicare Sustainable

    by Stephen Duckett ...
    Series Book 161 - Queen's Policy Studies Series
    Universal healthcare, perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Canada's public policy, is under fire, criticized for its heavy expense and questionable sustainability. In Where to From Here?: Keeping Medicare Sustainable, Stephen Duckett defends Canadian Medicare, addressing key concerns and refuting criticism, while also acknowledging flaws in the system and room for improvement.Duckett argues ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Interprofessional Social Work

    Effective Collaborative Approaches

    by Anne Quinney, Trish Hafford-Letchfield ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    All Social Work students are required to undertake specific learning and assessment in partnership working and information sharing across professional disciplines and agencies. Increasingly, social workers are also finding that they need to deal with a wide range of other professions as part of their daily work. It is essential therefore that social workers can work effectively and collaboratively ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • How Data Happened

    A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

    by Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones ...
    **“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • A Dictionary of Social Work and Social Care

    by John Harris, Vicky White ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    This new edition has been fully revised and updated to provide over 1,800 A-Z definitions of terms from the field of social care, concentrating on social work as a significant area within this field. Covering social work theories, methods, policies, organizations, and statutes, as well as key terms from interdisciplinary topics overlapping with health and education, this is the most up-to-date ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Healthcare Management

    by Kieran Walshe, Judith Smith ...
    A comprehensive, research-based introduction to healthcare management, covering healthcare systems, services, organisations and management. ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Organizations

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Mary Jo Hatch ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Most of us recognize that organizations are everywhere. You meet them on every street corner in the form of families and shops, study in them, work for them, buy from them, pay taxes to them. But have you given much thought to where they came from, what they are today, and what they might become in the future? How and why do they have so much influence over us, and what influences them? How do ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Evidence-Based Policy-Making in Canada

    by Shaun P. Young ...
    Making policy is what governments do, but there are some fascinating and hotly debated issues associated with how government decisions get made in the interests of the people. The concept and practice of evidence-based policy-making insists that properly developed public policy draws on the best available evidence. This book considers how governments in Canada have historically interacted with ... Read more

    $14.99 USD