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“david a hardcastle”

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  • Community Practice

    Theories and Skills for Social Workers

    by David A. Hardcastle ...
    For almost two decades, Community Practice has been a definitive text for social workers, community practitioners, and students eager to help individuals contribute to and use community resources or work to change oppressive community structures. In this third edition, a wealth of new charts and cases spotlight the linkages between theoretical orientations and practical skills, with an enhanced ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

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  • Crime

    How to Solve it - And Why So Much of What We're Told is Wrong

    by Nick Ross ...
    In a whirlwind demolition of dozens of misconceptions about crime, Nick Ross proposes what is arguably the most radical re-think of crime policy since the dawn of policing. Setting conventional thinking on its head, Crime challenges everything we take for granted, showing why the criminal justice system has little effect on crime rates, how policing has been hijacked to serve the needs of lawyers, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Welfare of Nations

    by James Bartholomew ...
    What damage is being done by failing welfare states? What lessons can be learned from the best welfare states? And—is it too late to stop welfare states from permanently diminishing the lives and liberties of people around the world? Traveling around the globe, James Bartholomew examines welfare models, searching for the best education, health care, and support services in 11 vastly different ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Codes of the Underworld

    How Criminals Communicate

    by Diego Gambetta ...
    How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Politics and Civics of National Service

    Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps

    by Melissa Bass ...
    In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Enduring Empire

    Ancient Lessons for Global Politics

    Edited by David Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski ...
    An exploration of the ways in which ancient theories of empire can inform our understanding of present-day international relations, Enduring Empire engages in a serious discussion of empire as it relates to American foreign policy and global politics.The imperial power dynamics of ancient Athens and Rome provided fertile ground for the deliberations of many classical thinkers who wrote on the ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • Dementia Studies

    A Social Science Perspective

    by Anthea Innes ...
    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 on the gap between the utopian aspirations of care and the reality of care• opens up a series of questions about ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Public Services under Reconstruction

    Client experiences, professional practices, managerial control

    by Marja Gastelaars ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
    This book examines the services in and around the public domain. The author analyses a number of socio-cultural changes that are generally considered relevant to these services, including the rationalising efforts of the New Public Management and the introduction of IT. The book particularly addresses the diversity of services. It focuses on the local complexities of their day to day processes of ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Unfree Labour?

    Edited by Aziz Choudry, Adrian A. Smith ...
    With so many political establishments and economic institutions undergoing enormous changes, many economic theories are being called into question. The legitimacy of capitalism is being considered by socialist economists the world over, and critiques of Marxism are attempting to put the school of thought into a more modern context. Labor Regime Change in the Twenty-First Century calls into ... Read more

    $7.39 USD

  • Using Solution Focused Practice with Adults in Health and Social Care

    by Steve Myers, Judith Milner ...
    Solution focused practice offers proven ways of helping adults overcome a range of life difficulties, from physical and mental illness to learning disability and the challenges of old age.This book outlines the basic principles and techniques which can be used to identify people's strengths and abilities to overcome challenges, make their own decisions and achieve their goals. Using case examples ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Parents' Practical Guide to Resilience for Children aged 2-10 on the Autism Spectrum

    by Emma Goodall, Yenn Purkis ...
    Children and young people with autism have the capacity to be independent and resilient which can help them live independently or be supported to live a fulfilling life and reach their full potential.This book empowers parents of autistic children aged two to ten to help them promote resilience in their child. Full of suggestions and simple activities, this easy-to-use resource will help guide ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Evidence-based Policy Making in Labor Economics

    The IZA World of Labor Guide 2015

    by Klaus F. Zimmermann, Alexander S. Kritikos ...
    IZA World of Labor distils and condenses the best thinking and research on labor economic issues to enable decision-makers make better informed policy decisions. Written by well-known labor economists worldwide, the findings on each topic are presented in a compact and readable format, as distillations of comprehensive evidence-based research. The IZA World of Labor Policy Handbook brings together ... Read more

    $27.59 USD