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  • Claus Offe and the Critical Theory of the Capitalist State

    by Jens Borchert, Stephan Lessenich ...
    Series series Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
    Back in 1972, German political sociologist Claus Offe published a book on the Structural Problems of Late Capitalism which, for almost two decades, inspired and stimulated an international and transdisciplinary debate on the role of the state in contemporary capitalism. An academic debate which, paradoxically, began to wane as the issues about which Offe had been writing became even more prominent ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Lost in Care - The True Story of a Forgotten Child

    by Jimmy Holland ...
    Jimmy Holland was born into a family suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. At the age of just two weeks, he was placed into care. The beginning of a life lived in a constantly changing environment of homes, authorities and institutions began. Let down and frequently abused, it wasn't long before Jimmy strayed onto the wrong side of the tracks. Before long, the mould for a ... Read more

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  • Switching Time

    A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities

    by Richard Baer ...
    "[A]n absorbing journey through a psychiatrist’s dauntingly challenging first case of multiple personality disorder--from the beginning of therapy to stable integration and recovery."-- Colin Ross, author of Multiple Personality Order and The Osiris ComplexIn 1989, Karen Overhill walks into psychiatrist Richard Baer’s office seeking help for her depression and a persistent memory problem: she ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Maggie

    A Girl of the Streets

    by Stephen Crane ...
    The Extra Things added to the BookAdded details the biography of the authorAdded details of characterSummary is includedAdded index to get a quick view and interfaceAbout the book is addedIn 1892 Stephen Crane (1871-1900) published Maggie, Girl of the Streets at his own expense. Considered at the time to be immature, it was a failure. Since that time it has come to be considered one of the ... Read more

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  • American Hunger

    The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Washington Post Series

    by Eli Saslow ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory ReportingIn this Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow traveled across the country over the course of a year—from Florida and Texas to Rhode Island and Tennessee—to examine the personal and political implications and repercussions of America's growing food stamp program.Saslow shows us the extraordinary impact the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Creating Person-Centred Organisations

    Strategies and Tools for Managing Change in Health, Social Care and the Voluntary Sector

    by Stephen Stirk, Helen Sanderson ...
    Person-centred thinking and planning are approaches that enable people using social care and health services to plan their future, and use a personal budget to commission personalised services.Creating Person-Centred Organisations is a guide for organisations who want to deliver personalised services. Key issues covered include attending to the vision, strategy and business planning of the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • 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

    $26.99 USD

  • Should We Tax the Rich More?

    The Munk Debate on Economic Inequality

    by George Papandreou, Newt Gingrich, Arthur Laffer, Paul Krugman ...
    Series series The Munk Debates
    As middle-class incomes stagnate in advanced economies while the rich experience record income gains, the eleventh semi-annual Munk Debate pits wealth redistribution supporters Paul Krugman and George Papandreou against Newt Gingrich and Arthur Laffer to debate taxation — should the rich pay more?
For some the answer is obvious: redistribute the wealth of the top income earners who have enjoyed, ... Read more

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  • Remedy and Reaction

    by Paul Starr ...

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  • Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

    by Krystine Donato, Maurice Feldman, Beverley Fedoroff, Voula Marinos, Jocelin Lecomte, Diane Cox-Lindenbaum, Paul Fedoroff, William R Lindsay, J Gregory Olley, Barbara Vyrostko, Shelley L. Watson, Marjorie Aunos, Donato Tarulli, Kajsa Klassen, Jennifer Robinson, Tricia Vause, Marion Trent-Kratz, Karen Stoner, Christine Tardiff-Williams, Jacqueline Murphy, Nancy Miodrag, Deborah Richards, Kaleigh Regehr, Yona Lunsky, Carol Sales, Celine Mercier, Susan Havercamp, Carolyn Gracey, Leanne Gosse ...
    A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come.'- From the Foreword by Orville EndicottThis wide-ranging volume provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.The book ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • The Early Years

    Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children 1

    by Brigid Daniel, Sally Wassell ...
    This clear and practical workbook shows the importance of encouraging resilience in pre-school children who live in challenging circumstances. Focusing on assessment of need, Brigid Daniel and Sally Wassell show how to evaluate resilience using checklists and background information.They explain that children in their early years gain resilience from a range of experiences, including attachment ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Play Therapy with Abused Children

    Second Edition

    by Ann Cattanach ...
    Praise for the first edition:'Ann Cattanach writes with enormous empathy and warmth, and with a refreshing lack of sentimentality... [This] is an unpretentious and optimistic book, and a very positive addition to recent publications.'- British Association of Play Therapists'I would recommend the book to anyone working in this field. This is a well presented, clear and easy-to-read book, providing ... Read more

    $32.99 USD