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  • Social Work Professional Organizations

    A Comparative International Perspective

    by Tobias Kindler, Reginaldo Ghiraldelli, Philip Mendes, Manohar Pawar, Meghan Tangney, Devi Prasad Bammidi, L. S. Ghandi Doss, Joe Hanley, Bridget Robb, David N. Jones, Viktor Virag, Iria Noa de la Fuente-Roldán, Dieter Kulke, Iris Kohlfürst, Martina Francesconi, John Gal, Helena Blomberg, Christian Kroll, Marcus Weckstrom, Annamaria Campanini, Machiko Ohara, Junko Wake, Richard Hoefer, Kgomotso Jomo Jongman ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    Despite their long history and growing influence, social work professional organisations (SWPOs) remain underexplored in social work research. Created and fully or partly governed by professionals for professionals, SWPOs comprise millions of practitioners worldwide – some groups having existed for around 100 years – to develop activities that are increasingly relevant for practitioners, users, ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the Global South

    Edited by Rajendra Baikady, John Gal, Varoshini Nadesan, Sajid S.M., Gao Jianguo ...
    This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept, theories, and causes of poverty, as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups, such as women, children, and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical, evidence-based, and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement It

    A Framework for Understanding Policy Engagement

    by John Gal, Idit Weiss-Gal ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    Rather than being seen simply as social policy implementors, in recent decades there has been increasing recognition of social workers as professionals with unique knowledge and insights to contribute to policy formulation and social justice.This book offers a path-breaking, evidence-based theoretical framework for understanding why social workers engage in policy, both as professionals and ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Settlement House Movement Revisited

    A Transnational History

    by Sarah Vicary, Steven Malies, Jeanette Copperman, Rory Crath, Kate Bradley, Hugh Shewell, Jens Wietschorke, Geoffrey A.C. Ginn, Yehudit Avnir, Francisco Branco0, Barbara Levy Simon1 ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    This book explores the role and impact of the settlement house movement in the global development of social welfare and the social work profession.It traces the transnational history of settlement houses and examines the interconnections between the settlement house movement, other social and professional movements and social research.Looking at how the settlement house movement developed across ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Social Work and the Making of Social Policy

    by Frank Sowa, Markus Gottwald, Pawel Polawski, Sergio Sánchez Castineira, Ravit Alfandari, Tony Evans, Michael Lavalette, Rich Moth, Riccardo Guidi, John Gal, Idit Weiss-Gal, Francisco Branco, Paloma Vivaldi Vera, Paolo Raciti, Giovannina Assunta Giuliano, Matteo D'Emilione, Jason Ostrander, Megan Feely, Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, Roger Smith ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and social policy.Moving beyond existing studies on policy practice, the book employs the policy cycle as a core analytical frame and focuses on the influence of social work(ers) in the problem definition, agenda setting, policy formulation and implementation ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Social Workers Affecting Social Policy

    An International Perspective

    Edited by John Gal, Idit Weiss-Gal ...
    Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed ‘policy practice’.The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • Where Academia and Policy Meet

    A Cross-National Perspective on the Involvement of Social Work Academics in Social Policy

    by Richard Hoefer, Arati Maleku, Jo-Pei Tan, Hugh McLaughlin, Pia Tham, Katarina H Thorén, Miguel-Angel Mateo-Perez, María Asunción Martínez-Román, Antoinette Lombard, Gisela Negron-Velazquez, Francisco Branco, Stefan Köngeter, Andreas Herz, Christian Kroll, Helena Blomberg, Jie Lei, Lei Wu, Xiao Li, Minchao Jin, Susan Baidawi, Philip Mendes ...
    Based on data from 12 diverse societies, this is the first cross-national comparative study on academic engagement in social policy formulation.The chapters present survey data on the policy involvement of social work academics in different countries and an analysis of this data by country experts. The findings relate to the levels and types of policy engagement of the social work academics, their ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Children, Gender and Families in Mediterranean Welfare States

    Edited by Mimi Ajzenstadt, John Gal ...
    Series Book 2 - Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research
    countries in this region have been particularly limited (for an exception to this, see Petmesidou & Papatheodorou, 2006). The underlying assumption in this volume is that despite the diversity of welfare states bordering the Mediterranean Sea, some interesting commonalities are shared by these nations. Indeed, in his contribution to this volume Gal has described these nations as belonging to an ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Social Workers in Political Office

    A Comparative Perspective on Recruitment, Career Patterns and Social Advocacy

    by Iris Kohlfürst, Anne-Marie McLaughli, Agnieszka Zogata-Kusz, Tatiana Matulayová, Christian Kroll, Helena Blomberg, Sanni Salonen, Idit Weiss-Gal, Noa Binder-Eilat, John Gal, Riccardo Guidi, Martina Francesconi, Francisco Branco, Joanne Warner, Christin Reuter, Shannon Lane, Allysha Bryant ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.One of the most significant ways that social workers can engage with policy is by holding elected office. How and why do social workers transition into political roles? And what impact do they have on policy making once they get there?This book is the first systematic, comparative study of social workers in electoral politics across liberal ... Read more

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  • Chemistry II For Dummies

    by John T. Moore ...
    The tools you need to ace your Chemisty II courseCollege success for virtually all science, computing, engineering, and premedical majors depends in part on passing chemistry. The skills learned in chemistry courses are applicable to a number of fields, and chemistry courses are essential to students who are studying to become nurses, doctors, pharmacists, clinical technicians, engineers, and many ... Read more

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  • International Impacts on Social Policy

    Short Histories in Global Perspective

    Edited by Frank Nullmeier, Delia González de Reufels, Herbert Obinger ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific ... Read more

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