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  • Social Work

    Past, Present and Future

    by Karen Lyons, Ray Jones, June Thoburn, Jane Tunstill, Suzy Croft, Peter Beresford, Malcolm Jordan, Guy Shennan, Hilary Tompsett, David N Jones ...
    This collection charts the key developments in the social work field from 1970 to the present day and shows how by fully understanding social work’s past, we can make better progress for practitioners and service users in the future.It brings together a broad collection of experts from across social work who trace how thinking and approaches to practice have changed over time, examine key ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Social Work in Higher Education

    Demise or Development?

    by Karen Lyons ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1999, in the light of recent moves towards deprofessionalisation and instrumentalism, Karen Lyons has conducted extensive research into the challenges facing social work training as a higher education discipline. Here, these challenges are located in a discussion of wider changes in both higher education and the personal social services, and are also linked to debates about ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Transnational Social Work

    Opportunities and Challenges of a Global Profession

    by Amy Fulton, Erna O'Connor, George Wilson, Trish Walsh, Angelika Papadopoulos, Karen Healy, Kate Matheson, Antoinette Umugwaneza, Litea Meo-Sewabu, Helen Simmons, Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata, Gai Harrison, Karen Lyons, Sue Hanna, Stephanie Ethier, Annie Pullen-Sansfacon, Marion Brown, Donna Baines, Karem Lyons ...
    This unique book provides an international comparison of labour markets, migrant professionals and immigration policies, and their interaction in relation to social work.Case studies based on the latest research from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia allow readers to make critical comparisons and gain understanding of the global nature of the social work profession. Detailed ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • International Social Work: Themes and Perspectives

    by Karen Lyons ...
    This book advocates the development of international social work, both as offering an important perspective on practice at local level and as a distinct form of cross-border and supra-national activity. The author argues that the effects of globalization and regional policies on the welfare sector have implications for the users of social services and community development programmes which require ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Reflecting on Social Work - Discipline and Profession

    by Karen Lyons ...
    Series series Contemporary Social Work Studies
    Social work has always been a contested activity and its status as an academic discipline remains uncertain. There is currently renewed interest in the theoretical and research dimensions of social work, at a time when significant changes in the broad social, political and economic context in which practice takes place require a re-evaluation of social work's role and a re-examination of its ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Social Work Education and Training

    by Gillian Ruch, Fritz-Reudiger Volz, Joan Orme, Andrew Hill, David Ward, Kate Skinner, Charlotte Knight, Hugh Barr, Ian Shaw, Steven Shardlow, Pedro Morago, Chris Clark, Pamela Trevithick, Nathalie Huegler, Karen Lyons ...
    Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
    Excellent social work education and training is vital for ensuring best practice, and it is important to understand the key approaches and methods in order to provide the best teaching and ensure effective learning.This volume provides an overview of social work education, including the background and current context. It covers the key debates surrounding social work education, such as the ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

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    by Alan Lawton, Julie Rayner, Karin Lasthuizen ...
    Series series Routledge Masters in Public Management
    Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for those working in organizations that deliver public services. Such services are delivered through an often bewildering range of agencies and amidst this constant change, there are fears that a public service ethos, a tradition of working in the public interest, becomes blurred.Using extensive vignettes and case studies, Ethics and Management in ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Understanding Development

    by Paul Hopper ...
    Understanding Development offers a comprehensive introduction to the multidimensional and evolving nature of international development in the contemporary world. This new edition has been fully revised and expanded to incorporate the key events, trends and debates that are shaping development today, such as humanitarianism and the global refugee crisis, the growing number of fragile states, and ... Read more

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  • 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

  • Theories and Practices of Development

    by Katie Willis ...
    Series series Routledge Perspectives on Development
    The newly updated third edition provides a clear and user-friendly introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood and achieved. It has been fully updated and expanded to reflect global political and economic shifts, as well as new approaches to development.The book deals with the evolution of development ideas and policies, focusing on economic, political, social, ... Read more

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  • The Companion to Development Studies

    Edited by Vandana Desai, Rob Potter ...
    The Companion to Development Studies contains over a hundred chapters written by leading international experts within the field to provide a concise and authoritative overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Covering a wide range of disciplines the book is divided into ten sections, each prefaced by a section introduction written by the ... Read more

    $115.99 USD

  • Development, Security and Unending War

    Governing the World of Peoples

    by Mark Duffield ...
    According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is international stability – even in the most distant places – the West's way of life is threatened. In meeting this global danger, reducing poverty and developing the unstable regions of the world are now imperative. In what has become a truism of the post-Cold War period, security without development is ... Read more

    $24.00 USD