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  • Conflicts in the National Health Service

    Edited by Keith Barnard, Kenneth Lee ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Health, Disease and Society
    Originally published in 1977, this book explored some of the major problems besetting the Health Service during the second half of the twentieth century. Now, as then, they offer both historical perspective on contemporary difficulties and invite debate about the future development of health services. The main themes are the medical care system and its organisational structures; the managers and ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • Irish Business and Society

    Governing, Participating and Transforming in the 21st Century

    Edited by John Hogan, Paul F. Donnelly, Brendan K. O'Rourke ...
    A collection of stimulating essays exploring the wide-ranging debates surrounding the relationship between business and society in 21st century Ireland.Wide-ranging, diverse and thought-provoking contributions from leading business researchers, economists, sociologists and political scientists from Ireland and abroad probe five central themes: the making and unmaking of the Celtic Tiger; ... Read more

    $20.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Contemporary History of Social Work

    Learning from the Past

    by Terry Bamford ...
    Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why social work has failed to maintain its position as a driver of social reform. Bamford looks forward to a new model of practice that places a commitment to put social justice back at the heart of professional practice ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Education plc

    Understanding Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education

    by Stephen J. Ball ...
    Is the privatisation of state education defendable? Did the public sector ever provide a fair education for all learners?In Education plc, Stephen Ball provides a comprehensive, analytic and empirical account of the privatisation of education. He questions the kind of future we want for education and what role privatisation and the private sector may have in that future. Using policy sociology to ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Adult Social Care

    Edited by Iain Ferguson, Michael Lavalette ...
    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
    Adult social care in Britain has been at the centre of much media and public attention in recent years. Revelations of horrific abuse in learning disability settings, the collapse of major private care home providers, abject failures of inspection and regulation, and uncertainty over how long-term care of older people should be funded have all given rise to serious public concern. In this short ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Policy and Strategy for Improving Health and Wellbeing

    Edited by Lesley Coles, Elizabeth Porter ...
    Series series Transforming Public Health Practice Series
    As health policy at a national level has ever increasing impact on local health services, it is essential that public health students understand how the development and implementation of policy and strategy provide the framework for improving quality, innovation, productivity and prevention in the delivery of healthcare.The book is divided into two sections, with section one covering a strategic ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Social Work and Social Policy

    An Introduction

    by Jonathan Dickens ...
    Series series Student Social Work
    An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, and dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights and our understanding of ‘the good society’. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to social policy, tailored to the needs of a social work audience.The new edition of this popular and accessible text analyses ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Managing Human Resources

    Edited by Alan Cowling, Chloe Mailer ...
    This is the third edition of a book which has gained wide acceptance in universities and colleges for use on advanced courses in human resource management.Written by a team of recognized experts in thier field, it combines a high academic standard with an applied approach to the challenges facing managers today, which will appeal to both line mangers and human resource managers. ... Read more

    $68.95 USD

  • Health Policy

    A Critical Perspective

    by Iain Crinson ...
    This textbook provides a critical assessment of developments in health and healthcare policy within the UK and Europe. Each chapter integrates conceptual themes drawn from the fields of sociology and political science to offer a unique combination of theory, historical detail and wider social commentary.The book is divided into four sections:- Section One establishes a theoretical basis for the ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Community Nursing Services in England

    An Historical Policy Analysis

    by Donna Bramwell, Kath Checkland, Jolanta Shields, Pauline Allen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book provides an historical account of the ways in which community nursing services in England have been shaped by policy changes, from the inception of the NHS in 1948 to the present day. Focusing on policies regarding the organisation and provision of community nursing services, it offers an important assessment of how community nursing has evolved under successive governments. ... Read more

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  • A Generation of Radical Educational Change

    Stories from the field

    Edited by Richard Pring, Martin Roberts ...
    How much have teachers and their pupils benefitted from the top-down Westminster-led control of policy held in place by a powerful national inspection regime?A Generation of Radical Educational Change: Stories from the Field is an exploration of the revolutionary impact of the greater and continuing involvement of central government in education policy-making which began in 1976 and was ... Read more

    $47.99 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