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  • Social Policy and Migration in China

    by Lida Fan ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    This book explores the interactions between social policy and migration in China. Using a theoretical framework of institutional economics, Lida Fan’s discussion examines migration regulations, household registration, social welfare and insurance, employment, education, housing, medical care and industrial strategies with a view to answering the following questions:What was/is the role of social ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    Champion of Victorian Children

    by Martin Levy ...
    Born in Dublin in 1845, Thomas John Barnardo was a workaholic Irishman whose non-stop efforts in the cause of children’s welfare landed him in an early grave at the age of sixty. However, in his own area of work it’s fair to say he changed Britain forever, as much as any one man can. Much of modern child welfare started with him. Martin Levy digs into the filth and rot of what was the world’s ... Read more

    $8.99 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 Living Wage

    by Prof. Donald Hirsch, Dr. Laura Valadez-Martinez ...
    Series series The Economy Key Ideas
    The "living wage" is an old idea that has experienced a dramatic resurgence of political popularity in recent years. The underlying logic of the concept is quite clear: it is a wage that provides workers with enough income to live on at some level considered adequate. However, in practice the term has become blurred with that of the "minimum wage" and in its implementation it has lacked a ... Read more

    $31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Proactive Child Protection and Social Work

    by Nora Duckett, Liz Davies ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious and complex area of social work practice and understanding the critical skills of communicating with and listening to children′s voices, and those of their advocates and survivors, is essential. In this new edition of a highly-regarded book, the authors offer a strengthened children′s rights perspective and explore four main categories of ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Self-Counselling

    How to develop the skills to positively manage your life

    by William Stewart ...
    For some, self-counselling may be a valuable substitute for face-to-face counselling, for others it can provide a support to professional counselling sessions. In this practical self-help book, William Stewart introduces many self-counselling skills and techniques and uses case studies, and exercises working with dreams, imagination and intuition, to develop both a deeper self-awareness and the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Active Ageing

    Perspectives from Europe on a vaunted topic

    Edited by María Luisa Gómez Jiménez, Jonathan Parker ...
    Authors from across Europe consider the diverse theoretical and conceptual issues in understanding ageing in late modern society with an emphasis on active ageing. Integrated approaches are emphasised, without privilege one theoretical conception above others. The examples used will act as examples of positive contributions to ageing, even when physical and cognitive frailty looms large ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Surviving Post-Natal Depression

    At Home, No One Hears You Scream

    by Cara Aiken ...
    Research indicates that at least one in ten new mothers experience post-natal depression, yet there is little help available to sufferers. Cara Aiken's book will help them, and the professionals who work with them, to understand this illness. The book tells the stories of ten women from very different backgrounds - including the author - who have suffered post-natal depression. Their stories, told ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Paper German

    A Political Policy Memoir

    by Peter Omoregbe ...
    Paper German is about the everyday life of migrants and their children, the third and fourth generations living in Germany and Central Europe. It addresses not only the physical challenges but also the psychological challenges that foreigners face, in terms of equality, employment, education, and opportunities in life. Its author reveals what he has learned about the inner workings of a society ... Read more

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  • The Double Crisis of the Welfare State and What We Can Do About It

    by P. Taylor-Gooby ...
    This book analyses the immediate challenges from headlong cuts, root-and-branch restructuring and the longer-term pressures from population ageing. It demonstrates that a more humane and generous welfare state that will build social inclusiveness is possible and shows how it can be achieved. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • For Protection And Promotion: The Design And Implementation Of Effective Safety Nets

    by Grosh Margaret E.; Del Ninno Carlo; Tesliuc Emil; Ouerghi Azedine ...
    Safety nets are noncontributory transfer programs targeted to the poor or vulnerable. They play important roles in social policy. Safety nets redistribute income, thereby immediately reducing poverty and inequality; they enable households to invest in the human capital of their children and in the livelihoods of their earners; they help households manage risk, both ex ante and ex post; and they ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Contracting-out Welfare Services

    Comparing National Policy Designs for Unemployment Assistance

    by Siobhan O'Sullivan, Mark Considine ...
    Series series Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy
    Contracting-out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices.International contributors bring a global comparative perspective to the subjectContributors ... Read more

    $29.00 USD