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“miles corak”

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  • Too Many Children Left Behind

    The U.S. Achievement Gap in Comparative Perspective

    by Bruce Bradbury, Miles Corak, Jane Waldfogel, Elizabeth Washbrook ...
    The belief that with hard work and determination, all children have the opportunity to succeed in life is a cherished part of the American Dream. Yet, increased inequality in America has made that dream more difficult for many to obtain. In Too Many Children Left Behind, an international team of social scientists assesses how social mobility varies in the United States compared with Australia, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • American Dream

    Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare

    by Jason DeParle ...
    In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle, author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism. At the heart of the story are three cousins whose different lives follow similar trajectories. Leaving welfare, Angie puts her heart in her work. Jewell bets on an ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 18 Worried Well

    The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows

    by Gail Bell ...
    Series Book 18 - Quarterly Essay
    In The Worried Well, Gail Bell investigates Australia’s depression epidemic. Why, she wonders, do well over a million Australians now take antidepressant drugs?This is a fresh, frank and independent look at the depression culture and the move to medicalise sadness. Bell examines how the prescription culture operates, scrutinising the role of big drug companies and GPs and talking to those who take ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Codes of the Underworld

    How Criminals Communicate

    by Diego Gambetta ...
    How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Age of Responsibility

    by Yascha Mounk ...
    Yascha Mounk shows why a focus on personal responsibility is wrong and counterproductive: it distracts us from the larger economic forces determining aggregate outcomes, ignores what we owe fellow citizens regardless of their choices, and blinds us to key values such as the desire to live in a society of equals. In this book he proposes a remedy. ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • From Victims to Suspects

    Muslim Women since 9/11

    by Shakira Hussein ...
    A crucial exploration of the lives of Muslim women in the post-9/11 world.Once regarded as helpless victims waiting to be rescued, Muslim women are now widely viewed as a potential threat. Shakira Hussein explores this shift in attitudes and its impact on Muslim women's lives.From volatile Afghan refugee camps to Australian suburbia, Hussein examines the challenges Muslim women face in negotiating ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Perspectives in Mental Health

    Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress

    by Sarah Carr, Peter Beresford, Martin Webber ...
    Social Perspectives in Mental Health offers new practice frameworks that help to make sense of people's mental distress and recovery in relation to their social experience. This interdisciplinary volume promotes a holistic approach to mental health practice, with an emphasis on recovery and empowerment, and on building on the experiences of service users. The contributors explore the impact of ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Social Work Reclaimed

    Innovative Frameworks for Child and Family Social Work Practice

    by Karen Schiltroth, Julie Rooke, Karen Gaughan, Stewart McCafferty, Martin Purbrick, Sonya Kalyniak, Nick Pendry, Charlie Clayton, Rick Mason, Timo Dobrowolski ...
    Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) is a radical new system for delivering child and family social work in the UK. The system was first piloted in the London Borough of Hackney and the model has gained national recognition. At the heart of this innovative system is the endeavour to keep children together with their families.This book sets out what the Reclaiming Social Work model is, how it was ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Connecting with Kids Through Stories

    Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children Second Edition

    by Joanne C. May, Todd Nichols, Denise B. Lacher, Melissa Nichols ...
    Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how therapeutic stories can help children to heal and develop healthy attachments.With a thorough theoretical grounding, the book demonstrates how to create therapeutic stories that improve relationships, ... Read more

    $24.99 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

  • Getting India Back on Track

    An Action Agenda for Reform

    Edited by Ashley J. Tellis, Bibek Debroy, Reece Trevor ...
    India has fallen far and fast from the runaway growth rates it enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In order to reverse this trend, New Delhi must seriously reflect on its policy choices across a wide range of issue areas.Getting India Back on Track broadly coincides with the 2014 Indian elections to spur a public debate about the program that the next government should pursue ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Organized Crime

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Georgios A Antonopoulos, Georgios Papanicolaou ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    For many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday experience; in their neighbourhoods, their streets, and the places they work and live. Policymakers, law enforcement, and the media rarely fail to bring up the issue when discussing the nature and seriousness of contemporary criminal threats, and the appropriate responses towards them. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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