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  • PIONEER FAMILIES OF HUNTSVILLE, WASHINGTON

    by Sandra Torres ...
    Pioneer Families of Huntsville, Washington is a history and collection of brief biographies of the early beginnings of Huntsville. The residents and their connection to the town and to each other are the focus of the book. It is the author’s hope to preserve a little history of Huntsville. Is also a hope expressed by many families who have lived there with their families. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Critical Gerontology for Social Workers

    Edited by Sandra Torres, Sarah Donnelly ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    This original collection explores how critical gerontology can make sense of old age inequalities to inform and improve social work research, policy and practice and empower older people.With examples of practice-facing research, this book engages with key debates on age-related human rights and social justice issues. The critical and conceptual focus will expand the horizons of those who work ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Ageing in Contexts of Migration

    Edited by Ute Karl, Sandra Torres ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Population ageing and the globalisation of international migration are challenging the research agendas of social scientists around the world, and posing numerous challenges for policy makers and practitioners whose goal is to formulate and design high-quality and user-friendly policies and services. Both of these phenomena have brought, for example, attention to the fact that more and more people ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Older People and Migration

    Challenges for Social Work

    Edited by Susan Lawrence, Sandra Torres ...
    With neo-liberal resource rationing, and the onus of cost shifting from the state to individuals, families, and communities, migration issues can add a further layer of complexity to the question of caring for the elderly. By presenting examples from a variety of contexts and countries, this book will stimulate readers into considering new approaches to their own local situation in an attempt to ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Ethnicity and Old Age

    Expanding our Imagination

    by Sandra Torres ...
    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    Winner of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award 2021.Part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, this book proposes a new research agenda for scholarship that focuses on ethnicity, race and old age. It argues that in a time of increased international migration, population ageing and ethno-cultural diversity, scholarly imagination must be expanded as current research frameworks are ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Civic Engagement in Later Life

    by María Dolores Majón Valpuesta, Erin Grinshteyn, Mark Skinner, Mélanie Levasseur, Fredrica Nyqvist, Montserrat Celdrán, Toon Vercauteren, Arlind Reuter, Sandra Torres, Karima Chacur, Pernilla Ågård, Bas Dikmans, Thomas Scharf, Sarah Dury, Rachel Winterton, Marina Näsman, Emilia Häkkinen, Inma Peiro-Milian, Marja Aartsen, Mikael Nygård, Kieran Walsh, Liesbeth De Donder, Feliciano Posada Villar, Clemens Tesch-Römer ...
    Series series Ageing in a Global Context
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Older adults’ civic engagement has become a key concern in academic and policy debates in recent years. However, existing studies on this topic remain fragmented across various conceptual and methodological approaches.This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and multidimensional perspective on older adults' civic engagement. It ... Read more

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    Developing Critical and Reflective Practice

    by Lesley Laing, Cathy Humphreys, Kate Cavanagh ...
    Domestic violence affects all areas of social work. This book shows how social workers can intervene in everyday practice with victims, their families and perpetrators of domestic abuse. It provides students with knowledge of theory, research and policy to put directly in practice across a variety of legal and service-user contexts.Topics covered include:Child protectionInterprofessional ... Read more

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  • A Political Practice of Occupational Therapy

    Edited by Dikaios Sakellariou, Nick Pollard, Frank Kronenberg ...
    This challenging and innovative book explores the political aspects of occupational therapy. It looks at how practitioners may develop political awareness in order to aid community development. A Political Practice of Occupational Therapy is about maximizing the potential impact of occupational therapists' engagements and ensuring the profession is working towards the contruction of a civic ... Read more

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  • Health Communication

    Theoretical and Critical Perspectives

    by Ruth Cross, Sam Davis, Ivy O'Neil ...
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    $22.00 USD

  • Support and Protection Across the Lifecourse

    A Practical Approach for Social Workers

    by Caroline McGregor, Pat Dolan ...
    Crossing the traditional divide between social work with children and families and adults, this text applies a lifecourse perspective, within an ecological frame. Based on the principle that practice drives theory, a practical approach for social work is put forward using five interconnected themes:• duality of support and protection• life transitions and life events• intergenerational relations• ... Read more

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  • The SAGE Handbook of Social Work

    Edited by Mel Gray, James O. Midgley, Stephen A Webb ...
    This Handbook is the world′s first generic major reference work to provide an authoritative guide to the theory, method, and values of social work in one volume.Drawn from an international field of excellence, the contributors each offer a critical analysis of their individual area of expertise. The result is this invaluable resource collection that not only reflects upon the condition of social ... Read more

    $118.79 USD

  • Young People and Sexual Exploitation

    'It's Not Hidden, You Just Aren't Looking'

    by Jenny J. Pearce ...
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    $54.99 USD