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  • Welfare and Education - Austria & Sweden in comparison

    by Thomas Paster ...
    Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject Politics - Political systems in general and in comparison, grade: very good, Göteborg University (Department of Political Science), course: Course: Swedish politics in a comparative perspective, language: English, abstract: The paper compares the student income situation and state support programmes to students in Austria and Sweden. The first part ... Read more

    $17.71 USD

  • The Role of Business in the Development of the Welfare State and Labor Markets in Germany

    Containing Social Reforms

    by Thomas Paster ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State
    This book assesses the role of employers in the development of welfare state and labour market institutions. Building on an in-depth analysis of Germany, a market economy known to often provide economic benefits to firms, this book explores one of the most contested issues in the comparative and historical literature on the welfare state.In a departure from existing employer-centered explanations, ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • Shattered Lives

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  • Within Our Reach

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    In this solidly researched book, the authors demonstrate that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailed account of the problem, they describe twenty-four programs that have proved successful in changing the lives of seriously disadvantaged children. ... Read more

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  • Organized Crime

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    by Georgios A Antonopoulos, Georgios Papanicolaou ...
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    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

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  • 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

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  • Regent Park Redux

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    by Laura Johnson, Robert Johnson ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
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  • Losing Tim

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