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  • Action on Poverty in the UK

    Edición de Sarah Page, Martin Coates, Julie Tipping, Juliette Frangos, Katy Goldstraw ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book tackles poverty and policy issues in the UK by discussing successful projects and practices, across lots of short chapters. The first section provides a brief history overview of poverty in the UK over the past two hundred years and discusses the question of why the UK, as a wealthy western nation, still has a poverty issue. It discusses various vulnerable groups and contextual factors ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

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  • Does Education Matter?

    Myths About Education and Economic Growth

    de Alison Wolf ...
    "Education, education, education" has become an obsession for politicians and the public alike. It is seen as an economic panacea: an engine for growth and prosperity. But is there a link between increased spending on higher eductaion and economicgrowth? Professor Alison Wolf takes a critical look at successive governments' education policy and challenges many of the tenets of received wisdom: ... Leer más

    $12.59 USD

  • The Art of Public Strategy

    Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good

    de Geoff Mulgan ...
    The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives. The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters, like the shrinking of the Russian economy in the 1990s, or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. This book is ... Leer más

    $51.29 USD

  • Head, Hand, Heart

    Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect

    de David Goodhart ...
    **A Financial Times Best Book of the Year 2020A TIMELY AND PROVOCATIVE ARGUMENT FROM LEADING POLITICAL ANALYST DAVID GOODHART ABOUT THE SEVERELY IMBALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF STATUS AND WORK IN WESTERN SOCIETIES.**The coronavirus pandemic revealed what we ought to have already known: that nurses, caregivers, supermarket workers, delivery drivers, cleaners, and so many others are essential. Until ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Irish Business and Society

    Governing, Participating and Transforming in the 21st Century

    Edición de 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; ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Big-City School Reforms

    Lessons from New York, Toronto, and London

    de Michael Fullan, Alan Boyle ...
    Big cities have struggled to improve public school systems. This book shows why—and offers a framework for achieving future success. Fullan and Boyle, internationally renowned thinkers on school change, demonstrate that while the educational challenges of big cities may be overwhelming, they are not insurmountable. They draw on ten years’ of research to identify six essential “push” and “pull” ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • A Contemporary History of Social Work

    Learning from the Past

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Adult Social Care

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Care Crisis

    What Caused It and How Can We End It?

    de Emma Dowling ...
    An examination of the global economic crisis from the perspective of careValuing care and care work does not simply mean attributing care work more monetary value. To really achieve change, we must go further.In this groundbreaking book, Emma Dowling charts the multi-faceted nature of care in the modern world, from the mantras of self-care and what they tell us about our anxieties, to the state of ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Why Fight Poverty?

    de Julia Unwin ...
    Series series Perspectives
    Poverty, and calls to end it, date back centuries. Even in prosperous modern times, despite the huge transformation of society, poverty has persisted. This book looks back at the struggle to end poverty and asks if it is worth it. ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Short Guide to Community Development

    de Gilchrist, Alison, Taylor, Marilyn ...
    Series series Short Guides
    The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • New Power University, The

    The Social Purpose Of Higher Education In The 21St Century

    de Jonathan Grant ...
    In a changing world, what is the social purpose of higher education?Combining a critique of contemporary universities, a manifesto for the future and a provocation to stimulate change, The New Power University examines how higher education can flourish in the 21st century. Using the framing of ‘new power’, Jonathan Grant illustrates how a different purpose for universities is necessary, through ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD