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  • Happiness

    de Bent Greve ...
    Series series Key Ideas
    This fully revised and updated edition of Happiness provides an accessible introduction to the concept of happiness and how it can be applied to public policy in order to help citizens achieve the good life.Countries around the globe want to ensure the best for their citizens. They want them to be happy, have a good life and improve their well-being. It follows that, whilst happiness is based upon ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

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  • At Risk

    Social Justice in Child Welfare and Other Human Services

    de Karen Swift, Marilyn Callahan ...
    In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services. They argue that the tools, technologies, and practices used to measure risk to the individual have gone unquestioned and unstudied and that current methods of risk assessment may be distorting the principles of social ... Leer más

    $33.09 USD

  • The Politics of Evidence

    From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence

    de Justin Parkhurst ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast majority of work on the subject has failed to engage with the political nature of decision making and how ... Leer más

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  • Happiness

    Lessons from a New Science

    de Richard Layard ...
    There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average ... Leer más

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  • Social Work, Social Justice, and Human Rights

    A Structural Approach to Practice, Second Edition

    de Colleen Lundy ...
    Social workers take pride in their commitment to social and economic justice, peace, and human rights, and in their responses to related inequalities and social problems. At a time when economic globalization, armed conflict, and ecological devastation continue to undermine human rights and the possibilities for social justice, the need for linking a structural analysis to social work practice is ... Leer más

    $41.39 USD

  • Comparative Welfare State Politics

    de Kees van Kersbergen, Barbara Vis ...
    Welfare state reform occurs in all advanced capitalist democracies, but it does not occur in identical ways, to the same degree or with similar consequences. In Comparative Welfare State Politics, Kees van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities and constraints of welfare state reform by asking 'big' questions. Why did we need a welfare state in the first place? How did we ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • In Praise of Skepticism

    Trust but Verify

    de Pippa Norris ...
    A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets, managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any signs of its decline are, and should be, a matter of serious concern. Yet, In Praise of Skepticism recognizes that trust has two faces. Confidence in anti-vax theories has weakened herd immunity. Faith in Q-Anon ... Leer más

    $27.89 USD

  • Just Care

    Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependency, and Desire

    de Akemi Nishida ...
    Series series D/C: Dis/color
    Just Care is Akemi Nishida’s thoughtful examination of care injustice and social justice enabled through care. The current neoliberal political economy has turned care into a business opportunity for the healthcare industrial complex and a mechanism of social oppression and control. Nishida analyzes the challenges people negotiate whether they are situated as caregivers, receivers, or both. Also ... Leer más

    $25.19 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty

    Edición de David Brady, Linda M. Burton ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Despite remarkable economic advances in many societies during the latter half of the twentieth century, poverty remains a global issue of enduring concern. Poverty is present in some form in every society in the world, and has serious implications for everything from health and well-being to identity and behavior. Nevertheless, the study of poverty has remained disconnected across disciplines. The ... Leer más

    $52.19 USD

  • Successful Societies

    How Institutions and Culture Affect Health

    Edición de Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont ...
    Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe

    The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity

    Edición de Marge Unt, Michael Gebel, Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, Dirk Hofäcker ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity, and the subsequent consequences.Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences ... Leer más

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  • Happiness—Concept, Measurement and Promotion

    de Yew-Kwang Ng ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book defines happiness intuitively and explores several common conceptual mistakes with regard to happiness. It then moves on to address topical issues including, but not limited to, whether money can buy you happiness, why happiness is ultimately the only thing of intrinsic value, and the various factors important for happiness. It also presents a more reliable and ... Leer más

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