wyszukanych pozycji: 32
Challenges to Social Security: An International Exploration
ISBN: 9780865692442 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Social security systems throughout the world are faced with unprecedented challenges in response to growing criticisms about unacceptable expenditures for government programs and questions about the appropriate role of government in providing social protection through social insurance and social assistance programs. The challenges are also a result of dramatic demographic, social, and cultural changes around the world. A variety of radical and modest reform measures are currently being discussed which have the potential of significantly impacting the means of income and health care for the... Social security systems throughout the world are faced with unprecedented challenges in response to growing criticisms about unacceptable expenditu... |
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301,46 zł |
Social Welfare in Global Context
ISBN: 9780761907879 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A textbook providing a broad overview of social welfare, outlining key institutions, terminology, historical research, and approaches. Details reasons for the existence of international social welfare and the challenges that arise from it. Includes a section on applied international social welfare t
A textbook providing a broad overview of social welfare, outlining key institutions, terminology, historical research, and approaches. Details reasons...
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963,29 zł |
Echoes From The Void
ISBN: 9781505818895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A collection of one hundred poems; existential and introspective considerations and reflections upon convulsive moments of the soul. A discontented, degenerating, and then elevating journey through a trio of emotional tornadoes: RAGE - The gift of anger: the reaction to injustice, DESPONDENCY - the dark anguish of the tragedies of romance, and CLARITY the synchronicities and inspiration of epiphany. Tales told, moments muted, memories forged in the howling chaos of the night.
A collection of one hundred poems; existential and introspective considerations and reflections upon convulsive moments of the soul. A discontented, d...
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35,21 zł |
Grassroots Social Security in Asia: Mutual Aid, Microinsurance and Social Welfare
ISBN: 9780415493062 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia and in particular the region's developing countries. Historically, these associations have consisted of small groups of people with common interests who save regularly to support, maintain and supplement their incomes. Members make regular contributions to a communal fund which is used to provide income protection when they experience financial hardship. This book is the first to comprehensively document the activities of mutual associations and their...
Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia and in par...
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755,01 zł |
Social Development
ISBN: 9781412947787 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych.
Walking through social development's key theoretical principles and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples' wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers:
Walking through social development's key theoretical principles and practice strategies, this book shows ... |
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187,39 zł |
Social Work and Social Development
ISBN: 9780199732326 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Social workers have been involved in social development for many years, but it is only recently that these ideas have been explicitly applied to social work practice. The result is that a new and distinctive approach to social work practice known as developmental social work has emerged. Developmental social work emphasizes the role of social investment in professional practice. These investments meet the material needs of social work's clients and facilitate their full integration into the social and economic life of the community. Developmental social workers believe that client strengths...
Social workers have been involved in social development for many years, but it is only recently that these ideas have been explicitly applied to socia...
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371,33 zł |
The Handbook of Social Policy
ISBN: 9781412950763 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Handbook of Social Policy is an attempt to document the now substantial body of knowledge about government social policies that has been accumulated since the study of social policy first emerged as an organized field of academic endeavor about 50 years ago. The Second Edition offers a more streamlined format to make the book more consistent with the way most instructors teach their courses. This text is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to a vast field of endeavor that has, over the years, made a significant difference to the lives and the well-being of the people of the United...
The Handbook of Social Policy is an attempt to document the now substantial body of knowledge about government social policies that has been accumulat...
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963,29 zł |
Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare
ISBN: 9780803977730 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is an excellent and exciting book which makes a compelling case for social development. It more than succeeds in its objective of providing a comprehensive overview of the field of social development -" International Social Work
This is an excellent and exciting book which makes a compelling case for social development. It more than succeeds in its objective of providing a com...
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286,39 zł |
Advanced Introduction to Social Protection
ISBN: 9781800376274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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98,49 zł |
Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia: The Role of Social Security
ISBN: 9780415434850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book looks at the role of social policy and particularly social security in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region's spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades. The East Asian miracle resulted over the last four decades in a transformation of the region's traditional agrarian economies and significant increases in standards of living for many ordinary people. Even though it was given little attention, poverty has remained an ongoing problem. The problem became particularly evident however with the Asian financial crisis of 1997... This book looks at the role of social policy and particularly social security in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite t... |
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755,01 zł |
Alternatives to Social Security: An International Inquiry
ISBN: 9780865692459 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Few days pass without front page newspaper articles about the disarray in the American social security system and the oncoming crisis of exploding costs and imbalance between workers and retirees. New proposals to address these issues constantly surface from presidential candidates, Congress, and interest groups. Yet, few recognize that in the second half of the twentieth century, there has been a global expansion of social security systems, and there may be lessons to be learned from other societies. This collection of essays is designed to examine the diverse approaches developed in... Few days pass without front page newspaper articles about the disarray in the American social security system and the oncoming crisis of exploding ... |
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405,59 zł |
Social Welfare in Global Context
ISBN: 9780761907886 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. James Midgley provides an overview of social welfare, outlining key institutions, terminology, historical research and approaches. In addition, he details reasons for the existence of international social welfare and the challenges which arise from it.
Social Welfare in Global Context includes sections on: applied international social welfare, which addresses the concerns of practitioners; and issues of social work practice, social development, the activities of international agencies and their collaborative efforts. As well as its important focus on practical application, the book also... James Midgley provides an overview of social welfare, outlining key institutions, terminology, historical research and approaches. In addition, he det...
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666,49 zł |
Grassroots Social Security in Asia: Mutual Aid, Microinsurance and Social Welfare
ISBN: 9780415855495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia and in particular the region's developing countries. Historically, these associations have consisted of small groups of people with common interests who save regularly to support, maintain and supplement their incomes. Members make regular contributions to a communal fund which is used to provide income protection when they experience financial hardship. This book is the first to comprehensively document the activities of mutual... Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asi... |
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197,81 zł |
Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare
ISBN: 9780803977723 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 'This is an excellent and exciting book which makes a compelling case for social development. It more than succeeds in its objective of providing a comprehensive overview of the field of social development - International Social Work
'This is an excellent and exciting book which makes a compelling case for social development. It more than succeeds in its objective of providing a co...
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827,90 zł |
Advanced Introduction to Social Protection
ISBN: 9781800376250 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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487,81 zł |
Billy In Reality
ISBN: 9781492731085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Have you ever felt like an alien? Have you ever wondered if things in your life weren't quite as you thought they were? That maybe things around you weren't quite as they seem? That a hidden plot may be unravelling around you, right before your very eyes... "Billy was an alien. Only thing was, he had no idea." Billy Morken sets out on a typical Saturday morning to get coffee, hoping to have a quiet weekend alone with his attractive but highly demanding girlfriend Sally. After an engagement threatens the quiet, Billy begins to have serious doubts about his life; circumstances becoming...
Have you ever felt like an alien? Have you ever wondered if things in your life weren't quite as you thought they were? That maybe things around you w...
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54,46 zł |
Social Policy and Poverty in East Asia: The Role of Social Security
ISBN: 9780415667180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book looks at the role of social policy and particularly social security in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region's spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades. The East Asian miracle resulted over the last four decades in a transformation of the region's traditional agrarian economies and significant increases in standards of living for many ordinary people. Even though it was given little attention, poverty has remained an ongoing problem. The problem became particularly evident however with the Asian financial crisis of 1997... This book looks at the role of social policy and particularly social security in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite t... |
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281,13 zł |
The Handbook of Social Policy
ISBN: 9781412950770 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Handbook of Social Policy is an attempt to document the now substantial body of knowledge about government social policies that has been accumulated since the study of social policy first emerged as an organized field of academic endeavor about 50 years ago. The Second Edition offers a more streamlined format to make the book more consistent with the way most instructors teach their courses. This text is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to a vast field of endeavor that has, over the years, made a significant difference to the lives and the well-being of the people of the United...
The Handbook of Social Policy is an attempt to document the now substantial body of knowledge about government social policies that has been accumulat...
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963,29 zł |
Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice
ISBN: 9781789905571 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Inequality is back on the academic and political agenda. This book considers the extent and impact of social protection - including social assistance, social insurance, universal allowances and mandates - on inequality. The author illustrates how effectively designed and implemented forms of social protection can make significant contributions to reducing inequalities, promoting egalitarian ideals and achieving social justice. Critical and incisive, this book is essential reading for students and academics studying social protection and inequality. It will also be of interest to scholars...
Inequality is back on the academic and political agenda. This book considers the extent and impact of social protection - including social assistance,...
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471,37 zł |
Social Development: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781412947770 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych.
Walking through social development's key theoretical principles and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples' wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers:
Walking through social development's key theoretical principles and practice strategies, this book shows ... |
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604,00 zł |