Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite great global effort, events of the early 21st century clearly demonstrate that food remains a pressing challenge which has significant implications for security. In this book, Bryan McDonald explores how processes of globalization and global change have reshaped food systems in ways that have significant impacts for the national security of states and the human of communities and individuals. Over the past few decades, local, regional, and...
Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite ...
"Social Work with Older People" provides an authoritative and practical guide to working with older people in a range of settings. It addresses the complexities of individual work with older people, as well as work with families, groups and the wider community, and is not afraid to tackle the challenges as well as opportunities of practice in this area.
The book begins by explaining the demographic changes that have led to a 'greying' of the general population. It goes on to discuss the diversity in experiences of ageing across society, and the range of issues which confront older people...
"Social Work with Older People" provides an authoritative and practical guide to working with older people in a range of settings. It addresses the co...
"Social Work with Older People" provides an authoritative and practical guide to working with older people in a range of settings. It addresses the complexities of individual work with older people, as well as work with families, groups and the wider community, and is not afraid to tackle the challenges as well as opportunities of practice in this area.
The book begins by explaining the demographic changes that have led to a 'greying' of the general population. It goes on to discuss the diversity in experiences of ageing across society, and the range of issues which confront older people...
"Social Work with Older People" provides an authoritative and practical guide to working with older people in a range of settings. It addresses the co...
This Unique Guidebook Covers All Aspects Of Practical Field Epidemiologic Investigation. It Explains The Requirements, Defines Terms, And Illustrates Many Examples Of How To Undertake The Tasks Of The Public Health Epidemiologist During A Field Investigation. Unlike Other Texts Of Its Kind, It Breaks Down Each Function Of Field Epidemiology To Its Constituent Parts And Thoroughly Answers Questions Related To Them. Topics Include: Public Health Surveillance; Qualifying A Potential Outbreak; Assembling And Equipping A Team; Hypothesis Generation And Descriptive Epidemiology; Epidemiological...
This Unique Guidebook Covers All Aspects Of Practical Field Epidemiologic Investigation. It Explains The Requirements, Defines Terms, And Illustrates ...
The critic has long been a reviled figure, at best the mere handmaiden of the "creative" arts, at worst a parasite upon them. For Brendan Behan, critics are like eunuchs in a harem. They know how it is done. They have seen it done every day.
But they are unable to do it themselves. In an age of book clubs, celebrity endorsements and bloggers, what role is there now for the professional critic as an arbiter of artistic value? Are literature and the arts merely a question of personal taste? Is one opinion "as good as another"? Ronan McDonald's The Death...
The critic has long been a reviled figure, at best the mere handmaiden of the "creative" arts, at worst a parasite upon them. For Bre...
