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Comparing Welfare Capitalism: Social Policy and Political Economy in Europe, Japan and the USA
ISBN: 9780415255714 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies.
With approaches ranging from historical case studies to cross-national analyses, the contributors explore various aspects of the relationships between welfare states, industrial relations, financial government and production systems. Building upon and combining comparative studies of both the varieties of capitalism and the worlds of welfare state regimes, the book considers issues such as: *the role of employers and unions in social policy *the... This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies.
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710,17 |
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Understanding Care, Welfare and Community: A Reader
ISBN: 9780415258593 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and relevant to the delivery of care and support to adults. It includes a wide-ranging collection of articles by leading writers and researchers, some previously published, some newly commissioned. It also has first-hand accounts by users and providers of care and welfare in the community. Groups covered include people with mental health problems, homeless people, older people, people with learning difficulties and people with impairments. The focus...
Care, welfare and community are three key concepts in contemporary social policy. This reader covers a wide range of topics associated with them and r...
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832,62 |
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Placing the Social Economy
ISBN: 9780415260893 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Talk about the social economy and the term The Third Way has attained a level of household recognition, especially in America and Britain. Academics and commentators have debated the usefulness of the social economy as a restraint on capitalist excesses with some arguing that the third way is but a poor substitute for a welfare state. This book provides an account of real life experience in a social economy. By focusing on new evidence, it analyzes such themes as: the range of academic and policy expectation that have emerged in the developed world; the policies of New Labour in Britain; and...
Talk about the social economy and the term The Third Way has attained a level of household recognition, especially in America and Britain. Academics a...
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288,92 |
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The Environment and Social Policy
ISBN: 9780415261050 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book demonstrates how environmental concerns are becoming increasingly central to social policy and discusses the roles of central and local government in realtion to environmental issues.
This book demonstrates how environmental concerns are becoming increasingly central to social policy and discusses the roles of central and local gove...
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710,17 |
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Welfare and the State
ISBN: 9780415262873 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing material from a range of disciplines and with a geographical coverage across all the major developed countries, this book explores the ramifications of welfare and the state over the course of the 20th century.
Drawing material from a range of disciplines and with a geographical coverage across all the major developed countries, this book explores the ramific...
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4652,84 |
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The Managing Care Reader
ISBN: 9780415297882 / Angielski / Twarda / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This Reader includes material relevant to everyone involved in developing new relationships in health and social care. Alongside articles on social care as traditionally conceived, it offers articles from a wide variety of settings, including those in health and education. It brings together classic management texts and material with a management focus, providing a stimulating range of perspectives on the manager's role. In the management of something as complex as care, this must involve:
* listening to service users * maintaining professional values * enabling participation *... This Reader includes material relevant to everyone involved in developing new relationships in health and social care. Alongside articles on social ca...
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636,71 |
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Remaking Social Work with Children and Families: A Critical Discussion on the 'Modernisation' of Social Care
ISBN: 9780415298360 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Remaking Social Work with Children and Families provides a sustained examination of the 'modernisation' of this area of social care. It analyses some of the key themes introduced by the administrations of John Major and Tony Blair and provides a critical exploration of contemporary policy initiatives and issues. These include:
. the Looking After Children (LAC) materials . The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families . 'working together' to protect children . the mainstream approach to 'race' and ethnicity in social work .... Remaking Social Work with Children and Families provides a sustained examination of the 'modernisation' of this area of social care. It analy...
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930,57 |
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Remaking Social Work with Children and Families: A Critical Discussion on the 'Modernisation' of Social Care
ISBN: 9780415298391 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A great many changes are taking place in relation to social work with children and families in Britain. This accessible text charts some of the key developments that have taken place and subjects them to critical examination. Topics include: the new institutional framework for social work; the new tools of social work practice, in particular the LAC system; the framework for the assessment of children in need; the police/social work and health/social work partnerships; approaches to race and ethnicity; the implications of New Labour's adoption review and the new role of personal advisor.
A great many changes are taking place in relation to social work with children and families in Britain. This accessible text charts some of the key de...
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239,94 |
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Last Years of Long Lives : The Larvik Study
ISBN: 9780415301985 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an account of that period of old age which precedes death. Based on 400 complete individual histories and covering a 20-year period, it looks at the experiences of people over 80 years old in three important areas: disability, family life and healthcare. Using the life-course approach to research, it reveals rich data about the contributions of formal and informal care and how life expectancy and experiences of disability interact with experiences of care.
This is an account of that period of old age which precedes death. Based on 400 complete individual histories and covering a 20-year period, it looks ...
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734,66 |
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Child Welfare: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare
ISBN: 9780415312530 / Angielski / Twarda / 1592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bodies or NGO's. The term 'child welfare' is deployed differently in diverse international settings. In the United Kingdom child welfare tends to refer to individualised programmes for children who have experienced problems in their lives. In India, to take a contrasting example, it can also refer to major housing and nutrition programmes. This collection takes an inclusive approach to international perspectives.
The collection is completed by... This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bo...
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1812,16 |
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Welfare & Competition
ISBN: 9780415314091 / Angielski / Twarda / 457 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dealing with general economic theory, this book discusses the theory of pure and monopolistic competition - with an emphasis upon welfare aspects. Beginning with an analysis of the consumer and of the individual firm, the main stress is placed on the analysis of the economic system as a whole.
Dealing with general economic theory, this book discusses the theory of pure and monopolistic competition - with an emphasis upon welfare aspects. Beg...
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1689,71 |
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Papers on Welfare and Growth
ISBN: 9780415314107 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divided into three parts, this volume covers economic growth and related problems, theoretical welfare economics and practical welfare economics. It provides a broad overview of the various aspects of welfare provision from an economics perspective.
Divided into three parts, this volume covers economic growth and related problems, theoretical welfare economics and practical welfare economics. It p...
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1077,50 |
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Human Resources, Care Giving, Career Progression and Gender: A Gender Neutral Glass Ceiling
ISBN: 9780415318563 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents a challenge to feminist perspectives that see the glass ceiling as the exclusive domain of women's careers and work life. The authors address existing debates and extend them to include original empirical evidence from several US and UK comparative studies that look at the effect of caring for dependents (including care for children and elder care) upon the careers and aspirations of both men and women.
This book presents a challenge to feminist perspectives that see the glass ceiling as the exclusive domain of women's careers and work life. The autho...
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440,75 |
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The Care of the Elderly in Japan
ISBN: 9780415323192 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on fieldwork in a Japanese institution for the elderly, this title explores the whole issue of aging and responses to it in Japan, and compares the Japanese approach in these matters with Western approaches.
Based on fieldwork in a Japanese institution for the elderly, this title explores the whole issue of aging and responses to it in Japan, and compares ...
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181,17 |
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Social Policy in East and Southeast Asia: Education, Health, Housing and Income Maintenance
ISBN: 9780415332552 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Policy in East and South East Asia provides the first systematic comparison of the policy sectors of income maintenance, health, housing and education in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. It focuses particularly on the provision and financing arrangements of these four Asian newly industrialized economies and their outcomes in terms of adequacy, efficiency and equity, drawing on extensive primary research carried out by the author.
Locating the importance of Asian social policies in the wake of the recent financial crisis in the region, this work provides a... Social Policy in East and South East Asia provides the first systematic comparison of the policy sectors of income maintenance, health, housi...
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759,15 |
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Effective Learning and Teaching in Social Policy and Social Work
ISBN: 9780415334952 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers, tutors and trainers, this is the essential guide to understanding the key issues in learning and teaching in social policy and social work - as well as related areas such as early childhood studies, youth and community work and probation studies.
The field of social care is constantly changing, and this book acts an accessible introduction to all the core concerns that will be critical to teaching professionals working in the field today. Key areas covered include curriculum planning, design and delivery of teaching, assessment, promoting... Written to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers, tutors and trainers, this is the essential guide to understanding the key issues in learning and tea...
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274,23 |
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Effective Learning and Teaching in Social Policy and Social Work
ISBN: 9780415334969 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers, tutors and trainers, this is the guide to understanding the key issues in learning and teaching in social policy and social work - as well as related areas such as early childhood studies, youth and community work and probation studies. The field of social care is constantly changing, and this book acts an accessible introduction to all the core concerns that will be critical to teaching professionals working in the field today. Key areas covered include curriculum planning, design and delivery of teaching, assessment, promoting inclusion,...
Written to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers, tutors and trainers, this is the guide to understanding the key issues in learning and teaching in s...
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107,70 |
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Using Groupwork
ISBN: 9780415339315 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by experienced practitioners and teachers, this book promotes greater knowledge and understanding of groupwork and group processes, particularly in social work and social care settings. Incorporating both theory and practice, it provides a practical guide to those considering groupwork, and further inspiration for those already involved. The book incorporates a number of case examples of groups run in mainstream social work, social care and multi-disciplinary settings.
Skills-based in approach, this innovative text includes: - learning objectives - activities to test... Written by experienced practitioners and teachers, this book promotes greater knowledge and understanding of groupwork and group processes, particular...
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927,99 |
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Normative Foundations of the Welfare State : The Nordic Experience
ISBN: 9780415349437 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book delves into issues at the heart of government. Its sharp analysis of the unique Nordic welfare system provides urgent lessons for governments and societies across the globe.
Welfare programs and institutions tend to be analyzed as instrumental arrangements, overlooking the fact that welfare programs are essentially expressions of moral conceptions and values. This book recognizes this distinction and offers analyses, perspectives and interpretations of the normative foundation of the 'Nordic welfare state model'. The authors examine the main normative principles in this... This book delves into issues at the heart of government. Its sharp analysis of the unique Nordic welfare system provides urgent lessons for government...
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747,55 |
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Planning for Life: Involving Adults with Learning Disabilities in Service Planning
ISBN: 9780415351560 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book traces the development of services for people with disabilities and discusses how much things have really changed for today's 'service users' since the days of asylums. It also assesses whether the policy of involvement, such as that outlined in Valuing People, is achievable in practice or simply places unrealistic burdens on professionals and service users.
Based on findings from original research and interviews, the author argues that involving people with learning disabilities in service planning is difficult to achieve successfully and is currently, to a large... This book traces the development of services for people with disabilities and discusses how much things have really changed for today's 'service users...
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783,64 |
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