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Deterritorialized Youth: Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East
ISBN: 9781845456535 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sahrawi and Afghan refugee youth in the Middle East have been stereotyped regionally and internationally: some have been objectified as passive victims; others have become the beneficiaries of numerous humanitarian aid packages which presume the primacy of the Western model of child development. This book compares and contrasts both the stereotypes and Western-based models of humanitarian assistance among Sahrawi youth with the lack of programming and near total self-sufficiency of Afghan refugee youth in Iran. Both extremes offer an important opportunity to further explore the impact...
The Sahrawi and Afghan refugee youth in the Middle East have been stereotyped regionally and internationally: some have been objectified as passive vi...
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Understanding Social Citizenship: Themes and Perspectives for Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9781847423283 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers students with an understanding of the concept of citizenship in relation to UK, EU and global welfare institutions. This title covers a range of philosophical, historical and contemporary welfare debates and issues.
Offers students with an understanding of the concept of citizenship in relation to UK, EU and global welfare institutions. This title covers a range o...
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118,04 |
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Religion and Faith-Based Welfare: From Wellbeing to Ways of Being
ISBN: 9781847423894 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution both to the teaching of social policy and the wider debates surrounding it in Britain today. It offers a critical and theoretically-sensitive overview of the role of religious values, actors and institutions in the development of state and non-state social welfare provision in Britain, combining historical discussion of the relationship between religion and social policy in Britain with a comparative theoretical discussion that covers continental Europe and North America. Grounded in new empirical research on...
This original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution both to the teaching of social policy and the wider debates surrounding i...
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164,25 |
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Democracy Under Attack: How the Media Distort Policy and Politics
ISBN: 9781847428486 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ongoing News International phonehacking scandal has made abundantly clear that the media's influence over politics is both immense and largely hidden from public scrutiny. As the scandal grows, a question arises: even when they stay on the right side of the law, to what extent do the media influence the political process? In Democracy under Attack, one of the media's own--Malcolm Dean, the Guardian's long-standing chief monitor of social policy--expertly indicts his fellow journalists, revealing the ways their distorted coverage undermines democracy. Based on four decades of...
The ongoing News International phonehacking scandal has made abundantly clear that the media's influence over politics is both immense and largely hid...
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243,89 |
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Social Work and Child Welfare Politics: Through Nordic Lenses
ISBN: 9781847429001 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Children and families are at the heart of social work all over the world, but, until now Nordic perspectives have been rare in the body of English-language child welfare literature. Is there something that makes child welfare ideas and practices that are in use in the Nordic countries characteristically 'Nordic'? If so, what kinds of challenges do the current globalization trends pose for Nordic child welfare practices, especially for social work with children and families? Covering a broad range of child welfare issues, this edited collection provides examples of Nordic approaches to child...
Children and families are at the heart of social work all over the world, but, until now Nordic perspectives have been rare in the body of English-lan...
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153,98 |
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Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement
ISBN: 9781849050753 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of user involvement. This book provides an accessible account of the latest research findings regarding user involvement on three levels: the delivery and provision of services, practice and practitioners, and research and evaluation. It explores a wide range of service user needs and concerns, including the latest developments in personalisation and the effect of the Equality Act 2010. First-hand accounts illustrate the range of issues and service...
Social Care, Service Users and User Involvement provides a definitive introduction to practical, philosophical and theoretical issues at the heart of ...
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143,71 |
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Safeguarding Children Across Services: Messages from Research
ISBN: 9781849051248 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Safeguarding Children Across Services brings together the latest evidence on safeguarding children from abuse and neglect. Providing an overview of 15 research projects, it addresses the key policy and practice issues across health, social care and education services and the family justice system. The authors set out the latest findings on identification of abuse and neglect, methods of prevention, general interventions, and specific interventions for families with additional or complex needs. They examine the evidence on effective inter-agency practice and how it can be improved. Each...
Safeguarding Children Across Services brings together the latest evidence on safeguarding children from abuse and neglect. Providing an overview of 15...
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153,98 |
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Communication Skills for Working with Children and Young People: Introducing Social Pedagogy
ISBN: 9781849051378 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For those working with children, effective communication is a crucial part of building relationships and encouraging children's emotional and intellectual development. This practical guide identifies the child and their relationship with the adult as the basis upon which real communication can be made. Topics covered include non-verbal communication, attentive listening, empathy, the part played by questions, working constructively with conflict and criticism, and communicating in groups. It also draws on the innovative ideas found in social pedagogic theory and practice, such as...
For those working with children, effective communication is a crucial part of building relationships and encouraging children's emotional and intellec...
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118,04 |
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Safeguarding Babies and Very Young Children from Abuse and Neglect
ISBN: 9781849052375 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Safeguarding babies and very young children is a highly complex process, involving difficult decisions surrounding their needs, care, and whether they need to be separated from their families. This book, based on a research study which followed babies who were identified as likely to suffer significant harm before their first birthdays until they were three years old, explores key issues surrounding the safeguarding process. These include how the decision whether to remove children from their families are made, whether social work interventions work and the impact they have on children's life...
Safeguarding babies and very young children is a highly complex process, involving difficult decisions surrounding their needs, care, and whether they...
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179,71 |
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Risk Assessment in Social Care and Social Work
ISBN: 9781853026898 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Risk Assessment in Social Care and Social Work outlines the theoretical issues behind the decisions, processes and organisations involved in risk assessment. Written by leading academics and experienced practitioners, it considers implications for future policy, drawing on the full range of perspectives in the most recent research. It considers the following themes: * The concepts of risk and dangerousness, and the ethical questions, which arise when assessments of risk are made. * The wider context of social policy and legislation, and the interaction between rehabilitation and the...
Risk Assessment in Social Care and Social Work outlines the theoretical issues behind the decisions, processes and organisations involved in risk asse...
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159,12 |
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Nobody's Child
ISBN: 9781854246233 / Angielski / Big book / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Robinson had the worst possible start in life. Taken into care at four months old, he was left in abusive foster homes for most of his childhood. Yet God had plans for John. Today he runs the Eden bus ministry: frontline youth buses which travel the toughest parts of Manchester with the gospel. The team befriends young people and sometimes accompany them to court.
John Robinson had the worst possible start in life. Taken into care at four months old, he was left in abusive foster homes for most of his childhood....
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Fifty-One Moves
ISBN: 9781904380245 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A 'Going Straight' genre life story which breaks new ground in taking as its focus the vagaries of the child care system and in doing so is re-assuring for professionals and young people in care alike. It is a shocking fact that whilst just one per cent of young people enter care to be 'looked after' by a local authority, foster parents and in children's homes, a whopping 27 per cent of prisoners have been in care at some time or another. Ben Ashcroft was one of these. Fifty-one Moves is his vivid and telling first-hand account of his experiences in 37 different establishments. Altogether -...
A 'Going Straight' genre life story which breaks new ground in taking as its focus the vagaries of the child care system and in doing so is re-assurin...
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63,47 |
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Combining Paid Work and Family Care: Policies and Experiences in International Perspective
ISBN: 9781447306825 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As populations around the world age, increasing efforts are required from families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled people. Furthermore, both women and men are expected to work later into life. Taken together, these two facts have made the relationship between work and care a burning issue for social and employment policy as well as for those working toward economic sustainability. Emphasizing the lessons that can be learned from individual experiences, this book widens current debates on these topics, bringing the experiences of individuals who support older,...
As populations around the world age, increasing efforts are required from families and governments to secure care and support for older and disabled p...
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Understanding Restorative Justice: How Empathy Can Close the Gap Created by Crime
ISBN: 9781447317425 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a clear and detailed introduction to the ways that restorative justice can be used to nurture empathy, exploring such key themes as responsibility, shame, forgiveness, and closure. It uses numerous case studies to explore the timeline of restorative justice, from an initial offense, through the criminal justice process, then into the heart of the restorative meeting and beyond. It will serve as the perfect introduction for those new to restorative justice, as well as a best practices guide for acting practitioners.
This book offers a clear and detailed introduction to the ways that restorative justice can be used to nurture empathy, exploring such key themes as r...
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92,37 |
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New Horizons for Policy Practice
ISBN: 9780415849708 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides fresh perspectives on the state of policy practice. Leading scholars explore such vital conceptual topics such as how to impact social justice, what the strengths-based perspective means to policy practitioners and how to bridge the all-too common gap between community organizing and direct practice in social work. Other esteemed academics address topics including how to use technology to impact social justice, what the impacts of the recent changes in the United States' Supreme Court will be, how to conceptualize the impact of ex-prisoners' re-entry into society and how to...
This book provides fresh perspectives on the state of policy practice. Leading scholars explore such vital conceptual topics such as how to impact soc...
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156,04 |
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Health Care Systems in Europe Under Austerity: Institutional Reforms and Performance
ISBN: 9780230369610 / Angielski / Twarda / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and responsiveness to patients and workers.
This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a...
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201,24 |
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Assessment of Population Health Risks of Policies
ISBN: 9781461485964 / Angielski / Twarda / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assessment of Population Health Risks of Policies Gabriel Gulis, Odile Mekel, Balazs Adam, and Liliana Cori, editors
Public health continues to evolve as professionals work not only to prevent disease and promote well-being but also to reduce health disparities and protect the environment. To a greater extent, policy is intimately linked to this process, a reality that is gaining traction in the public health sector.
With this understanding in mind, Assessment of Population Health Risks of Policies introduces an international set of... Assessment of Population Health Risks of Policies Gabriel Gulis, Odile Mekel, Balazs Adam, and Liliana Cori, editors
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402,53 |
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Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media
ISBN: 9781612056333 / Angielski / Twarda / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheavals in the developing world, health, terrorism, and technology. The book is unique in its in-depth coverage of these pressing social concerns and its use of extensive media resources through a companion website. An introductory section reviews basic sociological concepts and theories, including the sociological imagination and class, gender, and race stratification all of which are revisited in each chapter. The book helps students appreciate the...
Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheavals ...
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975,56 |
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Understanding Contemporary Social Problems Through Media
ISBN: 9781612056340 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheavals in the developing world, health, terrorism, and technology. The book is unique in its in-depth coverage of these pressing social concerns and its use of extensive media resources through a companion website. An introductory section reviews basic sociological concepts and theories, including the sociological imagination and class, gender, and race stratification all of which are revisited in each chapter. The book helps students appreciate the...
Goldberg uses a multi-media approach to critically examine the most significant and volatile issues of our times: the environmental crisis, upheavals ...
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287,74 |
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Put Away Ils 265
ISBN: 9780415864190 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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