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Welfare
ISBN: 9780816632251 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welfare's history can be traced from its eighteenth-century origins to its present-day manifestations. The second edition of this standard resource explores the unique relationship of the United States to welfare in a new final chapter.
Welfare's history can be traced from its eighteenth-century origins to its present-day manifestations. The second edition of this standard resource ex...
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92,63 |
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Homeless Mothers: Face to Face with Women and Poverty
ISBN: 9780816632824 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,50 |
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Managing Displacement: Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism Volume 16
ISBN: 9780816633548 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Media images of people whose lives are destroyed by international and civil conflicts have long engaged our imaginations and emotions. But what happens to these refugees after displacement, and who takes on the responsibility of reconstructing shattered lives? Since the end of the Cold War, patterns of refugee management have changed dramatically, as states look to avoid the legal obligations and costs of asylum. Working for humanitarian agencies in Kenya and Somalia, Jennifer Hyndman determined that in spite of their best efforts, too often the camps in which these agencies operate can offer...
Media images of people whose lives are destroyed by international and civil conflicts have long engaged our imaginations and emotions. But what happen...
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97,50 |
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The Home on Gorham Street and the Voices of Its Children
ISBN: 9780817307813 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Home on Gorham Street looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Within this social history and ethnography, the voices of eldersNonce wards of the home in the 1930s and 1940sNtell us in sometimes poetic, often comic, usually ironic, and always poignant words what it was really like to grow up in an Oorphanage.O Emerging from this penetrating adventure are principles for the future of effective group care in meeting the needs of the rapidly growing number of abused, forsaken, and... The Home on Gorham Street looks back to an earlier era of care for orphaned and dependent children of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. ... |
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112,14 |
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The Politics of the Peace Corps and Vista
ISBN: 9780817312060 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author has taken the concept of organizational culture from corporate literature and applied it to two unique government programs the Peace Corps and VISTA. The book traces the ongoing conflict between partisan ideology and the organizational culture formulated during the Kennedy and Johnson years. It follows an often intense struggle between political appointees on one side and career employees, volunteers, and returned volunteers on the other. Political ideologies may vary depending upon which political party controls the presidency, but the contest for control of the agencies... The author has taken the concept of organizational culture from corporate literature and applied it to two unique government programs the Pea... |
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112,14 |
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Implementation and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780819175267 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Implementation and Public Policy includes a thorough explication of the implementation process. The framework delineates five distinct stages beginning with formulation through revision and reformulation. Five separate cases of implementation are examined: clean air, school desegregation, new towns, compensatory education, and coastal zone management. Useful at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, this book carved an important niche in the field of implementation studies when first published in 1983 by Scott Foresman Publishers. The extensive "Postscript" written for the UPA...
Implementation and Public Policy includes a thorough explication of the implementation process. The framework delineates five distinct stages beginnin...
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429,61 |
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The New Deal and Beyond : Social Welfare in the South Since 1930
ISBN: 9780820324814 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of ten original studies covers a wide range of issues related to the regional distinctiveness of welfare provision in the South and the development of the larger federal welfare state. The studies examine New Deal and Great Society programs from the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps to Social Security and Medicare. In addition, they draw attention to such private-sector organizations as the Salvation Army and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Some essays look at the degree of federal responsiveness to, or actual... This collection of ten original studies covers a wide range of issues related to the regional distinctiveness of welfare provision in the South and... |
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348,89 |
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The New Deal and Beyond: Social Welfare in the South Since 1930
ISBN: 9780820324821 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of ten original studies covers a wide range of issues related to the regional distinctiveness of welfare provision in the South and the development of the larger federal welfare state. The studies examine New Deal and Great Society programs from the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps to Social Security and Medicare. In addition, they draw attention to such private-sector organizations as the Salvation Army and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Some essays look at the degree of federal responsiveness to, or actual... This collection of ten original studies covers a wide range of issues related to the regional distinctiveness of welfare provision in the South and... |
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176,47 |
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Monitoring and Evaluating Social Programs in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9780821329894 / Angielski / Miękka / 548 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Project sustainability has received considerable attention in recent years. The increased awareness stems from a growing concern with social development issues such as poverty reduction, project sustainability, the equal participation of women, and the social costs of economic development. This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the wide range of techniques available for monitoring and evaluating the main kinds of social development programs. The authors highlight or review a number of topics that have been overlooked in earlier evaluation publications, such as: -The organization of...
Project sustainability has received considerable attention in recent years. The increased awareness stems from a growing concern with social developme...
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195,11 |
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Public Services Delivery
ISBN: 9780821361405 / Angielski / Miękka / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The globalization of information--satellite TV, internet, phone and fax--serve to enhance citizens' awareness of their rights, obligations, options and alternatives and strengthens demands for greater accountability from the public sector. However, the power of accountability is significantly reduced if citizens are unable to measure their government's performance in a meaningful way, which is precisely the topic of this timely book. The abstract concept of 'government performance' can only be an effective tool in public debate when there are concrete statistics measuring performance and...
The globalization of information--satellite TV, internet, phone and fax--serve to enhance citizens' awareness of their rights, obligations, options an...
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175,60 |
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A Social Laboratory for Modern France: The Musée Social and the Rise of the Welfare State
ISBN: 9780822327820 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France's pressing "social question," the Musee Social reached across political lines to forge a reformist alliance founded on an optimistic faith in social science. In A Social Laboratory for Modern France Janet R. Horne presents the story of this institution, offering a nuanced explanation of how, despite centuries of deep ideological division, the French came to agree on the basic premises of their welfare state.
Horne explains how Musee founders believed--and convinced others to believe--that the Third Republic would carry... As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France's pressing "social question," the Musee Social reached across political lines to forg...
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458,51 |
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The Community Economic Development Movement: Law, Business, and the New Social Policy
ISBN: 9780822328155 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the evolution of the Community Economic Development movement, paying particular attention to the institutional and legal mechanisms it utilizes.
A study of the evolution of the Community Economic Development movement, paying particular attention to the institutional and legal mechanisms it util...
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117,02 |
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Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Medicare Intentions, Effects, and Politics
ISBN: 9780822364894 / Angielski / Miękka / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At a time when Medicare stands at the forefront of national politics, Medicare: Intentions, Effects, and Politics moves past the political rhetoric of the moment to provide a groundwork for informed debate. This special issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law offers a historically-based exploration and understanding of Medicare as well as needed perspectives for intelligent reform. This issue provides a complete understanding of the particular and peculiar structure of Medicare that can be gained only by considering the ideas, politics, and institutions of the 1960s that...
At a time when Medicare stands at the forefront of national politics, Medicare: Intentions, Effects, and Politics moves past the political rhetoric of...
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58,49 |
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Policy Analysis by Design
ISBN: 9780822953920 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Policy Analysis by Design" examines the approaches to public policy taken by those who try to teach it, write about it, and influence it through major analysis. Bobrow and Dryzek systematically compare the five major contending analytical frames of reference: welfare economics, public choice, social structure, information processing, and political philosophy. The workings of each frame are illustrated by means of a common, if imaginary, policy case - air pollution in the hypothetical Smoke Valley."
"Policy Analysis by Design" examines the approaches to public policy taken by those who try to teach it, write about it, and influence it through majo...
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230,80 |
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Work with Older People: Challenges and Opportunities
ISBN: 9780823215072 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The increasing need for trained and knowledgeable service providers to work with the aging has been well documented in recent studies. Gutheil writes in her introduction, growth in the number and proportion of older persons is one of the most dramatic and influential developments of this century, and we must anticipate and address the needs of this burgeoning older population. One anticipated result of the increasing numbers of older persons, especially the oldest old, is an unprecedented demand for support services for older people and their families.By bringing together practitioners and...
The increasing need for trained and knowledgeable service providers to work with the aging has been well documented in recent studies. Gutheil writes ...
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131,65 |
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Social Work in the Era of Devolution: Toward a Just Practice
ISBN: 9780823220809 / Angielski / Twarda / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While economic indicators in recent years have shown an unprecedented level of prosperity, social indicators tell a different story: growing economic disparity, increasing numbers of Americans lacking health insurance, increased levels of poverty among our youngest and oldest citizens, and an anti-entitlement political climate that has eroded assistance to those most in need. In this era of "devolution," the federal government has been increasingly removed from the provision of services and support to vulnerable populations. This book presents a framework for understanding the impact of these...
While economic indicators in recent years have shown an unprecedented level of prosperity, social indicators tell a different story: growing economic ...
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370,71 |
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Social Work in the Era of Devolution: Toward a Just Practice
ISBN: 9780823220816 / Angielski / Miękka / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While economic indicators in recent years have shown an unprecedented level of prosperity, social indicators tell a different story: growing economic disparity, increasing numbers of Americans lacking health insurance, increased levels of poverty among our youngest and oldest citizens, and an anti-entitlement political climate that has eroded assistance to those most in need. In this era of "devolution," the federal government has been increasingly removed from the provision of services and support to vulnerable populations. This book presents a framework for understanding the impact of these...
While economic indicators in recent years have shown an unprecedented level of prosperity, social indicators tell a different story: growing economic ...
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151,21 |
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Handbook of Global Social Policy
ISBN: 9780824703578 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discusses improving the quality of life of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy through public policy. This text argues for policy that expands employment and facilitates jobs, finances education and economic and cultural integration, rewards merit, encourages voting and political participation, and seeks to reduce crime to the benefit of all countries around the world.
Discusses improving the quality of life of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy through public policy. This text argues for policy that expands...
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926,78 |
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Protecting Children
ISBN: 9780826464040 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fully up-dated second edition of Protecting Children provides the framework for understanding child abuse and child protection issues for people who work with children in a variety of professional and informal settings. Written in Kay's characteristically lucid and approachable style, the text brims with case studies, points for reflection, self-assessment exercises and suggestions for developing readers' own practices. This fully up-dated second edition of Protecting Children provides the framework for understanding child abuse and child protection issues for peop... |
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214,58 |
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To Give Their Gifts: Health, Community, and Democracy
ISBN: 9780826514110 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Democracy needs the extraordinary efforts of ordinary people. The experiences of the twelve creative community health leaders, which this book presents, provide excellent examples of innovative democratic leadership. To Give Their Gifts recaptures the neglected narratives of democracy. It places community and mutual responsibility for one another at the center of democratic leadership, explains health care as social justice, and asserts the belief that everyone has the -gifts---and the right--to contribute to community.
Democracy needs the extraordinary efforts of ordinary people. The experiences of the twelve creative community health leaders, which this book present...
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184,84 |
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