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Indicators of Children's Well-Being: Understanding Their Role, Usage and Policy Influence
ISBN: 9781402042379 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ROBERT C. GRANGER William T. Grant Foundation During the past 10 years or so, a number of researchers, policymakers, and prac- tioners have made important progress on the identi?cation and use of indicators of children's well-being. The United States federal government, via the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health, as well as such private funders as the Annie E. Casey Foundation, have supported many of these efforts. During this time, the William T. Grant Foundation, who was not a primary funder of such activities, was nevertheless one of the many...
ROBERT C. GRANGER William T. Grant Foundation During the past 10 years or so, a number of researchers, policymakers, and prac- tioners have made impor...
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Careful Economics: Integrating Caring Activities and Economic Science
ISBN: 9781402074677 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Much like their authors, the ideas behind books can grow and change on the way from proposal to manuscript. I originally planned to join the discussion on care and economics at a different, more policy-oriented level, hoping to identify the conditions under which caring services are taken to the market. In approaching the task, however, I realized that economic science lacked an overall concept of caring. Economists' notions of caring and their knowledge of its basic elements and structural characteristics were fragmented. Caring activities were treated in the context of household work,...
Much like their authors, the ideas behind books can grow and change on the way from proposal to manuscript. I originally planned to join the discussio...
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201,24 |
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Modelling Pension Systems
ISBN: 9781403915245 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The issue of unfunded public pension systems has moved to the centre of public debate all over the world. Unfortunately, a large part of the discussions have remained on a qualitative level. This book seeks to address this by providing detailed knowledge on modelling pension systems.
The issue of unfunded public pension systems has moved to the centre of public debate all over the world. Unfortunately, a large part of the discussio...
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402,53 |
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Social Policy and the Commonwealth: Prospects for Social Inclusion
ISBN: 9781403921666 / Angielski / Twarda / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers unprecedented insights into both the workings of the Commonwealth and into the contrasting experiences of member states within it, with regard to social exclusion. Chapters on British social policy tradition and on concepts of social inclusion/exclusion, preface a series of case studies illustrative of different member states' experiences to date. The book concludes by re-examining the Commonwealth per se, with reference to its own problems of development and, nevertheless, its social policy development potential for the future.
This book offers unprecedented insights into both the workings of the Commonwealth and into the contrasting experiences of member states within it, wi...
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201,24 |
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Individualization and the Delivery of Welfare Services: Contestation and Complexity
ISBN: 9781403988089 / Angielski / Twarda / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The conception of welfare services has changed to consider the more specialized needs of individual users or consumers.This bookexamines the contradictions and complexities of contemporary individualized welfare services, with special reference to service groups who are deeply dependent on service delivery for their quality of life"
The conception of welfare services has changed to consider the more specialized needs of individual users or consumers.This bookexamines the contradic...
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Active Labour Market Policies and Welfare Reform: Europe and the Us in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9781403988300 / Angielski / Twarda / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining recent policy responses to social exclusion in the US, France, Denmark, the UK, and at the EU level since 1997, Daguerre argues that the development of active labour market policies is not the answer and that the reforms are indicative of a shift towards conditional welfare. The book is based on in-depth interviews with key policy makers.
Examining recent policy responses to social exclusion in the US, France, Denmark, the UK, and at the EU level since 1997, Daguerre argues that the dev...
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201,24 |
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Social Work with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
ISBN: 9781403989659 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a fuller understanding. After reviewing existing approaches, research evidence and current practice, students and practitioners are presented with a new conceptual framework for social work.
Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a...
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Children in Trouble: The Role of Families, Schools and Communities
ISBN: 9781403994851 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carol Hayden reviews evidence about children in trouble across a range of circumstances, demonstrating the tensions between welfare and justice, care and control in the treatment of these vulnerable young people and evaluating the implications of the current 'what works' debate within social policy. This book will be invaluable to all students and professionals working with children in social work, teaching or the criminal justice system.
Carol Hayden reviews evidence about children in trouble across a range of circumstances, demonstrating the tensions between welfare and justice, care ...
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The Reform of Public Services Under New Labour: Narratives of Consumerism
ISBN: 9781403995315 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on interviews conducted by the author with politicians, bureaucrats and citizens, alongside content analysis of government documents, the book explains how New Labour has consumerized public services and contributed to the anti-politics that it previously decried.
Drawing on interviews conducted by the author with politicians, bureaucrats and citizens, alongside content analysis of government documents, the book...
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201,24 |
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Citizens, Families, and Reform
ISBN: 9781412804981 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Modern families are economic institutions of great productivity. Theycontribute as much to a society's economic well-being as does workerproductivity in formal markets. In Citizens, Families, andReform, SteinRingen shows how long-standing inequalities of income and class areflexible and changing in post-industrial societies. Such inequalitiesrespond to structural changes such as social mobility and to publicpolicies such as those of the welfare state. His book is a study of theprocess from careful statistical analysis to specific policyrecommendations.
Modern families are economic institutions of great productivity. Theycontribute as much to a society's economic well-being as does workerproductivity ...
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European Welfare States: Comparative Perspectives
ISBN: 9781412901727 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together a discussion of the theories and techniques of comparative policy analysis and a description of current developments in selected welfare state regimes, European Welfare States provides an accessible overview of issues concerning European welfare states.
In particular, it provides: -an overview of the development of welfare states in Europe; -a discussion of key issues including welfare state theories, the role of globalization, gender and the welfare state; welfare typologies; and the role of public opinion; -a detailed... Bringing together a discussion of the theories and techniques of comparative policy analysis and a description of current developments in selected wel...
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Governing America
ISBN: 9781416552116 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Child Survival: Anthropological Perspectives on the Treatment and Maltreatment of Children
ISBN: 9781556080289 / Angielski / Twarda / 397 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. of older children, adults, and the family unit as a whole. These moral evaluations are, in turn, influenced by such external contingencies as popula tion demography, social and economic factors, subsistence strategies, house hold composition, and by cultural ideas concerning the nature of infancy and childhood, definitions of personhood, and beliefs about the soul and its immortality. MOTHER LOVE AND CHILD DEATH Of all the many factors that endanger the lives of young children, by far the most difficult to examine with any degree of dispassionate objectivity is the quality of parenting....
of older children, adults, and the family unit as a whole. These moral evaluations are, in turn, influenced by such external contingencies as popula t...
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805,10 |
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In Service to America a History of Vista in Arkansas, 1965-1985 (C)
ISBN: 9781557280053 / Angielski / Twarda / 491 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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In Service to America: A History of Vista in Arkansas, 1965-1985
ISBN: 9781557280060 / Angielski / Miękka / 491 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Human Services?...That Must Be So Rewarding.: A Practical Guide for Professional Development, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781557663320 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second edition of this ultra-practical resource helps both students and professionals in the human services fields be more focused and fulfilled in the work they do. By working through self-analysis exercises on issues such as work-related values and conflicts, personal goals and limits, respect for consumers, collaboration among colleagues, and stress management, readers can learn to avoid burnout and approach their work more realistically and optimistically. The author offers practical examples and essential survival tips to help professionals keep up with changes in the human... The second edition of this ultra-practical resource helps both students and professionals in the human services fields be more focused and fulfille... |
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Women with Disabilities: Found Voices: Found Voices
ISBN: 9781560230465 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative book was written by women with disabilities and women professionals who work with persons with disabilities. It covers many concerns about life with a disability and issues related to disability and psychotherapy. The authors represent a variety of disabilities, ethnicities, sexualities, and politics. This diversity of experience and perspective forces readers to grapple with contradictions, paradox, and their own preconceptions about disabilities and women. These women writers reveal, in deeply personal, closely technical, and sometimes theoretical terms, how they have coped...
This innovative book was written by women with disabilities and women professionals who work with persons with disabilities. It covers many concerns a...
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Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples
ISBN: 9781560230526 / Angielski / Miękka / 123 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is an essential resource filled with advice for providing social services to gay and lesbian couples. Despite myths to the contrary, many gay men and lesbians form long-term couples relationships. Unfortunately, many professionals working in the area of social services lack training with regard to the special needs of gay/lesbian couples. Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples helps fill this gap by providing information on diverse aspects of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships for social services workers.The contributing authors highlight the unique characteristics of...
Here is an essential resource filled with advice for providing social services to gay and lesbian couples. Despite myths to the contrary, many gay men...
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253,60 |
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Lesbians of Color: Social and Human Services
ISBN: 9781560230724 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Broaden your understanding of lesbians of color, their perspectives, and their needs from a human services point of view. Lesbians of Color: Social and Human Services helps you understand the ways in which lesbians of color perceive important issues related to their oppression and discrimination by the dominant social service community. The authors'personalized accounts graphically depict the deep-seated impacts of society s racism, sexism, and homophobia. This insightful book suggests effective ways of changing detrimental practices and agency policies that perpetuate oppression and...
Broaden your understanding of lesbians of color, their perspectives, and their needs from a human services point of view. Lesbians of Color: Social an...
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Research Methods with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations
ISBN: 9781560233206 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sixteen American and Australian academics contribute 12 chapters describing social service researchers' quest for methodological sophistication and conceptual complexity in conducting research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations. A sampling of topics: maximizing the insider advantage in the qualitative study of lesbians an
Sixteen American and Australian academics contribute 12 chapters describing social service researchers' quest for methodological sophistication and co...
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