Social Policy for Social Work

Reducere. Tools for Radical Democracy is an essential resource for grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy, and anyone trying to...

DescriptionProviding insight into current research, and comprehensive guidance on recent legislation and policy, this key text offers anyone workin...

DescriptionAmericans constantly make moral judgments about presidents and foreign policy. Unfortunately, many of these assessments are poorly thoug...

Reducere. Court of Injustice reveals how immigration lawyers work to achieve just results for their clients in a system that has long denigrated the rights o...

Authoring a PhD is a complex process. It involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading the tex...

Ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker, America in the World t...

America has a long history of diplomacy-ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan,...

Allison Davis (1902-83), a preeminent black scholar and social science pioneer, is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking investigations into in...

This work presents an examination of the legal developments made in wage regulations within the United Kingdom. The period that has been chosen for...

This is the first part of a two-volume work which will provide an authoritative UK-wide account from the initial settlement under New Labour in 199...

This new and fully updated second edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan provides undergraduate and graduate students with an interdiscip...

DescriptionThis book is a collection of work on aging and development from authors from the global south. Aging is steadily evolving as a public he...

Reducere. When the stability of American life was threatened by the Great Depression, the decisive and visionary policy contained in FDR's New Deal offered A...

Reducere. One of the most talked-about books in years, A Nation of Victims established Charles Sykes as a persuasive, witty, and controversial commentator on...

Reducere. Distinguished diplomat Ambassador Wendy Sherman brings readers inside the negotiating room to show how to put diplomatic values like courage, power...

This accessible book provides an overview of trauma-informed care and related neuroscience research across populations. The book explains how traum...

Reducere. Right People, Right Skills, Right Time -- "This is the future of work"WorkforceRx is a collection of proven workforce development strategies refine...

Reducere. A top economist weighs in on one of the most urgent questions of our times: What is the source of inequality and what is the remedy? In Giving Kids...

DescriptionIt's been called the root of all evil, and many other things besides, but what exactly does money mean? Where does it come from, and how...

Reducere. Most people get information about child sexual abuse from media coverage, social movements, or conversations with family and friends. Confronting C...

Reducere. Verna J. Kirkness grew up on the Fisher River Indian reserve in Manitoba. Her childhood dream to be a teacher set her on a lifelong journey in educ...

Austerity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the poli...

Reducere. This book is a testament to the power of collaborative, liberatory approaches to research, curriculum, and pedagogy. As scholars, educators, and ac...

This book updates and revalidates critical political economy of communication approaches. It is destined to become a work of reference for those in...

Reducere. This second edition of the authoritative Readings in Arkansas Politics and Government brings together in one volume some of the best available scho...

Reducere. This book goes deep behind the scenes of school privatization campaigns to expose the complex networks of funding that sustain these efforts - ofte...

Contributor(s): Author: Zbigniew BrzezinskiBestselling author and eminent foreign policy scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's classic book on American's s...

DescriptionTwo leading figures from the world of finance show how progressives can take their money away from conservative financial institutions a...

Reducere. A Space for Race engages in a critical examination of some of the major discourses related to original/settler/immigrant and, particularly, raciali...

In the eighth century, Wu Jing selected exchanges between Emperor Taizong and his ministers that he deemed key to good governance. This collection ...

Contributor(s): Editor: Lois BraggTo many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited. Deaf World thus concerns itself less w...

Franklin D. Roosevelt is frequently described as one of the greatest presidents in American history, remembered for his leadership during the Great...

Practical Pedagogy expands the universe of teaching and learning. It provides an accessible guide to new and emerging innovations in education, wit...

Partisan warfare and gridlock in Washington threaten to squander America's opportunity to show the world that democracy can solve serious economic ...

This volume will look into some macro factors that have an impact on gender conceptualizations in China. First, China is a highly-centralized state...

Reducere. DescriptionPlato's most famous work and one of the most important books ever written on the subject of philosophy and political theory, "The Republ...

Reducere. This volume explores how consumption and entertainment change cities, but it reverses the 'normal' causal process. That is, many chapters analyze h...

Reducere. Now a National Bestseller.To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activi...

Reducere. As Protestant denominations are fracturing over whether to ordain gays and lesbians, this work looks at The United Methodist Church's conversations...

Reducere. Originally published in June of 1850, this book which is now more than one-hundred fifty years old is still one of the most popular books published...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book explores how Diasporic Black women engage in politics, highlighting three dimensions--citizenship, power, and justice--that ar...

This book honors Cornelia Bodea, academician, scholar, professor, teacher, and, above all, friend and colleague to three generations of American an...

Reducere. The Council on Foreign Relations is the most influential foreign-policy think tank in the United States, claiming among its members a high percenta...

As the planet's human numbers grow and environmental concerns proliferate, natural scientists, economists, and policy-makers are increasingly turni...

Reducere. The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. A...

Arts Integration and Special Education contributes to research, policy, and practice by providing a theory of action for studying how linguistic, c...

DescriptionOne thing the past year's public conversations about sexual assault have started to make clear is just how much energy women put into si...

This book describes version 4 of CATS CM(R). This methodology for contract managementcan be used in both private and public sector organizations, a...

Reducere. In the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his figh...

Reducere. As older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services (HCBS) have risen up to provide care. HCB...

Teachers and leaders from curriculum areas across the sector will find scenarios and anecdotes that resonate in this book; timetabling, accountabil...

Reducere. DescriptionIt is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and ...

DescriptionIf you are embarking on a university nursing or midwifery degree, the books in this series will help you acquire and develop the knowled...

Written from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines Egypt's di...

DescriptionNorth America's Indigenous population is a vulnerable group, with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in th...

Why should some have the right to pass power? What would happen without government? How much power should the state have? An ideal introduction for...

Reducere. How can we transform society in a way that unleashes its positive, creative potentials, instead of its violent, destructive ones? Unlearn shows how...

Reducere. In this new and thoroughly revised edition of Career Diplomacy, Foreign Service veterans Harry W. Kopp and John K. Naland lay out what to expect in...

Reducere. If the confusion following the last presidential election is any indication, the average citizen knows precious little about the democratic system ...

Reducere. All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal With Climate Change is a timely, thoughtful book that will help young readers work through their feelin...

Reducere. Countless studies demonstrate that students with parents actively involved in their education at home and school are more likely to earn higher gra...

In this work, Amrita Narlikar argues that, contrary to common assumption, modern-day politics displays a surprising paradox: poverty - and the powe...

Reducere. Emerging policy changes are encouraging adoption of a team-based approach to healthcare, yet most healthcare professionals receive little training ...

DescriptionWritten from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines...

Reducere. "One of the most important books on Israel/Palestine in this generation."--The New York Review of BooksSupport for Israel's occupation of Palestini...

Reducere. Christians in the United States are on a quest for good food. And yet, at every turn, they confront brokenness in the food system. Access to health...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bs MR David Marx JdWe're going to hurt each other ... It's a fact of life, a cost of doing business. On the bright side, we...

What happens when students actually choose to learn outside the classroom? They become independent, lifelong learners, who never need to be told: `...

DescriptionIn a classic work, Samuel P. Huntington challenges most of the old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mr Craig MurrayCraig Murray's tale of his Ambassadorship to Tashkent became an instant bestseller and is now a classic in s...