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Hardcover. Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street. Editor(s): Wells, Karen C.; Burman, Erica; Montgomery, Heather; Watson, Alison. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFSP1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137322593
ISBN
9781137322593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.31

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hunner-Kreisel, Christine. Series: Children's Well-Being: Indicators and Research. Num Pages: 306 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319311098
ISBN
9783319311098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.55

Hardcover. EPUB Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Boyden, Jo; Bourdillon, Michael. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230319240
ISBN
9780230319240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.33

Paperback. Without a deeper understanding of poverty as a lived experience in childhood, policies targeted at eradicating child poverty may fail. This book presents an opportunity to understand the issues and concerns that low-income children themselves identify as important. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861343628
ISBN
9781861343628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Oxford Department of International Development; Bourdillon, Michael; Boyden, Jo. Series: Palgrave Studies on Children and Development. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339822
ISBN
9781349339822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.43

Hardcover. This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability. Editor(s): Rannevig, Traustadottir; Ytterhus, Borgun; Egilson, Snaefridur Thora; Berg, Berit. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFFG; JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137032638
ISBN
9781137032638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.96

Paperback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book, now in paperback, offers new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442222
ISBN
9781137442222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.03

Hardback. In recent years children have become an increasingly important consumer market, and there is growing concern about the 'commercialisation' of childhood. This book sheds light on these debates, offering new empirical data and challenging critical perspectives on children's engagement with consumer culture from a wide range of international settings. Editor(s): Buckingham, David; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227835
ISBN
9780230227835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.74

Hardcover. This volume addresses the relationship between childbearing, paid work and work-life balance policies across Europe in the 21st century, illuminating the uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment, the incoherence of women's and men's access to education and employment and the unequal share of domestic responsibilities. Editor(s): Olah, Livia Sz. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JFSJ1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230320888
ISBN
9780230320888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

paperback. This revised edition includes a new foreword and an updated introduction and conclusion providing insights into the key issues. The book's contributors are all leading experts in their fields, and have studied the extent of child poverty, its consequences for children and the effectiveness of policies of prevention. Editor(s): Vleminckx, Koen. Num Pages: 592 pages, 41figs.96tabs. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342539
ISBN
9781861342539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 39.25

Paperback. This volume culls the most important and provocative research and policy analysis in the child welfare field and is an essential guide for understanding the burgeoning field of children's services. Editor(s): Barth, Richard P.; Berrick, Jill Duerr; Gilbert, Neil. Num Pages: 392 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080750
ISBN
9780231080750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.19
€ 41.45

Hardback. This volume culls the most important and provocative research and policy analysis in the child welfare field and is an essential guide for understanding the burgeoning field of children's services. Editor(s): Barth, Richard P.; Berrick, Jill Duerr; Gilbert, Neil. Num Pages: 392 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080743
ISBN
9780231080743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.74
€ 109.54

Paperback. Based on original research in Africa and South America, this book employs a multidimensional poverty indicator approach to identify inequalities in child welfare, analyze their sources, and evaluate the impacts of policy responses to those inequalities. Editor(s): Cockburn, John M.; Kabubo-Mariara, Jane. Num Pages: 308 pages, 95 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; KCL; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489997029
ISBN
9781489997029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.73

paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Num Pages: 59 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
2015th Edition
Number of pages
59
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319117218
ISBN
9783319117218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Paperback. Written for professionals and managers working across children's services, this book examines the recent case of widespread child sexual abuse which took place in Rotherham over many years, despite cases being reported to the police. It examines what went wrong and provides recommendations for improving responses throughout children's services. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785920271
ISBN
9781785920271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Cox, Pat; Kershaw, S.; Trotter, J. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHB; JHBK; JKSN; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349655250
ISBN
9781349655250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Hardback. This work re-introduces a feminist analysis of child sexual assault. The introductory chapter provides an overview of historical developments whilst following chapters offer critical analyses of interrelated topics. It concludes with a proposal of a new model for social work intervention. Editor(s): Cox, Pat; etc.; Kershaw, Sheila (Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Liverpool John Moores University); Trotter, Joy (Senior Lecturer, School of Health, University of Teeside). Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; JFSP1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333771532
ISBN
9780333771532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.04

Paperback. This text focuses on the importance of considering the experiences of children in responding to child sexual abuse. The contributors address these concerns whilst drawing on research, and legislative and policy developments since 1989. Editor(s): Parton, Nigel; Wattam, Corinne. Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471983347
ISBN
9780471983347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.98

Paperback. Child Sexual Abuse describes a premier empirically supported treatment approach for children, adolescents, and non-offending parents/caregivers impacted by child sexual abuse. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199358748
ISBN
9780199358748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 157.02

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, Megan J. Num Pages: 236 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219993
ISBN
9781600219993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.18
€ 106.57

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