Social welfare & social services
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Social welfare & social services
Hardback. -- "Social Work" Editor(s): Monk, Abraham. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: JKSG; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Number of pages
- 694
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069021
- ISBN
- 9780231069021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.11€ 84.01
€ 111.11
€ 84.01
Hardback. An in-depth examination of intervention strategies suitable for common problems encountered by clinical social workers: difficulties of families and children, anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, inadequate resources, and psychosocial problems associated with mental and physical illness. Num Pages: 329 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075503
- ISBN
- 9780231075503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.57€ 71.25
€ 93.57
€ 71.25
Hardback. This handbook offers an overview of group dynamic theory and the essentials for adolescent group work in a variety of locations, including schools, clinics and family violence programmes. The text has been revised and updated to emphasize the social problems that teenagers face today. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSN2; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078344
- ISBN
- 9780231078344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.51€ 55.92
€ 72.51
€ 55.92
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
€ 146.20€ 109.54
€ 146.20
€ 109.54
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
€ 52.63€ 41.45
€ 52.63
€ 41.45
Hardback. Tracking the distribution of disease and pinpointing relevant risk factors, this book reveals how social problems are intrinsically linked to the health of populations. This book shows how the growing field of social epidemiology is both practical and activist. It draws on empirical findings to conduct policymaking research. Num Pages: 632 pages, 91 illus. BIC Classification: JKS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1070. Strategies for Public Health Activism. 632 pages, 91 black & white illustrations. Tracking the distribution of disease and pinpointing relevant risk factors, this book reveals how social problems are intrinsically linked to the health of populations. This book shows how the growing field of social epidemiology is both practical and activist. It draws on empirical findings to conduct policymaking research. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JKS; MBNH. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 40. Weight: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100489
- ISBN
- 9780231100489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.51€ 55.92
€ 72.51
€ 55.92
Hardback. Reamer demonstrates how case-workers, program directors, and administrators evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, conduct needs assessments, draw on empirically-based literature and findings to inform their practice, and, finally, create and disseminate information for use by other professionals. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, 31 figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102223
- ISBN
- 9780231102223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.57€ 71.15
€ 93.57
€ 71.15
Hardback. Freeman advocates strengths-centered policies as the means to empower clients and communities. Supplemented by case examples, this book outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions, and examines the needs of special populations. Series: Empowering the Powerless: A Social Work Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102360
- ISBN
- 9780231102360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.53€ 61.03
€ 79.53
€ 61.03
Hardback. This book chronicles the complex connections between race and class that have marked American social reform since the New Deal, revealing an aspect of the civil rights struggle that that has been too long overlooked or obscured: the struggle for policies to expand social and economic welfare for blacks and whites alike. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 335 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; JKSB; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103640
- ISBN
- 9780231103640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.96€ 88.27
€ 116.96
€ 88.27
Paperback. A set of task planners for psychosocial problems from alcoholism and anxiety to domestic violence and sexual abuse. This book presents clients with specific tasks for helping resolve their problems. It includes a menu of actions the client can undertake to effect problem resolution. It accompanies a CD. Num Pages: 320 pages, w/CD-ROM. BIC Classification: GBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106474
- ISBN
- 9780231106474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 41.64
€ 52.63
€ 41.64
Hardback. This volume assembles research on child neglect, kinship care, and the effects before, during and after the employment of foster care. Concluding with an account of family reunification efforts, the final section offers insight into alternative methods of reuniting children with their families. Editor(s): Barth, Richard P.; Berrick, Jill Duerr; Gilbert, Neil. Num Pages: 312 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106528
- ISBN
- 9780231106528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.20€ 109.54
€ 146.20
€ 109.54
Hardback. The author offers practical applications for the social worker and client at the micro-, mezzo-, and macro-levels. Eye-opening case studies are provided for each age group and cover everything from defining problems, identifying the underlying issues causing them, understanding the role of homophobia, and the application of the empowerment perspective. Series: Empowering the Powerless: A Social Work Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, diags. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109581
- ISBN
- 9780231109581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.96€ 88.27
€ 116.96
€ 88.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 7 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110037
- ISBN
- 9780231110037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.48€ 45.72
€ 58.48
€ 45.72
Hardback. Encompassing management approaches such as Theory Z, and research of nonprofit studies, this book addresses ways in which skills and activities of social administration can further social work practice in the areas of social justice, confronting oppression, and dealing with institutional "isms". Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111980
- ISBN
- 9780231111980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.57€ 71.49
€ 93.57
€ 71.49
Hardback. Looks at the politics behind child care legislation. Identifying junctures at which child care bills were introduced and debated, this book examines the politics surrounding each of these events and identifies the political structures and negotiations that evolved. It also looks at how child care legislation became part of other issues. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112369
- ISBN
- 9780231112369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.49€ 96.70
€ 127.49
€ 96.70
Paperback. This book shows how the international community can be more effective in the war-torn, disaster-scarred regions of the world-and ensure that people in conflict can rebuild their communities after the fighting stops. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFC; JKSR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112796
- ISBN
- 9780231112796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Demonstrates that many of the consequences that social workers must face are made more difficult by the dominance of a market discourse that excludes a social justice framework. This book includes subjects such as constructing community support, aging and caregiving in culturally diverse families, and changing demographics of widowhood. Editor(s): Neysmith, Sheila M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JKSG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113380
- ISBN
- 9780231113380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.96€ 88.27
€ 116.96
€ 88.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115254
- ISBN
- 9780231115254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.94
€ 45.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Rather than focusing on specific groups, this book takes a "pancultural" perspective that focuses on the common experiences of refugees and immigrants. The author focuses on empirically-based practice approaches; assessment and intervention techniques that have been scientifically validated. Based on this approach the book presents the "best practice" for each problem area. Num Pages: 504 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115834
- ISBN
- 9780231115834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.89
€ 54.99
€ 38.89
Hardback. This fully revised and updated third edition of a classic text includes seven new chapters that reflect the most recent developments in group practice. Part of the book's enduring appeal is its vivid depiction of actual group work and the challenges that arise. Using an ecosystem approach, they set forth a generic framework for practice with diverse groups. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116329
- ISBN
- 9780231116329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.53€ 60.95
€ 79.53
€ 60.95