.png){kind=logo}
Social welfare & social services
Results 2741 - 2760 of 3268
Social welfare & social services
Paperback. Reveals many ways in which congregations are already working, beneath the radar, to care for people in need. This title provides empirical data to social scientists, religious studies scholars, and those involved in the debates over the role of faith-based organizations in faith-based services, and to clergy and congregation members themselves. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; HRLP5; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716182
- ISBN
- 9780814716182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Focuses on the staples of American welfare system such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, Head Start, WIC, and public housing. This book maintains that these programs form an effective, if largely invisible and haphazard safety net, and yet they are the very programs most vulnerable to political attack and misunderstanding. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138527
- ISBN
- 9780691138527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642116
- ISBN
- 9780745642116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
hardcover. Based on the management techniques of Dr Joseph Juran, this work outlines management strategies, techniques and skills that are essential in transforming health-care organizations. Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSW; KJM; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787900960
- ISBN
- 9780787900960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.72
€ 72.72
Hardcover. Reveals how caring adults in cities across America are trying to turn young lives around. Marc Freedman shows how ordinary citizens can reach out to the children who are growing up in poverty and community violence. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKSB1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781555425579
- ISBN
- 9781555425579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98
Paperback. This study argues that child abandonment was common among all classes and morally acceptable from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, Boswell examines the evidence, presenting a history of the abandoned child and illustrating the changing meaning of family. Num Pages: 506 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067124
- ISBN
- 9780226067124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847427250
- ISBN
- 9781847427250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.27
€ 105.27
paperback. This book makes a significant contribution to debates about how people with learning difficulties may achieve social inclusion, and the part which lifelong learning may play in this. Its exploration of the links between community care, education, training, employment, housing and benefits policies in the context of lifelong learning is unique. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2figs.5tabs. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS; JNP; JNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342232
- ISBN
- 9781861342232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.18
€ 35.99
€ 35.18
Paperback. In this book Steinhauer brings together the fragmented research that has been done in a number of different disciplines. From this body of work he develops a model of intervention based on an understanding of attachment theory, development theory, and the practice of mental health consultation. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802068361
- ISBN
- 9780802068361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.95
€ 46.99
€ 41.95
Hardback. Introduces an ecological perspective into social work practice. This book examines major changes in our socioeconomic and political landscape, including the threat of terrorism, international trade agreements, and the conservative revolution, and a discussion of developments in ethics and standards of practice. Num Pages: 632 pages, 40 tables, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1014. Advances in Theory and Practice. 632 pages, 40 tables, 7 line drawings. Introduces an ecological perspective into social work practice. This book examines major changes in our socioeconomic and political landscape, including the threat of terrorism, international trade agreements, and the conservative revolution, and a discussion of developments in ethics and standards of practice. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JKSN. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 37. Weight: 1082.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139984
- ISBN
- 9780231139984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.89€ 64.07
€ 82.89
€ 64.07
Paperback. Features Sergeant Colin Taylor, who has made it his purpose to keep the streets of Scilly free from drunk anchor thieves, Balance Board riders and other culprits, mostly drunken, intent on breaking the law. This book is the first hand account of how he did it. It charts the day to day trials and tribulations of a small-island police officer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BM; BTC; JKSW1; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784755157
- ISBN
- 9781784755157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, table, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JKS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971080
- ISBN
- 9780865971080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.80
€ 24.99
€ 18.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151849
- ISBN
- 9780231151849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. This book offers itself as a guide both to the wealth of reading texts available for use in counselling, and to ways of reading that extend the reader-listener's engagement with fiction and poetry. Ben Knights argues that reflective reading requires us to work at both analytical and empathic levels. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 310 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022661
- ISBN
- 9781853022661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.27
€ 47.27
Paperback. Recounting the stories of the patients he worked with, and those of his colleagues on the ward, the author examines: the different major mental disorders - their symptoms and manifestations; the various methods of treatment - medication, therapy and conversation; and how religion, sex, wealth, health and drugs can bear influence on mental health. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099554356
- ISBN
- 9780099554356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Through discussions of various theories of grief, narratives of the bereaved obtained in interviews with 22 men and women, case study analysis, and chapter summaries, this text integrates the literature about and the bereavement experiences of partners in varying types of relationships. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JKSN; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119696
- ISBN
- 9780231119696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.55
€ 46.99
€ 33.55
Hardback. Through discussions of various theories of grief, narratives of the bereaved obtained in interviews with 22 men and women, case study analysis, and chapter summaries, this text integrates the literature about and the bereavement experiences of partners in varying types of relationships. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JKSN; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119689
- ISBN
- 9780231119689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.81€ 101.83
€ 133.81
€ 101.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 b&w ills. BIC Classification: JFSV1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 nd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585425105
- ISBN
- 9781585425105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.87
€ 20.99
€ 20.87
paperback. Over the last three decades Britain has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the number of people receiving welfare benefits that has provoked fears of a growing underclass and mass welfare dependency. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the reasons for this growth and subjects notions of welfare dependency to empirical test. Num Pages: 368 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342355
- ISBN
- 9781861342355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.81
€ 33.99
€ 32.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, B&W Photos: 18,. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVQ; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143103
- ISBN
- 9780231143103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92