Social welfare & social services
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Social welfare & social services
Paperback. From the police officer dispersing a party full of Amish Youngie to the social worker staffing a child protective services hotline, professionals who work with the Amish will benefit from this one-of-a-kind guide. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HRCC99; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414959
- ISBN
- 9781421414959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.34
€ 46.34
Paperback. In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JM; JFFC; JKSR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137278975
- ISBN
- 9781137278975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.53
€ 23.99
€ 20.53
Contracting-Out Welfare Services: Comparing National Policy Designs fo...
O'Sullivan, Siobhan; Considine, Mark
Paperback. Contracting-out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119016496
- ISBN
- 9781119016496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.57
€ 40.99
€ 40.57
Hardcover. Explores the development of patient-consumerism from the 1960s to 2010 in relation to seven key areas: patient autonomy, representation, complaint, rights, information, voice and choice. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719095313
- ISBN
- 9780719095313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.55
€ 158.55
Hardcover. Offers students a comparative analytical framework for ways of thinking about fatherhood and new insights into why some welfare states have 'father-friendly' social policies and why others don't. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091896
- ISBN
- 9780719091896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.98
€ 157.98
hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169637
- ISBN
- 9780691169637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.59
€ 47.59
Paperback. Shows therapists how to intervene in marital conflicts during the process of formal assessment. The authors detail the procedures for using their Structured Initial Interview (SII), a practical form of intervention designed to bring about new directions for therapists and clients. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780669248630
- ISBN
- 9780669248630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.81
€ 58.81
Hardback. Evidence-Based Practice and Intellectual Disabilities responds to the recent increased focus on, and need for, the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in treating intellectual disabilities. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSM; MBPK; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470710685
- ISBN
- 9780470710685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.42
€ 177.42
Hardback. This volume presents selected papers presented at the International Microsimulation Conference on Population Ageing and Health: Modelling Our Future held in Canberra, Australia in December 2003; and recent thinking in the field of microsimulation as reflected in special contributions by some of the leading experts in the field. Editor(s): Gupta, Anil; Harding, Ann. Series: International Symposia in Economic Theory & Econometrics. Num Pages: 604 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780444530059
- ISBN
- 9780444530059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.96
€ 263.96
Hardback. A woman unexpectedly finds her best self through a sleepy bundle handed over at the airport in this heartfelt and surprising memoir. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393068177
- ISBN
- 9780393068177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.96
€ 29.99
€ 24.96
Paperback. Adoption has been a politically charged subject since the Progressive Era, when it first became an established part of child welfare reform over one hundred years ago and in A Home for Every Child, Patricia Susan Hart looks at how, when and why modern adoption practices became a part of child welfare policy. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990644
- ISBN
- 9780295990644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.02
€ 39.02
Paperback. Author Stephen Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers. "Stephen Pyne is a great storyteller, and here he weaves as fine a tale as one could imagine about a phenomenon as seemingly ordinary as fire".--NATURAL HISTORY. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Book. 14 photos. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 548 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: JKSW2; RNF; TNKF; TVR; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976778
- ISBN
- 9780295976778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.93
€ 47.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JKSN; JMQ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231181907
- ISBN
- 9780231181907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.53
€ 135.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN; JKVP; JKVQ; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177320
- ISBN
- 9780231177320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.87
€ 135.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172202
- ISBN
- 9780231172202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.19
€ 130.19
Hardback. The Inner Life of the Person Dying recounts the experience of facing one's death solely from the dying person's perspective, showing that-along with suffering, loss, anger, sadness, and fear-we can also feel courage, love, hope, transcendence, transformation, and even happiness as we die. Series: End of Life Care: A Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167840
- ISBN
- 9780231167840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.36
€ 154.36
Hardback. Editor(s): Staller, Karen M.; Faller, Kathleen Coulborn. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSN; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146142
- ISBN
- 9780231146142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.93
€ 99.93
Hardback. The strong nexus between law and social work is beyond dispute. The law informs day-to-day practice in social service agencies, and social workers are employed by the courts. Num Pages: 496 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JKSN; LAY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126489
- ISBN
- 9780231126489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.78
€ 137.78
Hardback. A guide to psychodynamic clinical practice within a contemporary social work treatment context. It reflects the richness of current thinking in psychoanalysis and dynamic psychotherapy and addresses such important topics as: the unique relationship between social work and psychoanalysis, and psychosocial development and dysfunction. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 474 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126366
- ISBN
- 9780231126366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.61
€ 113.61
Hardback. Identifies the various ways in which people experience loss over the course of life and discusses the interventions effective at each stage of life. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; VFJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122467
- ISBN
- 9780231122467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.75
€ 156.75