Social welfare & social services
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Social welfare & social services
Hardback. Communities organizing to end Brazil's urban war on drugs Series: Voices of Latin American Life Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFE; JFSG; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439900031
- ISBN
- 9781439900031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.60
€ 87.60
Paperback. As the residents of McAllen, Texas, sleep soundly, a small number of agents of the US Border Patrol wait on the banks of the Rio Grande. This book describes the daily risks they face and the insights they hold as a result of their experience with the hard realities of immigration policy, the war on drugs, and the threat of terrorist infiltration. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896725942
- ISBN
- 9780896725942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.53
€ 26.99
€ 25.53
Paperback. With budgets squeezed at every level of government, cost-benefit analysis (CBA) holds outstanding potential for assessing the efficiency of many programs. This book addresses the application of CBA to social policy. It discusses the applicability of CBA to actual programs, describing both proven and promising examples. Editor(s): Weimer, David L.; Vining, Aidan R. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables, diagrams, figures. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589012578
- ISBN
- 9781589012578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.11
€ 71.11
Paperback. This text explores the "orphan trains" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 40 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826211217
- ISBN
- 9780826211217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.09
€ 16.99
€ 16.09
Hardcover. Chronicles Helen Clay Frick's lifelong commitment to social welfare, the environment, and her purchase of many significant works of art for her private collection, the Frick Collection in New York, the University of Pittsburgh teaching collection, and the Frick Art Museum. Num Pages: 400 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 298 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943419
- ISBN
- 9780822943419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.02
€ 59.02
Hardcover. Offers a comparative study of child labor in eighteenth-century America. Focusing on Philadelphia, Boston, and Charleston, this title examines the work experiences of children and analyzes regional differences in child labor according to gender, race, and class. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 figures, 16 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JHBL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927138
- ISBN
- 9780813927138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardcover. This text is a look at how the social welfare system in the United States developed, and with what results. It critically assesses how social workers invent themselves as they simultaneously invent their field of knowledge, and in so doing, upsets conventional understandings of social work. Series: Knowledge: Disciplinarity & Beyond S. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917139
- ISBN
- 9780813917139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14
€ 65.14
Hardcover. Chronicles how politicians and policy-makers dealt with issues ranging from health to entertainment, from education to housing, and from crime to welfare, while revealing how federal bureaucrats claimed a more intrusive role in the lives of American families and children. Num Pages: 223 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619641
- ISBN
- 9780700619641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Paperback. Compact, timely, well-researched, and balanced, this institutional history of Social Security's seventy years shows how the past still influences ongoing reform debates, helping the reader both to understand and evaluate the current partisan arguments on both sides. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615223
- ISBN
- 9780700615223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.24
€ 36.24
Hardcover. Morality is often imagined to be at odds with capitalism and its focus on the bottom line. In this book, morality is shown as the opposite: an indispensable tool for capitalist transformation. It presents an argument that the neoliberal state nurtures selflessness in order to cement some of its most controversial reforms. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; JKS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226545394
- ISBN
- 9780226545394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.98€ 88.23
€ 106.98
€ 88.23
Hardcover. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off. This book analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations. Editor(s): Cutler, David; Wise, David A. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 line drawings, 124 tables. BIC Classification: JKSG; KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132310
- ISBN
- 9780226132310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.39€ 119.92
€ 147.39
€ 119.92
paperback. Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611757
- ISBN
- 9781442611757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Hardback. Negotiating Demands is an original and thought-provoking study that not only advances our knowledge of police organization and decision-making strategies but also refines our understanding of how processes of social inclusion and exclusion occur in different liberal regimes and how they can be addressed. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802092908
- ISBN
- 9780802092908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.05
€ 92.05
Paperback. Sheds light on how religion and philanthropy function in American society Editor(s): Davis, Thomas J. Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HRAM; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009951
- ISBN
- 9780253009951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
paperback. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 171. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022134
- ISBN
- 9780902561229
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Taking Supervision Forward: Enquiries and Trends in Counselling and Ps...
. Ed(S): Lawton, Barbara; Feltham, Colin
paperback. Evaluates supervisory structures and practices in the light of contemporary research and experiences. This book provides counsellors and psychotherapists with a considered examination of the supervision process and draws attention to those aspects of supervision that may benefit from critical analysis and reform. Editor(s): Lawton, Barbara; Feltham, Colin. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Sage Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780761960102
- ISBN
- 9780761960102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
The Legal Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation
Kane, Lawrence A.; Brown, Phyllis; Cohen, Jul...
hardcover. This book is the formal presentation of the issues discussed at the Second National Conference on the Legal Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation. A relationship between the community and its citizens with mental retardation is discussed extensively in the first section of the book. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JNSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- UPA United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819171108
- ISBN
- 9780819171108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.71
€ 129.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; GTB; JFC; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Birgit van de Wijer Belgium
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789078464013
- ISBN
- 9789078464013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.32
€ 17.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Children's spaces are widening - culturally and socially: socially their spaces are more often multilocal, and culturally they are enlarged through mobility in the globalised and virtual spaces in the mediatised world. This volume contains chapters that present particular temporal and spatial aspects of social change in childhood. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white line drawings, figures, charts. BIC Classification: 1D; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776742027
- ISBN
- 9788776742027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.77
€ 36.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 148 pages, ch. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892047
- ISBN
- 9788772892047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22