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Social welfare & social services
paperback. This work makes a contribution to the public understanding of the issues involved in reforming Social Security. It describes the current system and the pressures that have been brought to bear upon it, before dissecting and evaluating the various reform proposals. Num Pages: 177 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226751177
- ISBN
- 9780226751177
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.81
€ 32.99
€ 25.81
Paperback. Are the elderly posing a threat to America's political system with their enormous clout? Are they stretching resources to the breaking point with their growing demands for care? This text seeks to offer fresh insight into a wide range of social and political issues relating to the elderly. Num Pages: 382 pages, 18 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675688
- ISBN
- 9780226675688
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
€ 34.99
€ 27.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, xi, 219 p. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKSW1; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226560601
- ISBN
- 9780226560601
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.21
€ 42.99
€ 33.21
Paperback. When middle-class residents fled American cities in the 1960s and '70s, government services and investment capital left too. Countless urban neighborhoods entered phases of precipitous decline, prompting the creation of community-based organizations to bring resources back to the city. This book examines such organizations that drive urban life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 3 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFSG; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226509075
- ISBN
- 9780226509075
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.85
€ 37.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. The liberal political origins of work-welfare programmes and issues of conflicting goals is documented in this text. With examples derived from Great Britain and America, the incorporation of liberal requirements and private market forces in providing opportunities for the unemployed is discussed. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226436227
- ISBN
- 9780226436227
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
paperback. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226363189
- ISBN
- 9780226363189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.05
€ 32.99
€ 26.05
Hardcover. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this volume provides the account of modern adoption's history. It details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226327594
- ISBN
- 9780226327594
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Condition: New
€ 94.53€ 78.29
€ 94.53
€ 78.29
Paperback. Examines the organization of social responsibility in the USA, in particular of critically ill newborn children. Drawing on medical records and interviews with parents and medical staff, the book investigates two neonatal intensive care units, showing the traumas of extreme medical measures. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 line drawings, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB1; KJU; MBN; MJWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226325057
- ISBN
- 9780226325057
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. When the author's sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was left paralyzed from the chest down. Like so many Americans, neither Marcella nor her husband, Dave, had health insurance. Using Marcella and Dave's situation as a case in point, the author reveals the system's many shortcomings. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226140445
- ISBN
- 9780226140445
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.25
€ 19.99
€ 17.25
Hardback. Bringing together a set of disciplinary approaches, this title presents an examination of the place of voluntary associations in political history and an investigation into contemporary experiments in reshaping that role. It reveals the key role nonprofits have played in the evolution of both the workplace and welfare. Editor(s): Clemens, Elisabeth Stephanie; Guthrie, Doug. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3 halftones, 17 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109961
- ISBN
- 9780226109961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.53€ 78.71
€ 94.53
€ 78.71
Hardcover. Provides an interdisciplinary projection of the factors affecting the lives of Europe's children. This book brings together professionals and researchers from a range of disciplines, to present challenges, for the healthy development of Europe's children and their passage into a satisfying and productive adulthood. Editor(s): Nakou, Sheena; Pantelakis, Stefanos. Num Pages: 420 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780080425689
- ISBN
- 9780080425689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.61
€ 180.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788323338086
- ISBN
- 9788323338086
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.32
€ 54.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. This introductory text leads readers from the scientific basics to both "old" and "new" threats from NBC weapons and agents prepared by noncombatant forces, as well as principles of protection and response management. Editor(s): Richardt, Andre; Hulseweh, Birgit; Niemeyer, Bernd; Sabath, Frank. Num Pages: 514 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JKSW; JWMC; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527324132
- ISBN
- 9783527324132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.38€ 78.21
€ 87.38
€ 78.21
Paperback. Disabled children who are unable to live at home are doubly needy: in addition to their disability, they are deprived of normal family life. Children who do not grow up in a stable, nurturing environment are unlikely to achieve their potential. Moreover, disabled children often have complex medical problems. Editor(s): Burns, Claire. Series: Practical Guide from the Mac Keith Press. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Mac Keith Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898683582
- ISBN
- 9781898683582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.47
€ 34.47
Hardback. Intends to significantly extend previous research work on the rural impacts of national welfare reform and position it in a broader context. This title provides a comprehensive and comparative account of the rural dimensions of welfare in a number of developed countries. Editor(s): Milbourne, Paul; Marsden, Terry. Series Editor(s): Milbourne, Paul. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHB; JKS; RPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849509183
- ISBN
- 9781849509183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.51
€ 184.51
Hardback. Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility. Editor(s): Prince, Ruth; Brown, Hannah. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSN1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 272 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011404
- ISBN
- 9781847011404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.07
€ 97.07
Paperback. 'The Monster Evil' represents the first significant account of all forms of 19th-century interpersonal violence in any British city. Num Pages: 281 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JH; HBTB; JFFE; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316838
- ISBN
- 9781846316838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.45
€ 77.45
Hardcover. Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods focuses on research gaps in the growing field of social entrepreneurship and highlights a number of methodological approaches involving novel data sources and quantitative and qualitative techniques to build knowledge concerning the determinants of social enterprise success. Editor(s): Short, Jeremy; Ketchen, David J., Jr.; Bergh, Donald D. Series: Research Methodology in Strategy and Management. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN1; KJC; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784411428
- ISBN
- 9781784411428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.42
€ 173.42
Hardback. This volume 39 presents new results on the dynamics of social assistance, minimum-income and related out-of-work benefits in a range of different country contexts. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; KCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781909362
- ISBN
- 9781781909362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.78€ 134.21
€ 160.78
€ 134.21
Paperback. The extraordinary transformation of policing in Northern Ireland presented through the eyes of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. Num Pages: 670 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1008.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381502
- ISBN
- 9781781381502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.18
€ 21.99
€ 21.18