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  • Decision Science and Social Risk Management Decision Science and Social Risk Management
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    Decision Science and Social Risk Management

    Economists, decision analysts, management scientists, and others have long argued that government should take a more scientific approach to decision making. Pointing to various theories for prescribing and rational­ izing...
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  • Can Planning Replace Politics? Can Planning Replace Politics?
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    Can Planning Replace Politics?

    Much hope has been placed in the potential of planning to solve social and economic problems. In the East ~nd the West, in devel­ oped and less-developed countries, planning has become widespread. It has been praised and...
    $184.00

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  • Developments in Psychiatry in India Developments in Psychiatry in India
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    Developments in Psychiatry in India

    The volume evaluates major developments in psychiatry in India from the 1950s, and highlights the areas where Indian psychiatry has contributed to the development of the subject worldwide. The chapters review international as well as Indian developments...
    $324.00

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  • Livelihood Strategies in Southern India Livelihood Strategies in Southern India
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    Livelihood Strategies in Southern India

    ​This volume is a compilation of essays that focus on livelihood issues faced by forest communities of the southern Western Ghats region of India. Communities living along the fringes of forests are, more often than not, overlooked in academic and policy...
    $227.00

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  • Sustainable Aging Sustainable Aging
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    Sustainable Aging

    This open access book discusses three areas in which Germany has long-standing experience and solutions that are valuable for other countries-care education, care insurance and standards for age-friendly city neighborhoods. It introduces the development...
    $116.00

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  • Kind und Karriere - es geht beides! Kind und Karriere - es geht beides!
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    Kind und Karriere - es geht beides!

    Dieses Buch ist für alle Frauen, Mütter und Leaderinnen, die sich nicht zwischen Kind und Karriere entscheiden möchten. Die Anforderungen im Beruf und auch die gesellschaftlichen und eigenen Erwartungen sind hoch. Doch die Vereinbarkeit von Karriere und...
    $60.00

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  • Erfolgreiche Karrierestrategie Erfolgreiche Karrierestrategie
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    Erfolgreiche Karrierestrategie

    ​Um die Karriere bestmöglich voranzubringen, bedarf es eines gut strukturierten und gezielten Vorgehens. Dieses Buch bietet eine einfache Methodik sowie praktische Werkzeuge und vielfältige Beispiele, um die Entwicklung und Umsetzung der...
    $54.00

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  • Fanverhalten im Sport Fanverhalten im Sport
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    Fanverhalten im Sport

    Der Sammelband umfasst vielfältige, aktuelle Erkenntnisse zum Fanverhalten im Sport, u.a. zur Kommerzialisierung im Fußball, der Fan-Kommunikation 3.0, den Einflussfaktoren der Fanarbeit in Vereinen und komplexen Netzwerken, dem Misstrauen gegenüber der...
    $110.00

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  • Drogentests in Deutschland Drogentests in Deutschland
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    Drogentests in Deutschland

    Das Buch nimmt eine qualitative Bestandsaufnahme von Drogentestanwendungen in Deutschland vor und fragt dabei nach ihren Kontexten, ihrer Durchführung und ihren Folgen. Von besonderem Interesse ist dabei die Frage nach den spezifischen Intentionen...
    $115.00

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  • Förderrechtsverhältnisse im Kinder- und Jugendhilferecht Förderrechtsverhältnisse im Kinder- und Jugendhilferecht
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    Förderrechtsverhältnisse im Kinder- und Jugendhilferecht

    Der Autor untersucht in diesem Buch, welche Rechtspositionen freie Träger im Rahmen der Förderung und Finanzierung im Kinder- und Jugendhilferecht geltend machen können. Dies ist deshalb von Bedeutung, da erst die Möglichkeit, subjektive öffentliche...
    $76.00

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  • Quartier und Gesundheit Quartier und Gesundheit
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    Quartier und Gesundheit

    Die Beitragsautoren dieses Bandes thematisieren das Quartier in seiner zunehmend wichtigen Funktion für die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung. Sie gehen der Frage nach, wie die Verbindung zwischen Quartiersentwicklung und Gesundheitsförderung konzeptualisiert...
    $110.00

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  • Illegale Migration und transnationale Lebensbewältigung Illegale Migration und transnationale Lebensbewältigung
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    Illegale Migration und transnationale Lebensbewältigung

    Tina Hollstein fragt in ihrer Studie nach Bewältigungs- und Unterstützungsprozessen von Personen ohne legalen Aufenthaltsstatus in Deutschland. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich das Bewältigungshandeln der Akteure nicht auf aufenthaltrechtliche...
    $87.00

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  • Zielsicher im Sozialraum Zielsicher im Sozialraum
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    Zielsicher im Sozialraum

    In diesem Buch dreht sich alles um Ziele von Erziehungshilfen, um ihre Erreichung und ihre Qualität und um die Frage, wie sich beides empirisch bestimmen lässt. Auf der Basis einer ausführlichen Darstellung des Fachkonzepts der Sozialraumorientierung...
    $76.00

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  • Perspektiven einer Sozialen Arbeit der Ermöglichung Perspektiven einer Sozialen Arbeit der Ermöglichung
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    Perspektiven einer Sozialen Arbeit der Ermöglichung

    Ulrich Glöckler präzisiert die Perspektiven des von ihm 2011 publizierten Konzeptes einer Sozialen Arbeit der Ermöglichung, das die Entfaltung kultureller, sozialer und symbolischer Ressourcen und die bestmögliche Nutzung von Lebenschancen der betreuten...
    $65.00

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  • Evolution durch Vernetzung Evolution durch Vernetzung
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    Evolution durch Vernetzung

    Die AutorInnen dieses Bandes beleuchten die systembildende, systemverändernde und systemüberdauernde strukturelle Wirkung von (Versorgungs-)Netzwerken im Falle von Krankheit und Pflege. Dabei wird deutlich: Durch Vernetzung geschieht Evolution!...
    $93.00

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  • Human Rights Education Through Ciné Débat Human Rights Education Through Ciné Débat
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    Human Rights Education Through Ciné Débat

    How is it possible to fight against Female GenitalMutilation (FGM) without disrespecting traditional values? This study analyses'film' as a tool for Human RightsEducation in Burkina Faso, especially when it includes thoughtstructures of the local...
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  • Friendly Business Friendly Business
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    Friendly Business

    Based on social research conducted in different countries in Europe, the U.S. and Australia, this anthology is the first to provide detailed insights into small-scale drug distribution. A main focus is the phenomenon of 'social supply', i.e. buying...
    $122.00

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  • Restructuring the Welfare State Restructuring the Welfare State
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    Restructuring the Welfare State

    The volume at hand contains the proceedings of the conference "Restructuring the Welfare State: Ethical Issues of Social Policy in an International Perspective" held with the support of the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fur...
    $227.00

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  • Bringing the Jobless into Work? Bringing the Jobless into Work?
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    Bringing the Jobless into Work?

    This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social assistance in selected European countries and the United States. A particular focus lies on the development of...
    $280.00

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  • Audio System for Technical Readings Audio System for Technical Readings
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    Audio System for Technical Readings

    This book is based on the author's Ph.D. thesis which was selected during the 1994 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Competition as one of the two co-winning works. T.V. Raman did his Ph.D. work at Cornell University with Professor...
    $92.00

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  • Computers Helping People with Special Needs Computers Helping People with Special Needs
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    Computers Helping People with Special Needs

    Success and e?ciency are the latest standards and scales of our society. Virtual surroundings and communication rooms, electronic portals and platforms are pushing us into a new world of personal and professional interaction...
    $220.00

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  • Familienpolitik und soziale Sicherung Familienpolitik und soziale Sicherung
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    Familienpolitik und soziale Sicherung

    Das Buch wendet sich einem Feld zu, das in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen hat: der Familienpolitik. Dass dieser Bereich in den letzten Jahren eine nachhaltige Aufwertung in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen...
    $281.00

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  • Junge Sozialarbeitswissenschaft Junge Sozialarbeitswissenschaft
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    Junge Sozialarbeitswissenschaft

    „Junge Sozialarbeitswissenschaft" zeichnet ein ungewöhnliches Bild. Der S- melband skizziert eine in der hochschulischen Bildungslandschaft einmalige Situation, nämlich die knappe Periode der sozialarbeiterischen Diplomstudi-...
    $103.00

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  • Praxis und Evaluation von Schulsozialarbeit Praxis und Evaluation von Schulsozialarbeit
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    Praxis und Evaluation von Schulsozialarbeit

    Wie sieht die gegenwärtige Praxis der Schulsozialarbeit aus? In diesem Band werden Forschungsergebnisse aus Evaluationen von Schulsozialarbeit in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz dargestellt und im Rahmen von Sekundäranalysen...
    $87.00

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  • Internationaler Austausch in der Sozialen Arbeit Internationaler Austausch in der Sozialen Arbeit
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    Internationaler Austausch in der Sozialen Arbeit

    Das Thema des internationalen Austauschs in der Sozialen Arbeit steht im Zentrum dieses Bandes: in seinen verschiedenen Facetten und unter Einbeziehung der historischen Dimension. Angesichts zurzeit allseits präsenter Forderungen nach Internationalität...
    $76.00

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  • Transnationale Sorgearbeit Transnationale Sorgearbeit
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    Transnationale Sorgearbeit

    teilen. Bei den dominanten Akteuren sind es zunächst die politischen Akteure, welche die Normbildung und Rechtsetzung auf nationaler Ebene und auf inter- tionaler Ebene gestalten (nationale Gesetzgeber, EU-Ministerrat,...
    $106.00

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  • Handbuch Resilienzforderung Handbuch Resilienzforderung
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    Handbuch Resilienzforderung

    Momentan sind in der Fachwelt die Begriffe Resilienz und Resilienzförderung in aller Munde. In einem Augenblick, in dem hierzulande noch kaum Konzepte zur praktischen Umsetzung vorliegen, Resilienzförderung aber manchmal wie...
    $176.00

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  • Power and Identity in the Struggle for Social Justice Power and Identity in the Struggle for Social Justice
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    Power and Identity in the Struggle for Social Justice

    This compelling example of auto-ethnography follows the journey of a psychologist pursuing her career in apartheid-era South Africa-and reappraising her work and her worldview in the post-apartheid years. The author describes her development of a human...
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  • Behavioral Inhibition Behavioral Inhibition
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    Behavioral Inhibition

    This book examines three decades of research on behavioral inhibition (BI), addressing its underlying biological, psychological, and social markers of development and functioning. It offers a theory-to-practice overview of behavioral inhibition and...
    $270.00

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  • Bullying Prevention and Intervention at School Bullying Prevention and Intervention at School
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    Bullying Prevention and Intervention at School

    This book examines the continuum of bullying services, including prevention, intervention, and recovery. It reviews current theories, studies, and programs relating to this issue as well as outcome-based solutions to enhance best practices. Chapters...
    $238.00

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  • A Clinical Guide to Pediatric HIV A Clinical Guide to Pediatric HIV
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    A Clinical Guide to Pediatric HIV

    This book examines the impact of pediatric HIV on children, adolescents, and their families. Beginning with an overview of pediatric HIV epidemiology, it traces the medical, psychological, and social dimensions of HIV through the trajectory of childhood...
    $184.00

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  • Property, Family and the Irish Welfare State Property, Family and the Irish Welfare State
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    Property, Family and the Irish Welfare State

    This book examines the long-term development of the Irish welfare state since the late nineteenth century. It contests the consensus view that Ireland, like other Anglophone countries, has historically operated a liberal welfare regime which forces...
    $259.00

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  • Toolkit for Counseling Spanish-Speaking Clients Toolkit for Counseling Spanish-Speaking Clients
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    Toolkit for Counseling Spanish-Speaking Clients

     This timely practical reference addresses the lack of Spanish-language resources for mental health professionals to use with their Latino clients. Geared toward both English- and Spanish-speaking practitioners in a variety of settings, this volume...
    $281.00

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  • Therapeutic Alliances with Families Therapeutic Alliances with Families
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    Therapeutic Alliances with Families

    This practical breakthrough introduces a robust framework for family and couples therapy specifically designed for working with difficult, entrenched, and court-mandated situations. Using an original model (the System for Observing Family Therapy...
    $238.00

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  • Women's Evolving Lives Women's Evolving Lives
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    Women's Evolving Lives

    This wide-ranging collection analyzes the status and advancement of women both in a national context and collectively on a global scale, as a powerful social force in a rapidly evolving world. The countries studied-China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt,...
    $184.00

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  • Child Maltreatment in Residential Care Child Maltreatment in Residential Care
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    Child Maltreatment in Residential Care

    This data-rich volume reviews short- and long-term consequences of residential or institutional care for children across the globe as well as approaches to reducing maltreatment. Up-to-date findings from a wide range of developing and developed countries...
    $281.00

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