Social welfare and social services Books

Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon and Andrew Fitz-Gibbon have cared for more than 100 children in a foster care career spanning more than three decades.

El envejecimiento humano es y será siempre un tema de interés para todos y más aún si se habla de la vejez, la última etapa de este proceso. Este proceso de envejecer implica cambios biológicos y psicológicos que interactúan con la vida en sus...

Il libro ""Il Comm. Edoardo Felzani Gia Questore Di Roma Innanzi Alla Sezione Di Accusa Per La Pretesa Sottrazione De' Documenti"" scritto da Vito Sansonetti, pubblicato nel 1895, racconta la storia del commissario Edoardo Felzani, gi������ questore di...

Dekrety Jednoty bratrsk����� (1865) je historick����� kniha od Anton������na Gindelyho, kter����� se zam���������uje na reformn������ hnut������ v Jednot���� bratrsk����� v 16. stolet������. Jednota bratrsk����� byla protestantsk�����...

Das Buch ""Catilina und die Parteik�����mpfe in Rom der Jahre 66-63"" von Ernst von Stern wurde 1883 ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit den politischen Auseinandersetzungen in Rom w�����hrend der Jahre 66 bis 63 v. Chr. und insbesondere mit...

Breve Ragguaglio Delle Opere Pie Di Carit������ E Beneficenza, Ospizi E Luoghi D'Istruzione Della Citt������ Di Roma ����� un libro scritto da Luigi Grifi nel 1862. Questo libro offre una descrizione completa delle opere pie di carit������ e beneficenza,...

Boken ""Borga Lans Sociala Och Ekonomiska Forhallanden Aren, 1539-1571"" skriven av Anders Allardt publicerades ursprungligen 1898. Den beskriver sociala och ekonomiska f������rh������llanden i Borg������ l�����n under ������ren 1539-1571. Boken ger en...

""Blicke �����ber das b������hmische Volk: seine Geschichte und Literatur"" ist ein Buch von Joseph Wenzig, das im Jahr 1855 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch bietet einen umfassenden �����berblick �����ber die Geschichte und Literatur des...

Le livre ""Ecrits Politiques, 1861-1868 (1869)"" est �����crit par D'Aumale, Henri D'Orleans. Il s'agit d'un recueil de textes politiques �����crits par l'auteur entre 1861 et 1868. Ces textes portent sur des sujets tels que la politique...

Das Buch ""Actenst�����cke zur Geschichte Franz Rakoczy's V1: Und seiner Verbindungen mit dem Auslande"" von Joseph Fiedler wurde im Jahr 1855 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von historischen Dokumenten, die sich mit dem Leben und...

Ce livre, intitul����� ""Relation Du Depart De Louis XVI, Le 20 Juin 1791: Ecrite En Aout 1791, Dans La Prison De La Haute Cour Nationale D'Orleans (1822)"", a �����t����� �����crit par De Choiseul, Claude Antoine Gabriel. Il s'agit d'un r�����cit...

The Possibility of Politics explores the power of political reform, specifically reform of the modern welfare state

This unique volume is a case study of a successful and innovative program using case aide volunteers to deinstitutionalize mental patients

Over the last decade changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection

Childhood in America has changed, and not for the better

Outside the United States, the idea of a consumer housing subsidy is a highly developed concept

Aging populations are creating tremendous pressures on social security systems throughout the world, lifting the need for reform to the top of policy agendas. Proposed reforms often have different implications for men and women. At the same time,...

This remarkable guide to delinquency studies was co-winner of the 1968 C. Wright Mills Award for the best book in the field of social problems. The work is in effect three books in one: a forthright account of how to analyze survey data, a penetrating...

A City Year is both the story of a battle in urban America and a recipe for social change.

In the last 35 years, governments around the globe have increasingly contracted with nonprofit and for-profit entities designed to provide a portion of the public sector's portfolio of goods and services. This trend can be traced to a variety of...

This book explores to what extent China has drawn lessons from Singapore, both in terms of its ruling ideology and through the policy-specific learning process. In so doing, it provides insights into the opportunities but also the challenges of this...

Addressing the significant shifts in the social, political and professional context for informal education, this book makes clear the continuities in community-based informal education with girls and argues for its continuing importance. The impact of...

The Social Dynamics of Family Violence explores family violence throughout the life course, from child abuse and neglect to intimate partner violence and elder abuse. Paying special attention to the social character and institutional causes of family...

An anthology of original essays, this book presents debates over practice, theory, and implementation of restorative justice. Attention is focused on the movement's direction toward a more holistic, community-oriented approach to criminal justice...

Original writings explore the issue of white-collar crime and the controversies that surround it, focusing on the vastness of state-corporate and white-collar crime, the victimization that results, and the ways these crimes affect society...

This highly acclaimed criminology text presents an up-to-date review of rational choice theories. It incorporates current examples of deterrence research regarding domestic violence, drunk driving, and capital punishment, and features thought-provoking...

This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research that has been conducted within Australia, funded by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre. The chapters source and contextualize their own research practice within the context of the...

Effective community development means that many different stakeholders have to work together: governments, development organizations and NGOs, and most importantly, the people they serve. Knowledge Partnering for Community Development teaches community...

"God give me faith," is the prayer you don't want to pray. It's a prayer that usually means you'll endure uncomfortable and terrifying situations that push every boundary you have. It's a prayer I prayed as, over six months, one of my parents lost their...

First published in 1977, Residential Work with the Elderly brings together theoretical and practical approaches of relevance to providing care for older people in residential homes and long-stay geriatric hospitals. He describes the kinds of use to which...

Based on ethnographic observations of encounters between social workers and people with whom they do not have a shared language, this book analyzes the impact of language discordance on the quality of professional service provision. Exploring how...

This book presents a critical account of how citizenship unfolds among socially marginalised groups in democratic welfare states. Legal, political and sociological perspectives are applied to offer an assessment of the extent and depth of citizenship for...

This new edition of A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation brings together work from research and practice to reflect on some of the key developments in the field since the first edition published in 2010.Subtitled 'Conversations for...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...