Social welfare and social services Books

This book provides an alternative, complementary approach to the existing conventional approaches to religious and spiritually oriented coping. By focusing on the role of culture, the authors take into account the methods employed by a vast number of...

Almost everywhere across the world, economic inequality has been rising within and across national borders. The vision of a fairer world embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being assailed by the advance of conservative ideology aided...

This book offers a comparative perspective on Northern and Southern European laws and customs concerning women's property and economic rights. By focusing on both Northern and Southern European societies, these studies analyse the consequences of...

This is the first book to explore how religion, belief and spirituality are negotiated in hospice care. Specifically, it considers the significant place that spiritual care has in hospice care and claims that the changing role of religion and belief in...

The Nixon or Guam Doctrine of 1969 stressed the importance of progress towards regional cooperation and Asian collective security, indicating that Asian countries themselves should take the initiative in creating programs in which the United States could...

As cultural, social, political, and historical objects, guns are rich with complex and contested significance. What guns mean, why they matter, and what policies should be undertaken to regulate guns remain issues of vigorous scholarly and public debate...

The Routledge Handbook of Social Care Work Around the World provides both a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in this subject. It is the first handbook to cover social care work research from around the...

This handbook sets a new research agenda in community development. The contributors redefine existing areas within the context of interdisciplinary research, highlight emerging areas for community development related research, and provide researchers and...

For decades, social work policy has been geared around checklists, maximizing throughput of cases, and responding to scandals. In this ground-breaking work, Judy Foster makes the case that such biases promote neither efficiency nor client satisfaction...

The social sciences playa variety of multifaceted roles in the policymaking process. So varied are these roles, indeed, that it is futile to talk in the singular about the use of social science in policymaking, as if there were...

Terrorism, continuing unabated in the contemporary world, is having a serious impact on the lives of people and nations. Once, only govern­ ments and ruling classes possessed the power to coerce large segments of the world's...

In an era of intense interest in educational reform, spurred by increasing global competition for jobs and advancement, it is more critical than ever to understand the nature of learning. And although much attention is paid to differences between...

Three decades into the HIV pandemic, the goals remain clear: reduce the number of infections,improve the health outcomes of those who are infected, and eliminate disparities in care. And one observation continues to gain credence: families are a powerful...

Although it has yet to be recognized by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) in children are a growing concern. NVLD are receiving increased attention from researchers as...

A Historical Sketch of the French Revolution of 1848 is a book written by an anonymous author. It provides a comprehensive account of the events that led to the revolution in France, starting from the Reform Banquets to the Election of the National...

""A Historical Address Delivered Before The Citizens Of The Town Of Dedham, On The Twenty-First Of September, 1836"" is a book written by Samuel Foster Haven and published in 1837. The book is a historical address that was delivered by the author to the...

""A Review of the French Revolution of 1848 V1: From the 24th of February to the Election of the First President (1849)"" is a historical book written by Frederick Chamier. The book provides a comprehensive account of the French Revolution that took...

The aim of this book is to identify the variation in welfare regimes and the corresponding welfare outcome at the micro level. The research agenda of this report sets out from the tradition of the 'social indicator movement',...

The other report is published by the U. S. State Department and is more "committed," but only as far as the national interest of the world's only su­ perpower is concerned. Therefore, the State Department report must be read...

Are you a cow lover?Then you are the right person to read this book and spread the message to one and all.As human beings, everyone must identify themselves as a part and parcel of the society. They must volunteer towards the welfare of the people &...

""Episodio Politico in Italia dal 1848 al 1858"" ����� un saggio storico scritto da Maria Martini Giovio Della Torre e pubblicato nel 1860. Il libro analizza un periodo cruciale della storia italiana, caratterizzato da importanti eventi politici come la...

Das Buch ""Eine Erinnerung An Solferino"" wurde 1863 von Henry Dunant ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt von einem Schlachtfeld in Solferino, Italien, das Dunant im Jahr 1859 besuchte. Dort sah er die schrecklichen Auswirkungen des Krieges auf die...

""Die Wichtigsten �����lteren Staatsprozesse in England V1-2"" ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1861 von Georg Friedrich Kolb ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk besch�����ftigt sich mit den bedeutendsten Gerichtsprozessen in der englischen Geschichte, die vor...

""Die Erweiterung Der Volksrechte"" ist ein Buch von Florian Gengel, das im Jahr 1868 ver������ffentlicht wurde. In diesem Werk geht es um die Erweiterung der politischen Rechte des Volkes. Gengel beschreibt die politischen Entwicklungen in Europa und...

Das Buch ""Die Christliche Liebest�����tigkeit V2: Das Mittelalter"" von Gerhard Uhlhorn, erschienen im Jahr 1884, besch�����ftigt sich mit der Entwicklung und Bedeutung der christlichen N�����chstenliebe im Mittelalter. Der Autor untersucht die...

Das Buch ""Die Christliche Liebest�����tigkeit in der Alten Kirche"" von Gerhard Uhlhorn, welches im Jahr 1882 ver������ffentlicht wurde, beschreibt die Geschichte und Entwicklung der christlichen Wohlt�����tigkeitsorganisationen in der fr�����hen Kirche...

Dieses Buch mit dem Titel ""Die bestehende Organisation und die erforderliche Reorganisation der preu�����ischen Polizei-Verwaltung"" wurde im Jahr 1886 von Otto Held verfasst. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Analyse der preu�����ischen...

Le livre ""Congres De L'Alliance Universelle V1: De L'Ordre Et De La Civilisation (1872)"" de A. Pougin publi����� par l'�����diteur est une analyse des d�����bats et des r�����solutions prises lors du Congr�����s de l'Alliance Universelle en 1872...

La Colecci������n de Documentos Oficiales y Extra-Oficiales (1838) publicada por D. F. De P. Mellado es una compilaci������n de documentos hist������ricos importantes para la historia de Espa�����a. Esta obra contiene una gran cantidad de textos...

Das Buch ""Beitr�����ge zur Statistik der deutschen Seefischerei und die Organisation der See-Fischerei in den Staaten Europas und Nord-Amerikas"" wurde 1888 von Moritz Lindeman ver������ffentlicht. In diesem Werk besch�����ftigt sich der Autor mit der...

The Question of Alsace and Lorraine is a historical book written by Thomas Willing Balch in the year 1918. The book provides a detailed account of the territorial dispute between Germany and France over the region of Alsace and Lorraine. The dispute...

The Penny Philanthropist: A Story That Could Be True is a novel written by Clara Elizabeth Laughlin and first published in 1912. The book tells the story of a young girl named Mary Burton, who is inspired by her mother's charitable work to start her own...

""The Paine Fund of the First Parish in Cambridge"" is a historical book written by Annie L. Chesley in 1912. The book provides a detailed account of the establishment and management of the Paine Fund, a charitable organization set up by the First Parish...

The Friends of the Poor of Hamburgh: Or The Exercise of Christian Benevolence (1849) is a book published by Johnstone and Hunter Publisher. The book is a detailed account of the charitable activities of a group of Christian philanthropists who worked...

The Fifth Book of Thucydides is a historical text written by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides. This book, which was first published in 1891, is a continuation of Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, one of the...

The Families of John and Jake is a historical book written by Ellen Battelle Dietrick in 1886. The book is a genealogical study of the families of John and Jake, two prominent families of the time. The author provides a detailed account of the family...

Social Welfare In New Zealand: The Result Of Twenty Years Of Progressive Social Legislation (1913) is a book written by Hugh H. Lusk that examines the social welfare policies and programs implemented in New Zealand over the course of two decades. The...

Famous Givers And Their Gifts is a book written by Sarah Knowles Bolton and first published in 1896. The book is a collection of short biographies of famous people who have given generously to others, either through charitable donations or acts of...

This handbook acts as a catalyst for the dialogue between two ecosystems with much to gain from collaboration: AI and philanthropy. It offers a robust academic foundation for studying both how AI can be used and implemented within philanthropy and how...

This book explores contemporary debates on decolonisation and indigenisation of social work in Africa and provides readers with alternative models, values, and epistemologies for reimagining social work practice and education that can be applicable to a...

Written by a pioneer in the field, this second edition provides updated skill-building tools and a more developed, comprehensive understanding of how therapists can use the holding approach when treating perinatal distress.

Today's generations can affect the future ecosystem more than any previous generations and aggravate the welfare of future people. Due to the future generations' lack of influence, current generations must act. This book examines when commitments to...

Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs, and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA.

This book sets out the big data landscape, comprising data abundance, digital connectivity and ubiquitous technology, and shows how it is impacting national security.

This book problematises and then reshapes critical social work to bring a range of perspectives to what constitutes truly effective and ethical social work practice.

This book introduces the critical term 'midgetism', which the author has coined, to demonstrate that the socio-cultural discrimination people with dwarfism experience is influenced by both heightism and disablism.