Social work Books

Disability and Music Performance examines discriminatory social practices in music conservatoria, orchestras, music festivals and music competitions, which limit disabled people's access to music performance at a professional level. Of particular...

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...

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...

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...

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 &...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive account of social work, social welfare, and social development in Nigeria from a postcolonial perspective.

Wendy and the Stein Family of Taylor's Beach NSW Australia had a dream. A dream to save and improve the lives of vulnerable women and children in Papua New Guinea. Spacim Pikinini (the charity) and the Kula Spirit (a floating medical clinic) are the...

Social work practice in the twenty-first century is continually changing. Contemporary practitioners work in complex areas and have to do so quickly and competently. This text helps qualified social workers, as well as those about to qualify, to build on...

Tackling social exclusion should be a central aim of any civilised social policy. In this meticulously revised and updated new edition of his groundbreaking study, Sport and Social Exclusion, Mike Collins has assembled a vast array of new evidence from a...

This book examines the sociological consequences of disaster relief and recovery, and uncovers its impact on the communities that were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. It is the most extensive and intensive study of post-disaster community...

The homeless person is thought to be different. Whereas we get to determine our difference or sameness, the homeless person's difference is imposed upon them and assumed to be known because of their homelessness. Exclusion from housing - either a...

Social work research is concerned with complex social issues closely connected to communities of people who are marginalized and oppressed. This volume develops critical and creative research methodologies that place questions of social justice at their...

This handbook is a comprehensive text on social work education based on the narratives of social work educators, practitioners and researchers from around the world.

This book probes into the marginalized communities of the Indian society through historical and contemporary societal perspectives.

Rooted in a lively, critical approach to social work education and practice, Social Work and Common Sense challenges readers to think critically and more deeply about core facets of social work knowledge and 'received ideas'.

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...