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“deborah e ward”

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  • The White Welfare State

    The Racialization of U.S. Welfare Policy

    by Deborah E. Ward ...
    The White Welfare State challenges common misconceptions of the development of U.S. welfare policy. Arguing that race has always been central to welfare policy-making in the United States, Deborah Ward breaks new ground by showing that the Mothers' Pensions--the Progressive-Era precursors to modern welfare programs--were premised on a policy of racial discrimination against blacks and other ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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  • Confessions of a Police Constable

    by Matt Delito ...
    Series series The Confessions Series
    Thieving ninjas, racist fast-food patrons, road traffic accidents, mischievous shoplifters, sudden deaths, car chases, and domestic violence – it’s all in a day’s work for London-based PC Matt Delito.Working at the front-line on the streets of London can be thrilling, frightening, rewarding, infuriating, and sometimes plain hilarious.In this eye-opening account of on-the-beat policing, Delito ... Read more

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  • Please Will Someone Help Me?

    by Sophie Young ...
    Sophie Young tells her shocking true story in Please Will Someone Help Me?Sophie Young was born into a dysfunctional family, with a violent mother and father. Sophie was routinely neglected and harmed, starved and left to fend for herself. Social workers were often involved but, despite numerous visits and extensive reports, nothing was ever done.When Sophie was six, her life took another horrible ... Read more

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  • The Welfare State

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Garland ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a fundamental dimension of modern government. And even after decades of free-market criticism and reform, their core institutions have proven ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum Through Time

    by Mark Davis ...
    Series series Through Time
    During the eighteenth century the plight of those considered insane was dismal. Many were locked up in madhouses or chained in the workhouse, their illnesses ignored. It was only with the advent of the Industrial Revolution that reform came into place. Within the West Riding of Yorkshire the first steps in reform were taken by the Tuke family who built the Retreat at York, instrumental in bringing ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Trapped in America's Safety Net

    One Family's Struggle

    by Andrea Louise Campbell ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    A "remarkable" look at the flaws of the social safety net through one family's personal tragedy and the Catch-22 financial disaster that followed (Deborah A. Stone, author of Policy Paradox).When Andrea Louise Campbell's sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant. She survived—and, miraculously, the baby was born ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Work

    Edited by Martin Davies ...
    Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion’s leading reputation have been updated and now include innovative standalone essays on social work theory.Comprehensively reworked ... Read more

    $75.00 USD

  • Managing Projects in Health and Social Care

    by Vivien Martin ...
    Managing Projects in Health and Social Care is designed for anyone who is asked to manage a public services project but who lacks the experience or training to feel confident in this role. The book shows how to use project management techniques to ensure that your project will be successful. The key dimensions discussed are:* budget* time* feasibility* planning / scheduling* implementation* ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Alice in Westminster

    The Political Life of Alice Bacon

    by Rachel Reeves ...
    Alice Bacon was one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable female politicians. Born and raised in the Yorkshire town of Normanton, she defied the odds to be elected Labour MP for Leeds North East in the 1945 General Election. Famed in her home town for her unlikely love of sports cars, she was a much-respected, no-nonsense, hard-working representative for her beloved Yorkshire home in ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • In Search of a Family

    A Story of an International Adoption

    by Ginger Carlisle ...
    In Search of a Family: A Story of an International Adoption takes readers inside a personal journey through the unknowns of an international adoption. This true story takes place in the ex-Soviet bloc country of Ukraine. As they travel through the adoption process maze, the adopting family becomes disillusioned. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • A Handbook for Interprofessional Practice in the Human Services

    Learning to Work Together

    Edited by Brian Littlechild, Roger Smith ...
    A Handbook for Inter-professional Practice in the Human Services: Learning to Work Together is an essential text for all students of inter-professional education, and for practitioners looking to understand and develop better inter-agency working.With an emphasis on working collaboratively with fellow professionals, service users and the community, and developing an holistic approach to working, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Housing Vouchers

    A Comparative International Analysis

    by E. Jay Howenstine ...
    Outside the United States, the idea of a consumer housing subsidy is a highly developed concept. Housing allowances, shelter allowances, rent allowances - or rent rebates as they are called - have been paid out on a larger scale for longer periods of time on an entitlement basis, with a much greater variety of rationales than in the United States. As the United States moves ahead with its ... Read more

    $65.99 USD