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  • Making Markets in the Welfare State

    The Politics of Varying Market Reforms

    by Jane R. Gingrich ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Over the past three decades, market reforms have transformed public services such as education, health, and care of the elderly. Whereas previous studies present markets as having similar and largely non-political effects, this book shows that political parties structure markets in diverse ways to achieve distinct political aims. Left-wing attempts to sustain the legitimacy of the welfare state ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

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  • Child Poverty in New Zealand

    by Jonathan Boston ...
    Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple have written the definitive book on child poverty in New Zealand. Dr Russell Wills, Children’s CommissionerBetween 130,000 and 285,000 New Zealand children live in poverty, depending on the measure used. These disturbing figures are widely discussed, yet often poorly understood. If New Zealand does not have ‘third world poverty’, what are these children actually ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sweet Charity?

    Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement

    by Janet Poppendieck ...
    How the drive to end poverty has taken a wrong turn with thousands of well-meaning volunteers on boardIn this era of eroding commitment to government sponsored welfare programs, voluntarism and private charity have become the popular, optimistic solutions to poverty and hunger. The resurgence of charity has to be a good thing, doesn't it? No, says sociologist Janet Poppendieck, not when stopgap ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A Practitioners' Tool for Child Protection and the Assessment of Parents

    by Jeff Fowler ...
    A practical tool for the assessment of children and their families, this guide enables professionals to make informed decisions about child protection issues. Firmly rooted in current practice, it draws on the expertise of a practising consultant and experienced qualified social worker Jeff Fowler, whose work has already formed the basis of guidance reports for child protection agencies and court ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • History of Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum

    by James Rorie ...
    Dundee Asylum has been in place for nearly 200 years and this fascinating account of its history and patients is a well researched description of asylum life over they years. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Happiness

    Theory into Policy and Practice

    by Neil Thin ...
    The development of happiness as an explicit theme in social research and policy worldwide has been rapid and remarkable, posing fundamental questions about our personal and collective motives and purposes.This book examines the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains. It argues that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Never Enough

    Americas Limitless Welfare State

    by William Voegeli ...
    Since the beginning of the New Deal, American liberals have insisted that the government must do more-much more-to help the poor, to increase economic security, to promote social justice and solidarity, to reduce inequality, and to mitigate the harshness of capitalism. Nonetheless, liberals have never answered, or even acknowledged, the corresponding question: What would be the size and nature of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Compassionate Conservatism

    What It Is, What It Does, and How It Can Transform America

    by Marvin Olasky ...
    Compassionate conservatism is a new political force in the land, sweeping the grassroots of people of all faiths, races, and ethnicities. In its parts it offers solutions to many of our most intractable problems; in its whole it is nothing less than an innovative philosophy of government. No author is more qualified to explain its power and promise than Marvin Olasky, described by The New York ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The State and Healthcare

    Comparing OECD Countries

    by H. Rothgang, M. Cacace, Lorraine Frisina, Simone Grimmeisen, Achim Schmid, C. Wendt ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the convergence toward hybrid forms of healthcare systems. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014

    Understanding Good Practice

    by Jane Lawson, Dr Tony Stanley, Marilyn Taylor, Linda Tapper, John Gunner, Sarah Carr, Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Daniel Baker, Fiona Bateman, Jill Manthorpe, Stephen Martineau, Martin Stevens, Caroline Norrie, Michael Preston-Shoot, David Orr, Suzy Braye, Nicki Norman, Lindsey Pike, Sean Olivier, Tish Elliott, Antony Botting, Sally Lee, Keith Brown, Rebecca Johnson, Lee-Ann Fenge ...
    Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introduced new safeguarding duties for local authorities, and this book describes what up-to-date practice should look like, and how to provide the best quality care and support for adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect.Chapters cover core areas of ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Accessibility and Active Offer

    Health Care and Social Services in Linguistic Minority Communities

    Edited by Marie Drolet, Pier Bouchard, Jacinthe Savard ...
    Series series Health and Society
    It is imperative that we train leaders who are able to intervene efficiently with service users and to support a better organization of the workplace. It is especially important to look at the many issues related to postsecondary training and human resources, such as recruiting and keeping these leading professionals. Accessibility and Active Offer thus combines theory and empirical data to help ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Physical Play and Children’s Digital Games

    by Krystina Madej ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Play engages humans cognitively, emotionally, and physically at all ages. Using a historical framework, and focusing on play as represented by material artifacts such as toys and games, this book explores play as a form of somatic engagement that reflects cultural attitudes about development and learning as these have evolved over time in western culture. Theorists in the twentieth century such as ... Read more

    $53.99 USD