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  • Combating Poverty

    Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State

    by Axel van den Berg, Charles Plante, Hicham Raiq, Christine Proulx, Sam Faustmann ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
    Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous ‘liberal market’ regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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  • Parents Who Kill - Shocking True Stories of The World's Most Evil Parents

    by Carol Anne Davis ...
    The bond between parent and child is the strongest natural connection imaginable. But in rare and shocking cases, that bond can be brutally broken. The Philpott family, 'baby P' and jasmine Beckford are just three cases that have made a nation's blood run cold. But what could possibly drive a parent to commit the cruellest crime of all - the killing of their own child.In Parents Who Kill, renowned ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Happiness Equation

    The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset

    by Nick Powdthavee ...
    Why is marriage worth £200,000 a year?Why will having children make you unhappy?Why does happiness from winning the lottery take two years to arrive?Why does time heal the pain of divorce or the death of a loved one – but not unemployment?Everybody wants to be happy. But how much happiness – precisely – will each life choice bring? Should I get married? Am I really going to feel happy about the ... Read more

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  • The Five Giants [New Edition]

    A Biography of the Welfare State

    by Nicholas Timmins ...
    A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEARA LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARThe award-winning history of the British Welfare State –now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century.‘A masterpiece’ Sunday TimesGiant Want. Giant Disease. Giant Ignorance. Giant Squalor. Giant Idleness.These were the Five Giants that loomed over the post-war reconstruction... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy

    by Michael J. Prince, James J. Rice ...
    No one is content with the state of health and social programs in Canada today. The Right thinks that there is too much government involvement, and the Left thinks there is not enough. In Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy James Rice and Michael Prince track the history of the welfare state from its establishment in the 1940s, through its development in the mid 1970s, to the period of ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Politics and Civics of National Service

    Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps

    by Melissa Bass ...
    In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • From Victims to Suspects

    Muslim Women since 9/11

    by Shakira Hussein ...
    The so-called War on Terror, in its many incarnations, has always been a war with gender at its heart. Once regarded as helpless victims waiting to be rescued, Muslim women are now widely regarded by both Muslim and non-Muslim disciplinarians as a potential threat to be kept under control. How did this shift in attitudes come about? Shakira Hussein explores the lives of women negotiating the ... Read more

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  • A Non-Violent Resistance Approach with Children in Distress

    A Guide for Parents and Professionals

    by Carmelite Avraham-Krehwinkel, David Aldridge ...
    Parents, teachers and other professionals often struggle to know how to deal with disruptive, abusive or aggressive behaviour. This book addresses the urgent need for a realistic, practical and effective approach to dealing with severe disruptive behaviour in children and adolescents.Adapting the principles of non-violent resistance originally advocated by Mahatma Gandhi, the book provides de ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • 101 Reasons for a Citizen's Income

    Arguments for Giving Everyone Some Money

    by Malcolm Torry ...
    101 Reasons for a Citizen’s Income offers a short, accessible introduction to the debate on a Citizen’s Income, showing how a universal, unconditional income for every citizen would solve problems facing the UK’s benefits system, tackle poverty, and improve social cohesion and economic efficiency. For anyone new to the subject, or who wants to introduce friends, colleagues or relatives to the idea ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Enduring Empire

    Ancient Lessons for Global Politics

    Edited by David Tabachnick, Toivo Koivukoski ...
    An exploration of the ways in which ancient theories of empire can inform our understanding of present-day international relations, Enduring Empire engages in a serious discussion of empire as it relates to American foreign policy and global politics.The imperial power dynamics of ancient Athens and Rome provided fertile ground for the deliberations of many classical thinkers who wrote on the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Struggle Within

    Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States

    by Dan Berger, dream hampton ...
    The Struggle Within is an accessible yet wide-ranging historical primer about how mass imprisonment has been a tool of repression deployed against diverse left-wing social movements over the last fifty years. Berger examines some of the most dynamic social movements across half a century: black liberation, Puerto Rican independence, Native American sovereignty, Chicano radicalism, white antiracist ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Young People Leaving Care

    Supporting Pathways to Adulthood

    by Mike Stein ...
    The journey to adulthood is a big step for all young people. However, for young people leaving care it may be far more difficult, coping with major changes in their lives and at a younger age, especially if they lack preparation and support.Young People Leaving Care explores the journey from care to adulthood through the main challenges these young people face: in being in settled accommodation, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD