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A Question of Commitment
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2007; US$ 42.95In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, requiring governments at all levels to ensure that Canadian laws and practices safeguard the rights of children. A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada is the first book to assess the extent to which Canada has fulfilled this commitment.... more...
Exporting Good Governance
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2007; US$ 42.95Can good governance be exported? International development assistance is more frequently being applied to strengthening governance in developing countries, and in Exporting Good Governance: Temptations and Challenges in Canada's Aid Program , the editors bring together diverse perspectives to investigate whether aid for good governance works. The... more...
Programs and Interventions for Maltreated Children and Families at Risk
Wiley 2011; US$ 58.00Evidence-based interventions are increasingly being required by third-party payers and an evidence-based orientation has come to define ethical practice. This compendium of short, how-to chapters focuses on the programs and interventions to prevent child maltreatment that have the best scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness. Interventions... more...
Social Security in Contemporary Japan
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 130.00The present study analyzes the livelihood security system of contemporary Japan in international comparison from a historical and gender perspective. It posits ?livelihood security systems? rather than ?welfare states? or ?welfare regimes? as its object of analysis to enter the role of non-governmental institutions and of governmental policies reaching... more...
Developing Practice Competencies
Wiley 2011; US$ 78.00Praise for Developing Practice Competencies A Foundation for Generalist Practice "This is the textbook I have been waiting for. The author engages the reader from the very beginning. It includes comprehensive coverage of EPAS standards and practice behaviors that any social work instructor would be delighted with. Mark Ragg's explanation of social... more...
CACHE Level 2 Children & Young People's Workforce Certificate
Hodder Education 2011; US$ 35.18Published in partnership with CACHE, this new Level 2 textbook is for all students taking the new Children and Young People's Workforce Certificate more...
Doing Better for Families
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 56.00All OECD governments want to give parents more choice in their work and family decisions. This book looks at the different ways in which governments support families. It seeks to provide answers to questions like: Is spending on family benefits going up, and how does it vary by the age of the child? Has the crisis affected public support for families?... more...
Society at a Glance 2011: OECD Social Indicators
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 49.00This sixth edition of Society at a Glance, OECD's biennial overview of social indicators, updates some indicators from previous volumes and introduces several new ones. It also features a special chapter on unpaid work. It includes data on the four newest OECD members: Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia. Where available,... more...
Statues Without Shadows
Hodder & Stoughton 2006; US$ 22.64Anna grew up accepting that her parents were glamorous but mysterious figures, who had both died by the time she was seven. It was only when she was in her thirties that she discovered they had both committed suicide. As she began to search for the truth about her parents, she uncovered details about their fascinating and incredibly divergent backgrounds:... more...
Not Without You
Hodder & Stoughton 2009; US$ 20.83'That night I lay in my new bed and the pain came. I thought about Irene. I would find her again. I had to.' Alan and Irene first met in a cold, regimented children's home when he was seven and she was nine. Both had lost their mothers when they were very young. When a car drew up outside the Home, Alan was staring out of the window, and when he... more...









