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Understanding Narrative Therapy
Springer Publishing Company 2001; US$ 79.00A clear guide to one of today's most popular treatment modalities, this volume explores why the narrative metaphor is important in the therapeutic relationship, and how to incorporate narrative techniques into social work practice. Building on basic insights about how stories shape people's lives, and how destructive stories can be modified,... more...
Making Social Work News
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 200.00Meryl Aldridge widens the debate on social work and its representation by the news media. She provides a basic understanding of the commercial logic of the UK press and compares news treatments in broadsheets, tabloids, local and national press more...
Inventing the Modern American Family
Campus Verlag 2012; US$ 32.34Hauptbeschreibung Die USA durchliefen im 20. Jahrhundert einen enormen sozialen Wandel, im Zuge dessen auch Familienwerte und Geschlechternormen neu ausgehandelt wurden. Die Autorinnen und Autoren analysieren die damit einhergehende Veränderung von Weiblichkeits- und Männlichkeitskonzepten sowie von Mutter- und Vaterrollen. Am Beispiel von Immigration,... more...
Flammable
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 18.99Surrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable's soil, air, and water are contaminated with lead, chromium, benzene, and other chemicals. So... more...
A Beginner's Guide To Critical Thinking And Writing In Health And Social Care
McGraw-Hill Education 2011; US$ 130.00This book offers an alternative, realistic and practical approach to help those in health and social care critically appraise what they read and what they see in the workplace. more...
Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor
World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 19.99Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level rise, flooding, and other hazards. Exposure... more...
Case Management in Social Work
Charles C Thomas 1996; US$ 53.95The result of an extended research and demonstration project, this text offers human service professionals a model of care management that incorporates traditional approaches with new methods for strengthening a client's internal functioning. The authors guide the reader, step-by-step, through the essential elements: engagement and needs assessment,... more...
Falling Through the Cracks
Columbia University Press 2011; US$ 59.99Psychodynamic theory and practice are often misunderstood as appropriate only for the worried well or those whose problems are minimal or routine. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book shows how psychodynamically informed, clinically based social care is essential to working with those whose problems are both psychological and social.... more...
Something to s(pr)ay: Der Street Artivist Banksy
Tectum Verlag 2011; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Mit Sprühdose, Pinsel oder Textmarker machen sie sich künstlerisch nicht nur die Straße zu eigen: Street Art Artivisten. Der britische Ex-Graffiti-Sprüher Banksy - ein Pseudonym - ist ein Meister dieser neuen Kunst-Spielart mit alten Wurzeln. Er changiert zwischen Posse und Provokation und ironisiert mit seinen Stencils und Guerilla-Aktionen... more...
Rollentheorie als neuer Ansatz in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Vergleichende Analyse des Geberverhaltens der "neuen" Geber Brasilien und Südafrika
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 37.73Hauptbeschreibung Gegen Ende der 1990er Jahre kam es zu einer massiven Veränderung der Akteursstruktur der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Neben den in internationalen Gebergremien organisierten Industrieländern betraten Staaten als Geber die Bühne der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, die selbst in großem Umfang Unterstützungsleistungen erhielten.... more...









