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Building on Women's Strengthsby K. Jean Peterson; Alice A. Lieberman
Haworth Press 2001; US$ 49.95This groundbreaking book explores the ways a woman-centered worldview can transform social policy, social services, and direct practice. Updated to honor the memory of Liane V. Davis, who died in 1995, this new edition of Building on Women's Strengths offers updated information and new chapters on women who have been incarcerated, women on welfare who experience violence, and lesbian and bisexual women. It discusses the issues of women's lives, including family violence, welfare reform, mental health, child welfare, aging, racism, and being silenced. To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com. more...
Animal Rightsby Cass R. Sunstein
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 19.99Contributors to this volume explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Ethical questions on ownership, protection against suffering and the ability of animals to make their own choices free from human control are thought-provokingly examined. more...
Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disabilityby Yvona Fast
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2004; US$ 22.95Most people with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD) or Asperger Syndrome (AS) are underemployed. This book sets out to change this. With practical and technical advice on everything from job hunting to interview techniques, from 'fitting in' in the workplace to whether or not to disclose a diagnosis, this book guides people with NLD or AS successfully through the employment field. There is also information for employers, agencies and careers counsellors on AS and NLD as 'invisible' disabilities, including an analysis of the typical strengths of somebody with NLD or AS, and how to use these positively in the workplace. Practical information and lists of career resources are supported by numerous case studies to inspire and advise. An essential... more...
Just a Dogby Arnold Arluke
Temple University Press 2006; US$ 25.95How can we make sense of acts of cruelty towards animals? more...
Urban Governance Voice and Poverty in the Developing Worldby Nick Devas
Earthscan 2004; US$ 48.95Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily growing share of the world's poor people an international team of researchers focused their attention on the hitherto little-studied relationship between urban governance and urban poverty. In their timely and in-depth examination of ten cities in Africa Asia and Latin America they demonstrate that in many countries the global trends towards decentralization and democratization offer new opportunities for the poor to have an influence on the decisions that affect them. They also show how that influence depends on the nature of those democratic arrangements and decision-making processes... more...
Megacitiesby Kees Koonings; Dirk Kruijt
Zed Books 2009; US$ 35.95Featuring case studies from across the globe, including Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, Megacities examines recent worldwide trends in poverty and social exclusion, urban violence and politics, and links these to the challenges faced by policy-makers and practitioners. more...
Leadership in Social Careby Zoe Van Zwanenberg
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009; US$ 37.95Social care needs excellent leaders now more than ever. Effective leaders aim high, listen to what the service users want and need, inspire their staff and continually question what they are doing and why. This book draws together the latest research on fundamental leadership issues in social care, discussing collaborative leadership and the importance of place-based development, exploring the key disciplines of supervision, management and leadership and examining the purpose of a learning framework for social care. Comparative approaches are also provided by practitioners working outside of social work, placing leadership development in context across the public, private and voluntary sectors and presenting authoritative guidance from an international... more...
East Asian Welfare Modelby Roger Goodman; Gordon White; Huck-ju Kwon
Routledge 1998; US$ 64.95Offers the first broad-ranging study of the development and implementation of various welfare systems in East Asia, unfolding the reality behind the rhetoric in this important area. more...
Basic Groupworkby Tom Douglas
Routledge 2000; US$ 51.95A simple, practical guide to groupwork. In logical sequence the book follows the progress of one group from inception to close and exposes how groups work. more...
Youth, The 'Underclass' and Social Exclusionby Robert MacDonald
Routledge 1997; US$ 59.95Is youth crime, unemployment and homelessness evidence of a new and dangerous youth underclass? Contributors focus on unemployment, training and the labour market, crime and benefit fraud, homelessness, parenting and shifts in youth policy more...