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Everyday Evaluation on the Run
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 31.82A practical guide to evaluating programs and organisations, both large and small, in workplace and community settings. more...
Grassroots Social Security in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 133.00Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia and in particular the region's developing countries. Historically, these associations have consisted of small groups of people with common interests who save regularly to support, maintain and supplement their... more...
Understand Counselling
Hodder & Stoughton 2010; US$ 22.64Understand Counselling will give you a clear understanding of the main counselling theories and help you develop vital counselling skills. It will introduce you to the three main branches of counselling - psychodynamic therapy, person-centred therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy - and familiarize you with the key features of each one. Whether... more...
Just Doing My Job
Hachette Australia 2010; US$ 22.64JUST DOING MY JOB is a journey into the lives of the men and women behind the uniform - the cops, firies and ambos. It is an exploration of humanity and the human spirit. Imagine what it must be like to attend a fatal accident in which you know the victim; or to pull a baby out of a fire who is dressed in the same style of pyjamas that your child... more...
Discover Counselling
Hodder & Stoughton 2011; US$ 9.05The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Discover Counselling is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to counselling and and how to make it work for you. In just 96 pages, the reader will discover the main approaches, from... more...
Spanish Society after Franco
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 155.00Spanish Society After Franco investigates the origins of collective social welfare from the early nineteenth century, to set the context for an analysis of contemporary social policy from the perspective of economic and political trends since the transition of democracy in the mid-1970s. The review of policy evolution is complemented by an examination... more...
Loneliness in Later Life
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 46.00Loneliness in Later Life concerns the personal and social changes associated with ageing, a topic which is becoming increasingly popular as the number of those in the Third Age themselves reaches unprecedented levels. It analyses the nature of loneliness, clearly distinguishing it from the experience of solitary living, which in its turn is explored,... more...
New Challenges for UNICEF
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 132.00UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund, is renowned for its efficiency in both rich and poor countries. Created as a humanitarian agency, it is now one of the international development institutions concerned with children and mothers. The book relates the creation of UNICEF, the evolution of its programmes, its structure and finances, its work in health, nutrition,... more...
WTO, Globalization and China's Health Care System
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 145.00This book considers the key sectors of China's health care system after its entrance into the WTO, including the pharmaceutical industry, health insurance services, and hospitals in terms of policies, legal framework and market potential. It offers a critical analysis of the impact of the WTO and globalization on China's health care. more...
Emotional Life and the Politics of Welfare
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 148.00Social policy and political theory are based upon rationalist models of the human subject. Drawing particularly upon contemporary Kleinian and feminist political theory the author explores the powerful role that emotions such as love, hate and fear play in the development of the human subject. From this base the book then examines a range of contemporary... more...









