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Social welfare & social services
Hardcover. Lifetime attitudes to housing have changed, with new population dynamics driving the market and a greater emphasis on consumption. This important contribution to the literature argues that how we think about households and their housing needs to be recast to acknowledge this changed environment and provide a more powerful conceptual framework. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424280
- ISBN
- 9781847424280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.31
€ 102.31
Paperback. Drawn from the author's extensive experience as a therapist and as a Zen practitioner this book investigates topics that have received little attention and that practitioners and students are hungry to explore, such as radical acceptance, client-therapist boundaries, and enhancing a sense of purpose in one's daily practice. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: HREZ; JKSN2; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 62. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470333099
- ISBN
- 9780470333099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 38.45
€ 51.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. Series: Values and Capitalism. Num Pages: 88 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 117 x 5. Weight in Grams: 77.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- AEI Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780844772080
- ISBN
- 9780844772080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.89
€ 10.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745698748
- ISBN
- 9780745698748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.43
€ 15.43
Hardcover. After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745698731
- ISBN
- 9780745698731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.58
€ 51.58
Hardback. Doing social work in a statutory setting is a challenge that all social workers will face. Social workers are required to work with people who don t necessarily want their help and who may be antagonistic or even hostile. Series: Skills for Contemporary Social Work. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642697
- ISBN
- 9780745642697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.74
€ 69.74
Paperback. Doing social work in a statutory setting is a challenge that all social workers will face. Social workers are required to work with people who don t necessarily want their help and who may be antagonistic or even hostile. Series: Skills for Contemporary Social Work. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642703
- ISBN
- 9780745642703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.03
€ 24.03
Paperback. 104 pages, 8 x illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JKSN1. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 6. Weight: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956043511
- ISBN
- 9780956043511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.93
€ 10.99
€ 9.93
paperback. In the late nineteenth century, the Texas Rangers and Canada's North-West Mounted Police were formed to bring the resource-rich hinterlands at either end of the Great Plains under governmental control. This book presents a comparative history of these two most famous constabularies in the world. Num Pages: 293 pages, 25 Illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260023
- ISBN
- 9780803260023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198723905
- ISBN
- 9780198723905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
Paperback. The comprehensive guide to foster parenting, this book offers guidance on all aspects of fostering. Exploring the practicalities of receiving a new child in the home, and how to deal with the more complex issues that may arise, this book covers the joy and wonder of fostering as well as how to cope with the crises and setbacks. Editor(s): Elvin, Andy; Barrow, Martin. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JKSF; VFV; VFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785922046
- ISBN
- 9781785922046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.61
€ 17.61
Paperback. Professional Risk and Working with People provides advice on assessing and managing risks for all those employed to take risks with or on behalf of other people. The authors explore issues of risk assessment and management that provides readers with a broad knowledge of risk practices that can be applied across a range of disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JKS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103899
- ISBN
- 9781843103899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.53
€ 37.53
Hardback. Editor(s): Tarnow, Andy M. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JWXV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624176890
- ISBN
- 9781624176890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.09€ 133.06
€ 195.09
€ 133.06
paperback. Ange-Marie Hancock argues that beliefs about poor African American mothers were the foundation for the contentious 1996 welfare reform debate that effectively "ended welfare as we know it." She shows how stereotypes and politically motivated misperceptions about race, class and gender were effectively used to instigate a politics of disgust. Num Pages: 210 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736708
- ISBN
- 9780814736708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Addresses the alienation of practitioners from positivist and quantitative research showing how research can be compatible with how practitioners collect and understand data. The book draws on research approaches that take account of subjectivity and employ participative methods. Series: Practical Social Work Series. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 225.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 157
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333544341
- ISBN
- 9780333544341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.84
€ 48.84
Paperback. Encourages creativity in therapy with children who have moved to new families through fostering or adoption. This book contains a range of activities designed to help these children overcome emotional and behavioural difficulties in a gentle and positive atmosphere. Num Pages: 152 pages, 35. BIC Classification: JKSB1; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631236009
- ISBN
- 9780631236009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Paperback. This critical and challenging book makes a strong case for the development of ethically-driven, research-informed policy and practice to safeguard older people from abuse. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP31; JKSG; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447305675
- ISBN
- 9781447305675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.40
€ 36.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849056328
- ISBN
- 9781849056328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.86
€ 30.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Written for professionals and managers working across children's services, this book examines the recent case of widespread child sexual abuse which took place in Rotherham over many years, despite cases being reported to the police. It examines what went wrong and provides recommendations for improving responses throughout children's services. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785920271
- ISBN
- 9781785920271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.84
€ 33.84
Paperback. Social Policy for Nurses provides the ideal introduction to health policy for nurses at all stages of their careers. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book provides a comprehensive discussion of the current policy imperatives facing nurses across the UK. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745649207
- ISBN
- 9780745649207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.51
€ 26.51