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Social Work Under Pressure
How to Overcome Stress, Fatigue and Burnout in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Stress, fatigue and burnout are serious problems in the social work profession. High case loads, staff shortages, budget cuts and the challenging nature of the job contribute to high levels of stress, and social workers can crack under the pressure. This accessible book demonstrates how managers and...
Social Work as Community Development
A Management Model for Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This title was first published in 2000: The second edition of Social Work as Community Development is thoroughly revised and updated taking into account lessons from community development and international experiences applicable in developed economies. The application of system theory to the problems...
Doing Relationship-Based Social Work
A Practical Guide to Building Relationships and Enabling Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Relationships and communication are the foundation of good social work practice. This book offers a new model, drawn from research and practical experience, which describes how to carry out effective relationship-based social work.
Doing Relationship-Based Social Work provides a refreshing...
Climate Change and Social Ecology
A New Perspective on the Climate Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Although strategies to prevent global warming – such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use – are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed. They have also been unwilling to confront underlying...
Social Media, Social Genres
Making Sense of the Ordinary
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Internet-based applications such as blogs, social network sites, online chat forums, text messages, microblogs, and location-based communication services used from computers and smart phones represent central resources for organizing daily life and making sense of ourselves and the social worlds we...
Introduction to Computational Social Science
Principles and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
This textbook provides a comprehensive and reader-friendly introduction to the field of computational social science (CSS). Presenting a unified treatment, the text examines in detail the four key methodological approaches of automated social information extraction, social network analysis, social...
Music, Social Media and Global Mobility
MySpace, Facebook, YouTube
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
This book is about the relationship between media, communication and globalization, explored through the unique empirical study of electronic music practitioners’ use of the global social media: MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. To understand the significance of the emerging nexus between...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Are human beings less violent than before? Why do we adopt certain moral and political judgements? Why is the gap between rich and poor getting bigger? How do we decide which criminal policies are effective? What is the Population Challenge for the 21st Century? What is social science?
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Social Work with Troubled Families
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
A critical introduction to the Troubled Families Programme (TFP), this book explores the roots, significance and effectiveness of troubled family approaches in social work.
An important strand of government social policy, the TFP gives rise to a number of ethical and political questions about...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
The enlightening collection of new approaches to understanding sexual abuse
When sexual abuse occurs, helping those directly affected can be a difficult and convoluted task. The Handbook of Social Work in Child & Adolescent Sexual Abuse is a comprehensive guide that provides the latest information...
by David Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behaviour describes the nature and causes of pro-social and anti-social behaviour. It is an introductory level text aimed at students new to this area of Social Psychology. Topics covered include social psychological theories of aggression, altruism and bystander behaviour,...
Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940
The Politics of Method
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940 examines how, between 1940 and 1970 British society was marked by the imprint of the academic social sciences in profound ways which have an enduring legacy on how we see ourselves. It focuses on how interview methods and sample surveys eclipsed literature...
Social Network Analysis and Education
Theory, Methods & Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Social Network Analysis and Education: Theory, Methods & Applications provides an introduction to the theories, methods, and applications that constitute the social network perspective. Unlike more general texts, this applied title is designed for those current and aspiring educational researchers...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Postmodern ideas have been vastly influential in the social sciences and beyond. However, their impact on the study of social policy has been minimal. Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare analyses the potential for a postmodern or cultural turn in welfare as it treats postmodernity as an...