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by Robert Youdin, PhD, LCSW
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
"This book has a forward-thinking orientation that reflects the reality of aging with older adults throughout the aging life course... Dr. Youdin integrates an advanced clinical social work practice with in-depth knowledge of evidence-based practice as well asd geriatric medicine, psychiatry...
Social Work and Child Abuse
Still Walking the Tightrope?
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2006
While social work practice with child abuse is a well-documented topic, this revised edition of Social Work and Child Abuse actually challenges and changes the focus of existing literature. Instead of concerning itself with the ways in which the task of preventing and detecting child abuse can be...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2005
Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific...
New Evolutionary Social Science
Human Nature, Social Behavior, and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science...
by Mark D. Johns, Shing-Ling Sarina Chen, Laura Terlip
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
The new social media build on and further complicate all of the issues and processes of symbolic interaction. This volume builds on and expands the existing symbolic interactionist perspective to include the study of social interaction made possible by the use of new social media. This special issue...
Democracy & Social Ethics
Conception of the Moral Significance of Diversity From a Feminist Perspective Including an Essay Belated Industry and a Speech Why Women Should Vote
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This eBook edition of "Democracy & Social Ethics" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. It is well to remind ourselves, from time to time, that "Ethics" is but another word for "righteousness," that for which...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
This book provides a diverse collection of studies reporting the effects of social influence processes in multiple cultures at both the universal and culture-specific levels. The book is characterized by three distinct features. First, the social influence process is considered as a ubiquitous and...
by Bruce A. Thyer, Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
An essential overview of the core skills needed by every social work practitioner
Developing Evidence-Based Generalist Practice Skills features contributions from top scholars in social work practice, presenting essential information for the ethical and effective practice of social work. This...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
One of the key scientific challenges is the puzzle of human cooperation. Why do people cooperate with one another? What causes individuals to lend a helping hand to a stranger, even if it comes at a major cost to their own well-being? Why do people severely punish those who violate social norms and...
Culture and Social Behavior
The Ontario Symposium, Volume 10
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
Cross-cultural differences have many important implications for social identity, social cognition, and interpersonal behavior. The 10th volume of the Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology focuses on East-West cultural differences and similarities and how this research can be applied...
Cognitive Social Psychology
The Princeton Symposium on the Legacy and Future of Social Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
A comprehensive overview of the mechanisms involved in how cognitive processes determine thought and behavior toward the social world, Cognitive Social Psychology:
*examines cognition as a motivated process wherein cognition and motivation are seen as intertwined;
* reviews the latest research on...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
The Social Psychology of Everyday Politics examines the ways in which politics permeates everyday life, from the ordinary interactions we have with others to the sense of belonging and identity developed within social groups and communities. Discrimination, prejudice, inclusion and social change,...
by John Williams, Dr Gwyneth Roberts, Aled Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Social work law is at the foundation of all social work practice, from shaping professional boundaries to determining the level of intervention. Every case is complex and unique and therefore requires different legal treatment; this means it is absolutely vital that social workers not only understand...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
The aim of this book is to exemplify the ways in which social work and research develop in ‘advanced’ welfare states – countries where public spending is relatively high as a proportion of GNP. While such countries have traditionally been associated with Scandinavian countries in particular,...