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Migration-Trust Networks
Social Cohesion in Mexican US-Bound Emigration
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
In an important new application of sociological theories, Nadia Y. Flores-Yeffal offers fresh insights into the ways in which social networks function among immigrants who arrive in the United States from Mexico without legal documentation. She asks and examines important questions about the commonalities...
Psychoanalysis, Society, and the Inner World
Embedded Meaning in Politics and Social Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Psychoanalysis, Society, and the Inner World explores ideas from psychoanalysis that can be valuable in understanding social processes and institutions and in particular, how psychoanalytic ideas and methods can help us understand the nature and roots of social and political conflict in the contemporary...
Community-Based Programs and Policies
Contributions to Social Policy Development in Health Care and Health Care-Related Services
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
This collection is focused on the provision of community-based programs and activities in health and related long-term care services that have contributed, or may in the future contribute, to social policy development.
Several of the articles in this collection deal with community-based health...
Social Work Practice and Psychopharmacology, Second Edition
A Person-in-Environment Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2009
Why do social workers need to know about mental health medications?
How can social workers best assist clients who are taking medications?
What is the social worker's role as part of the interdisciplinary health care team?
Answering these questions and more, this comprehensive text discusses the...
Social Movements in Iran
Environmentalism and Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Despite the growing significance of social movements worldwide, scholarship on the subject remains largely Western in nature, with studies written primarily by Western scholars and based on the experiences of Western cultures and societies. This book makes an important contribution to the study of...
Practical Social Work Law
Analysing Court Cases and Inquiries
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Practical Social Work Law*: analysing court cases and inquiries* presents legal issues associated with social work in an accessible format. It approaches the law in a way that is less daunting and more engaging by examining actual court cases and public inquiries, and explores the stories of real...
by Anselm L. Strauss
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Reflecting the contributions of M. Brewster Smith to social psychology and personality study, this selection includes not only his best known essays but also previously unpublished material. Professor Smith's consistent striving for a psychology both scientific and humane unifies the collection; it...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Addressing the changing world of professionalism, this text combines theory, research and practice, using real case studies, to investigate the process of becoming professional. Mapping the journey from allied or associate practitioner positions through qualifying and into advanced practitioner status,...
Social Measurement through Social Surveys
An Applied Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
How do academic social scientists and survey professionals use social measurement techniques? How are these techniques applied to specific concepts in empirical research? This book is an important resource for students, academic and professional researchers, offering an overview of both new and practiced...
Social Work ASWB Advanced Generalist Exam Guide
A Comprehensive Study Guide for Success
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Students and social workers preparing for the social work advanced generalist licensure exam will find an invaluable study resource in the Social Work ASWB® Advanced Generalist Exam Guide. Written by a prominent social work leader and trainer for social work licensing exams in the United States,...
Social Work ASWB Clinical Practice Test
170 Questions to Identify Knowledge Gaps
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Print version of the book includes free access to the app (web, iOS, and Android), which offers interactive Q&A review plus the entire text of the print book! Please note the app is included with print purchase only.
This full-length practice test with answers and rationales, created by a prominent...
Lonely Children and Adolescents
Self-Perceptions, Social Exclusion, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
From texting and social networking sites to after-school activities, young people have many opportunities to interact with one another, and yet loneliness and isolation trouble today’s youth in increasing numbers. Many children and teens report feeling lonely even in the midst of family and friends,...
Bullying as a Social Experience
Social Factors, Prevention and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Bullying as a Social Experience presents data from both the US and New Zealand and draws on past research from around the world to show how social context and factors shape individuals’ behaviors and experiences. By engaging with bullying from a sociological framework, it becomes clearer how bullying...
Social Policy and Social Work
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
An understanding of social policy is crucial for social workers as it underpins and shapes the legislative framework that they work within. From safeguarding service users and enabling them to improve their lives, to protecting the most vulnerable in society, social policy also has a vital role to...