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by Nicolae Sfetcu
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
Web 2.0 is the evolution of the Web towards greater simplicity (requiring no technical knowledge or computer for users) and interactivity (allowing everyone, individually or collectively, to contribute, share and collaborate in various forms). The term "social media" is increasingly used and...
Social Ecology in the Digital Age
Solving Complex Problems in a Globalized World
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Social Ecology in the Digital Age: Solving Complex Problems in a Globalized World provides a comprehensive overview of social ecological theory, research, and practice. Written by renowned expert Daniel Stokols, the book distills key principles from diverse strands of ecological science, offering...
by Robin Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
It provides detailed knowledge about how social intelligence can support you in connecting with others effectively. It digs deep and unravels the effects of social intelligence on an individual’s mind and body, as well as on his/her ability to become more social.The lessons given in this book...
Social policy 3e
Theory and practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Social Policy: Theory and practice is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. The book lays out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, binding the discussion...
Social Security / Medicare Handbook for Federal Employees and Retirees
All-New 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Until now, there has never been a comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook for federal employees and retirees that fully explains not only Social Security and Medicare but also how they dovetail (and, in some cases, conflict) with the federal government's retirement and health insurance programs.
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State and Society Responses to Social Welfare Needs in China
Serving the people
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
This volume examines the shifting role of the state and social organizations (e.g. NGOs) in providing social services in contemporary China. A series of case studies identifies a dynamic whereby the state increasingly withdraws from social service provision with social organizations taking up the...
A contemporary history of social work
Learning from the past
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why social work has failed to maintain its position as a driver of social reform. Bamford looks forward to a new model...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2004
This collection of articles presents a critical, issue-oriented approach to law and society, emphasizing its important relationship to contemporary social problems. By exploring the interstitial area between the sociology of law, social problems and social movements, the initial chapters trace out...
Social Development
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Walking through social development’s key theoreticalprinciples and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples’ wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers:
Definitions and an historical evolution of social...
Social innovation and social policy
Theory, policy and practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Social innovation has become a prominent theme in discussions of social policy reform across the world. This book examines why social innovation is important to social policy analysis. It discusses the theoretical and policy context of this concept; its origin and background; why it has emerged to...
Social Work
Voices from the inside
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Social Work: Voices from the Inside offers unique insight into social work from the perspectives of those ‘on the inside’, that is, service users, carers and practitioners.
Drawing on a narrative tradition, fifty-nine people from across the UK tell their stories about how and why social...
The Social Worker Speaks
A History of Social Workers Through the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
The Social Worker Speaks charts the motivations, work activities and attitudes of social workers across the country from 1904 to 1989. The book is about workers in the public sector (from Poor Law to Social Services Departments), probation and workers in the voluntary field (including early century...
Contexts of Social Capital
Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
The concept of social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of their social networks in "getting ahead." Social capital isn’t just about the connections in networks, but fundamentally concerns the distribution of resources on the basis of exchanges.
This volume focuses...
Good Intentions Are Not Enough
Why We Fail at Helping Others
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Disaster strikes, transforming cities and towns into graveyards and wastelands in a matter of minutes. But help is on its way: news channels and social media relay the information to all corners of the globe in real-time, mobilising hundreds of people and organisations to aid. Yet, with standard relief...