Social Services Welfare category: 1103 books
by Dr. Leland Benton
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2014
Racism - The Color of White is all about bigotry
and racism today. White is not a mere absence of
color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as
fierce as red, as definite as black and color
blind racism is something you need to read about
in this book. White light includes colors of
every other...
Policy Work in Canada
Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector. By focusing on the individuals who craft public policy in Canada, this collection of eighteen chapters broadens and deepens...
Growing Apart
Regional Prosperity in New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
‘If we rank our regions internationally, Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury are comparable to France, Finland and Saudi Arabia respectively. But the smaller regions look like Timor-Leste (Northland), Greece (Manawatu-Whanganui and Gisborne) or other emerging economies such as Cyprus and the Seychelles.’The...
Law and Order
An Honest Citizen's Guide to Crime and Control
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Law and order has become a key issue throughout the world. Crime stories saturate the mass media and politicians shrilly compete with each other in a race to be the toughest on crime. Prisons are crammed to bursting point, and police powers and resources extended repeatedly. After decades of explosive...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2009
Rising public health care spending remains a problem in virtually all OECD and EU member countries. As a consequence, there is growing interest in policies that will ease this pressure through improved health system performance. This report examines selected policies that may help countries better...
The State and Terrorism
National Security and the Mobilization of Power
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Adopting an innovative approach to the ongoing debate over homeland security and state response to terrorism, Joseph Campos investigates the contextualizing of national security discourse and its management of terrorism. New ideas developed in this book reflect ways in which national security is mobilized...
The Heart of Care: Dignity in Action
A Guide to Person-Centred Compassionate Elder Care
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
I felt like a caged animal.' This damning indictment by Dame Dorothy Tutin of her treatment in hospital at the age of 70 propelled her daughter Amanda Waring into a crusade to ensure that all older people in care are treated with kindness, compassion and dignity. Amanda is now a widely respected filmmaker,...
DDR
DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK 1945 - 1990
Language: German
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Wir Thälmannpioniere lieben unser sozialistisches Vaterland, die Deutsche Demokratische Republik. In Wort und Tat ergreifen wir immer und überall Partei für unseren Arbeiter- und Bauern-Staat, der ein fester Bestandteil der sozialistischen Staatengemeinschaft ist.
Wir Thälmannpioniere...
by Michael Schneider, Mike Pottenger
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book is about the distribution of wealth among people, described by statisticians as the size distribution of wealth, and the way that this distribution has changed over time. It provides answers to a host of important questions including, why is the distribution of wealth important and how can...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
This special edition of Health at a Glance focuses on health issues across the 27 European Union member states, three European Free Trade Association countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) and Turkey. It gives readers a better understanding of the factors that affect the health of populations...
by John W. Moran
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
As the United States faces increasingly difficult and trenchant public health problems, from the Zika virus to the obesity epidemic to the opioid crisis, population health is a growing area of concern for public health organizations, particularly how to care for populations effectively on a shoestring...
Kasachstan als postsowjetischer Wohlfahrtsstaat
Die Transformation des sozialen Schutzsystems
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2014
In der öffentlichen Meinung steht Kasachstan dem Bild eines Petrostaates näher als dem eines potentiell neuen Typs von Wohlfahrtsstaat. Zu Unrecht. Fortschritte und Misserfolge der Systemtransformation dieses Landes spiegeln sich im Konzept seiner Sozialpolitik und dessen Leistungen wider. Übergeordnetes...
Self-Counselling
How to develop the skills to positively manage your life
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
For some, self-counselling may be a valuable substitute for face-to-face counselling, for others it can provide a support to professional counselling sessions. In this practical self-help book, William Stewart introduces many self-counselling skills and techniques and uses case studies, and exercises...
Going for Counselling
Working with your counsellor to develop awareness and essential life skills
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
This book explores the counselling process and will help you to choose a counsellor to suit your needs. Counselling isn't always problem centred. It can enable you to develop self-awareness and introduce you to ways in which you can manage your life more effectively. This book will show you how.