Social Services Welfare category: 1103 books
The Health Care Case
The Supreme Court's Decision and Its Implications
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v. Sebelius, gripped the nation's attention during the spring of 2012. Like the legislative battle leading to adoption of "Obamacare", the litigation took many unexpected twists and turns, culminating in a surprising, fractured and confusing...
by Shashi Tharoor
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
India: The Future is Now is an inspiring vision of India, by her young parliamentarians. These nation-builders provide a perspective on a wide range of sectors: from technology to infrastructure, healthcare, education to environmental issues. The contributors prove how even the biggest problems can be...
Lose to Gain
Is Involuntary Resettlement a Development Opportunity?
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A crucial issue that confronts development in South Asia is how to build a better life for people displaced by infrastructure development projects. This book comprises recent displacement and resettlement case studies conducted by eight anthropologists in South Asia. Each contributor wrote around...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
This vital Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) independent training course manual from the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) provides an introduction to Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM) and the Integrated emergency Management System (IEMS), discussing the principles of emergency...
by E. Fuller Torrey
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
"Vital for all working in the mental health field . . . . Fascinating reading for anyone." —Choice
E. Fuller Torrey, the author of the definitive guides to schizophrenia and manic depression, chronicles a disastrous swing in the balance of civil rights that has resulted in numerous...
by Sreechinth C
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2019
From Hollywood to the White House, the life of Ronald Reagan has gone through so many challenges. After appearing in more than fifty films, Reagan served as the president of the United States twice. During his tenure as president from 1981 to 1989, he evolved as one among the most influential presidents...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Previous OECD and EU work has shown that even native-born children with immigrant parents face persistent disadvantage in the education system, the school-to-work transition, and the labour market. To which degree are these linked with their immigration background, i.e. with the issues faced by their...
by Brian Francis Culkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
The election of Donald Trump was a shattering moment to the political sensibilities of America; immediately sending the country into a frenzy of commentary, critique, and a never-ending media coverage that has bordered on the absurd. But the question still remains: what does it all mean?
The...
10 Million to 1
Refugee Resettlement – a How-To Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
They are coming. Who? Refugees. Every year, the President and Congress determine the arrival quota, the small percentage of refugees who will have a chance to start a new life in the United States during that year.
But just because theyre coming does not mean they are somehow lucky or that...
Paying Our High Public Officials
Evaluating the Political Justifications of Top Wages in the Public Sector
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
In almost every liberal democratic society, an issue that is a topic of constant and passionate public discussion is how much that country’s ministers, legislators, senior civil servants, and senior judges should be paid. Nor is this surprising; the issue has considerable voyeuristic appeal, particular...
Artists of the Possible
Governing Networks and American Policy Change since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Do policymakers heed the voices of the American public or only the lobbyists in Washington? Why do they take action on health reform, but not gun control? Why does policymaking usually move slowly, and sometimes not at all? Artists of the Possible takes on these questions, analyzing sixty years of...
Behavior Modification in Mental Retardation
The Education and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Retarded Adolescent and Adult
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
In this important book, one of the most exciting and promising developments in clinical psychology-behavior modification is applied to the treatment of the mentally retarded, particularly those whose behavior poses difficult problems for institutions. Professor Gardner presents an easily intelligible...
Global Child Health Advocacy
On the Front Lines
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
Global Child Health Advocacy: On the Front Lines inspires and equips child health professionals to join together and work for positive change.
This first-in-its-field resource brings you up-close accounts of successful initiatives straight from the front lines. If offers an inside look on the...
Recasting the Imperial Far East: Britain and America in China, 1945-50
Britain and America in China, 1945-50
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Attempts to shed new light on the Anglo-American rivalry in China in the period between the defeat of Japan and the triumph of the Chinese Communists. This study contends that the USSR was not a major factor in the dispute.