Colin Gibson: 4 books

The divorce rate has been rising significantly throughout the twentieth century. By interweaving the historical, demographic, sociological, legal, political and policy aspects of this increase, Colin Gibson explores the effects it has had on family patterns and habits. Dissolving Wedlock presents...

This fully updated and expanded third edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to key theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social work and social care. It outlines the theories that underpin social care practice, the main assessment...

The new edition retains all the benefits of the popular first edition but adds more cases, more illustrations, new sections and invaluable appendices. The same illustrated case-history format as in the first edition presents readers with the clinical problems of each disorder. In each case, a problem-solving...

Human Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic: A Collaborative Model of Humans and Nature through Space and Time, edited by Ruth A. Maher and Ramona Harrison, provides a framework for studying interactions of various human and natural entities in the past. Contributors apply this knowledge to address global...