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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
What do social workers need to know in order to practise skilfully and effectively? Edited by three Social Work’s leading scholars, the second edition of this highly respected textbook helps bridge the gap between social work theory and the challenges of day-to-day practice.
Versatile and...
Being and Relating in Psychotherapy
Ontology and Therapeutic Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Clients who seek therapy often feel they are struggling with their whole being: their emotional, physical, relational and social selves. Understanding this is crucial to developing a successful therapeutic relationship.
Using psychodynamic, psychoanalytic and existential ideas, this book explores...
by Desmond Dinan, Neill Nugent, William E. Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
The European Union (EU) is in crisis. The crisis extends beyond Brexit, the fluctuating fortunes of the eurozone and the challenge of mass migration. It cuts to the core of the EU itself. Trust is eroding; power is shifting; politics are toxic; disillusionment is widespread; and solidarity has frayed....
The Global Manager
Contemporary Issues and Corporate Responses
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
It examines the context in which multi-national companies operate and how the key players interact with each other and with the external business environment. It takes an issues based approach that explores contemporary issues that impact global business activity and examines the managerial responses to those issues. An excellent course text.
by Nick Wilkinson, Matthias Klaes
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
The third edition of this successful textbook is a comprehensive, rigorous survey of the major topics in the field of behavioral economics. Building on the strengths of the second edition, it offers an up-to-date and critical examination of the latest literature, research, developments and debates...
Welfare Theory
An Introduction to the Theoretical Debates in Social Policy
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
What are the concepts and principles that underpin the design and delivery of social policies?
This thoroughly revised edition of a trusted text provides an authoritative introduction to the theoretical framework of social policy. Drawing upon the fields of politics, sociology and philosophy,...
by Michael Oxley
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2004
This broad-ranging new text applies economics analysis to the aims, instruments and outcomes of land use planning and housing policies. The core focus is on providing students with a substantive and sophisticated understanding of the relation of the state and market and such key current issues as...
Understanding International Social Work
A Critical Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
Adopting a global frame of reference, this text provides a clear and comprehensive comparative analysis of international social work, using case studies to illustrate practice issues in different geographical locations. This book is essential reading for all students of social work taking modules on international practice.
by F.N. Forman, Nicholas Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2007
Containing all the information and analysis needed to understand the British system of Government and politics, Mastering British Politics is an essential text. This fifth edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the results of and developments since the 2005 General Election.
Securing the Belt and Road Initiative
Risk Assessment, Private Security and Special Insurances Along the New Wave of Chinese Outbound Investments
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
This collection explores the expansion of Chinese outbound investments, aimed to sustain the increased need for natural resources, and how they have amplified the magnitude of a possible international crisis that the People’s Republic of China may face in the near future by bringing together the...
The Evolution of the British Welfare State
A History of Social Policy since the Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
An established introductory textbook that provides students with a full overview of British social policy and social ideas since the late eighteenth century. Derek Fraser’s authoritative account is the essential starting point for anyone learning about how and why Britain created the first Welfare...
by Zeger van der Wal
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Truly global in scope and ambition, the 21st Century Public Manager addresses key trends, challenges, and opportunities facing public managers across contexts and regimes. This accessible textbook aims to inspire public managers in rethinking their roles, skills, and values as they enter a VUCA world—one...
Understanding Enterprise
Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
The emergence of an enterprise culture and entrepreneurial economy has led to the rapid development of theories, policies and practices in the field of entrepreneurship. Understanding Enterprise provides a critical introduction to enterprise in its broadest context, particularly its application to...
European Politics
A Comparative Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
A fully revised fourth edition of a popular introduction to the comparative politics of Europe, written by a highly respected authority on the subject. This lively and thematically organised text provides an accessible guide to the institutions and the issues that matter in a continent where the boundaries...