Social Policy category: 9249 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
This collection provides a comparative analysis of care arrangements in relation to issues of gender and transnational migration, social policy and labour migration in East Asia. Bridging the key topics of migration and gendered cared work through cross country comparisons, it examines how care work...
Political and Civic Engagement
Multidisciplinary perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Based upon a three-year multi-disciplinary international research project, Political and Civic Participation examines the interplay of factors affecting civic and political engagement and participation across different generations, nations and ethnic groups, and the shifting variety of forms that...
by D. C. Zook
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
In spite of decades of diversity policy and practice, America is in many ways more divided than ever when it comes to issues of identity. Critics from the political left argue that we simply need more diversity to overcome the division, while critics from the political right argue that diversity has...
by Jo Staines
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
This book provides social work practitioners and allied professionals with an applied understanding of the formal legislation, policy and guidance relating to young people who are considered 'at risk' of, accused of, or convicted of involvement in offending or anti-social behaviour.
No Slack
The Financial Lives of Low-Income Americans
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The financial crisis exposed the potentially unsavory results of the interaction between low- and moderate income households and alternative and mainstream financial institutions. Many households were overleveraged or paid high costs for financial services, while others lacked access to useful financial...
America Adrift—Righting the Course
The Decline of America’S Great Values
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
The values that made America a great and respected nation are in decline causing consequences across all segments of our society. In this passionate and deeply personal account, author John W. Zimmerman Sr. issues a call to all Americans to take up this challenge and preserve Americas promise, dream,...
Losing Our Way
An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
From longtime New York Times columnist Bob Herbert comes a wrenching portrayal of ordinary Americans struggling for survival in a nation that has lost its way
In his eighteen years as an opinion columnist for The New York Times, Herbert championed the working poor and the middle class. After...
by Jimmy Breslin
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutiérrez is a towering achievement by one of America’s most respected journalists. A work of conscience that travels from San Matías Cuatchatyotla, a small, dusty town in central Mexico, to the cold and wet streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this searing exposé...
Dealing Death and Drugs
The Big Business of Dope in the U.S. and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
The War on Drugs doesn’t work. This became obvious to El Paso City Representatives Susie Byrd and Beto O’Rourke when they started to ask questions about why El Paso’s sister city Ciudad Juárez has become the deadliest city in the world-8,000-plus deaths since January 1, 2008. Byrd and O’Rourke...
The Everything Guide to Understanding Socialism
The political, social, and economic concepts behind this complex theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
"Democracy is the road to socialism." --Karl Marx
Socialism was one of the formative forces of the modern world, and its complex history stretches back nearly three centuries. But what, exactly, does socialism mean? This informative and impartial guide takes you through socialism's origins...
by Barry M. Goldwater
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
The Conscience of a Conservative reignited the American conservative movement and made Barry Goldwater a political star. It influenced countless conservatives in the United States, and helped lay the foundation for the Reagan Revolution in 1980. It covers topics such as education, labor unions and...
America the Principled
6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Sometimes it seems that Americans are divided in countless ways—red or blue; black, brown, or white; rich or poor; male or female. What happened to America as the land of freedom and openness? In America the Principled, renowned Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author Rosabeth Moss...
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
Reactionary Prussianism
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Prussianism refers to the practices and doctrines of the Prussians; specifically, the militarism and severe discipline traditionally associated with the Prussian ruling class.
Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, journalist,...
