Social Policy category: 9249 books
An Integrated Systems Model for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
This book sets out an integrated systems model which utilizes a public health approach and 'whole of society' philosophy for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It guides those engaged in policy, practice and planning concerning gender based violence and child abuse towards a more systemic approach to tackling these problems.
Fertility Control in a Risk Society
Analysing Contraception Choice of Urban Elites in India
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
This book analyses the reasons for relying on behavioural contraception methods among urban ‘elites’ in India and examines their efficacy in controlling fertility. It also traces variations in contraception choice over the reproductive cycle of women.
Although researchers and policy makers...
AIDS in Asia
A Continent in Peril
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
AIDS in Asia provides a thorough introduction to the social and economic issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic in Asia including:
* Geographic obstacles to health care
* Gender inequality and human trafficking
* Political turmoil and poor leadership
* Asia's role in the sex and drug trade
* Economic...
Metal Scrappers and Thieves
Scavenging for Survival and Profit
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
This book explores the little-known world of scrappers and metal thieves. Benjamin F. Stickle bases his study on field research collected while traversing communities with thieves and scrappers. Drawing on candid interviews, observations of criminals at work, and participation in the scrapping subculture,...
by Stefan Zweig
Language: French
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: French
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Joseph Fouché (1759-1820) a servi avec zèle la République, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire et la Monarchie. Homme de l'ombre, disciple de Machiavel, Fouché aura survécu à tous les changements de régime sans jamais se départir de cette «absence...
An American Sickness
How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
**A New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017
"This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The...
The Professor and the President
Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
What happens when a conservative president makes a liberal professor from the Ivy League his top urban affairs adviser? The president is Richard Nixon, the professor is Harvard's Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Of all the odd couples in American public life, they are probably the oddest. Add another Ivy...
Irregular Army
How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars—now the longest wars in American history—the US military has struggled to recruit troops. It has responded, as Matt Kennard’s explosive investigative report makes clear, by opening its doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, criminals...
by Heather MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
False charges of racial profiling threaten to obliterate the crime-fighting gains of the last decade, especially in America's inner cities. This is the message of Heather Mac Donald's new book, in which she brings her special brand of tough and honest journalism to the current war against the police....
Counterterrorism and Identities
Canadian Viewpoints
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2015
Counterterrorism and Identities presents a detailed analysis of Canadian public opinion on questions of national security, terrorism, and counterterrorism. Where we live, our religious identification, our age, gender, and values all have an impact on our views on these issues, as do events such...
Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word
A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Conclusion
Alex Himelfarb
The Conclusion pulls the diverse threads of the book together, concluding with prospects and options for the future. It focuses on how we might change the conversation about taxes.
by Mark Krikorian
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
President Obama and his allies have made no secret about their immigration goals: easy amnesty, loose enforcement, and ever-higher levels of legal immigration. One prominent labor leader has boasted that continued mass immigration "will solidify and expand the progressive coalition for the future."In...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
This new Handbook presents an overview of cutting-edge research in the growing field of global health security.
Over the past decade, the study of global health and its interconnection with security has become a prominent and rapidly growing field of research. Ongoing debates question whether...
The Promise
The Families of Sandy Hook and the Long Road to Gun Safety
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Bennett chronicles the attempts of the families with children who were shot at Sandy Hook Elementary to change gun laws and explains why it is so difficult to pass effective legislation to limit gun sales. THE BROOKINGS ESSAY: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research,...