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Cover of Development Asia—Urban Planning Laboratory
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010

The rise of Asia's megacities is the upshot of robust economic growth in the region. In turn, the expansion of these centers of industry and commerce is fueling further growth, opening more opportunities for business and employment. With six out of 10 of the world's largest cities in Asia—and eight...
Cover of Starvation and India's Democracy
by Dan Banik
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007

This book analyzes India’s impressive efforts in responding to sensational and easily visible disasters in contrast to the ‘silent emergency’ of drought-induced under nutrition and starvation deaths. Building on Amartya Sen’s famous claim that no famine has ever occurred in a democratic country,...
Cover of The Politics of Medicaid
by Laura Katz Olson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010

In 1965, the United States government enacted legislation to provide low-income individuals with quality health care and related services. Initially viewed as the friendless stepchild of Medicare, Medicaid has grown exponentially since its inception, becoming a formidable force of its own. Funded...
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Codes of the Underworld

How Criminals Communicate

by Diego Gambetta
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011

How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems...
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Making the Poor Free?

India’s Unique Identification Number

by S.K. Das
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015

While handing over the first set of 12-digit unique identification numbers to ten tribal families of Tembhli, a dusty village tucked away in a far corner of Maharashtra, the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, 'UID will help hundreds of people in India, whose pride was hurt for so many years...
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Regent Park Redux

Reinventing Public Housing in Canada

by Laura Johnson, Robert Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017

Regent Park Redux evaluates one of the biggest experiments in public housing redevelopment from the tenant perspective. Built in the 1940s, Toronto’s Regent Park has experienced common large-scale public housing problems. Instead of simply tearing down old buildings and scattering inhabitants, the...
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Meaningful Living across the Lifespan

Occupation-Based Intervention Strategies for Occupational Therapists and Scientists

by Moses N Ikiugu, Nick Pollard
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015

In this book, Ikiugu and Pollard explore the notion of meaningfulness, in the light of Viktor Frankl's (1992) assertions that the will to meaning is the primary motivation for behavior in human existence, and that the frustration of the pursuit for meaning in the modern and Western world constituted...
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The economics of disability

Insights from Irish research

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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015

This book brings together research relating to the economics of disability in Ireland. It addresses a range of issues of relevance to the economic circumstances of people with disabilities, considering topics such as social inclusion, poverty, the labour market, living standards and public policy....
Cover of Single Payer Won’t Save Us
by Dr. Deane Waldman, MD MBA
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016

“Single Payer Won’t Save Us” looks at all the evidence about single payer healthcare systems including those here in the U.S. as well as in other countries. Single payer, universal health care, government healthcare, and the “public option” are all the same: the government is in charge of,...
Cover of Getting Past 'the Pimp'

Getting Past 'the Pimp'

Management in the Sex Industry

by Chris Bruckert, Colette Parent
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018

The issue of third parties in the sex industry – individuals who are neither the client nor the service provider – has become especially urgent in our current socio-political context. Surprisingly, in spite of an emergence of critical scholarship on the sex industry, as well as recommendations...
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Aging Across the United States

Matching Needs to States’ Differing Opportunities and Services

by Charles Lockhart, Jean Giles-Sims
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010

Older Americans experience stages of aging with distinct priorities. For younger retirees, climate can be most important; for older retirees, quality of health care. Various states support these and other priorities to sharply different degrees. While many Americans know which states offer mild climates...
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Family Violence in the United States

Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse

by Dr. Denise A. Hines, Dr. Kathleen M. Malley-Morrison, Leila B. Dutton
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012

Rich in scholarly references and case materials, Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse, Second Edition by Denise A. Hines, Kathleen Malley-Morrison, and Leila B. Dutton is a thought-provoking book that encourages students to question assumptions, evaluate...
Cover of Deontologia e responsabilità personale nell'organizzazione di interventi e servizi sociali
by Cristina Bottone
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 21, 2017

Il presente testo propone una rappresentazione delle ragioni di una critica evolutiva sulla complessa interazione tra morale soggettiva, etica, deontologia professionale e responsabilità giuridiche nell’odierno esercizio della professione di Assistente sociale. Esso evidenzia come la dottrina in...
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The Wages of War

When America's Soldiers Came Home: From Valley Forge to Vietnam

by Richard Severo, Lewis Milford
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016

A disturbing chronicle of the US government’s mistreatment of American soldiers and veterans throughout history, with a new introduction by Charles Sheehan-Miles Time and time again, the sacrifices made by veterans and their families have been repaid with scorn, discrimination, lack of health...
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