social policy and social services

Inside the Welfare Lobby : A History of the Australian Council of Social Service - The Role of Interest Groups in Australian Social Policy (Paperback)

The first study to comprehensively examine the role played by ACOSS in the Australian social policy debate; The implications of Australian welfare state debates and agendas for other advanced welfare states. The Australian welfare lobby group -- the... more

Falling behind : an examination of critical social programs and policies in New York State : implications for the Black community : report of the Human Services Subcommittee the G

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Journal of Multicultural Social Work Ser Multicultural Human Services for AIDS Treatment and Prevention: Policy Perspectives and Planning (Paperback)

This much-needed book presents an introduction and overview of multicultural AIDS issues in social work practice. In a culturally diverse nation it is essential that professionals look at AIDS within a cultural context in order to find the most... more

Policy and Practice Social Welfare and Social Value: The Role of Caring Professions (Paperback)

Changes in ideas about social welfare have required caring professions to adapt their practices in ways which have challenged their underlying values and their relationships with service users. Focusing on nursing remedial therapy and social work this... more

Modern Applications of Social Work: Reaching High-Risk Families: Intensive Family Preservation in Human Services - Modern Applications of Social Work (Paperback)

Focusing on a program ( Homebuilders ) that has attracted national attention this book develops implications for family-centered curricula in such areas as social policy direct practice program design/management practice research theory and prevention. more

Thinking about Social Problems : An Introduction to Constructionist Perspectives 9780202306841 Used / Pre-owned

This text discusses how images of social problems can shape public policy social services and how we make sense of ourselves and others. It advocates social change through identity transformation rather than through structural change and emphasizes the... more

The UK Social Policy Process (Paperback)

The UK Social Policy Process examines the wide range of factors that influence social policies and their outcomes. Devolution modernisation reform of the public services emphases on public participation and on what works in the delivery of welfare are... more

Pre-Owned Conservative Social Welfare Policy: A Description and Analysis (Paperback) 0830414843 9780830414840

This is the first social work text exclusively devoted to explaining and analyzing the new conservative approaches to social work and social welfare which will dominate social services for years to come. An historical analysis of the development of... more

International Library of Sociology Penelope Hall s Social Services of England and Wales (Paperback)

This is Volume VI of eighteen in a series on Public Policy Welfare and Social Work. Originally published in 1969 this study is a revision of Penelope Hall s book (1952) from the Social Science Department at the University of Liverpool deemed necessary... more

International Library of Sociology The Social Services of Modern England (Paperback)

First Published in 1998. This is Volume XIII of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Public Policy Welfare and Social Work. Written in 1952 this book looks at the social services after the closing years of the Second World War and the period of... more

Social Justice for Public Service Street-Level Public Servants: Case Studies for a New Generation of Public Administration (Hardcover)

This cutting-edge new casebook challenges the dominant White-centric narrative of public administration offering a fresh array of perspectives with the lofty aim of ending the marginalization of communities in public policy implementation. Contributors... more

Transforming Social Work Practice: Social Work with Drug Alcohol and Substance Misusers (Paperback)

It has long been recognised that clients with addiction problems need a skilled and thoughtful response when they come into contact with social services. However students often find that policy and the law surrounding working with drug alcohol and... more

Pre-Owned Balancing Family-Centered Services and Child Well-Being: Exploring Issues in Policy Practice Theory and Research 0231112823 (Hardcover - Used)

With contributions ranging from academic and professional theorists and policy developers to independent social workers this book explores the development of family-centred services the processes by which these services are implemented the problems the... more

Policy Response Local Service Delivery and Governance in Bangladesh Nepal and Sri Lanka (Hardcover)

This book analyzes contemporary issues in governance policy management and policy performance both at the central and local levels in Bangladesh Nepal and Sri Lanka. The focus is on some central social issues such as empowerment the inclusion of... more

American Governance: Politics Policy and Public Law: Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision (Hardcover)

In San Francisco the St. James Infirmary (SJI) and the California Prostitutes Education Project (CAL-PEP) provide free nonjudgmental medical care counseling and other health and social services by and for sex workers--a radical political commitment at... more

Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work: Personalisation (Paperback)

Personalisation has become the policy buzz-word of the twenty-first century. Supporters claim it offers service users choice and services attuned to meet their specific needs moving away from one size fits all state services. In this short form book... more

Stronger Surer Bolder: Ruth Nita Barrow--Social Change and International Development (Paperback)

Dame Nita Barrow was a lifelong champion of justice community service and human rights. This volume examines how this extraordinary Caribbean woman developed her leadership strategies to contribute to social change and development policy on regional... more

Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work: Mental Health (Paperback)

Mental health social work is at an impasse. On the one hand the emphasis in recent policy documents on the social roots of much mental distress and in the recovery approaches popular with service users seems to indicate an important role for a holistic... more

Pre-Owned Caught in the Storm: Navigating Policy and Practice in the Welfare Reform Era (Paperback) 0190616040 9780190616045

Caught in the Storm tells the story of Helping Hands a small nonprofit social service agency set in the fictional community of River City. Readers will recognize Helping Hands as the type of agency where social workers are often employed to assist... more

Child Welfare: England 1872-1989 - Hendrick Harry d

Child Welfare 1872-1989 is the first comprehensive book on the history of social policy and child welfare from the 1870s to the present. It offers a full narrative of the development of social services for children covering a range of topics including... more

Eclipse of Freedom: The World of Oppression (Hardcover)

Eclipse of Freedom unravels the dynamics of oppression that frustrates human aspiration highlights policy linkages that explain unwarranted misery assesses the human damage caused by dysfunctional social policies and fragmented services and identifies... more

Pre-Owned Welfare Words: Critical Social Work & Social Policy: Critical Social Work & Social Policy Paperback

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Social Policy Review: Social Policy Review 33: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy 2021 (Hardcover)

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the annual Social Policy Review even more critical than before. This comprehensive volume addresses critical debates throughout the international social policy field over the past year with a key... more

Environmental Policy Is Social Policy - Social Policy Is Environmental Policy: Toward Sustainability Policy (Hardcover)

This book argues that social and environmental policy should be synthetically treated as one and the same field that both are but two aspects of the same coin - if sustainability is the goal. Such a paradigm shift is indicated important and timely to... more

Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy: Social Development and Social Work Perspectives on Social Protection (Paperback)

Social protection is now considered a development milestone and an important tool in combating poverty. Interventions can include for example health insurance public works programs guaranteed employment schemes or cash transfers targeting vulnerable... more

Pre-Owned Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare Social Policy and Policy Practice Vol. 4 9780471769989 Used

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Understanding Welfare: Social Issues Policy and Practice: Understanding Research for Social Policy and Social Work : Themes Methods and Approaches (Edition 2) (Paperback)

It is vital for students policy makers and practitioners engaged in social policy social work and other related academic disciplines and fields of practice to understand the importance of research and how to interpret research evidence and findings.... more

State experiences in social services planning : eight case studies on social services planning in response to Title XX of the Social Security Act / [principal researchers and autho

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Social Science and Service : Report of the Oxford Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Union for Social Service for the Consideration of Social Problems Easter 1909 (1909) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1909 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

State experiences in social services planning : eight case studies on social services planning in response to Title XX of the Social Security Act / [principal researchers and autho

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State experiences in social services planning : eight case studies on social services planning in response to Title XX of the Social Security Act / [principal researchers and autho

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Pre-Owned Social Policy and Social Change : Toward the Creation of Social and Economic Justice 9781412960489

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Pre-Owned Social Policy and Social Change: Toward the Creation of Social and Economic Justice Paperback

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Social Work and Social Policy: Advancing the Principles of Economic and Social Justice (Paperback)

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Pre-Owned Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought Social Science and Social Policy: Supplement: 3 Paperback

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Research in Social Work: Social Work and the Making of Social Policy (Paperback)

Bringing together international case studies this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction between social work and social policy. Moving beyond existing studies on policy practice the book employs the policy cycle as a core... more

Social Policy and Social Change: Toward the Creation of Social and Economic Justice (Paperback)

The Second Edition of Social Policy and Social Change is a timely examination of the field unique in its inclusion of both a historical analysis of problems and policy and an exploration of how capitalism and the market economy have contributed to... more

Culture in Policy Making: The Symbolic Universes of Social Action: Narratives and Social Change: Social Reality in Contemporary Society (Paperback)

Narratives and Social Change: Social Reality in Contemporary Society more