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Gender and HIV in South Africa: Advancing Women's Health and Capabilities by Courtenay Sprague 9781137559968
RRP: £79.00£24.86This book addresses the ongoing problem of HIV in black South African women as a health inequity. Importantly, it argues that this urgent problem of justice is changeable. Sprague uses the capabilities approach to bring a theory of health justice,... -
New Perspectives on Health, Disability, Welfare and the Labour Market by Colin Lindsay 9781119145516
RRP: £20.75£18.32Bringing together researchers from the fields of social policy, economics, sociology and clinical psychology, this book offers new evidence on the inter-related problems faced by disability claimants, and identifies important lessons for policy. *... -
The Management of Public Services in Central Asia: Institutional Transformation in Kyrgyzstan by David Scott 9781032098029
RRP: £39.99£35.06The ending of the Soviet Union in 1991 had a major political and economic impact on Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan was one of the most severely affected countries, suffering a deeper recession than the other republics. During the first five or six years... -
Social Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Social Re-engineering for Inclusive Development by Ndangwa Noyoo 9781032086453
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book critically examines the current social policy in post-apartheid South Africa and proposes an alternative social policy agenda to create a new development pathway for the country. Taking social policy as a vehicle that will facilitate the... -
Driven: How the Bathurst Tragedy Ignited a Crusade for Change by Richard Foot 9780864929167
RRP: £15.99£10.48Shortlisted, East Coast Literary Award and Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-FictionIt was over in seconds. In the early hours of January 12, 2008, seven members of a high school basketball team and their coach's wife died instantly when their school van... -
The Politics of Structural Reforms: Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan by Hideko Magara 9780857932921
£100.61For countries undertaking economic or political reform the case of Italy and Japan is both highly instructive and sobering. The Politics of Structural Reforms reveals what Italy and Japan gained and lost through a series of social and industrial reforms... -
Social Policy in the Smaller European Union States by Gary B. Cohen 9780857452634
RRP: £99.00£79.83In Europe and around the world, social policies and welfare services have faced increasing pressure in recent years as a result of political, economic, and social changes. Just as Europe was a leader in the development of the welfare state and the... -
To Serve the People: My Life Organizing with Cesar Chavez and the Poor by LeRoy Chatfield 9780826362711
RRP: £23.95£15.40The long pilgrimage of LeRoy Chatfield weaves its way through multiple collective projects designed to better the condition of the marginalized and forgotten. From the cloisters of the Christian Brothers and the halls of secondary education to the fields... -
Aging Societies: The Global Dimension by Barry P. Bosworth 9780815710264
RRP: £39.00£34.37By 2030, when most American baby boomers will have retired, all the large industrial economies will see a massive increase in the old age population. This book examines population aging and its implications for public retirement programs in the five... -
Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane by Jonathan H. Adler 9780815737896
RRP: £30.00£26.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737896Author Jonathan H. AdlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Risk, Education and Culture by Andrew Hope 9780815391562
RRP: £135.00£117.28In recent years education has become increasingly perceived as an area of risk. A number of highly publicized incidents have heightened awareness of the potential dangers to be found in teaching institutions. Although there is now a substantial... -
Japanese Women in Science and Engineering: History and Policy Change by Naonori Kodate 9780815383901
RRP: £47.99£41.81The gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) varies greatly from country to country, and the number of Japanese women in these fields remains relatively few. This prompts us to ask why the proportion of female scientists in... -
Politics of Migration: Indian Emigration in a Globalized World by A. Didar Singh 9780815393146
RRP: £47.99£41.81This book studies the politics surrounding Indian emigration from the 19th century to the present day. Bringing together data and case studies from across five continents, it moves beyond economic and social movers of migration, and explores the role of... -
When the State No Longer Kills: International Human Rights Norms and Abolition of Capital Punishment by Sangmin Bae 9780791472088
RRP: £24.78£21.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791472088Author Sangmin BaeFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Governing the Social in Neoliberal Times by Deborah R. Brock 9780774860901
£70.41Accessible and based on case studies that everyone can relate to, this book will appeal to students, scholars, and general readers interested in sociology, law, political science, and the impact of neoliberalism on our everyday lives.Book InformationISBN... -
Globalisation, Education and Culture Shock by Stan Gunn 9780754642015
RRP: £130.00£112.11How has globalisation affected educational thought and practice? This volume presents a fascinating exploration of the impact of globalisation on education. The authors consider the changes - sometimes subtle, sometimes revolutionary - that arise when... -
The Welfare State Reader by Christopher Pierson 9780745663685
RRP: £65.00£56.55The Welfare State Reader has established itself as a vital source of outstanding original research since its original appearance in 2000. In the third edition, Pierson, Castles and Naumann have comprehensively overhauled the content, bringing it wholly... -
A History of Chinese Political Thought by Youngmin Kim 9780745652467
RRP: £55.00£47.73China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty-first century. Yet the West still largely overlooks or oversimplifies the complex ideas and ideals that have shaped the country's national... -
What is Social Policy? by Daniel Beland 9780745645834
RRP: £50.00£49.86From housing, pensions and family benefits, to health care, unemployment insurance and social assistance, the welfare state is a key aspect of our lives. But social programs are contested political realities that we can't hope to understand without... -
Health Impact Assessment and Policy Development: The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland by Monica O'Mullane 9780719091933
RRP: £85.00£60.17It is an accepted convention that non-health sector policies and strategies impact on population health. An instrument and approach, Health Impact Assessment (HIA), seeks to assess the health impacts of projects, programmes and policies in a systematic... -
Mothering the Union: Gender Politics in the Eu by Roberta Guerrina 9780719065859
RRP: £30.00£21.31This exciting book, newly available in paperback, investigates the scope of maternity legislation and family-friendly policies in the European Union. The wider context of the analysis is the development of equal rights as part of a European social... -
Patterns of Adoption: Nature, Nurture and Psychosocial Development by David Howe 9780632041497
RRP: £48.95£42.63With recent changes in the variety of children needing adoption, issues about adoption have become more complex. As older and more disturbed children are being placed for adoption, the demands these children make on post-adoption workers and parents are... -
Environmental Issues and Social Welfare by Michael Cahill 9780631235521
RRP: £24.00£21.00This topical collection examines a wide variety of themes and topics which links the environment to social policy and welfare. * Represents the best current work on the realignment of social policy to confront environmental issues. * Presents a... -
Learning Disabilities in Children by Roy Porter 9780632051045
RRP: £51.95£45.16'Joe is Joe, a different label is not going to make him suddenly think he is someone else' (Joe's Mum) Quotations like this about five year old Joe are used to illustrate this text, which draws on the experience of learning disabilities in the family... -
Clients with Complex Needs: Interprofessional Practice by Jan Keene 9780632052233
RRP: £67.95£58.65The current trend in health care is to view health problems through a broader lens that encompasses both the psychological and social influences on illness. This book reflects practitioners' increasing concern for clients with multifaceted problems. The... -
Disabled Children: Challenging Social Exclusion by Laura Middleton 9780632050550
RRP: £58.95£51.06There is ample evidence that disabled children are less valued members of society than able-bodied children. Child welfare practitioners are increasingly looking at not only the child's impairment and suffering but also the child's needs in a wider... -
Local Authority Social Services: An Introduction by Michael Hill 9780631209461
RRP: £98.95£85.73This new textbook provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the main context in which social work is practiced - Local Authority Social Services. It is based on the realities of work in a modern social services authority and is written by an... -
Crime and Social Exclusion by Catherine Jones Finer 9780631209126
RRP: £22.75£19.97Via a mutual concern with social exclusion, the agendas of criminology and social policy have begun to overlap far more in recent years. The two fields have always shared a common concern with class, and more recently with race and gender, but remained... -
Comparative Social Policy: Concepts, Theories and Methods by Jochen Clasen 9780631207733
RRP: £110.95£96.32Comparative Social Policy provides students with an introduction to cross-national social policy research, conveying the fascinating and challenging issues involved in conducting research of this kind. The book examines the theoretical, conceptual and... -
New Risks, New Welfare: Signposts for Social Policy by Ian Shaw 9780631220428
RRP: £20.75£18.32This exceptional collection, the third in the Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy series, explores the profound changes currently underway which will have significant implications for the future of social policy. New Risks, New Welfare provides a... -
The People's Home?: Social Rented Housing in Europe and America by Michael Harloe 9780631186427
RRP: £30.25£27.26The People's Home is a magisterial examination of the development of social rented housing over the last hundred years in six advanced capitalist countries - Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA.About the AuthorMichael Harloe is... -
Social Cohesion In Greater China: Challenges For Social Policy And Governance by Ka Ho Mok 9789814291927
RRP: £125.00£108.47This book critically examines the issues and challenges of social development faced by societies in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with particular reference to the major strategies these societies adopt to promote social cohesion and civil harmony... -
Religion and Democracy in Taiwan by Cheng-tian Kuo 9780791474457
RRP: £72.27£63.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791474457Author Cheng-tian KuoFormat HardbackPage Count 171Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Social Development And Social Policy: International Experiences And China's Reform by Lijun Yang 9789814730969
RRP: £135.00£117.56Social policy reforms driven by profound social changes have been a popular and pressing topic worldwide in recent years in both policy and academic circles. In this book, prominent social policy scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia discuss the... -
Enabling Positive Attitudes And Experiences In Singapore by David Chan 9789814723718
RRP: £58.00£50.59Positive experiences in daily lives enhance people's well-being and motivate them to do well and help others. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that create positive experiences. Research has shown that positive attitudes can lead to... -
China's New Social Policy: Initiatives For A Harmonious Society by Lim Tin Seng 9789814277730
RRP: £99.00£85.87After more than 30 years of rapid development, China has established herself as an important engine of growth for the world economy. This achievement, however, came with a heavy price, in the form of serious pollution in its developed regions and social... -
Unintended Consequences In Singapore by David Chan 9789813231733
RRP: £65.00£56.57When policymakers, communities or advocates make decisions and take actions, they do so with the purpose of achieving some desired goal. But sometimes, unintended consequences occur. These are outcomes that are not the ones intended by the purposeful... -
China's Development: Social Investment And Challenges by Litao Zhao 9789813223448
RRP: £77.00£67.08China has made remarkable yet uneven progress in social development. This book analyses China's achievements and problems in social development from the perspective of social investment. Social investment has gained popularity in Europe as a new social... -
Is The People's Action Party Here To Stay?: Analysing The Resilience Of The One-party Dominant State In Singapore by Bilveer Singh 9789811201455
RRP: £35.00£30.95This book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore since June 1959. A political titan with few chinks in its armour, the party has kept winning elections under three prime ministers and... -
Refreshing The Singapore System: Recalibrating Socio-economic Policy For The 21st Century by Terence Wai Luen Ho 9789811236532
RRP: £135.00£117.56Singapore's rapid ascent from Third World to First since its independence in 1965 has won it acclaim as an 'economic miracle'. Economic success has been accompanied by impressive achievements in social development, as reflected in international rankings...