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Nordic Welfare States in the European Context (Paperback): Johan Fritzell, Bjorn Hvinden, Mikko Kautto, Jon Kvist, Hannu... Nordic Welfare States in the European Context (Paperback)
Johan Fritzell, Bjorn Hvinden, Mikko Kautto, Jon Kvist, Hannu Uusitalo
R1,989 Discovery Miles 19 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This important sequel to Nordic Social Policy (Routledge 1999) compares welfare state development over the last twenty years in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with that of Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and other Western European countries. Topics covered include:
* income distribution, health inequalities and gender equality
* gender policies, health and social care services and policy reaction to family changes
* social security and employment policies
* financing of welfare states.
In the context of globalisation, ageing populations, changing employment patterns and rising inequalities, Nordic Welfare States in the European Context offers an empirical analysis of welfare adaptations and a lively discussion of the historical development of European social policy. It finds a greater ambiguity regarding variation and trends than is commonly suggested. Contrary to expectation, there is little evidence of the Europeanisation of Nordic welfare states, rather the reverse. The comparable and empirical data used in this study make it a unique contribution to understanding current trends in European social policy.

Team Human (Paperback): Douglas Rushkoff Team Human (Paperback)
Douglas Rushkoff
R434 R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In one hundred lean and incisive statements, Douglas Rushkoff argues that we are essentially social creatures and that we achieve our greatest aspirations when we work together-not as individuals. Yet today society is threatened by a vast antihuman infrastructure that undermines our ability to connect. Money, once a means of exchange, is now a means of exploitation; education, conceived as a way to elevate the working class, has become another assembly line; and the internet has only further divided us into increasingly atomised and radicalised groups. Team Human delivers a call to arms. If we are to resist and survive these destructive forces, we must recognise that being human is a team sport. In Rushkoff's own words: "Being social may be the whole point". Harnessing wide-ranging research on human evolution, biology and psychology, Rushkoff shows that when we work together we realise greater happiness, productivity and peace. If we can find others who understand this fundamental truth and reassert our humanity-together-we can make the world a better place to be human.

The Computerization of Human Service Agencies - A Critical Appraisal (Hardcover, Annotated edition): John W. Murphy The Computerization of Human Service Agencies - A Critical Appraisal (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
John W. Murphy
R2,206 Discovery Miles 22 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work serves as an introduction to both the theoretical and practical aspects of using computers to improve the delivery of social services. Though many practitioners believe that computerization dehumanizes clients and should be avoided, John Murphy and John Pardeck demonstrate how, through a holistic approach to computer use, this problem, and others like it, can be averted. By providing practitioners the opportunity to sharpen their conceptual skills in computer technology, this book promotes a rational understanding of the possible uses and limitations of computers in social service agencies.

Unlike other, technically-oriented works in this field, Murphy and Pardeck's work focuses on the philosophical justification of computer use, along with the conceptual or symbolic nature of computerization. They fully illustrate how to create the organizational conditions necessary for computers to improve social-service delivery, and they do so in a manner that is easily accessible for both general classroom and professional use. Among the topics addressed are the technological world-view, Western philosophy, and knowledge; computer mediated therapy; ethical issues related to computerized service delivery; and construction of a socially responsible technology. This work will be a unique and important resource for courses in computer applications, policy analysis, and social service administration, as well as a useful reference source for human service agencies and practitioners. Public and academic libraries will also find it to be a valuable addition to their collections.

Heterosexism in Health and Social Care (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): J. Fish Heterosexism in Health and Social Care (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
J. Fish
R2,877 Discovery Miles 28 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The changing political landscape requires new understandings of the social conditions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people for which the term 'homophobia' is inadequate. Julie Fish develops a theory of heterosexism to conceptualize this kind of oppression and provides examples from everyday health and social care environments. This timely study engages with current debates, including intersecting identities, and presents a coherent analysis of the health and social care needs of this group of people. It provides a unique critical overview for an international readership.

Human Services in Postrevolutionary Cuba - An Annotated International Bibliography (Hardcover): Larry Oberg Human Services in Postrevolutionary Cuba - An Annotated International Bibliography (Hardcover)
Larry Oberg
R2,506 Discovery Miles 25 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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Social Provision in Low-Income Countries - New Patterns and Emerging Trends (Hardcover, New): Germano Mwabu, Cecilia Ugaz,... Social Provision in Low-Income Countries - New Patterns and Emerging Trends (Hardcover, New)
Germano Mwabu, Cecilia Ugaz, Gordon White
R5,628 Discovery Miles 56 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The papers gathered together in this collection show that neither the market nor the state alone offers solutions to efficiency and equity problems commonly encountered in social sectors in poor nations. Innovative ways to address these important problems are explored, favouring an integrative approach to social provision. This approach involves the efforts of many providers, and avoids the inefficiencies of public supply and the social exclusion of the market mechanism.

A Problem in Modern Ethics - Being an Inquiry Into the Phenomenon of Sexual (Hardcover): John Addington Symonds A Problem in Modern Ethics - Being an Inquiry Into the Phenomenon of Sexual (Hardcover)
John Addington Symonds
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Paradise Built In Hell - The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster (Paperback): Rebecca Solnit A Paradise Built In Hell - The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster (Paperback)
Rebecca Solnit 1
R455 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R55 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years."
-Bill McKibben
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. "A Paradise Built in Hell" is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.

How to Organize Prevention - Political, Organizational, and Professional Challenges to Social Services (Hardcover, Reprint... How to Organize Prevention - Political, Organizational, and Professional Challenges to Social Services (Hardcover, Reprint 2019)
Hans-Uwe Otto, Gaby Floesser
R5,138 Discovery Miles 51 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Social Work Practice in Home Health Care (Paperback): Ruth Ann Goode-Chresos Social Work Practice in Home Health Care (Paperback)
Ruth Ann Goode-Chresos; Series edited by Carlton Munson
R2,203 Discovery Miles 22 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Through Social Work Practice in Home Health Care, social workers will discover a unique "how-to" approach to social work practice in home health care agencies. You will find a historical perspective on home health care and clinical interventions to help you improve home health care for your patients. A wide range of clients, such as the developmentally disabled, post-hospitalization patients, the physically disabled and chronically impaired of all ages, the mentally ill, the terminally ill, newborn infants and their mothers, abused older adults, and abused children are in need of appropriate services that lead to positive and helpful results. Through Social Work Practice in Home Health Care, you will discover how to tailor your practice to meet the needs of individual clients and improve their quality of life.Current and comprehensive, Social Work Practice in Home Health Care provides you with successful methods and suggestions to find resources that clients need in order to face certain life challenges, such as abuse, neglect, poverty, malnutrition, uninhabitable housing, dysfunctional family situations, sensory deprivation, isolation, caregiver stresses, and alcohol and drug abuse. This unique book offers you techniques that can be used with any client base, including: learning from the successes and failures of others through case studies of twelve home health care agencies understanding problem areas of home health care and how clinical interventions can be used to help you make a difference in challenging situations analyzing staffing trends and clinical patient care policies regarding social work services to better assist individuals and their families in identifying, resolving, or minimizing the problems that often accompany an illness screening your clients who are in need of social work interventions, such as individuals suffering from depression over an amputation or debilitating heart attack implementing educational programs that provide systemic knowledge about medicare to improve your services to the elderlySocial Work Practice in Home Health Care provides you with insightful information on everything from staffing, recruiting, and training home health care workers to obstacles that you may encounter, such as the lack of knowledge about social workers among physicians and the public, to help you provide better services to your clients. You will discover how to improve your skills in psychosocial assessment, counseling and decision making, discharge planning, community resources, and supervision to help you adjust your practice and offer positive and effective suggestions to each individual client.

AIDS and Mental Health Practice - Clinical and Policy Issues (Hardcover): R. Dennis Shelby, Michael Shernoff AIDS and Mental Health Practice - Clinical and Policy Issues (Hardcover)
R. Dennis Shelby, Michael Shernoff
R3,755 Discovery Miles 37 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Addressing contemporary issues faced by individuals with HIV/AIDS, AIDS and Mental Health Practice: Clinical and Policy Issues provides psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors with research and case studies that offers models for effective clinical practice at this stage of the epidemic. Each chapter is written by experts in the field and demonstrates ways to provide better services to different populations, many of whom are ignored in AIDS and mental health literature. As a result, this book will provide professionals in the field and students in training with the most current practice information about mental health practice and HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Mental Health Practice will help you understand the diverse needs of people with HIV/AIDS and organize services to assist these populations. AIDS and Mental Health Practice discusses issues that affect several different groups in order to help you understand the unique situations of your clients. You will learn how to design treatments that will be most beneficial to Latinos, intravenous drug users, orphaned children, African Americans, HIV-negative gay men, HIV nonprogressors, HIV-positive transsexuals, end-stage AIDS clients, couples of mixed HIV status, and individuals suffering from HIV-associated Cognitive Motor Disorder. This book provides you with approaches that will improve services for these populations, including: talking to patients about the positive and negative aspects of taking protease inhibitors and discussing their feelings of hope, skepticism, and fear of being disappointed by the treatment preparing clients to go back to work by exploring the meaning of work and referring them to vocational services if necessary providing support groups for people living with AIDS (PLWAs), their loved ones, their families, and individuals in bereavement as a result of an AIDS-related death organizing a HIV-negative gay men's support group that uses exercises and homework to focus on the members'ambivalent connection to the AIDS community, how they remain HIV negative, and ways to deal with separation and grief issues assessing and/or correcting underlying racism in AIDS service organizationsThe prevention and intervention strategies in Mental Health and AIDS Practice will help you address and treat mental health issues associated with HIV/AIDS and offer clients more effective and relevant services.

Families and Communities Responding to AIDS (Hardcover): Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart Families and Communities Responding to AIDS (Hardcover)
Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart
R5,825 Discovery Miles 58 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

All over the world, families and communities are key providers of care and support. This is particularly true in relation to serious illnesses such as HIV and AIDS. Yet families and communities can also stigmatise their members, leaving people to die in the most appalling conditions. This book examines the diversity of family and community responses to HIV and AIDS. By examining contexts such as nuclear, extended and refugee family households, and gay community networks and structures, it offers insight into the factors which lead to positive responses and those which trigger negative ones.

My Revision Notes: Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Health and Social Care (Paperback): Judith Adams My Revision Notes: Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Health and Social Care (Paperback)
Judith Adams
R707 Discovery Miles 7 070 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Enhance your students' practical skills and develop their key content knowledge with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Target success in OCR's Cambridge Technical Level 3 Health and Social Care with this revision guide that brings together exam-style questions, revision tasks and practical tips to help students to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. With My Revision Notes, every student can: - Enjoy an interactive approach to revision, with clear topic summaries that consolidate knowledge and related activities that put the content into context. - Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner. - Build, practise and enhance exam skills by progressing through revision tasks and Test Yourself activities. - Improve exam technique through exam-style questions and sample answers with commentary from an expert author and teacher. - Get exam ready with answers to the activities available online

Women's Bodies, Women's Worries - Health and Family Planning in a Vietnamese Rural Commune (Hardcover): Tine... Women's Bodies, Women's Worries - Health and Family Planning in a Vietnamese Rural Commune (Hardcover)
Tine Gammeltoft
R4,637 Discovery Miles 46 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


The first fully-fledged ethnography on health-related issues to come out of contemporary Vietnam, this study of women's lives in a rural commune in Vietnam's Red River delta examines the impact of Vietnam's ambitious family planning policy on the health and lives of rural women.

Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices (Hardcover): Carlton Munson Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices (Hardcover)
Carlton Munson; Hobart A. Burch
R4,095 R1,712 Discovery Miles 17 120 Save R2,383 (58%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices gives you a thorough introduction to social welfare policy analysis. The knowledge you'll gain from its pages will enable you to understand and evaluate individual policy issues and choices by exploring the possible choices, the effects and implications of each alternative choice, and the factors that influence each choice. Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices provides frameworks for making basic social policy choices and applying them to specific instances. You'll find its depth of insight into the larger framework in which social policy decisions are made--beliefs, values, and interests--and its historical perspective on current "new" issues unique and invaluable. The book's approach is to develop a framework for looking at the underlying issues, ideologies, social and economic forces, culture, and institutionalized inequalities that are constant within this changing mass. Specifically, SocialWelfare Policy Analysis and Choices provides frameworks for looking at beliefs about: human nature the nature of society ways of thinking values and the moral and ethical implications of those values roots of those values in religion, culture, historical traditions, myths, and rationalized self-interests The insight offered in Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices will allow you to determine your own positioning; understand for strategic purposes what direction opponents, potential allies, and others are coming from; and develop a priorities perspective to guide compromises when the optimum policy is not attainable.

Military Social Work Around the Globe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Mary Ann Forgey, Karen Green-Hurdle Military Social Work Around the Globe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Mary Ann Forgey, Karen Green-Hurdle
R3,156 Discovery Miles 31 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first book to focus on the scope of social work practice within military settings from an international perspective, and therefore addresses what has been a significant gap in the literature. Given the critical support needs of military personnel and their families worldwide, and the expanding role of social work in responding to these needs, this book offers a comprehensive global understanding of the common military social work (MilSW) practices with active duty military service members and their families, as well as the forms of practice and approaches that are unique, or potentially transferable across nations. Based on a systematic inquiry conducted by the Editors, there are at least 25 countries that have social workers working directly within their country's military in either a civilian or uniformed capacity, or both. This book includes contributions from experts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the USA, who describe various aspects of the MilSW role within their country and the research that informs what military social workers do. The MilSW similarities and differences among these countries are highlighted, including developmental milestones, practice settings, practice orientation and approach, ethical dilemmas, military to veteran transition support, and past and current challenges. Experts from countries that do not yet have MilSW but are interested in developing it (Japan, Ukraine) or are in the process of establishing this area of practice (Slovakia), also contribute chapters about these developments and the evidence base that supports this direction. Military Social Work Around the Globe is a valuable resource for social work programs and essential reading for instructors and students in MilSW electives and specializations. It is also pertinent reading for occupational social work and international social work courses. In addition, this book is an important source of information for military social workers who would like to gain insights into existing programs and the possibilities for international collaboration, and for countries interested in developing MilSW.

Changing Regulation - Controlling Risks in Society (Hardcover, 1st ed): Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale, Andrew Hopkins Changing Regulation - Controlling Risks in Society (Hardcover, 1st ed)
Barry Kirwan, Andrew Hale, Andrew Hopkins
R4,180 Discovery Miles 41 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Safety regulation is society's way of keeping the genie of technology in the bottle, whilst still exploiting its power for creating wealth and change. It is a difficult compromise to make. Regulators often have a thankless task. If all seems to go well they are painted as too repressive and anti-technological; if disaster strikes, the searchlight of media attention increasingly focuses on them, looking for lax enforcement, blind eyes being turned and cosy relations with the regulated. This title explores the dilemmas of the regulator through case studies presented by the regulators themselves and through research-based analyses from different disciplines of the workings of the regulators and the regulatory system. More importantly it surveys the tools available to resolve the dilemmas and asks what we know about their successes and shortcomings and what can be learned over the boundaries of industries and technologies about the principles of successful safety regulation. Chapters are written by authors from seven countries, with an international perspective. They examine the role of certification, safety cases, strictly enforced detailed rules, professional regulation and self-regulation. The text covers new risks such as those from medical devices and biotechnology, as well as the well-known fields of nuclear power, chemical plants, mining, oil and gas production, railways and the traditionally difficult area of small companies.

Comparative Welfare Systems - The Scandinavian Model in a Period of Change (Hardcover, 1996 ed.): Bent Greve Comparative Welfare Systems - The Scandinavian Model in a Period of Change (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
Bent Greve
R4,357 Discovery Miles 43 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Scandinavian welfare-state model is changing. This book presents these changes and an interpretation of why they have taken place. All scholars interested in welfare-state analysis need this book with its new and refreshing analysis of this specific model. This book provides a compelling and rigorous analysis, which by bringing scholars from different disciplines together, casts new light and insight into the Scandinavian model. It will stimulate discussion about the welfare state, and at the same time it will be of great value for all students in the field of welfare-state analysis.

Praxis for the Poor - Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare (Hardcover): Sanford F. Schram Praxis for the Poor - Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare (Hardcover)
Sanford F. Schram
R3,114 Discovery Miles 31 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Praxis for the Poor puts the relationship of politics to scholarship front and center through an examination of the work of Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward. Piven and Cloward proved that social science could inform social-policy politics in ways that helped energize a movement. Praxis for the Poor offers a critical reflection on their work and builds upon it, demonstrating how a more politically-engaged scholarship can contribute to the struggle for social justice.

Necessary reading for political scientists, sociologists, social workers, social welfare activists, policy-makers, and anyone concerned with the plight of the poor and oppressed, Praxis for the Poor shows how social science can play a role in building a better future for social welfare.

When Dreams Don't Work - Professional Caregivers and Burnout (Paperback): Ronna Jevne, Donna Reilly Williams When Dreams Don't Work - Professional Caregivers and Burnout (Paperback)
Ronna Jevne, Donna Reilly Williams
R3,254 Discovery Miles 32 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

When Dreams Don't Work: Professional Caregivers and Burnout presents a fresh perspective on burnout. This book examines the origins and qualities of the dreams (visions) of professional caregivers and the ways those very qualities are risk factors for burnout. ""When Dreams Don't Work: Professional Caregivers and Burnout"" also looks at the institutions in which professional caregivers (medical, educational, pastoral, law enforcement, and firefighting) invest their professional dreams, and how those institutions contribute to the burnout process.

Management Culture and Corporate Social Responsibility (Hardcover): Pranas ?ukauskas, Jolita Vveinhardt, Regina Andriukaitien? Management Culture and Corporate Social Responsibility (Hardcover)
Pranas ?ukauskas, Jolita Vveinhardt, Regina Andriukaitien?
R3,912 Discovery Miles 39 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Penelope Halls Soc Ser Ils 186 (Hardcover): A. Forder Penelope Halls Soc Ser Ils 186 (Hardcover)
A. Forder
R1,855 Discovery Miles 18 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Solitude and Privacy - A Study of Social Isolation, its Causes and Therapy (Hardcover): Paul Halmos Solitude and Privacy - A Study of Social Isolation, its Causes and Therapy (Hardcover)
Paul Halmos
R9,879 Discovery Miles 98 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Developmental Psychology for the Helping Professions - Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care (Hardcover, 1st ed.... Developmental Psychology for the Helping Professions - Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Brian Sheldon
R2,891 Discovery Miles 28 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a bio-psycho-social approach to evidence-based practice in health and social care. The book presents current evidence on the influence of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors on behaviour, a survey of developmental factors from childhood to old age, and implications for practice at each stage.

Human Services Integration (Hardcover): Michael J. Austin Human Services Integration (Hardcover)
Michael J. Austin
R4,473 Discovery Miles 44 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Addressing the multiple meanings of service integration, Human Services Integration analyzes how motivations and expectations for social service integration differ significantly among different players in the service system. In a period of major budget cutbacks and welfare reform, however, it is important that service providers collaborate to reduce or eliminate boundaries between categorically defined and provided services. This book tells you about the efforts being made to provide existing services more efficiently while avoiding duplication and waste. As you will quickly see, developing consensus for service integration efforts at the administrative, community, and staff levels will result in the ability to set achievable goals and objectives and secure cooperation at all levels.Human Services Integration covers practice principles for managing organizational and community change and offers strategies for organizing human service agencies and overcoming fragmented service integration in communities with complex problems and needs. To also help you identify specific service intergration activities that are relevant in the context of unique communities, it discusses: specifications for conducting a self-assessment of progress at the local level toward social service integration goals Georgia's Family Connection, a statewide human services initiative interweaving formal and informal systems of care in a community-centered approach to service integration a children s initiative collaborative social science theory pertinent to service integration gathering support from elected officials such as boards of supervisors, city leaders, and local elected boardsHuman Services Integration will help you understand why service integration cannot be defined by a particular service model or outcome. Its insight will also help you understand why involving service users and community members in the design and delivery of services is fundamental to developing an integrated service system that is culturally competent, empowering, and responsive to its neighborhood and community context.

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