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The book argues that care management could create changes in the operation of British social services departments, but that it also embodies the values of the social work profession. It explores how the job of the front line social worker and line manager in social service departments might be changed by the implementation of care management.

The most comprehensive reference resource on Celtic culture; an encyclopedia written by and for scholars, yet accessible to all.

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This book provides a critical account of British social policy since 1945 from the perspective of the child. Using the UN convention on the Rights of the Child as a yardstick, it examines a range of policy areas including health, education, housing, social security, child care and protection.

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The articles are organised into four sections - Community, Care, Policy and Practice - and cover autobiographical and experiential accounts as well as writings drawn from sociology, psychology, social policy, history, social work and community activism.

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This text introduces the reader to the comparative study of housing policy. It looks at the benefits and limitations of the comparative method, as well as the reasons behind governmental involvement in housing and policy choices.

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Critical Psychology collects the thoughts and experiences of psychologists from around the world who have come to challenge the dominant frameworks and practices of their discipline.

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The October 2008 issue focuses on cultures of panic, particularlyrecent examples of moral panic arising from issues of race, gender and sexuality.

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This edition brings together a diverse set of essays and new writing that identify particular national tendencies, notions of family, epistemological worries about postmodernity's represented purpose and queries about cultural studies as it is taught and as it could be understood.

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Psychology is caught in a conflict of paradigms. We all claim to be interactionists, yet we continue to accept the language and the thinking of traditional dichotomies. This text explores these confusions and moves on to offer an alternative view of development.

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A fun and inspiring book about the community of Disney-bounders across the globe!

This two-volume set examines dreams and dreaming from a variety of anglesbiological, psychological, and socioculturalin order to provide readers with a holistic introduction to this fascinating subject.

Whether good or bad and whether we remember them or not, each night every one of us dreams.

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A fresh compilation of essays and entries based on the latest research, this work documents African American culture and political activism from the slavery era through the 20th century.

That Anne Marie Jarvis, the force behind getting Mother's Day, proclaimed a national holiday, later repudiated the holiday for its crass commercialism and strove to undo her handiwork until the day she died

This is a revealing compilation of essays on the latest research and debates on Asian Americans, a growing and influential ethnic group today.

Does religion have a place in politics This work reveals the global reach and relevance of Christian political activities, examining how individuals, reform groups, and political organisations have employed Christian principles in participating in politics at a local, national, and global scale.

The authoritative source for information on the people, places, and events of the African Diaspora, spanning five continents and five centuries.

This three-volume work is a cornerstone resource on the evolution and dynamics of the Jewish Diaspora as it played out around the world-from its beginnings to the present.

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A book, based on sound theoretical models, which explores the main criteria available for evaluating social care and health services. The book explains why the various criteria are used, identifies the problems inherent in using them, and offers specific guidance on how to use each of the criteria.

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This text covers three separate but related areas of family violence and abuse. It enables comparisons and contrasts to be made between child, adult and elderly abuse.

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...a good basic introduction...a valuable tool for students or those wishing to pursue an interest in this specialist area of work.' Social Work Today