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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

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Family, State and Social Policy brings together the changing nature of the family; and the relationship between family and state, as it is expressed in social policy. The book explores and clarifies the significance both of family change for policy, and of policy for families.

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A compelling analysis of fascism, replete with insights into the authoritarian movements and states of our time

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This interdisciplinary book explores women's narratives in a variety of media and genre. Adopting a feminist perspective, it focuses particularly on the themes of hybridity and monstrosity in language and the body.

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A powerful, perceptive and personal exploration of feminism from campaigner Julie Bindel that debunks commonly believed misconceptions about feminism and explains why it is a proud social movement that benefits all women.

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Amidst the trust-funder cocktail parties, midtown strip clubs, and immigrant-run sex shops, the author discovers a surprisingly fluid and dynamic social world - one that can be found in global cities everywhere.

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Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present.

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Culled from letters, diaries, private memoirs, and oral histories collected by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, their stories paint an unforgettable group portrait of our countrys armed forces.

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The only comprehensive and practical guide to the battlefields and cemeteries of Gallipoli.

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This reader offers an accessible and stimulating introduction to the sheer breadth and diversity of work on gender.

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This text offers a gendered and cross-cultural analysis of the experience of mental disorder and of society's response to people suffering from it. It discusses the differences and similarities between both legal and lay definitions of mental disorder and corresponding patterns of service provision and usage, including for those who commit crime.

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This fully revised edition of the same authors' Governance, Administration and Development is the ideal introduction to public management and the policy process in developing countries. With a new chapter on issues of law and order, it also covers current debates on civil society, aid and intervention, and the relationship of states and markets.

A comprehensive survey of green media and popular culture, introducing the key debates surrounding green interpretations of film, TV, journalism, comedy, music and computer games. It is an original and thought-provoking exploration of the emerging field of environmental media studies.

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How does the mind develop, from ovum to adolescence This book provides a review, from classic studies to the radical new insights of recent research. The text presents complex ideas through familiar analogies and concrete illustrations and conveys the excitement of research in this dynamically expanding field.

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How does the mind develop, from ovum to adolescence This book provides a review, from classic studies to the radical new insights of recent research. The text presents complex ideas through familiar analogies and concrete illustrations and conveys the excitement of research in this dynamically expanding field.

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This book analyses the HBO program Treme from multiple perspectives and argues that the series' depictions of music, culture, cuisine, and identity are innovative and represent unique televisual storytelling strategies.

This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of Hispanic American religiosity, contextualizing the roles of Latino and Latina Americans within U.S. religious culture.

Spanning two volumes, Hispanic American Religious Cultures encompasses the full diversity of faiths and spiritual beliefs practiced among Hispanic Americans.

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The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the finding of her wreck in 2008.