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Explores the ethical dilemmas at the heart of humanitarian action in the 21st century, turning theory into practice for enabling effective change.

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Explores the ethical dilemmas at the heart of humanitarian action in the 21st century, turning theory into practice for enabling effective change.

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Digital initiatives aimed towards fixing the humanitarian system, making it better and more secure, also create risk and harm for vulnerable individuals and communities. This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism.

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Digital initiatives aimed towards fixing the humanitarian system, making it better and more secure, also create risk and harm for vulnerable individuals and communities. This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism.

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This book is the first to provide an overview and a practical guide to the tools and methods of data gathering and assessment, standards of measurement in humanitarian action, interpretation strategies, and operational planning tools. Short hypothetical cases and practical examples illustrate and explain the tools detailed in each chapter.

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A comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. -- .

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A comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. -- .

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This authoritative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the original idea of humanitarianism and its evolution, exploring its triangulation with war and politics. Tracing the profound changes in the culture and capacities that underpin the sector, the authors assess the reinventions that constitute revolutions in humanitarian affairs.

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This authoritative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the original idea of humanitarianism and its evolution, exploring its triangulation with war and politics. Tracing the profound changes in the culture and capacities that underpin the sector, the authors assess the reinventions that constitute revolutions in humanitarian affairs.

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With the aid of a rigorous methodology, In the Business of Child Care surpasses the traditional descriptive account of child care to provide theoretical discussions on the business of child care assistance.

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An examination of the origins of public and private social welfare, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless, explaining why such a highly criticized system persists.

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As a profession that works directly to improve the human condition, social work has made a special effort to integrate social science knowledge with its methods for identifying and dealing with human problems. This book is about the relationship between the study of human problems and actions to improve them.

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It includes educational, legal, nursing, medical, psychological, and social work perspectives and principles, and practice for team development.

Chapter 1 discusses the history of multidisciplinary teams in child welfare services.

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This new work, edited by Kiger, a specialist in foundation history, inlcudes 146 sketches of major foundations in 31 countries.

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This reference offers a comprehensive overview of public policies and programs related to child care in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, Europe, and North America.

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This important new source provides greater insight into and awareness of housing experiences in other societies, allowing for a more informed assessment of our own national experiences and priorities.

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One measure of public program response to rapidly expanding older populations is the approach to old-age pensions under social insurance, social assistance, and provident fund systems.

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This international reference guide analyzes the role and structure of care of the elderly and describes available services in 32 representative countries around the world.

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This is a survey of the state of social work education in over 23 countries and regions around the world. This reference guide also considers social work education from a comparative and global perspective in terms of current problems and programmes and future prospects.

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This handbook covers the five continents of the globe by presenting the state of the art theory and practice of social work within selected countries which have a legacy of social work, either imported from the west or indigenously developed within the country.

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Concepts such as cultural competence, multicultural practice, and ethnosensitivity have taken root in the literature.