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This book brings together papers by voluntary sector scholars which were commissioned to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the LSE's Centre for Voluntary Organisation. The papers address key issues currently facing UK voluntary sector managers.

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This text considers the roles played by the key political parties, lobby groups and ideologies in determining Australia's welfare- related outcomes. It looks at the influence of economic rationalism and social democracy, and the values and assumptions that underpin social welfare policies.

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An indispensable guide for anyone engaged in counselling, or interested in understanding the inner workings of personality.

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"This book expands on Mac Donald's ... reporting on 'the Ferguson effect' and the criminal-justice system. It deconstructs the central narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement: [in Mac Donald's view, it isn't] racist cops [that] are the greatest threat to young black males. On the contrary, it is criminals and gangbangers who are responsible for the high black homicide death rate"--Amazon.com.

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The director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative looks at the alarming rise in violence against doctors and aid workers, and how to stop it.

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The innocent victims of violent crimes are often old, frail and defenceless. Indignant at their plight, Joan Jonker founded "Victims of Violence" to help them. Here she tells of how she gathered support, establishing shelters in Liverpool for those temporarily unable to face the world again.

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Despite major advances in medication and treatment, persons with serious mental illness have substantially worse employment outcomes than other disadvantaged groups. This book explains the factors that impact the employment of those with mental illnesses and provides guidance for overcoming obstacles, from both employer and employee perspectives.

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The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented ideas for transforming our system of giving.

In Toxic Charity, Robert D.

Low-income and poor families were found to contain one-third of all of the children in American working families. Other compelling topics in this volume include low-income families and the Family and Medical Leave Act, poor children and the internet, and the increase in economic insecurity among low-income families who increasingly live on credit.

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"Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist, nationally recognized patient advocate, and Fox News contributor Nicole Saphier argues that we can't fix the American healthcare system until we fix ourselves"--

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This book offers a review of cases, data, and literature addressing the impact of national service programs and volunteerism in and across communities. The chapters, written by diverse authors, are structured to appeal to students and practitioners of policy, government, and nonprofit studies.

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This collection explores policing and race in relationship to political challenges, economic realities, and social ramifications. This is done through the use of evidence-based research and established best practices as presented in fourteen chapters written by accomplished scholars across various academic disciplines.

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Problems of Administration in Social Work was first published in 1940. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

From Braille Without Borders and Unite for Sight, to Geekcorps and PeaceWorks, humanitarian groups are working worldwide largely in undeveloped countries to better the lives of the residents. This work shows how and why they began their organizations, what their greatest victories and challenges have been, and how they run the organizations.

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A Practical Guide to a broad and extremely vital psychological speciality

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Twelve families share stories of the triumph and heartache that accompanies adopting children from the US foster care system.

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Packed full of images, case studies, reflection points, this accessibly written textbook is designed to introduce undergraduate students on social science courses to the science behind the brain.

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This reader provides a critical perspective on work with children and young people at a time of change. It examines the ways that ideas inform practice, explores recent changes in the organisation of services and addresses what it means to be a critical, reflective practitioner.

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A practical guide offering best practices, checklists, and profiles of inspiring leaders for women who want to do philanthropy right, For a Good Cause is the go-to resource for how to give joyfullyand effectively.

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This book provides an accessible overview of human needs,exploring how they may be translated into rights. It also looks at how social policy can be informed by a politics of human need.

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Although state provision may have dominated in Britain since 1945, there is a growing movement towards welfare pluralism - a mixed economy of welfare - involving private, voluntary and informal sectors. This book, written by social policy and welfare experts, sheds light on this neglected area of social policy.