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Recent studies have shown that being adopted can affect many aspects of adoptees' lives, from relationships with adoptive parents to bonds with their own children. Using their combined total of 55 years experience in clinical and research work with adoptees and their families, the authors use the voices of adoptees themselves to trace how adoption is experienced over a lifetime.

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"The story of a woman who volunteers at an orphanage in Cambodia, set up by a Vietnam War vet for children with and/or orphaned by HIV/AIDS"--

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The U.S. Constitution calls on the government to ""promote the general welfare."" In this provocative and innovative book, a distinguished roster of political scientists and economists evaluates its ability to carry out this task.

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Social Security Policy in Hong Kong: From British Colony to Special Administrative Region of China, by Chak Kwan Chan, is the first book which systematically examines Hong Kong's social security policies across a period of 170 years. In particular, Chan analyses how Hong Kong, the world's freest economy, has maintained its small government by manipulating Chinese welfare ideologies.

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The central issue of daycare is often framed in a way that pits working moms against stay-at-home moms, and feminists against traditional families. This book shows how this establishment works to expand its power and silence its critics.

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An official, up-to-date government manual that covers everything from VA life insurance to survivor benefits.

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The founder of Kids Company lays out the model of care that broke the cycle of neglect for thousands of vulnerable children. She reveals the scale of Britain's failure in children's services, making public two decades of candid exchanges with prime ministers and senior politicians to explain why the sector has not improved since Victorian times.

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Chronicles the demise of public housing and social democratic reform.

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Chronicles the demise of public housing and social democratic reform.

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This is a renowned activist's impassioned look at gangs and youth violence in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.

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How can we seek justice and redress for the sexual abuse of children and better prevent its occurrence This work brings together the thoughts on this question advanced by leading scholars, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, from around the world. Editors at Griffith University.

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Sometime between 1964 and 1994, the war on poverty turned into a war on the poor, with the Republicans and Democrats blaming them for their own poverty. This book provides the defence for these people, examining welfare for children and families, wages and classes, and orphanages.

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In this extraordinary sequel to his bestselling The Welfare State We're In

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Analyzes the history of the U.S. child welfare system and its implications today, offering ideas for reform and building solidarity.

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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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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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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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Social Security in Britain provides an analysis of the social security system in Britain. As well as covering the historical and comparative context, the book explains today's complex system in simple terms. Current issues, such as the policy debate around welfare reform and the effects of the social security system, are also discussed.