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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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...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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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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This book asks students to critically examine their own culture by contrasting it with the lives of average people in the past. Each chapter has essential questions to focus student inquiry; historical overviews from the pre-industrial era to the Industrial Revolution, to the twentieth century; learning activities; and primary sources.

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Explores the impact of technological change on women's work and on women's wages, and analyzes the connections between gender relations and the new technologies.

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A one-stop resource for parents and educators in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp.

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New edition of this major work examining the development of neoliberalism

With passion and conviction, this shows why books matter and why they should become central to public life in Australia once more. S Young, Macquarie University.

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From Florentine lesbian nuns to French cattle buggers Lascivious Bodies examines all sorts of sex, in all sorts of places, with all sorts of people.

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From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones, to skulls smoking cigarettes, wearing beanie hats and sunglasses, and decorated with garlands of flowers in South America, the author ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and salvation.

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Sex is often the closest they can get.'

All the present controversies about the family are really discussions about monogamy. Monogamy is so much taken for granted as the foundation of the family and of family values that, as with anything that seems essential, we are very wary of being critical of it.

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How the Nordic countries can teach us how to live better, healthier and more fulfilling lives

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A powerful and deeply personal exploration of a divided country - and a hopeful vision for change

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After a death, certain arrangements have to be completed. What to Do When Someone Dies supports readers through the process. It explains the necessary forms, the function of people the bereaved may encounter (such as hospital staff, registrar, coroner, minister and funeral director) and the likely costs.

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John Berger introduces a new edition of his seminal study of migrant workers, illustrated by photographer Jean Mohr.

This single-source reference will help students and general readers alike understand the most critical issues facing American society today.

Featuring the work of almost 200 expert contributors, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues comprises four volumes, each devoted to a particular subject area.

This work provides a detailed and explicit account of the genre of social science research articles. It presents a comprehensive model which characterizes the generic, registerial and discoursal options as they interweave within a text.

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This volume examines the work of ten sociologists who have been forgotten or neglected within contemporary sociology. Each chapter examines one of these marginalized scholars including a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorists work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues.

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Through literature, philosophy, history and autobiography, Louise Harmon probes the taboos around discussions of death. It is a study of the vigil over the dying.