Social Welfare & Social Services

Since devolution in 1999, social policy within Scotland has burgeoned. The Scottish Parliament has a range of powers in relation to key policy area...

Hutchinsons Great Groups is a great text! Any student considering leading groups should first read this book. The authors warmth, empathy, and grou...

Social Work and Human Rights has become a standard text highlighting the role of social work in protecting the rights of vulnerable populations. Th...

America is facing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation, with troubling effects on our mental and physical health. Welive in one of the most divi...

Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed t...

This book explores the effective policing of public protection issues, from chapter authors with varied research and practitioner experience. The c...

The hardest thing is dealing with the rest of the world. And we kind of accommodate our lives around that. But the rest of the world doesnt. These ...

The hardest thing is dealing with the rest of the world. And we kind of accommodate our lives around that. But the rest of the world doesnt. These ...

The book intends to capture the most critical issue that has cropped up as an aftermath of the Corona pandemic- the phenomenon of widening of globa...

This reference work collates academic discourses and practices around family, gender, and violence in social work.  A huge body of discourse is av...

Since the creation of the Department for International Development, the purpose of UK development policy and aid has changed significantly. This bo...

Every day in the People's Republic of China 70 million people receive help from the state through the minimum livelihood guarantee (dibao). What be...

This book is a critical disability studies examination of the lived experience of chronic pain, engaging with and making a significant contribution...

The Impossible Imperative brings to life the daily efforts of child welfare professionals working on behalf of vulnerable children and families. St...

This empowering text for human services students covers the skills and behaviors essential for leaders to manage themselves, their teams, and the o...

Drawing from a diverse range of interdisciplinary voices, this book explores how spaces of care shape our affective, material, and social forms, fr...

This unique resource is perfect for all professionals who wish to understand witchcraft branding as a contemporary form of child abuse.  Witchcr...

Historically states have failed to seriously confront violence against women. In response, in many countries women's rights movements have called o...