Social Welfare & Social Services

A critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted co...

For almost 60 years, the United States government has sent more than 230,000 of its citizens abroad to serve as Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) for t...

Fred Korematsus decision to resist F.D.R.s Executive Order 9066, which provided authority for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War...

Unaccompanied migrant children are the most vulnerable group of migrants and refugees. Their experiences, their contested legal status in the host ...

Identical Twins explores the unique status of twinship and how it can affect personal and familial relationships with siblings, romantic partners, ...

Winner, 2020 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, given by the Society for Medical Anthropology The troubling dynamic of the American home care industry w...

Climate Change Adaptation for Health and Social Services addresses concerns from the health and community services sector, including local governme...

This combined exam guide and practice test for the ASWB licensing board exam includes a total of 340 questions, available in print and via premium ...

This book is written for firefighters, fire officers, and chief officers who hope to improve their firefighting skills. It can be utilized in colle...

Just Care is Akemi Nishidas thoughtful examination of care injustice and social justice enabled through care. The current neoliberal political econ...

Just Care is Akemi Nishidas thoughtful examination of care injustice and social justice enabled through care. The current neoliberal political econ...

Research documents that rural elders are poorer, live in less adequate housing, and have far fewer health and service options available to them tha...

Bridging the social and life sciences to unlock the mystery of how cities shape mental health and illnessMost of the worlds people now live in citi...

The first major regional study of poverty and its relief in the seventeenth century: the first century of welfare. The English 'Old Poor Law' was ...

This acclaimed text promotes healthy aging by demonstrating how health practitioners, program developers, and policymakers can prevent or manage di...

While promoting access to resources and systems of support for those affected by gender-based violence is absolutely crucial, this new book focuses...

Singaporeans enjoy one of the longest lifespans in the world today. Singapore is also one of the most rapidly ageing societies in the world. Given ...

Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they a...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of social protection in Latin America, its origins, institutions, and outcomes. The chapters are organise...

The second edition of this authoritative text helps professionals charged with curbing domestic violence to assess and manage offenders and their r...

This book offers a brief but comprehensive overview of the history of sociology in Sweden from the prewar period to the present day. It focuses in ...

The politics of multiculturalism faces challenges in Western democratic states. Arguing that this setback is based on the notion of culture as sepa...

Using a political economy of health, Gender, Globalization, and Health in a Latin American Context demonstrates how the development of health syste...

European borders that aim to control migration and mobility increasingly rely on technology to distinguish between citizens and aliens. This book e...