Social Welfare & Social Services

Challenging dominant discourses in neoliberal marketized societies about working with disconnected young people, this book argues that alternative,...

Who and how we love may be changing but our desire to be in a relationship endures. This book presents an incisive account of how couples experienc...

The past twenty years have witnessed a renewal of interest in feminist activism on both sides of the Atlantic. In part this has been a response to ...

Robert Wagner was New York City's true New Deal mayor, killed Tammany Hall. The world Wagner shaped delivers municipal services efficiently at the ...

This study focuses on the field of security studies through the prism of migration. Using ethnographic methods to illustrate an experiential theory...

This study addresses the management of victims and victim policy under the Coalition government, in light of an increasing move towards neoliberal ...

Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it has for ourselves, our ...

Analysing in-depth data from 11 European countries, this collection explores the rise of the European running market, the reasons and motives for r...

Drawing on recently released Soviet archival materials, Hunger and War investigates state food supply policy and its impact on Soviet society durin...

This book promotes the notion of second chances and the importance of human services within the communities most affected by crime and the criminal...

Explains why there is a crisis in caring for elderly people and how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated it Because government policies are based on a...

'A beautiful and moving book that vividly brings home the challenges faced by those with dementia and their carers' Sir Tony RobinsonA moving and b...

This book explores the generational experience of children of immigrants growing up in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, compari...

This collection on researching later life and ageing critically reflects upon the qualitative methods used in gaining knowledge of under-researched...

The onset of COVID broke a 150-year social contract between America and its children. Tens of millions of students lost what little support they ha...

Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways ...

This is the first comprehensive volume to bridge the gap between the science of behavior and applied behavior analysis (ABA). The book demonstrates...

This book describes how NGOs' efforts to promote sustainable development are affected by their funding, management strategies, and relationships wi...

Seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter family, Five Floors Up is on one level the story of the modern New York City Fire Depart...

This book is an essential resource meticulously designed for social work field placements. It offers students a structured pathway through the intr...

The Policy-Based Profession provides you with a process for analyzing policies that will help shape your career in social work. This detailed found...