Social Welfare & Social Services

This open access book offers a comprehensive analysis of Chinas way of economic development balancing between efficiency and equity, striving to in...

Post-disaster housing concerns and dilemmas are complex, global in nature, and are inextricably intertwined with social, economic, and political co...

With overseas deployment scaling down in recent years, helping professionals need practical tools for working with servicemen and women returning f...

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law....

The lives of all Australians are profoundly affected by the quality of social services available, but a long list of royal commissions and public i...

Are children the passive recipients of influence from their parents and from society? Is their development determined by their genes and their neur...

In this edited collection, leading scholars seek to disrupt Eurocentric research methods by introducing students, professors, administrators, and p...

Five compelling essays and fifty stunning portraits and profiles of American environmental activists This second volume in the Americans Who Tell t...

This book primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade...

It's no secret that tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by American parents and that Western aid organizations have invested in...

It's no secret that tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by American parents and that Western aid organizations have invested in...

Child and Youth Caracross Sectors aims to reflect the changing field by capturing a diverse array of themes and issues through an inclusive framewo...

The thoroughly updated third edition of Strong Helpers' Teachings skillfully illustrates the importance of Indigenous knowledges in the human servi...

'This detailed and informative textbook's articulate, precise and accessible style allows students to grasp the basics of social work law. As such,...

This book offers a personal insight into the experience of Alex Jelly, a professional fundraiser who developed a rare brain tumour, a papillary men...

The rationing of health care is universal and inevitable, taking place in both poor and affluent countries, in publicly funded and private health c...

Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia.'Sometimes, a person's brain get...