Social Welfare & Social Services

Timely and controversial, A Bed for the Night reveals how humanitarian organizations trying to bring relief in an ever more violent and dangerous w...

This study synthesizes and summarizes the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence that suggest that competition works remarkably well to reduc...

This work not only makes the case that responsible nonprofit managers must routinely utilize cost-effectiveness analysis, but also gives many outst...

With powerful, clearly written advice on how to control and to reduce dramatically unemployment insurance compensation taxes, here is an authoritat...

Based upon Crawford's extensive survey of more than 300 U.S. businesses, this book explores and describes in detail the various types of employee b...

When government services are turned over to profit-making corporations will a gentler, kinder America result? Significantly, when the issue of priv...

This book examines methodological problems involved in determining social costs and analyzes costs and their allocation in significant sectors of A...

Operators of assisted living facilities interpret aging in place very differently than residents do. This difference in interpretation must be take...

Beginning with the Sahelian drought of the 1970s, through the complex succession of catastrophes in Ethiopia, and continuing tragedies of Somalia a...

This is an ethnographic study of predominantly Puerto Rican low-income people on the Lower East Side of Manhattan who have been involved in the reh...

Most studies of geriatric patients have focused on nursing homes. In fact, most people are placed in these institutions only after being evaluated ...

Mary Moore Free presents a new perspective on the literature of aging with her study of the rich, old, cognitively intact, powerful, formally retir...

This book provides a holistic study of the physical and mental health conditions that predominate among people of color. By presenting a thorough r...

A lively account of life in a decent American nursing home, this book offers an in-depth look at American geriatric facilities. Using six years of ...

Filled with enlightening first-person accounts, Talking About Therapy tells us why patients sought therapy, what they think of the therapists to wh...

As the first complete portrait of U.S. adolescents, this resource provides information long needed by researchers working in this critical field of...

An excellent, well-written study. . . . Unique in its sociological focus and its emphasis on young widows. Choice [In] this intelligent and emotion...

The editors of this book draw upon professionals in seven industrialized nations to examine the prevalence, causes, trends, demographics, and healt...

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This collection of essays addresses the lack of shelter—one of the most basic elements of human adaptation—now experienced by many Americans. Based...

This volume focuses on Appalachians as a case study of internal migration in developed countries. Since World War II, Appalachian miners have left ...

This volume of radical studies in the sociology and politics of education specifically addresses educational policies and the crisis of the welfare...

This volume of radical studies in the sociology and politics of education specifically addresses educational policies and the crisis of the welfare...

This volume examines parent programs in the context of policy to support families, the disjunction between advocates of parent programs and federal...

This book traces the historical development of social policy analysis, emphasizing the factors that promoted its development, the need for social p...

Still the definitive book on the subject, this volume has been thoroughly revised to cover rapidly changing aspects of the economics of aging. It p...

Still the definitive book on the subject, this volume has been thoroughly revised to cover rapidly changing aspects of the economics of aging. It p...

Empowerment refers to the ability to make informed choices, exercise influence, make continuing contributions to society, and take advantage of ser...

Substance abuse and its social consequences are a major public concern for communities throughout the world. The motivations and consequences are d...

A comprehensive approach to analyzing and understanding the social, demographic, and fiscal effects on condominium conversion on communities, this ...