Social Welfare & Social Services

Time and again Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate and polymath, has stimulated our thoughts and world-view through his ideas. In his new collection of cul...

Maligned as ¨deadbeat dads¨ or sexually and financially irresponsible, inner-city fathers and overlooked in discussions of poverty and family polic...

Welfare Reform in Canada provides systematic knowledge of Canadian social assistance by assessing provincial welfare regimes and emphasizing change...

Approaches based around complexity theory are increasingly being used in the study of organisations and the delivery of services. This is the first...

Finally, a practical guide to mixed methods research has been written with health and human services professionals in mind. Watkins and Gioia revie...

The role of public administration and social justice is an area long overlooked in Ireland and more broadly in Europe, though it is somewhat more d...

From the headlines of local newspapers to the coverage of major media outlets, scenes of war, natural disaster, political revolution and ethnic rep...

'I’m glad I could do her this one last favour. If it had been the other way round, I know Gina would have done the same for me.’Jane and Gina were ...

The rate of young unwed couples and teens having children is increasing, and many of these couples choose to "co-parent" children, rather than to m...

Intermediaries are independent communication specialists who assist children and vulnerable adults in the criminal justice system—for example, duri...

Demographic ageing is identified as a global challenge with significant social policy implications. This book explores these implications, with a p...

This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, covering everything from basic cell biology, to social participatio...

Personalisation has become the policy buzz-word of the twenty-first century. Supporters claim it offers service users choice and services attuned t...

From the headlines of local newspapers to the coverage of major media outlets, scenes of war, natural disaster, political revolution and ethnic rep...

This book explores the challenges of applying disability theory and policy, including the social model of disability, to madness and distress. It b...

For many of us, Social Security doesn't seem to be the good deal our parents enjoyed. Pensions from previous generations have either disappeared or...

The role of the social worker is to be found lying interestingly between society and the individuals they work with. As a result, social workers of...

Getting Welfare to Work traces the radical reform of the Australian, UK, and Dutch public employment services systems. Starting with major changes ...

Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the...

This book explores the challenges of applying disability theory and policy, including the social model of disability, to madness and distress. It b...

Everyone can imagine their future self, even very young children, and this future self is usually positive and education-linked. To make progress t...

The information age is upon us and, with it, a new era of human services has emerged. The terms 'Evidence-Based,' 'evidence-informed,' 'best practi...

The book explores the ways in which social cohesion -- measured as trust in unknown fellow citizens -- can be established and undermined. It examin...

Since 1991, surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that Latina teenagers attempt suicide at a far higher ra...