Social Welfare & Social Services

'A profound memoir' Daily Telegraph'As revealing as the writing of Oliver Sacks' Mark CousinsOutside the Asylum is Lynne Jones's personal and highl...

The 2004 tsunami was massive in every respect: the earthquake that preceded it was one of the largest ever recorded, the number of people killed or...

Formed 50 years ago, in 1961, the Peace Corps sends American volunteers to serve at the grassroots level in villages and towns across the globe to ...

For over 55 years, the United States has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food sec...

Understanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can often find challenging.  This book will help students understand...

This is an ambitious book. It aims at nothing less than a comprehensive account of the state of the art of social work research internationally an...

An understanding of social policy is crucial for social workers as it underpins and shapes the legislative framework that they work within. From sa...

11-year-old Harry Hunter is missing. While they wait for news, Anahera a newly qualified Maori social worker supports Harrys distraught parents...

Following the lives of four fictional time-travelling characters, it examines the changing functions of social work by unpicking the changing socia...

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work are at the heart of effective social work practice. This book offers students a solid groundi...

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work are at the heart of effective social work practice. This book offers students a solid groundi...

This book describes the origin, development and current state of volunteerism in Asia and Hong Kong. It also presents a field-tested model of empow...

Over the past six decades, there have been dramatic changes in the dynamics of family life in the United States. Today, about seven out of 10 babie...

Click on the Supplements tab above for further details on the different versions of SPSS programs.The canonical Handbook is completely updated with...

This one-of-a-kind text brings together contemporary theories of addiction and helps readers connect those theories to practice using a common mult...

Our ability to understand others and help others understand us is essential to our individual and collective well-being. Yet there are many barrier...