Social Welfare & Social Services

This textbook provides an overview of international drug policy using a comparative framework to explore contemporary drug issues. Using a topical ...

This open access volume provides the first-ever comprehensive framework of indicators to measure progress in the implementation of the UN Conventio...

A stunning 10th anniversary edition of Rev. Dr. Jade C. Angelicas beloved memoir and pastoral guide for those who love someone with Alzheimer's. Wi...

Handbook in Economics of Matching highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is writt...

Pension policy in the UK and US is designed on the assumption that people make informed financial decisions, consistently invest in pensions and ma...

Presenting a compelling alternative to the traditional medical approach, The Strengths Model demonstrates an evidence-based approach to helping peo...

This unique book provides an international comparison of labour markets, migrant professionals and immigration policies, and their interaction in r...

Continuing professional development (CPD) has become a defining issue in twenty-first century social work. There is widespread consensus in favour ...

This is the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large ...

This edited collection addresses the urgent need for action and the many challenges in aged care within the Chinese and Nordic contexts, especially...

This edited collection addresses the urgent need for action and the many challenges in aged care within the Chinese and Nordic contexts, especially...

Im österreichischen Justizsystem werden Personen, die aufgrund einer psychischen Erkrankung gegen geltendes Recht verstoßen haben, in speziellen fo...

This book provides an overview of the current state of minority-language media, from policy formulation to practice, in various contexts around the...

Kanonische Studien im Professionalisierungsdiskurs der Sozialen Arbeit legen den Schluss nahe, dass nicht vorausgesetzt werden kann, dass Hochschul...

This open access book documents the critical thinking and political actions that generated one of the worlds most progressive national constitution...

With international human rights under challenge, this book represents a comprehensive critique that adds a social policy perspective to recent poli...