Social Welfare & Social Services

''It''s a very short trip from the limousine seat to the curb.'' Jim Mann never missed a payroll for the dozen men who worked for his flourishing ...

Public housing projects are stigmatized and stereotyped as bad places to live, as havens of poverty, illegal activity and violence. In many cities ...

This biography examines the life of Cornelia James Cannon (1876-1969), a Radcliffe graduate, wife of a prominent Harvard professor, and mother of f...

Internet addiction. Cell-phone-distracted drivers. Teen suicide. Economic recession. The health risks of trans fats. The carefully selected collect...

p>What lessons can your program learn from the highly successful Project SEARCH® modeland how can you apply these strategies to improve training...

This book provides an overview of the benefits, issues, policies and programs relating to our military service-members. Topics discussed in this is...

The ongoing problems in the U.S. housing market continue to impede the economic recovery. House prices have fallen an average of about 33 percent f...

This book explores the concepts of ''''risk'''' and ''''trust'''' that are theoretical tools and arguably major facets of late modernity. New conce...

Although clinical, neurological, biological, psychiatric and even therapeutic aspects of epilepsy have been fairly consistently reviewed, relativel...

In fiscal year 2013, the federal government obligated over $555 billion for grants. Effective oversight of internal controls is important for provi...

This is a qualitative study into the experiences of parents of disabled children in Iceland in the period 1974-2007. Hardly any formal support was ...