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A. Fives
This analytically cogent account engages with both the philosophical roots of ideas and their application in institutional structures. Offering a critical overview of political philosophies of welfare it is ideal…
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C. Hug
The text is an exploration of the dynamics between the courts, the legislators and the Irish citizens in relation to certain socio sexual questions: divorce, contraception, abortion, and homosexuality.
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Geraldine Moane
Drawing on the writings of diverse authors, including Jean Baker Miller, Bell Hooks, Mary Daly, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martin-Baro, as well as on women’s experiences, this book…
T. Fitzpatrick
A basic income would be an income paid periodically and unconditionally to every man, woman and child as a fundamental right of citizenship and without reference to employment, marital and…
J. Waterson
Drinking alcohol can be immensely pleasurable and life-enhancing. On the other hand, it can be associated with danger and risk. This book explores some of the implications of this dichotomy…
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Ted Goldberg
Based on extensive participant observation research, a life-history model is presented to explain why very few of those who come into contact with narcotics become problematic consumers; that is -…
P. Cox
The first major study of the history of British bad girls, this book uses a wide range of professional, popular and personal texts to explore the experiences of girls in…
Nickie Charles
This book develops an analysis of how social movements interact with the state to bring about changes in social policy. It focuses on feminist social movements in Britain, the United…
Eileen Oak
Social Work and Social Work Perspectives introduces readers to a range of important sociological concepts, showing how these can feed critical practice and illustrate social work’s complex relationship with the…
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The principles and value framework of the postwar welfare consensus were called into question with the general election of 1979. This book assesses developments in key areas of the welfare…
Jennifer Somerville
This study examines the continuing ‘war over the family’ in the USA and the UK in the context of major socio-economic and cultural changes that have fundamentally shifted the ground…
Valerie Bryson
This book draws on a range of theoretical, empirical and comparative material to provide an account of feminist debates and the ways in which political disagreements stem from underlying theoretical…
Joan Orme
This text draws on feminist literature and research into community care policy and practice to provide an overview of the influence of, and attention to, gender. In documenting changes in…
Richard Hugman
Focusing on nursing, remedial therapy and social work, this book examines core social values expressed through policy. The implications of these ideas for the caring professions in social welfare are…
Sarah Banks
This book explores the far-reaching ethical implications of recent changes in the organization and practice of the social professions (social work, community and youth work), drawing on moral philosophy, professional…
Lena Dominelli
This book tackles how social workers can enable their clients to challenge the oppressions that disempower them. It moves from a discussion of social work’s purpose and ambitions to an…
Irene Hall
Evaluation is a large and growing field with applications to a wide range of disciplines - including sociology, social work, social policy, psychology, health, nursing, education, community development, etc.
Di Bailey
Presenting a model for interdisciplinary working, this book offers an overview of practice and policy across a range of mental health settings. It explores how to combine skills, theories and…
Chris Miller
This book is about the organisation and delivery of welfare services. It provides a critical and contemporary exploration of the organisational models, processes and structures associated with different approaches to…
J. Mahon,Jo Campling
Simone de Beauvoir made her own distinctive contribution to existentialism in the form of an ethics which diverged sharply from that of Jean-Paul Sartre. In her novels and philosophical essays…
C. Hug,Jo Campling
The research for this book was prompted by a combination of events, in particular the election of Mary Robinson to the Presidency and the X Case which rocked Irish society.
John Lynch
The city of Belfast tends to be discussed in terms of its distinctiveness from the rest of Ireland, an industrial city in an agricultural country. When these cities are compared…
N. Thomas
This study of children’s participation in decisions about their care draws on recent work in sociology and anthropology, psychology and legal philosophy in order to understand this challenging area of…
Robert Adams
Offers a practical approach to maximizing quality in social work that is based on developing a working culture that empowers key stakeholders in the delivery of services, whether these are…
Roger Clough
This text sets residential life and work in the context of wider social systems, focusing on the function homes serve in looking after young people and adults who would struggle…
Malcolm Payne
Malcolm Payne shows how team members in care services can use networking and teambuilding to strengthen their practice by being open to work with wider networks of agencies, professionals and…
This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different faces of…
Steve Onyett
Developing mental health team effectiveness requires that we explore both how people work together and the context of the team itself. This text examines the historical, social policy, political and…
Feminist theories of social work have been criticised in recent years for treating women as a uniform category and displaying insufficient sensitivity to the complex ways in which other social…
Social Policy for Social Work provides a comprehensive, critical and engaging introduction to social policy for students and practitioners of social work.
This text defends a special focus on Jesus in theistic faith, whilst denying his divinity. Having limited the genuine choice in Christology to orthodoxy or unitarianism, it argues first for…
Chris Crowther
Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that, since the nineteenth century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities. This book focuses on…
H. Mikkeli
Heikki Mikkeli charts the history of the idea of Europe and European identity. The first part introduces the various attempts to unify Europe from antiquity to the European Union. In…
E. Salminen
The author describes in detail how the Soviet Union operated both overtly and covertly in the propaganda war and discusses the reactions of the west - the United States, Great…
Explores the ethical interpretations of biotechnology and examines whether sufficient consensus exists or is emerging to enable this technology to occupy a stable role in the techno-economic, social and cultural…
Creating systematic links between social conditions and psychological patterns, this work aims to develop a liberation psychology which would aid in transforming the damaging psychological patterns associated with oppression and…
M. Mayo
Cultures, Communities, Identities explores a wide range of cultural strategies to promote participation and empowerment in both First and Third World settings.
M. Christian
Multiracial Identity provides an account of the social construction of racialized groups. Four nations are examined: the UK, US, South Africa and Jamaica. The author maintains how little attention has…
A basic income would be an income paid to every man, woman and child as a right of citizenship and without reference to employment, marital and household status. This book…
