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Cover of Delivering Services In Multicultural Societies
by Marc ; Alexandre
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009

The last twenty years has witnessed a growing recognition of the importance of considering cultural and ethnic diversity in the design and implementation of development programs. The increasing cultural diversity of societies throughout the world and the important role of culture in identity formation...
Cover of An Introduction to Social Policy
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013

An Introduction to Social Policy explores essential welfare topics, themes and issues for students studying social policy or related disciplines such as sociology, social work, or nursing and social care. - Part One examines key concepts including welfare, social justice, diversity and health...
Cover of Transforming Disability Welfare Policies

Transforming Disability Welfare Policies

Towards Work and Equal Opportunities

by Christopher Prinz
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018

Bringing together contributions from institutions such as the OECD, the WHO, the World Bank and the European Disability Forum, as well as policy makers and researchers, this volume focuses on disability and work. The contributors address a wide range of issues including what it means to be disabled,...
Cover of The Generational Welfare Contract

The Generational Welfare Contract

Justice, Institutions and Outcomes

by Simon Birnbaum, Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017

This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for designing sustainable, inclusive policies for all of society, the authors expose the possibilities of supporting...
Cover of Australian Social Policy and the Human Services
by Lorraine Kerr, Ed Carson
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017

Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces readers to the complex field of social policy development, implementation and evaluation. Drawing on the evolution of policymaking practices and debates surrounding the delivery of human services, the text explores the links between policy...
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Radical Help

How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state

by Hilary Cottam
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018

How should we live: how should we care for one another; grow our capabilities to work, to learn, to love and fully realise our potential? This exciting and ambitious book shows how we can re-design the welfare state for this century. The welfare state was revolutionary: it lifted thousands...
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Common Purpose

Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America

by Lisbeth Schorr
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011

In her previous book, Within Our Reach, renowned Harvard social analyst Lisbeth Schorr examined pilot social programs that were successful in helping disadvantaged youth and families. But as those cutting-edge programs were expanded, the very qualities that had made them initially successful were...
Cover of Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy
by Michael J. Prince, James J. Rice
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2000

No one is content with the state of health and social programs in Canada today. The Right thinks that there is too much government involvement, and the Left thinks there is not enough. In Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy James Rice and Michael Prince track the history of the welfare state...
Cover of The Fiscalization of Social Policy

The Fiscalization of Social Policy

How Taxpayers Trumped Children in the Fight Against Child Poverty

by Joshua T. McCabe
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018

In 1970, a single mother with two children working full-time at the federal minimum wage in the US received no direct cash benefits from the federal government. Today, after a period of austerity, that same mother would receive $7,572 in federal cash benefits. This money does not come from social...
Cover of Storming Caesars Palace

Storming Caesars Palace

How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty

by Annelise Orleck
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005

The inspirational and little-known story of welfare mothers in Las Vegas, America's Sin City, who crafted an original response to poverty-from the ground up In Storming Caesars Palace, historian Annelise Orleck tells the compelling story of how a group of welfare mothers built one of this country's...
Cover of Politics and Welfare in Birmingham, 1900–1975
by Edward Shannon LaMonte
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015

This well-written volume explores the relationships between politics and welfare programs for low-income residents in Birmingham during four periods in the twentieth century: • 1900-1917, the formative period of city building when welfare was predominantly a responsibility of the private...
Cover of Introduction to social policy analysis
by Sinclair, Stephen
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016

In this distinctive introduction Stephen Sinclair illuminates the subject of Social Policy by showing readers how Social Policy analysts think about welfare issues and policies. From what influences the decision to have children to how everyday terms such as ‘youth crime’ or ‘poverty’ reveal...
Cover of Mixed Economies Welfare
by Norman Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

This book explains the changes that have occurred in welfare states since the early 1970s and considers some of the policy dilemmas that have arisen. Each of the chapters begins with an introduction to set the scene, followed by an examination of the theoretical and conceptual perspectives of the...
Cover of Leadership and Change in Human Services

Leadership and Change in Human Services

Selected Readings from Wolf Wolfensberger

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Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003

For over forty years Wolf Wolfensberger has been a significant figure in the world of human services, especially in the field of learning disability. His work on normalization and citizen advocacy in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been acknowledged by supporters and critics alike to have been...
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