Social Work Policy

Looking at a variety of racial and ethnic groups in society, this book examines the conventional knowledge, theories and best practices relating to marriages. Contributors address marriage interventions, female empowerment, parenting, and cohabitation, as well as the variables which impact these sit..

Looking at a variety of racial and ethnic groups in society, this book examines the conventional knowledge, theories and best practices relating to marriages. Contributors address marriage interventions, female empowerment, parenting, and cohabitation, as well as the variables which impact these sit..

Combining the psychological, social, and political aspects of the expression of individual distress and political dissent, this book provides a unique analysis of how concepts such as ‘vulnerability’ and ‘trauma’ have become institutionalized within politics and society, and also how many of the ‘ca..

An innovative overview of how the theories and concepts of social anthropology can be applied and used in the study of welfare and community care. Case studies examine welfare in Britain, the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand...

This book traces the development of collective welfare provision from the Poor Laws onward, explaining the influences of different social reformers and thinkers. Comparisons are made between the UK, the USA and Canada...

Focusing on transnational regionalism, this book examines the trajectory and crossing over of the three strands of scholarly analysis concerned with globalization and social policy, global social governance reform and regional integration studies..

This book explores how youth workers experience the moment of not-knowing what to do in the helping relationship. Professionals often talk about the stress and doubt they feel after moments in which they did not know how to respond._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Child & ..

This book explores how youth workers experience the moment of not-knowing what to do in the helping relationship. Professionals often talk about the stress and doubt they feel after moments in which they did not know how to respond._x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Child & Youth ..