Social Work and Social Policy

This title was first published in 2000:  Providing a completely new perspective on post-reform community care, this book offers a unique analysis of its fairness, effectiveness and efficiency, describes how differences in service levels affect user and carer benefits, and makes a range of important ..

This title was first published in 2001: An interdisciplinary investigation of key issues surrounding equity in long-term care. Examining equity choices in both finance and provision, the author applies an original framework for systematic comparative analysis to the long-term care policies within Eu..

This ground-breaking handbook details the present situation with regard to female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain, referring also to other western nations where FGM occurs. It scrutinizes current pathways to eradicating this often dangerous, sometimes lethal, form of child abuse and gender-relat..

_x005F_x000D_ This book teaches MSW students and early-stage social work management practitioners the essential business skills needed to manage programs and organizations; to improve their overall management toolkit for finding a better job or getting promoted; to serve as a desk reference for mana..

This title was first published in 2001. Ethical considerations play a key role in both the theoretical and practical functioning of the welfare state. The contributors to this book examine these ethical issues, and demonstrate how value judgements must be integrated into any analysis of social secur..

Evaluation is not a self-contained phase of social work practice - one more dimension of the process - but a dimension of every phase. In this fully rewritten and updated second edition of his groundbreaking text Evaluating in Practice, Ian Shaw demonstrates how evaluation and inquiry are just as mu..

Evaluation is not a self-contained phase of social work practice - one more dimension of the process - but a dimension of every phase. In this fully rewritten and updated second edition of his groundbreaking text Evaluating in Practice, Ian Shaw demonstrates how evaluation and inquiry are just as mu..

This book considers concepts of citizenship and social justice from a variety of contemporary perspectives, inviting readers to consider the complex relationships between love and justice, the battle for social equality and individual ways in which citizenship and social justice is perceived through..

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Based on the author’s in-depth research and exploration of the topic of estrangement, this book captures the unique lived experiences of both estrangee and estranger. Offering multiple perspectives drawn from academic and popular literature as well as case studies, the book contextualises its chapte..

Intercountry adoption has undergone a radical decline since 2004. Its practice had been linked to conflict, poverty, gender inequality, and human trafficking, ultimately leading to establishment of The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. Since then, commercial global surrogacy practice has ra..

Intercountry adoption has undergone a radical decline since 2004. Its practice had been linked to conflict, poverty, gender inequality, and human trafficking, ultimately leading to establishment of The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. Since then, commercial global surrogacy practice has ra..