Changing Relations of Welfare uses rich and varied sources to offer an innovative approach to the analysis of meanings afforded to the family in different policy, legal and welfare contexts in Sweden, Denmark and Britain. Through the presentation of a historically informed, comparative analysis of t..
The concept of civic service is rooted in America's past, present, and future, and has been a featured component of presidential agendas. This work presents a research-based evaluation of public service programmes in the USA...
This title was first publised in 2002: The Third Part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation was adopted by the Russian Parliament in November 2001. This translation of the Third Part of the Code includes an introduction by Peter B. Maggs, as well as all amendments to the first two parts of the..
This important work brings together international academics from a variety of disciplines to explore the topic of spatial cognition on a 'geographic' scale...
Offering an historical and ideological analyses of social policy, this work presents an understanding of the connections between theory, practice and policy, aiming to give the student a more complete picture of the field...
This book offers a comprehensive evaluation of community care strategies within the context of government social policy, and assesses the recent shifts of political power from Conservative to Labour towards the end of the century. Unlike the majority of texts in the field of community care, it makes..
Originally published in 1984, Contradictions of the Welfare State is centrally concerned with the origins of the difficulties of welfare capitalist states, and why these states failed to manage the socio-political problems and conflicts generated by late capitalist societies...
Published in 1998. A selection of 18 essays by experts working in the area of refugee and asylum law and policy, ranging from the effects of recent legislative changes on refugees to the problems faced by asylum seekers requiring health care and housing while they pursue claims for recognition...