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Children & Families at Risk: New Issues in Integrating Services
by Oecd Publishing  Synopsis Fears of the prospect of growing social exclusion have become important concerns in recent years for many countries. Improving the quality of education and the standards attained by students to improve employability is one of the tools being used to...
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Bold Relief : Institutional Politics and the Origins of Modern American Social Policy (98 Edition)
by Edwin Amenta Publisher Comments According to conventional wisdom, American social policy has always been exceptional--exceptionally stingy and backwards. But Edwin Amenta reminds us here that sixty years ago the United States led the world in spending on social provision. He combines...
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Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work
by Arlie Ru Hochschild Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-302) and index....
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Social Policy in the United States: Future Possibilities in Historical Perspective
by Theda Skocpol Publisher Comments Theda Skocpol shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking both past and present....
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Gender, Violence and the Social Order
by Jayne Mooney Publisher Comments This is an exciting and innovative book which provides a thorough introduction to contemporary social theory by examining the way in which the widespread existence of violence against women is explained. A wide range of theories from liberalism to...
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Cross Cultural Perspectives on Women #20: Cross-Cultural Marriage
by Rosemary Breger Publisher Comments This book should be highly relevant to the growing number of people in cross-cultural marriages, as well as to professionals in the fields of marriage guidance, child welfare and academics interested in ethnicity and kinship. - the legal and social...
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Health Care for Older People (Management in General Practice)
by Steve Iliffe Publisher Comments This timely book addresses the health care needs of the fastest growing sector of the community. Written by three highly respected primary care physicians, it tackles the typical, and not so typical challenges in caring for older people through the use...
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The Truth Behind the "Mommy Wars": Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother?
by Miriam Peskowitz Publisher Comments - Forty percent of mothers in the U.S. work full time, 25 percent stay at home and report no paid income, and 35 percent work part...
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Child-Friendly Divorce: A Divorce(d) Therapist's Guide to Helping Your Children Thrive
by Diane M. Berry Publisher Comments Readers will learn: - What to watch for--the most typical symptoms of distress experienced by children of each age and developmental level.- How to tell children about the divorce to help them through the immediate crisis.- What they can do to help set...
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From Work-family Balance To Work-family Interaction : Changing the Metaphor (04 Edition)
by Diane F. Halpern Publisher Comments There are many lessons to be learned about work-family interaction. It is clear that some people have learned how to combine work and family in ways that are mutually supporting--at least much of the time--and some employers have created work...
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Divorce (Contemporary Issues Companion)
by Christina Fisanick Publisher Comments Essays discuss the effect of marriage contracts on the rate of divorce, the affect of divorce on social values, the positive and negative aspects of divorce, and the role of court systems in divorce proceedings....
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If I'm Jewish and You're Christian, What Are the Kids?: A Parenting Guide for Interfaith Families
by Andrea King Publisher Comments Perhaps the most difficult decision parents in an interfaith family must make is choosing a religious identity for their children. In this book, early childhood expert Andrea King tracks the development of two composite families through the life-cycle...
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Welfare & Work in the Open Economy Volume 1
by Fritz W Scharpf Publisher Comments In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences...
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Social Provision in Low-Income Countries ' New Patterns and Emerging Trends ' (Wider Studies in Development Economics)
by Germano M. Mwabu Publisher Comments This volume analyzes the merits and limitations of both welfarist and neoliberal approaches to the provision of key social services in terms of the outcomes and sustainability of the two approaches. It proposes an alternative model of social provision...
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Sixty Minute Marriage (UK Edition)
by Rob Parsons Synopsis This guide tackles the problems and pressures that can prey on marriages, and offers practical advice for avoiding the crisis points. The book covers a number of issues including sex, communication, affairs and money....
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The Reform of Public Services Under New Labour: Narratives of Consumerism
by Catherine Needham Publisher Comments Drawing on interviews conducted by the author with politicians, bureaucrats and citizens, alongside content analysis of government documents, this book explains how New Labour has consumerized public services and contributed to the anti-politics that it...
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The Divorce Organizer & Planner
by Brette Mcwhorter Sember Publisher Comments This one-of-a-kind workbookstreamlines the divorceprocess This completely unique guide helps anyone--even someone enduring a not-so-easysplit--create a complete, accessible record ofabsolutely everything needed to confidentlytackle, organize, and prepare...
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Families, Households and Society (UK Edition)
by Graham Crow Synopsis Patterns of household and family life are changing radically leading sociologists to develop new conceptualizations and understandings of the relationships involved. This book examines the character of these changes, exploring the growing diversity there...
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Time Bind When Work Becomes Home & Home
by Arlie Hochschild Publisher Comments The Time Bind is one of this decade's most influential studies of our work/family time-dilemma. For three years at a Fortune 500 company, Arlie Russell Hochschild, the best-selling author of The Second Shift, interviewed everyone from top executives to...
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Social Welfare : Politics and Public Policy - Text Only (6TH 05 Edition)
by Diana Dinitto Publisher Comments Acknowledged as the most comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to Social Welfare available, this new edition focuses on the crucial aspects and concerns of American society. Highlights of the...
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