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The Politics of Welfare Reform
by Donald Norris  Publisher Comments The issue of welfare reform has been predominant on the United States public agenda for almost three decades. Major initiatives undertaken in welfare reform since 1992 are examined in this book, with specific case studies on California, Maryland...
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Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions
by David P. Farrington Publisher Comments After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a deprived...
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My Lifebook Journal: A Workbook for Children in Foster Care
by Therese Accinelli Publisher Comments My Lifebook Journal is a workbook foster parents can use to help foster children build self-esteem, deal with feelings of sadness and anger, and thrive within their foster homes....
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Participatory Video: A Practical Approach to Using Video Creatively in Group Development Work
by Jackie Shaw Publisher Comments "Participatory Video" is a comprehensive guide to using video in group development work. Video can be a powerful tool, which allows clients to examine the world around them, gain awareness of their situation and become more actively involved in decisions...
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Planning for Life: Involving Adults with Learning Disabilities in Service Planning
by Liam Concannon Publisher Comments Policy and practice guidelines for working with people with learning disabilities state that users and carers must be consulted in the provision of services. However, whether this is useful or effective in practice has not yet been adequately considered....
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Black, White or Mixed Race?: Race and Racism in the Lives of Young People of Mixed Parentage
by Barbara Tizard Publisher Comments This revised edition begins with a substantial new introduction, setting the data in today's context, and includes updated statistics and references. "Black, White or Mixed Race" is as relevant today as when it was first published. In it Tizard and...
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Women with Disabilities: Found Voices
by Mary E. Willmuth Publisher Comments Here is a powerful stimulus for thought, discussion, and coalition building in the area of women and disability. This innovative book was written by women with disabilities and women professionals who work with persons with disabilities. Women With...
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Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), Set
by D. Gladstone Publisher Comments The first set in this series contains the major writings of the Reverend Dr. Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), an eminent churchman, political economist, and social reformer whose influence extended far beyond his native Scotland. The selections included in...
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Welfare Realities: From Rhetoric to Reform
by Mary Jo Bane Publisher Comments Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood examine the American welfare system--its recipients, its providers, and the swirl of policy ideas surrounding it--with objectivity and clarity. Focusing on the AFDC Program (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), they...
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Gender and Groupwork
by Marcia B. (edt) Cohen Publisher Comments Based on practice experience in both the UK and the US, "Gender and Groupwork" brings together the best of groupwork knowledge, skills and values in a true transatlantic partnership. Often moving, and always engrossing, these accounts encompass groups...
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Teenage Runaways: Broken Hearts and "Bad Attitudes"
by Laurie Schaffner Publisher Comments Teenage Runaways: Broken Hearts and "Bad Attitudes" examines and discusses runaway behavior from the perspective of 26 runaways to help readers understand the widespread social problem of this "last resort" behavior. This gripping book shatters popular...
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Gender, Kinship and Power: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary History
by Mary Jo Maynes Publisher Comments Through twenty engaging essays exploring cultures ranging from ancient Judaic civilization to contemporary Brazil, "Gender, Kinship and Power places important contemporary issues related to kinship--such as parental responsibility and female-headed...
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Looking Back to See Ahead
by Helen Harris Perlman Publisher Comments In over sixty years of involvement in social work—as practitioner, supervisor, teacher, consultant, and author—Helen Harris Perlman has become all but a legend. She has served on national policy committees, lectured around the world, and...
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Political Theory and Public Policy
by Robert E. Goodin Publisher Comments Some say that public policy can be made without the benefit of theory—that it emerges, instead, through trial-and-error. Others see genuine philosophical issues in public affairs but try to resolve them through fanciful examples. Both, argues...
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Child Care in the 1990's CL
by Alan Booth Publisher Comments Bringing together professionals from sociology, economics, psychology, and family studies, this volume presents papers from a symposium on child care that sought answers to each of the four questions listed in the table of contents. A lead speaker...
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Men of color :a context for service to homosexually active men
by Longres John Book News Annotation Provides those working in the social services with an assessment framework for identifying and understanding the developmental needs of gay and bisexual men of color. Discusses topics such as Filipino male homosexuality, assessing the psychosocial...
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Pluralism and Progressives: Hull House and the New Immigrants, 1890-1919
by Rivka Shpak Lissak Publisher Comments The settlement house movement, launched at the end of the nineteenth century by men and women of the upper middle class, began as an attempt to understand and improve the social conditions of the working class. It gradually came to focus on the "new...
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American Poverty in a New Era of Reform
by Harrell R., Jr. Rodgers Publisher Comments This compelling survey of the problem of poverty, its costs and consequences, focuses on the implementation and initial results of the welfare reform plan of 1996. The book underscores the importance of backing up welfare reform with policies that...
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Mental Retardation (Developing Child)
by Robert B. Edgerton Publisher Comments The economic cost of retardation measures in the billions each year and the human cost is incalculable. However, many forms of retardation can now be prevented medically and much is now known about how to help the retarded lead more normal and...
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Politics and Welfare in Birmingham, 1900-1975
by Edward Shan Lamonte Publisher Comments This well-written volume explores the relationships between politics and welfare programs for low-income residents in Birmingham during four periods in the 20th century: 1900-1917, the formative period of city building when welfare was predominantly a...
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