This edited volume discusses and analyses the impact of neoliberal policies and ideologies on public and private care practices in Nordic, Central, and East European welfare states.
This book analyses three key aspects of microfinancing, namely social purpose, commercialization and innovations and examines, through a global perspective, how these aspects helped and diverted microfinance institutions towards the attainment of their dual goals over the last twenty years.
This book analyses how public toilets were provided by the government and local business in Hong Kong between the 1860s and 1930s through a process that was embedded in class and racial politics.
In diesem Werk schildern langjährig erfahrene Notärzte, spannend und lehrreich zugleich, oft dramatisch verlaufene und menschlich berührende Notfalleinsätze, mit denen sie im Laufe ihres Berufslebens konfrontiert worden sind.
This volume continues the tradition now established since 2006, of compiling excellent research into the practice and application of community indicators in a single source volume.
This book presents perspectives by eminent economists, social scientists and policy makers, exploring in depth the post-reform developments in India, including issues pertaining to growth and equity, issues which have been at the core of life-time work of Prof.
This book provides an evidence-based approach to sustainable self-care, anchoring these strategies in individual academic workers' core personal values.
The present publication constitutively expands the field of discourse on the topic of basic income and explores the possibilities of its introduction as well as the opportunities and risks.
This book examines military families' well-being and health outcomes by providing a critical theoretical perspective on their position and the risks and challenges affecting them.
This book develops a new sociology of the intergenerational and longitudinal dynamics of men's family participation in relation to their trajectories through poverty.
This book seeks to provide a deeper understanding of Muslim migrant fathers' experiences of home-school cooperation in Danish schools by identifying and contradicting a phenomenon of "e;mistrusted masculinity.
Alors que les centres sociaux inscrivent leurs actions dans les valeurs de l'éducation populaire, favorisant la transmission des savoirs et des expériences dans un objectif de construction partagée, quelle place occupent les pratiques de formation des bénévoles dans leurs projets institutionnels ?
Pour pallier les urgences de guerre et la prévention des épidémies, du personnel occidental, médical ou psychothérapeute, est dépêché en Afrique pour venir en aide au personnel soignant local.
À partir de l'expérience du théâtre-forum qui met en jeu des situations de la vie quotidienne à transformer, ce livre développe les principaux aspects pratiques d'une méthodologie de démocratie participative et d'éducation populaire dont notre société a besoin pour redonner vie et espoir à son futur.
Mit dem Buch Achtsamkeit als Ressource in der Sozialen Arbeit zeigt Vitus Beck den Ursprung und die Hintergründe von "Achtsamkeit" und welch großen Schatz die Achtsamkeit als Leitfaden für Helfende Berufe darstellen kann.
Originally published in 1986, reissued here with a new preface, this study of the origins and early development of family conciliation services in Britain outlines their philosophy, methods of work and reported results, illustrated with case examples.
This book explores contemporary debates on decolonisation and indigenisation of social work in Africa and provides readers with alternative models, values, and epistemologies for reimagining social work practice and education that can be applicable to a wide range of countries struggling with similar concerns.
This book explores contemporary debates on decolonisation and indigenisation of social work in Africa and provides readers with alternative models, values, and epistemologies for reimagining social work practice and education that can be applicable to a wide range of countries struggling with similar concerns.
This insightful and innovative book sheds light on the complexity of the concept of guilt, while exploring aspects of guilt that have previously been overlooked in psychoanalytic theory and discourse.
Originally published in 1986, reissued here with a new preface, this study of the origins and early development of family conciliation services in Britain outlines their philosophy, methods of work and reported results, illustrated with case examples.
Complete with exercises, reflections, and specially selected tasks, this workbook is written for those suffering from heartbreak (and their therapists) to support them in navigating and managing the pain of breakups.
Christian Environmentalism and Human Responsibility in the 21st Century comprises original scholarly essays and creative works exploring the implications of Christian environmentalism through literary and cultural criticism and creative reflection.
Despite handicaps of low mental ability, deprived backgrounds or psychiatric and physical disability, most married couples with disabilities manage to give and receive much personal satisfaction and pleasure in their marriages.
The massive uprising following the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020--by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thrust the argument to defund the police to the forefront of international politics.
Complete with exercises, reflections, and specially selected tasks, this workbook is written for those suffering from heartbreak (and their therapists) to support them in navigating and managing the pain of breakups.
