Social welfare and social services

The book examines the essential aspects of consumer behavior within the sharing economy.

The book examines the essential aspects of consumer behavior within the sharing economy.

This book presents an integrated international exploration of social well-being from a comparative standpoint: how it is framed, how it is perceived by the people, and how it is exploited by the state.

This book rigorously examines police voices when people are reported missing, through empirical research.

This book rigorously examines police voices when people are reported missing, through empirical research.

This book introduces part of the advances of the aging research conducted by Dr.

Housing has always had a close association with the lives refugees lead in exile and the settlement of refugees is, at its core, a housing issue.

Housing has always had a close association with the lives refugees lead in exile and the settlement of refugees is, at its core, a housing issue.

This textbook provides an overview of international drug policy using a comparative framework to explore contemporary drug issues.

This book analyzes how the use of digital media by young children can affect their development.

With Operations Research and System Dynamics as research tools, this book discusses the theme of emergency supplies in Major Public Health Emergency (MPHE) scenarios.

With Operations Research and System Dynamics as research tools, this book discusses the theme of emergency supplies in Major Public Health Emergency (MPHE) scenarios.

In der Gefahrenabwehr und im Krisenmanagement ist die stabsmäßige Führung ein bewährtes Mittel, um außergewöhnliche Situationen zu bewältigen.

This accessible book provides an evaluative review of justice at the locus of the magistrates' court.

This accessible book provides an evaluative review of justice at the locus of the magistrates' court.

Offering a unique, interdisciplinary approach through integration of concepts from education, philosophy, social work, and the affective sciences, this volume provides a unique pedagogical perspective on how affectivity can become an educative opportunity in the classroom.

This book employs Markov models and propensity score matching methods to analyze the demand for elderly care labor, utilizing data from the China Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) and World Population Prospects 2022 (United Nations, 2022).

This book employs Markov models and propensity score matching methods to analyze the demand for elderly care labor, utilizing data from the China Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) and World Population Prospects 2022 (United Nations, 2022).

This timely book on social work and antisemitism fills an important gap in social work education and in the profession.

This book constitutes the second volume of 'Religion Matters: The Contemporary Relevance of Religion' (Springer, 2020).

This edited volume explores a range of causes for separation of children and young people from family, the impact of these causes, and methods that both professionals and families may employ to build or rebuild these relations.

The Platform of Those Affected by Mortgages (PAH) has left a crucial mark in the history of Spanish social movements by advocating for the over 700,000 families that have been evicted since its inception in 2009.

The Platform of Those Affected by Mortgages (PAH) has left a crucial mark in the history of Spanish social movements by advocating for the over 700,000 families that have been evicted since its inception in 2009.

Eine Krise ist ein Wendepunkt im Leben, der weitreichende Konsequenzen für eine Person haben kann.

In der Gefahrenabwehr und im Krisenmanagement ist die stabsmäßige Führung ein bewährtes Mittel, um außergewöhnliche Situationen zu bewältigen.

Grandchildhood in Multigenerational Living: Practices, Meanings, Relations is the first book to sociologically analyse grandchild-grandparent relationships from the perspective of grandchildren.

Grandchildhood in Multigenerational Living: Practices, Meanings, Relations is the first book to sociologically analyse grandchild-grandparent relationships from the perspective of grandchildren.

This timely volume brings together well-established scholars and emerging voices to explore research methods and ethics in Neurodiversity Studies.

This timely volume brings together well-established scholars and emerging voices to explore research methods and ethics in Neurodiversity Studies.

This book offers a methodological framework for developing research-based Theatre and Dance for the Very Young (TDVY) performances in which artists collaborate with children ages 0-6 and their caregivers and/or educators as creative partners in the process.

This book offers a methodological framework for developing research-based Theatre and Dance for the Very Young (TDVY) performances in which artists collaborate with children ages 0-6 and their caregivers and/or educators as creative partners in the process.

This book offers a new vision on urban gun violence that focuses on public space-centered concepts, events, and research.

This book explores vulnerability in many forms and among diverse understudied vulnerable populations worldwide from different perspectives, particularly from non-western contexts.

This book explores vulnerability in many forms and among diverse understudied vulnerable populations worldwide from different perspectives, particularly from non-western contexts.

Aimed at supporting their emancipatory project, this book explores strategies for resisting dominance and enhancing agency within the caring professions.

This book analyzes poverty and the mechanisms that lead to it in ethnic rural areas in China using macro- and micro-examinations as well as field studies.

This book analyzes poverty and the mechanisms that lead to it in ethnic rural areas in China using macro- and micro-examinations as well as field studies.

This book explores the effective policing of public protection issues, from chapter authors with varied research and practitioner experience.

This book explores the effective policing of public protection issues, from chapter authors with varied research and practitioner experience.

This book investigates a range of major sociological debates and policy studies related to gender, family, marriage, health, intersectionality, and social exclusion of single mothers in Thailand.

This book investigates a range of major sociological debates and policy studies related to gender, family, marriage, health, intersectionality, and social exclusion of single mothers in Thailand.

Whether in everyday disagreements, bargaining episodes, or high-stakes disputes, people typically see a spectrum of possible responses to dealing with differences with others, ranging from avoidance and accommodation to competition and aggression.

Whether in everyday disagreements, bargaining episodes, or high-stakes disputes, people typically see a spectrum of possible responses to dealing with differences with others, ranging from avoidance and accommodation to competition and aggression.

Welfare state governance is about tackling social issues, empowering citizens, and adding societal value.

Welfare state governance is about tackling social issues, empowering citizens, and adding societal value.

This book examines the impact of neoliberalism on the academisation of the English school system.

This book examines the impact of neoliberalism on the academisation of the English school system.

This book examines labor market policy and institutional reforms and their impact on outcomes in the Chinese labor market, utilizing both institutional and empirical study perspectives.