Social welfare, social policy and social services Books

Book SynopsisThe British Empire covered three centuries, five continents and one-quarter of the world's population. Its legacy continues, shaping the societies and welfare policies of much of the modern world. In this book, for the first time, this legacy is explored and analyzed. Colonialism and Welfare reveals that social welfare policies, often discriminatory, and challenging to those colonized were introduced and imposed by the 'mother country.' It highlights that there was great diversity in rationales and impacts across the empire, but past developments had a major impact on the development of much of the world's population. Contributions from every continent explore both the diversity and the common themes in the imperial experience. They examine the legacy of colonial welfare - a subject largely neglected by both historians of empire and social policy analysts. This original book shows that social welfare today cannot be understood without understanding the legacy of the British Empire. Academics, specialized students with an interest in comparative social policy, history of social policy, imperial history, colonialism, and contemporary third world social policy will find this book invaluable to their studies.Contributors include: J. Harrison, N. Jayaram, E. Kaseke, R. Kattumuri, J. Lewis, J. Midgley, L. Patel, D. Piachaud, P. Smyth, K.-l. TangTrade ReviewMidgley and Piachaud's book. . .offers scholars, students and social policy advocates an eminently readable, thought provoking overview of the historical development, current goals and future prospects of social protection policy in China, India, Brazil and South Africa. --Tanusha Raniga, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare'Offering a rich comparative analysis of welfare policies across modern Commonwealth nations, the volume demonstrates how the creation of both processes and subjects of colonial domination historically unfolded as a 'ugly affair'. --Eleanor Conlin Casella, Journal of Social PolicyThe uniqueness of this book is that the contributing authors, who are sociologists and social policy analysts, examine the neglected social policies promoted by the British imperial system, which have drawn little or no attention in the literature but affected the lives of millions of inhabitants of colonised societies. . . makes an important contribution to the discussion of the British imperial legacy and is recommended for policy analysts, historians, and anyone interested in comparative politics. --Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako, International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction James Midgley and David Piachaud PART I: OVERVIEW 1. The British Empire and World History: Welfare Imperialism and ‘Soft’ Power in the Rise and Fall of Colonial Rule Joanna Lewis 2. Imperialism, Colonialism and Social Welfare James Midgley PART II: ISSUES AND COUNTRY EXPERIENCES 3. The Colonial Legacy and Social Policy in the British Caribbean John Harrison 4. Race, Inequality and Social Welfare: South Africa’s Imperial Legacy Leila Patel 5. Caste, Corporate Disabilities and Compensatory Discrimination in India: Colonial Legacy and Post-colonial Paradox N. Jayaram 6. Colonial Policy and Social Welfare: The Hong Kong Experience Kwong-leung Tang 7. The Poor Laws, Colonialism and Social Welfare: Social Assistance in Zimbabwe Edwell Kaseke 8. Fabianism, Social Policy and Colonialism: The Case of Tanzania David Piachaud 9. The British Influence on Social Security Policy: Provident Funds in Asia and Africa Edwell Kaseke, James Midgley and David Piachaud 10. Higher Education in India: The Legacy of Colonialism Ruth Kattumuri 11. The British Social Policy Legacy in Australia Paul Smyth PART III: CONCLUSION 12. Conclusion: Interpreting the Imperial Legacy for Social Welfare James Midgley and David Piachaud Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.'- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKThere is increasing interest in the significance of social policy in the management of welfare and risk in the developing world.This volume provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing social protection systems in the global South, and examines current strategies for addressing poverty and welfare needs in the region. In particular, the text explores the extent to which the analytic models and concepts for the study of social policy in the industrialised North are relevant in a developing country context. The volume analyzes the various institutions, actors, instruments and mechanisms involved in the welfare arrangements of developing countries and provides a study of the contexts, development and future trajectory of social policy in the global South.The book's comparative and interdisciplinary approach will be of interest to anyone involved in social policy research and analysis and current welfare debates.Contributors: B. Deacon, J. Doherty, P. Dornan, D. Lewis, A. McCord, D. McIntyre, C. Meth, A. Nicholls, S. Pellissery, C. Porter, R. Surender, M. Urbina-Ferretjans, A. Vetterlein, R. WalkerTrade Review‘This volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.’ -- Nicola Yeates, Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONTEXTS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 1. Introduction Rebecca Surender 2. The Role of Historical Contexts in Shaping Social Policy in the Global South Rebecca Surender PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS 3. The Role of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Poverty Reduction: Limits of Policy Change Antje Vetterlein 4. Building the Welfare Mix or Sidelining the State? Non-Governmental Organizations in Developing Countries as Social Policy Actors David Lewis 5. The Informal Economy: Dilemmas and Policy Responses Sony Pellissery 6. Addressing the Failings of Public Health Systems: Should the Private Sector be an Instrument of Choice? Jane Doherty and Diane McIntyre PART III: INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISMS 7. Social Security: Risks, Needs and Protection Robert Walker 8. The Implications of Conditionality in Social Assistance Programmes Paul Dornan and Catherine Porter 9. Work and Welfare in the Global South: Public Works Programmes as an Instrument of Social Policy Anna McCord and Charles Meth 10. The Social Entrepreneurship–Social Policy Nexus in Developing Countries Alex Nicholls PART IV: SCENARIOS AND TRAJECTORIES 11. Globalization and Social Policy in Developing Countries Bob Deacon 12. South–South Cooperation: A New Paradigm for Global Social Policy? Rebecca Surender and Marian Urbina-Ferretjans 13. Conclusion: Towards the Analysis of Social Policy in a Developing World Robert Walker Index

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Book SynopsisThe Welfare State in Britain presents a history of British social policy from the election of Clement Attlee to the fall of Margaret Thatcher.Michael Hill focuses upon the political processes which influenced the key reforms of the late 1940s, and the ways in which those reforms have subsequently been consolidated and undermined. He critically examines some of the theories drawn from political science which have been used to explain the growth of the welfare state in Britain. The so called 'crisis of the welfare state' that has dominated recent rhetoric is shown to have its origins in the very period when the welfare state was believed to have been created. Despite its importance for electoral politics, social policy is shown to have often been subordinate to economic and foreign policy. The book will be essential reading for all students of social welfare and social policy as well as the political history of Britain since 1945.Trade Review'It is lucidly-written and is recommended as a good first-year student text for introductory courses in social policy.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Social Policy before 1945 3. The Labour Governments 1945–51 4. The Conservative Governments 1951–64 5. The Labour Governments 1964–70 6. The Conservative Government 1970–74 7. The Labour Governments 1974–79 8. Thatcher's Conservative Governments 1979–90 9. Conclusions Reference Index

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Book SynopsisNew Approaches to Welfare Theory draws on recent work from the sociology of social action, feminist literature and critical social theory, to counter the current impasse in social policy. Interdisciplinary in scope and including work by economists, psychologists, philosophers and social workers, it offer insights into the meaning and dynamics of claimsmaking in modern society.The introduction examines the claims which groups - especially groups of marginalised people - make against institutions, the problems they have in articulating their aspirations and needs, and the structured institutional responses to their claims. This is followed by a series of papers on the problem of establishing the moral justifiability of claims, including contributions from both the contractarian and utilitarian approaches. Later sections concentrate on the constraining and enabling effects of social structures on claimsmaking - including the various excluding and filtering institutional responses - and the interactions both of claimsmakers with political institutions and of social groups with institutional patterns. The volume concludes with an afterword by the editors discussing the relationship between the universalist and particularist approaches, the two perspectives on the moral dimensions of welfare which feature most prominently in the book. The essays and papers in this book draw upon a broad background of research, teaching and practical experience by a distinguished group of scholars. New Approaches to Welfare Theory will be welcomed by students and researchers, as well as by social workers and policymakers, as an enlightening and instructive discussion of the problems and implications of an approach to welfare from the perspective of social action.Trade Review'These essays raise the discussion of welfare-state theory to a new level of conceptual and political sophistication.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Welfare, Human Agency and Discourse Part II: Welfare Claims and Institutional Responses Part III: The Dynamics of Welfare Claims Part IV: Whither Welfare Theory: Summary and Critical Comments

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Book SynopsisNew Approaches to Welfare Theory draws on recent work from the sociology of social action, feminist literature and critical social theory, to counter the current impasse in social policy. Interdisciplinary in scope and including work by economists, psychologists, philosophers and social workers, it offer insights into the meaning and dynamics of claimsmaking in modern society.The introduction examines the claims which groups - especially groups of marginalised people - make against institutions, the problems they have in articulating their aspirations and needs, and the structured institutional responses to their claims. This is followed by a series of papers on the problem of establishing the moral justifiability of claims, including contributions from both the contractarian and utilitarian approaches. Later sections concentrate on the constraining and enabling effects of social structures on claimsmaking - including the various excluding and filtering institutional responses - and the interactions both of claimsmakers with political institutions and of social groups with institutional patterns. The volume concludes with an afterword by the editors discussing the relationship between the universalist and particularist approaches, the two perspectives on the moral dimensions of welfare which feature most prominently in the book. The essays and papers in this book draw upon a broad background of research, teaching and practical experience by a distinguished group of scholars. New Approaches to Welfare Theory will be welcomed by students and researchers, as well as by social workers and policymakers, as an enlightening and instructive discussion of the problems and implications of an approach to welfare from the perspective of social action.Trade Review'These essays raise the discussion of welfare-state theory to a new level of conceptual and political sophistication.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Welfare, Human Agency and Discourse Part II: Welfare Claims and Institutional Responses Part III: The Dynamics of Welfare Claims Part IV: Whither Welfare Theory: Summary and Critical Comments

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Book SynopsisPublished with the Parkinson's Disease Society, this book contains highlights of PDS-sponsored welfare research over the last 10 years, with reports of key projects carried out to improve the lives of people with the disease and provide them with better standards of care, both professional and voluntary.Table of Contents1. The needs of people with Parkinson's and their families. 2. Member's Survey. 3. Quality of life. 4. Children with parents with Parkinson's. 5. A psychological group approach. 6. Support networks. 7. Communicating with Parkinsonians. 8. Referral Criteria for speech and language problems. 9. A targeted physiotherapy service. 10. The use of video recording in assessment. 11. Parkinson's disease and driving. 12. The new community care. 13. Action research in a time of change.

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Book SynopsisDoes globalization mean a race to the bottom in social standards and the inevitable decay of the welfare state? Ramesh Mishra - a leading authority on social policy - examines the implications of globalization in respect of social policy and social standards in advanced industrial countries.Globalization is a form of international neo-liberalism supported by the United States, world markets and organizations such as the IMF and OECD, whose policies are becoming increasingly influential and are putting nation states under pressure to reduce social standards. In this book Ramesh Mishra considers the impact of globalization on full employment and the labour market, income distribution, taxation and social protection in developed capitalist countries. He argues that social standards have declined far more in English speaking countries than in continental Europe and Japan, and that globalization is as much a political and ideological phenomenon as it is economic. In conclusion, Professor Mishra argues the case for a transnational approach to social policy to ensure that social standards rise in line with economic growth.Globalization and the Welfare State is highly accessible and will be welcomed by students and scholars of social policy, social work, political science and sociology as well as by policymakers in international organizations and government.Trade Review'Mishra's book is an important contribution to the literature on globalization and the welfare state. It offers new insights into the consequences of globalization for the welfare state. While his critical analysis is rather easy to follow, it provides the reader with concrete examples that allow for the development of hypotheses of one's own about the impact of globalization on the welfare state in Anglo-Saxon countries.'Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The logic of globalization: the changing context of the welfare state 2. Employment, lobour market and income: growing insecurity and inequality 3. Social policy in retreat or the hollowing out of the welfare state 4. Social policy and democracy: do politics still matter? 5. Globalization in comparative perspective: Sweden, Germany and Japan 6. The logic of globalization revisited 7. Towards a global social policy References Index

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Book SynopsisIn Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare John Creedy examines alternative tax and transfer systems and their redistributive effects.Drawing on original research, this volume concentrates on modelling tax structures and their implications for social welfare and income distribution. After reviewing various inequality and tax progressivity measures, as well as social welfare functions, the discussion moves systematically from a framework with fixed labour supplies to one in which labour supplies respond to changes in the tax system. Attention is given to taxes in a multi-period context, including the treatment of pension schemes. Finally, the analysis is extended to a general equilibrium framework involving many individuals. Extensive use is made of numerical examples and diagrams.Researchers, students and policy makers will welcome this rigorous and consistent treatment of alternative tax and transfer systems and their effects on social welfare, income distribution and tax progressivity, in both partial and general equilibrium contexts.Trade Review'. . . this text provides a central reference for anyone interested in the welfare implications of tax-benefit systems and it can be warmly recommended.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Fixed Labour Supplies Part II: Variable Labour Supplies Part III: General Equilibrium Reference Index

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Book SynopsisThe development of the welfare state has been a central concern across the political spectrum since the breakdown of the Keynesian economic model in the 1970s. The Politics of Social Welfare examines how the apparent consensus on social welfare issues was undermined at both practical and theoretical levels. Major elements of the welfare state did survive the downsizing projects of the 1980s, but there was a significant and lasting transformation of the environment in which social welfare matters were discussed. European social democrats and American liberals effectively conceded that the welfare system does not always serve the best interests of the poor. The focus on the American experience highlights the manner in which the right have been able to deride previous antipoverty efforts and exploit concepts such as 'the feminization of poverty', the 'underclass' the and 'dependency culture'. In contrast the centre and the left, inhibited by their perception of the politics of taxing and spending, have been unable to articulate their ideas in a similarly populist fashion.Trade Review'A particularly insightful analysis of the dynamic in the interplay between American social values and social forces is provided by Alex Waddan.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: The Crisis of the Welfare State 1. Introduction: The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Dilemma of Liberal Politics in Western Democracies 2. The Attack on the Welfare State Consensus Part II: The American Welfare State: From ‘War on Poverty’ to ‘Reagan Revolution’ 3. The Mixed Story of the War on Poverty 4. The Political Failure of Income Redistribution 5. The Rise of the New Right Social Welfare Agenda 6. The New Politics of Social Policy Part III: Anywhere Left to Go? 7. Continuing Dilemmas 8. Conclusion: Poverty as Dependency, the Changing Politics of Social Welfare Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis major new book provides an accessible and innovative introduction to general equilibrium analysis and associated welfare economics. In this distinct and refreshing treatment, John Creedy develops a simple two sector model using only diagrams and simple mathematics to ensure that this treatment will be accessible to students.The analysis of exchange and the gains from trade in the context of price taking behaviour are the subject of the first part of the book. Special attention is given to general equilibrium supply and demand curves and, in contrast with partial equilibrium treatments, the possibility of multiple equilibria. Trading at disequilibrium prices, the influence of the numbers of traders and bargaining solutions are then discussed before production is added to the analysis and the two sector model constructed. General Equilibrium and Welfare will be welcomed for its accessible introduction to General Equilibrium analysis and for the strong emphasis it places on exchange, which is closely in line with the work of early neoclassical writers such as Jevons, Walras, Edgeworth and Wicksell.Trade Review'. . . it is certainly well written and it is useful for students who are not seeking a stepping-stone to more advanced topics.' -- Rabee Tourky, La Trobe University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Exchange with Price-Taking 2. Non-Utility Analysis 3. Utility Analysis of Exchange 4. Welfare Analysis of Exchange Part II: Exchange Without Price-Taking 5. Trading at Disequilibrium Prices 6. The Role of the Number of Traders 7. Bargaining Solutions Part III: General Equilibrium 8. The Two Sector Model 9. Solving the Two - Sector Model Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the basic issues of accounting is to augment, or extend the conventional net national product measure so as to obtain a better indicator of welfare. This book extends the usual analysis of social accounting by including technological change, externalities and uncertainty.This important new book analyses welfare measurement, sustainability and 'green accounting' within general equilibrium models. A large part of the book is devoted to welfare measurement in the presence of technological change and external effects which complicate 'green accounting' to a considerable extent. In addition to environmental externalities, the authors also discuss external effects arising from investments in human capital and their implications for welfare measurement. Other areas examined are welfare measurement under uncertainty and examples of cost-benefit analyses of environmental and other policies.The book will be required reading for graduate students and professional economists interested in macroeconomics, environmental and resource economics.Trade Review'This is definitely a book for graduate students and researchers in the field, as a large number of different economic theories are drawn upon. . . . The book is well structured; the reader is led through the concepts, issues and theories in a logical order, with each chapter leading neatly on from and building upon the ideas presented in the previous chapters.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Introducing Dynamic Models and Welfare Indices 3. A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model 4. Welfare Measures under Technological Change and Externalities 5. Human Capital – A Recent Issue in ‘Practical’ National Accounting 6. Sustainable Development and its Relation to Welfare Measures 7. A Smörgasbord of Topics 8. Welfare Measurement under Uncertainty 9. Afterwords References Index

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Book SynopsisSocial Policy in Hong Kong provides for the first time a comprehensive and critical analysis of social policy in Hong Kong. It shows that Hong Kong is far from being a simple free market economy. In many areas, Hong Kong has highly developed social policies which make a major contribution to the quality of life of its citizens.An introductory chapter provides background information on the economic, social and political structure of the region. Subsequent chapters cover issues such as health, housing, education, poverty and social security, social care, transport and labour protection. A concluding chapter draws out the essential nature of the Hong Kong approach and constructs a balance sheet of success and failure.With Hong Kong becoming a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997, this timely book describes social policy in the territory at the end of an era.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Understanding Hong Kong (A.S. Huque, T.L. Po-wah, J. and P. Wilding) 2. Health (R.D.C. Gauld) 3. Housing (Y. Ngai-ming and L. Kwok-yu) 4. Education (C. Ho-mun and J.Y.H. Leung) 5. Poverty and Social Security (B. Brewer and S. MacPherson) 6. Social Care (V. Pearson) 7. Transport Policy (T. Ko) 8. Labour Protection (G.O.M. Lee) 9. Conclusion: Coming to a Judgement (P. Wilding and K. Mok) Index

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Book SynopsisChallenges to the Welfare State examines and assesses cultural, economic and political problems facing welfare states in Europe and North America and provides policy suggestions to alleviate these problems. An important group of authors identifies the relative merits of welfare state systems in the United States and Europe. They consider the transition of the welfare state in former Communist countries to more market oriented systems and the status of the European welfare state in the context of deepening European integration. More specifically, these experts address the question of whether further integration in Europe will result in an environment where all citizens are guaranteed only certain basic social rights and are encouraged to take private financial responsibility for health care, pension provision and insurance. The nature of social insurance institutions, the problems of ageing populations and the backlash against increasing taxation are also considered. The authors conclude that the reduction of existing government debt in the context of the move towards European Monetary Union will require either considerable increases in taxation or a significant reduction in entitlements.This book will be required reading for scholars and students of economics, social and public politics, politics and public administration.Trade Review'This book will be of interest to welfare-state scholars seeking recent and well-informed observations on a broad range of issues. There is much valuable and fairly current information contained in this eclectic volume.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction by H. Cavanna 1. Challenges to the Welfare State (S. Brittan) 2. The American Welfare State: Exceptional No Longer? (N. Glazer) 3. The Waning of Solidarity? Securing Work and Income and Welfare Statism at Present (H. Keman) 4. Political Reconstruction of the European Welfare States (S. Kuhnle) 5. Welfare State and Welfare Mix in a New Labour Market (P. Scherer) 6. The Welfare State Backlash and the Tax Revolt (K. Newton) 7. Welfare Reform in Southern Europe: Institutional Constraints and Opportunities (M. Ferrera) 8. From the Communist Welfare State to Social Benefits of Market Economy: The Determinants of the Transition Process in Central Europe (V. Rys) 9. The Crisis of the Welfare State (E. Matzner) 10. Doing Good Without the Idea of Good (P. Bénéton)

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Book SynopsisThis innovative text focuses on a key aspect of community mental health care - Intensive Home Treatment (IHT). It examines the issues surrounding the provision of home treatment to individuals as an alternative to psychiatric admission. Divided into three parts the book discusses current practice in the UK, then describes some of the clinical approaches and interventions used in home treatment and goes on to explore the impact of interagency and interprofessional issues on the day to day working of home treatment services. Neil Brimblecombe has drawn together the work of a wide range of mental health professionals including nurses, social workers and psychiatrists to provide those who work in this progressive field an authoritative and comprehensive text which they will find invaluable as they develop their practice and provision of home treatments.Table of ContentsIHT- an historical account. IHT services - current position in the UK. Researching IHT. Assessment. Suicide. Elderly. IHT and the Mental Health Act. Stress in IHT. Users experience. Interagency issues. Critical psychiatry. Developing services.

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Book SynopsisBureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts takes you on an intimate journey into the lives of people armed with the task of ending Australian Aboriginal disadvantage in the frontier north of Australia. Taking a fresh look at longstanding issues, Lea examines the culture of bureaucracy, its need to create the look of action, how intelligent inhabitants uphold the apparatus of government even whilst they critique it, and how benevolent efforts to improve health have brought about unexpected co-dependencies and tragic failures. She paints a sympathetic yet discomforting portrait of those who, working on behalf of and for Aboriginal health, fiercely defend the ideas and principles that paradoxically reinstate the primary need for greater levels of government intervention.

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Book SynopsisExpand and enrich your Best Friends activity programming with 149 all-new activities for individuals with dementia. Like the first book, this collection of fun and easy activities will add both meaning and enjoyment to the activities at your adult day center, home care setting, or residential care facility.

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Book SynopsisPreventing Child Maltreatment: Multicultural Considerations in the United States is the first book in a concentrated series that examines child maltreatment across minoritized, cultural groups. Specifically, this volume examines core multicultural concepts (e.g., intersectionality, acculturation, spirituality, oppression) as they relate to child maltreatment in the United States, while the other books take a closer look at particular ethnic or racial communities in this country. Additionally, this book examines child maltreatment through the intersection of feminist, multicultural, and prevention/wellness promotion lenses. Recommendations for treatment in each book build on a foundation of prevention and wellness promotion, along with multicultural and feminist theories. Throughout this book, five case studies, which are introduced in Chapter One, are revisited to help the readers make important and meaningful connections between theory and practice.Trade Review"This book applies an essential multicultural lens as well as a feminist perspective to our understanding of the definitions and contextual origins of child maltreatment in order to inform prevention efforts. The strengths-based and culturally informed approach to the difficult topic of child maltreatment taken by the authors of this volume make it essential reading for anyone working in the area of child welfare." -- Elizabeth Gershoff * co-editor of Ending the Physical Punishment of Children: A Guide for Clinicians and Practitioners *"This book is thought-provoking, full of relevant and contemporary research and innovation, and a call to action. Clinicians, educators, policy-makers, and prevention and treatment specialists will benefit from this summary of variables gleaned through experience, exploration, and study. History evolves and mutates, and this book truly reflects lessons learned from past mistakes, while offering alternative concepts and approaches. A true gift!" -- Eliana Gil * Founder of Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, LLC, Fairfax, VA *"This book applies an essential multicultural lens as well as a feminist perspective to our understanding of the definitions and contextual origins of child maltreatment in order to inform prevention efforts. The strengths-based and culturally informed approach to the difficult topic of child maltreatment taken by the authors of this volume make it essential reading for anyone working in the area of child welfare." -- Elizabeth Gershoff * co-editor of Ending the Physical Punishment of Children: A Guide for Clinicians and Practitioners *"This book is thought-provoking, full of relevant and contemporary research and innovation, and a call to action. Clinicians, educators, policy-makers, and prevention and treatment specialists will benefit from this summary of variables gleaned through experience, exploration, and study. History evolves and mutates, and this book truly reflects lessons learned from past mistakes, while offering alternative concepts and approaches. A true gift!" -- Eliana Gil * Founder of Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, LLC, Fairfax, VA *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Child Maltreatment2 Core Multicultural Concepts3 Prevention of and Intervention in Child Maltreatment4 Using Feminism and Multiculturalism to Address Child Maltreatment5 Conclusions, Recommendations, and Future DirectionsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color, community assessment, and the power of the arts, the Internet, social media, and policy and media advocacy in such work. The use of participatory evaluation and strategies and tips on fundraising for community organizing also are presented, as are the ethical challenges that can arise in this work, and helpful tools for anticipating and addressing them. Also included are study questions for use in the classroom. Many of the book’s contributors are leaders in their academic fields, from public health and social work, to community psychology and urban and regional planning, and to social and political science. One author was the 44th president of the United States, himself a former community organizer in Chicago, who reflects on his earlier vocation and its importance. Other contributors are inspiring community leaders whose work on-the-ground and in partnership with us “outsiders” highlights both the power of collaboration, and the cultural humility and other skills required to do it well. Throughout this book, and particularly in the case studies and examples shared, the role of context is critical, and never far from view. Included here most recently are the horrific and continuing toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a long overdue, yet still greatly circumscribed, “national reckoning with systemic racism,” in the aftermath of the brutal police killing of yet another unarmed Black person, and then another and another, seemingly without end. In many chapters, the authors highlight different facets of the Black Lives Matter movement that took on new life across the country and the world in response to these atrocities. In other chapters, the existential threat of climate change and grave threats to democracy also are underscored.View the Table of Contents and introductory text for the supplementary instructor resources. (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/04143046/9781978832176_optimized_sampler.pdf)Supplementary instructor resources are available on request: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/communityorganizingTrade Review"This volume is a must have for those studying and practicing community building and organizing. It offers an abundance of voices and an array of approaches for those engaged in the difficult task of transforming communities to provide healthy and equitable environments. Leading scholars and organizers share their knowledge and insights—we all can learn from them." -- Louise Simmons * professor of social work, University of Connecticut *"A fantastic book that provides extraordinary foundations for community engagement and mobilization in the pursuit of social justice. The voices from multiple scholars and community leaders invite us to embrace new ways of working for equity-focused systemic change in public health and beyond." -- Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz, * Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University *"This volume is a must have for those studying and practicing community building and organizing. It offers an abundance of voices and an array of approaches for those engaged in the difficult task of transforming communities to provide healthy and equitable environments. Leading scholars and organizers share their knowledge and insights—we all can learn from them." -- Louise Simmons * professor of social work, University of Connecticut *"A fantastic book that provides extraordinary foundations for community engagement and mobilization in the pursuit of social justice. The voices from multiple scholars and community leaders invite us to embrace new ways of working for equity-focused systemic change in public health and beyond." -- Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz, * Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Antony B. Iton PART ONE: Introduction 1 Introduction to Community Organizing and Community Building in a New Era MEREDITH MINKLER AND PATRICIA WAKIMOTO 2 Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City BARACK OBAMA PART TWO: Contextual Frameworks and Approaches 3 Improving Health through Community Organizing and Community Building: Perspectives from Health Education and Social Work MEREDITH MINKLER, NINA WALLERSTEIN, AND CHERYL A. HYDE 4 Anti-racism Praxis: A Community Organizing Approach for Achieving Health and Social Equity DEREK M. GRIFFITH AND HEATHER CAME 5 Contrasting Organizing Approaches: The “Alinsky Tradition” and Freirian Organizing Approaches MARTY MARTINSON, CELINA SU, AND MEREDITH MINKLER 6 It’s All Organizing, It’s All Love: Building People’s Power in Jackson, Mississippi MAKANI N. THEMBA PART THREE: Building Effective Partnerships and Anticipating and Addressing Ethical Challenges 7 Community, Community Organizing, and the Forming of Authentic Partnerships: Looking Back, Looking Ahead RONALD LABONTÉ 8 Ethical Issues in Community Organizing and Capacity Building MEREDITH MINKLER, CHERI A. PIES, PATRICIA WAKIMOTO, AND CHERYL A. HYDE 9 Communities Driving Change: A Case Study from King County’s Communities of Opportunity ROXANA CHEN, KIRSTEN WYSEN, BLISHDA LACET, WHITNEY JOHNSON, AND STEPHANIE A. FARQUHAR PART FOUR: Community Assessment and Issue Selection 10 Community Health Assessment or Healthy Community Assessment: Whose Community? Whose Health? Whose Assessment? TREVOR HANCOCK AND MEREDITH MINKLER 11 Mapping Community Capacity JOHN L. MCKNIGHT, JOHN P. KRETZMANN, AND LIONEL J. BEAULIEU 12 Selecting the Issue LEE STAPLES AND RINKU SEN PART FIVE: Community Organizing and Community Building within and across Diverse Groups and Cultures 13 Education, Participation, and Capacity Building in Community Organizing with Women of Color LORRAINE M. GUTIÉRREZ AND EDITH A. LEWIS 14 Mobilizing Black Barbershops and Beauty Salons to Eliminate Health Disparities: Lessons Learned on the Road to Health Equity during a Global Pandemic LAURA A. LINNAN, STEPHEN B. THOMAS, AND SUSAN R. PASSMORE 15 Popular Education, Participatory Research, and Community Organizing with Immigrant Restaurant Workers in San Francisco’s Chinatown: A Case Study CHARLOTTE CHANG, ALICIA L. SALVATORE, PAM TAU LEE, SHAW SAN LIU, AND MEREDITH MINKLER PART SIX: Using the Arts and the Internet as Tools for Community Organizing and Community Building 16 Creating an Online Strategy to Enhance Effective Community Building and Organizing: Harnessing the Power of the Internet NICKIE BAZELL AND EVAN VANDOMMELEN-GONZALEZ 17 Using the Arts in Community Organizing and Community Building: An Overview and Case Studies CARICIA CATALANI, ANNE BLUETHENTHAL, DIERDRE VISSER, MARÍA ELENA TORRE, AND MEREDITH MINKLER PART SEVEN: Building, Maintaining, and Evaluating Effective Coalitions and Community Organizing Efforts 18 Community Coalition Action Theory: Designing and Evaluating Community Collaboratives FRANCES D. BUTTERFOSS AND MICHELLE C. KEGLER 19 Addressing Food Insecurity and Tobacco Control through a Neighborhood Coalition: Applying Community Coalition Action Theory and Principles for Collaborating for Equity and Justice PATRICIA WAKIMOTO, SUSANA HENNESSEY LAVERY, MEREDITH MINKLER, AND JESSICA ESTRADA 20 Funding for Community Organizing: Tips for Raising Money While Promoting New Thinking in the Funding Environment R. DAVID REBANAL 21 Participatory Approaches to Evaluating Community Building and Organizing for Community and Social Change CHRIS M. COOMBE, PATRICIA WAKIMOTO, AND ZACHARY ROWE PART EIGHT: Influencing Policy through Community Organizing and Media Advocacy 22 Moving the Policy Dial through Equity-Focused Community Organizing LISA CACARI STONE, MANUEL PASTOR, JOSEPH GRIFFIN, RACHEL MORELLO-FROSCH, AND MEREDITH MINKLER 23 Abolition as a Public Health Intervention: Building Multisector Momentum for Community Care and Criminal Legal System Policy Change AMBER AKEMI PIATT, CHRISTINE MITCHELL, WAYLAND COLEMAN, AND MEREDITH MINKLER 24 Media Advocacy: A Potent Strategy for Engaging Communities in the Fight for Equitable Public Policy LORI DORFMAN, PRISILA GONZALEZ, AND SHADDAI MARTINEZ CUESTAS Appendixes 1 Challenging Ourselves: Critical Self-Reflection on Power and Privilege CHERYL A. HYDE 2 Community Mapping and Digital Technology: Tools for Organizers JASON CORBURN, MARISA RUIZ ASARI, AND JOSH KIRSCHENBAUM 3 Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis Procedure EUGENIA ENG AND LYNN BLANCHARD 4 Sample Community Health Indicators for Use in Health Impact Assessment HUMAN IMPACT PARTNERS 5 Skywatchers’ Values-Based Methodology and Guidance for Practice ANNE BLUETHENTHAL, DIERDRE VISSER, NANCY EPSTEIN, AND CLARA PINSKY 6 Ladder of Community Participation in Public Health JENNIFER LIFSHAY AND MARY ANNE MORGAN 7 Member Assessment of Coalition Process and Outcomes TOM WOLFF 8 Issue-Development Worksheet RINKU SEN 9 Choosing Tactics and Framing the Action: Key Questions and Considerations for Getting It Right MARK S. HOMAN 10 Engaging Coalition and Community Organization Members in a “River of Life” Exercise to Create a Historical Timeline MAGDALENA AVILA, SHANNON SANCHEZ-YOUNGMAN, REVA HINES, LESLIE GROVER, AND NINA WALLERSTEIN 11 Using Force Field Analysis, SWOT Analysis, and Power Mapping as Strategic Tools in Organizing MEREDITH MINKLER, ANGELA NI, CHRIS M. COOMBE, AND JENNIFER FALBE 12 Scale for Measuring Perceptions of Control at the Individual, Organizational, Neighborhood, and Beyond-the-Neighborhood Levels BARBARA A. ISRAEL, AMY J. SCHULZ, EDITH A. PARKER, AND ADAM B. BECKER Epilogue by Kathleen M. Roe Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAs the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called on to meet this need. Migrants Who Care tells the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems. With high human capital and middle-class pre-migration backgrounds, these immigrants - hailing from countries as diverse as Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia - encounter blocked opportunities in the U.S. labor market. They then work in the United States, as home health aides, certified nursing assistants, qualified disability support professionals, and licensed practical and registered nurses. This book reveals the global, political, social, and economic factors that have facilitated the entry of West African women and men into the health care labor force (home and institutional care for older adults and individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities; and skilled nursing). It highlights these immigrants’ role as labor brokers who tap into their local ethnic and immigrant communities to channel co-ethnics to meet this labor demand. It illustrates how West African care workers understand their work across various occupational settings and segments in the health care industry. This book reveals the transformative processes migrants undergo as they become produced, repackaged, and deployed as health care workers after migration. Ultimately, this book tells the very real and human story of an immigrant group surmounting tremendous obstacles to carve out a labor market niche in health care, providing some of the most essential and intimate aspects of care labor to the most vulnerable members of society.Trade Review“Showers illuminates an extremely important story that needs to be told about Black populations who are doing critical support work and yet remain invisible–Black West African immigrants. Migrants Who Care is the first study of its kind.” -- Mary J. Osirim * author of Enterprising Women: Gender, Microbusiness and Globalization in Urban Zimbabwe *“Migrants Who Care illustrates how West Africans created an ethnic niche in health care as both workers and entrepreneurs and forged a pathway to the American dream. This did not happen smoothly but arduously against structural barriers of racism, neoliberalism, and xenophobia. With deftness and nuance, Showers convincingly shows ethnicity to be both an advantage and disadvantage for migrants in pursuit of this pathway, offering jobs in ethnic-owned facilities but barriers in diverse health care settings. This book is a must-read for scholars of care, labor, migration and race.” -- Rhacel Salazar Parreñas * author of Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States *Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Moving to America 2 Pathways and Entryways into Care 3 The Business of Care: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Care 4 Disability Support: The Transformation of Immigrants into Care Workers 5 Patient-Provider Interactions and Professional Identities in Nursing 6 Nursing a Pathway to the American Dream Conclusion Afterword: COVID-19 Appendix A: Methodological Appendix Appendix B: Types of Health Care Jobs Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAs the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called on to meet this need. Migrants Who Care tells the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems. With high human capital and middle-class pre-migration backgrounds, these immigrants - hailing from countries as diverse as Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia - encounter blocked opportunities in the U.S. labor market. They then work in the United States, as home health aides, certified nursing assistants, qualified disability support professionals, and licensed practical and registered nurses. This book reveals the global, political, social, and economic factors that have facilitated the entry of West African women and men into the health care labor force (home and institutional care for older adults and individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities; and skilled nursing). It highlights these immigrants’ role as labor brokers who tap into their local ethnic and immigrant communities to channel co-ethnics to meet this labor demand. It illustrates how West African care workers understand their work across various occupational settings and segments in the health care industry. This book reveals the transformative processes migrants undergo as they become produced, repackaged, and deployed as health care workers after migration. Ultimately, this book tells the very real and human story of an immigrant group surmounting tremendous obstacles to carve out a labor market niche in health care, providing some of the most essential and intimate aspects of care labor to the most vulnerable members of society.Trade Review“Showers illuminates an extremely important story that needs to be told about Black populations who are doing critical support work and yet remain invisible–Black West African immigrants. Migrants Who Care is the first study of its kind.” -- Mary J. Osirim * author of Enterprising Women: Gender, Microbusiness and Globalization in Urban Zimbabwe *“Migrants Who Care illustrates how West Africans created an ethnic niche in health care as both workers and entrepreneurs and forged a pathway to the American dream. This did not happen smoothly but arduously against structural barriers of racism, neoliberalism, and xenophobia. With deftness and nuance, Showers convincingly shows ethnicity to be both an advantage and disadvantage for migrants in pursuit of this pathway, offering jobs in ethnic-owned facilities but barriers in diverse health care settings. This book is a must-read for scholars of care, labor, migration and race.” -- Rhacel Salazar Parreñas * author of Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States *Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Moving to America 2 Pathways and Entryways into Care 3 The Business of Care: Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Care 4 Disability Support: The Transformation of Immigrants into Care Workers 5 Patient-Provider Interactions and Professional Identities in Nursing 6 Nursing a Pathway to the American Dream Conclusion Afterword: COVID-19 Appendix A: Methodological Appendix Appendix B: Types of Health Care Jobs Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed narrative and analysis of the 50-year development of the personal social services in England, located throughout the changing ideological, political and relevant professional contexts of the period. Drawing on the experience and recollections of key players who were active during major moments, it constitutes a significant addition to the social work and social policy literature, synthesising important and often original evidence, and some provocative interpretations. The book speaks to crucial on-going issues and contentious current debates, such as the place of bureaucratic management structures in ‘practices with people' generally, and social work specifically. It will be of interest to student and qualified social workers, social policy students and researchers, and policy makers, as well as those with a general interest in the history and trajectory of current issues facing social work and social care in England.Table of Contents1 Introduction: History and Hints.- Part I Creating the Personal Social Services.- 2 Seizing the Moment: The Seebohm Committee.- 3 Scripting the Future: The Seebohm Report.- 4 Preparing the Platform: The Local Authority Social Services Bill and Act.- Part II The Personal Social Services in Action.- 5 Creating the Empires: Promise and Potential (1970–1976).- 6 The Seismic Shifts of the Mid-1970s.- 7 Norming and Storming: Social Work Debates and Developments in the 1970s.- 8 Thatcher and Threat (1979–1989).- Part III New Laws and New Horizons.- 9 A Drama in Two Parts: Part I—The 1989 Children Act and Children’s Social Services.- 10 A Drama in Two Parts: Part II—The 1990 NHS and Community Care Act and Adult Social Services and Social Work.- Part IV The Recent Reforms and Unravelling.- 11 New Labour: New Agendas (1997–2010).- 12 Coalition and Conservatives: Austerity and Hostility (2010–2020).- Part V Reflecting and Re-routing.- 13 The Personal Social Services Today and Tomorrow.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a greater understanding of the lived effect that social policies have on service users and carers. While service user and carer involvement has become more and more prominent in social policy over recent years, it is rarely the case that the perspectives of service users and carers goes beyond consultation to truly meaningful involvement and co-production. This book is unique in that it has ten substantive co-produced chapters with service users and carers who have direct lived experiences of social policies. The chapters include lived experiences of direct payments, domestic violence and abuse, looked after children, being a foster carer, receiving long term health and social care, welfare to work, mental health, the transition to leaving care and being a carer. The ground-breaking textbook draws on these lived experiences to highlight key lessons that are relevant to social policy, and will provide an impetus towards changes to make such polices better support service users and carers. We hope that this book will inspire academics, policy makers, students and practitioners but, most importantly, it will encourage service users and carers to come forward with their own narratives to further shape social policy.Table of Contents1. Introduction, Clive Sealey, Peter Unwin and Joy Fillingham.- 2. Co-production: Rationale, Processes and Application to this Book, Clive Sealey, Peter Unwin and Joy Fillingham.- 3. Living with Care Orders: Turning Pain into Passion - Francesca Crozier-Roche (Co-produced with Joy Fillingham).- 4. Improving Transitions for Independence to Adulthood for Care Leavers - Charles English-Peach (Co-produced by Clive Sealey).- 5. The Realities of Fostering in a Flawed System - Vivienne Tongue (Co-produced with Joy Fillingham).- 6. Benefits and Employment Support for Vulnerable and Disabled People - Joanne*, Becki Meakin and Jon Powton (Co-produced with Peter Unwin).- 7. Living with Long-Term Disability and Care – a Perspective on the Adequacy of Provision and Areas for Improvement - Julia Smith (Co-produced with Clive Sealey).- 8. Direct Payments: Rationalising, Processes and Improving- Mark Lynes (Co-produced with Clive Sealey).- 9. Children in Need/Looked After Children: Analysing the Adequacy of the Care System - Shereese Cooper and Dorothy*(Co-produced with Clive Sealey).- 10. Mental Health: Services and Struggles - Chantele Harvey-Head (Co-produced with Joy Fillingham).- 11. Lived Experiences of Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence - Janine*, Eva* and David Gowar (Co-produced with Peter Unwin).- 12. Informal Carers and Caring - Christine Ransome-Wallis, Bob Conner and Barbara Pugh (Co-produced with Peter Unwin).- 13. Social Policy, Service Users and Carers: Proposals for Improving Policy and Practice.

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Book SynopsisThis Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of open adoption from care in Australia. It contributes to the international debate concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face post adoption contact with birth families.The chapters assess whether adoption provides a better chance of permanence and more positive outcomes than long-term foster care for abused and neglected children in care who cannot safely return to their birth families. They also explore whether open adoption can avoid some of the detrimental consequences of past policies in which adoption was shrouded in secrecy and children frequently grew up with a conflicted sense of identity. The book will appeal to policy makers, practitioners and students of social policy, social work, the law, psychology and psychiatry. It should also be of interest to adult adoptees and adoptive parents, whose experiences it reflects. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction. Part One: Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents and Children When They Entered their Adoptive Homes.- Chapter 2. Issues Facing the Birth Parents and their Implications for Open Adoption. - Chapter 3. The Children.- Chapter 4. The Adoptive Parents.- Part 2: Outcomes of Open Adoption From Care.- Chapter 5. Permanence.- Chapter 6. Post-Adoption Contact and Relationships with Birth Family Members.- Chapter 7. Progress After Placement.- Chapter 8. Adult Outcomes.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Implications for Policy and Practice.

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Book SynopsisThis Open Access book presents a multidisciplinary perspective to increase our understanding of climate policies that are rooted in the natural moral inclinations of people, families and firms. Which policies prevent a widening gap between higher and lower educated people? Which policy instruments are there, and how could they be used? What is the role of free entrepreneurship?In this book, academics from different fields have brought together their knowledge and expertise to reflect on the following three questions: How are the polarised positions on climate change of different groups related to their moral outlook, world view, tradition, cultural norms and values? What is a good distribution of responsibilities between firms, households and the government relating to climate change? What are possible avenues where the climate policies are a natural extension of moral inclinations of families and firms, such as the stewardship for the natural environment and the climate? This book will be of interest to policy and decision-makers, students of social and behavioural sciences, and those interested climate change policies and how this effects our livesTable of ContentsIntroduction into the project with the Martens Centre (policy institute of the European People’s Party) about climate change. 1. Policing or policies: Warming the middle class to the climate (Introduction) Arjen Siegmann, VU Amsterdam, NL 2. Perceptions of catastrophic risks Wouter Botzen, VU Amsterdam, NL 3. Determinants of belief in climate change. David Leiser, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Israel & Pascal Wagner-Egger, University of Fribourg, Germany 4. Apollo projects as amplification strategies Hans von Storch, University of Hamburg, Germany 5. Redefining the concept of profit in view of the circular economy Jan Gooijer, VU Amsterdam, NL 6. Follow the Joy. Looking for a better opponent to face greed in the fight for the Earth Karl Kepler 7. Sharing the waste: Shared responsibility of firms and government in recycling Sytske Wijnsma, University of Cambridge, UK 8. The green challenge for central banks and households Dirk Schoenmaker, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL 9. The long and dark shadow of (some) white swans Francisco Estrada, Boston University, USA

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the emergent field of neuroethics comparing and contrasting how two democracies, Canada and the United States, have begun adapting public policy design to better fit human minds. The book focuses on issues relevant to all members of the general population and discusses a series of policy issues arranged roughly in the order in which they become relevant in a typical person’s lifetime. After the introductory chapter each chapter considers an area of public policy particularly relevant to a different stage of life—from early childhood education policy, to policies for higher education and the workplace, to end of life decisions in living wills and advance directives. The author puts forth that making the shift towards more neurologically appropriate policy will likely be a gradual process hampered primarily by two issues. The first is the inability of neuroscientists to come to agreement on increasingly sophisticated research findings. The second issue points out that bringing policy and neurology into a more synchronous relationship requires a commitment to prolonged effort involves the largely unrecognized reality of entrenched neurological interests. The first chapter introduces the concept of disconnect between policy design with traditional understandings of the brain and goes on to highlight developments in the science of human neurology in recent years. To help contextualize the book, examples of neurological misperceptions are explored in this introductory chapter. Chapters Two through Eleven each explores a specific type of policy, incorporating understandings of the human brain which, modern neuroscience suggests, are debatable.​Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Of the People, for the People and by the People?.- Chapter 2: Early Childhood Education: Ensuring Access through 1990s Neuroscience.- Chapter 3: Bullying and the Beholder: Zero Tolerance Policies.- Chapter 4: Medicine and the Mind: Treating the Adolescent Brain.- Chapter 5: Ages of Consent and Majority: Perspective and Decision Making.- Chapter 6: Knowledge and Wisdom: High Stakes Testing and Learning Outcomes.- Chapter 7: Labor Policy: Employees as Children.- Chapter 8: Fairness and Bias: Discrimination in the Workplace.- Chapter 9: Persistence of Memory: Bearing Witness or Serving on a Jury.- Chapter 10: Happy Golden Years: Retirement Policy.- Chapter 11: Will to Live and the Living Will.- Chapter 12: Complexity is Our Responsibility: Concluding Thoughts on Moving Forward.​

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Book SynopsisThis open access book examines how civil society organizations in Poland, Russia, and Sweden (re)act to transformations of opportunities and limitations in access to various forms of resources. The volume’s contributions discuss the constraints associated with different types of resources as well as organizations’ capacities to generate resources—or compensate for their lack—as they negotiate and contest barriers. The resourcefulness of civil society is revealed to be rooted in a variety of capabilities: converting resources, eliciting organizational change, and metamorphosing in response to organizational and environmental development. ​Table of Contents1. ​Introduction, Zhanna Kravchenko, Lisa Kings and Katarzyna Jezierska.- Part I. Resources as Constraints.- 2. Pecunia olet: The funding dilemma for think tanks in Poland, Katarzyna Jezierska.- 3. Domestic funding for civil society in a non-democratic context: The example of the Presidential Grants in Russia, Yulia Skokova and Christian Fröhlich.- 4.Polish human rights organizations: Resisting institutional pressures, Zhanna Kravchenko, Katarzyna Jezierska, Marta Gumkowska, Beata Charycka, and Magdalena Szafranek.- 5. . Rural community development in Sweden: From challenging to mainstream?, Anette Forsberg.- Part II. External Constraints and Facilitators of Resources- 6. From local to digital and back: E-resourcefulness among urban movements in Poland, Anna Domaradzka.-7. Between autonomy and compliance: The organizational development of Russian civil society, Vsevolod Bederson and Andrei Semenov.- 8. Navigating contemporary developments in Swedish civil society: The case of Save the Children Sweden, Lisa Kings.- 9. Humane resources? The people behind Polish civil society organizations, Galia Chimiak.- Part III. Organizations and Resources: Intertwined Transformations.- 10. Doing the right things or doing things right? Exploring the relationship between professional autonomy and resources in volunteering, Cecilia Gullberg and Noomi Weinryb.- 11. Liberty, loyalty, and solidarity. The role of transnational, national, and local resources in voluntary organizations in Russia, Zhanna Kravchenko.- 12. Resources shifting values: Online and offline resources in Swedish civil society, Håkan Johansson and Gabriella Scaramuzzino.-Chapter.- 13. St. Petersburg LGBTQI+ activists negotiating financial and symbolic resources, Pauliina Lukinmaa.-Chapter 14. Epilogue, Apostolis Papakostas

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this ground-breaking Textbook is to describe and illustrate, with pedagogical features, the process by which social determinants of health (SDOH) has been integrated throughout all courses in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Specifically, the authors describe initial steps to develop a comprehensive SDOH model for nursing education, followed by rigorously designed faculty educational materials, exemplars of SDOH instructional materials, and evaluation of this process from faculty and students. It describes a comprehensive framework that guides the development, implementation, and evaluation of SDOH across the pre-licensure and post-licensure curriculum and illustrate the process integrating SDOH throughout all aspects of didactic, simulation, and clinical education. Among the subjects addressed, the history of nursing and SDOH and the value of SDOH content in nursing courses to alleviate health disparities are described and mandates to integrate SDOH content into nursing curriculum by the leading nursing organizations are summarized. The authors also include a review of existing SDOH frameworks used in public health and medicine and present a comprehensive SDOH model for nursing education. A SDOH educational course content for faculty is detailed (Social Determinants of Health 101) and exemplars from faculty and students are provided along with an evaluation after the first year. The authors conclude with a discussion from faculty leadership; what they learned and their suggestions to other nursing programs. Although there are books published, no books exist on this topic for nursing education and practicing nurses, yet SDOH is foundational to nursing curriculum and practice. The leading nursing organizations are all mandating that SDOH be integrated into nursing courses. Hence this textbook will be a key resource for Schools of Nursing in the US and globally. The intended audience of this book are leaders and faculty of nursing education programs, national professional nursing organizations, practicing nurses at hospitals and health systems, community and public health agencies, and ambulatory care.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Social Determinants of HealthChapter 2 Integrating a Social Determinants of Health Framework into Nursing EducationChapter 3 Canvas Faculty Development SiteChapter 4 Curriculum Mapping: Integrating Social Determinants of Health within Nursing EducationChapter 5 SDOH in action: Exemplars of incorporating SDOH content in entry-level and advanced-level nursing educationChapter 6 Evaluating Social Determinants of Health Integration in Nursing CurriculaChapter 7 Aligning SDOH Pillars to Learning Outcomes and AssessmentsChapter 8 Lessons Learned

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Book SynopsisThis handbook explores the various ways in which disability sport is governed and organised across Europe, as well as examining the extent to which persons with a disability participate in sport at the grassroots level. Based upon a solid theoretical framework and up-to-date data, the 19 country-specific chapters in this handbook give a comparative overview of the structuring, steering and supporting elements of disability sport policy and sport participation levels amongst persons with a disability, as well as the extent to which countries adopt policies to promote inclusion in sport in this population. A multitude of authors also identify the various methods and challenges in collecting sport participation data with regard to persons with a disability. This handbook will be a valuable resource for academic study across a range of sport and disability related programs, as well as a point of reference for researchers and policymakers working in this area.Table of Contents1. Introduction. Sport participation a human right for persons with a disabilityCaroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain 2. Understanding disability, disability sport and inclusion Ian Brittain, Caroline van Lindert, and Jeroen Scheerder 3. Participation in sport and physical activity amongst people with a disability. A pan-European comparative approach Jeroen Scheerder, Kobe Helsen, Caroline van Lindert, and Ian Brittain 4. Denmark: Disability sports policy at arm’s length Christian Røj Voldby and Karsten Elmose-Østerlund 5. Finland. Facts behind the long and complicated process of disability inclusion in sports Kati Lehtonen and Aija Saari 6. Disability and sport in Iceland Ingi Þór Einarsson and Vidar Halldorsson 7. Norway Marit Sørensen and Nina Kahrs 8. Beyond inclusion - opportunity structures in sports for all in Sweden Kim Wickman and Linda Torége 9. Ireland Catherine Carty and Paul Kitchin 10. Northern Ireland: Disability Sport in a Shared Space Paul Kitchin and Catherine Carty 11. United Kingdom: An inclusionary approach to sport Matej Christiaens, Ian Brittain, and Christopher Brown 12. Austria: Half Way to Inclusion? Torsten Wojciechowski and Claudia Stura 13. Disability sport in Belgium/Flanders. From a fragmented mosaic towards a more inclusive landscape Debbie Van Biesen and Jeroen Scheerder 14. Complexity and Coexistence: Disability Sport in Germany Jürgen Mittag 15. The Netherlands, towards inclusive sport for people with a disability Caroline van Lindert and Maxine de Jonge 16. Switzerland Julia Albrecht, Siegfried Nagel, and Christoffer Klenk 17. Hungary: Rise of attention given to disability sports Szilvia Perényi and Zsuzsanna Szilárd 18. Disability Sport in Lithuania Jurate Pozeriene and Diana Reklaitiene 19. Structure of the analysis on the development and situation of disability sport in Slovenia Mojca Doupona and Simona Kustec 20. Portugal: pathways of sport for people with disabilities Leonardo José Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Anabela Vitorino and Nuno M. Pimenta 21. Disability sport in Spain Javier Pérez-Tejero and Cati Lecumberri 22. Turkey (Republic of Turkey): Disability Sports, Policies and Implementations Yeşim Albayrak Kuruoğlu 23. The landscape of sport for persons with a disability: a system within a system Caroline van Lindert, Jeroen Scheerder, and Ian Brittain

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Book SynopsisThis open access book assesses how the Covid-19 pandemic caught higher education systems throughout the world by surprise. It maps out the responses of higher education institutions to the challenges and strategic opportunities brought about by the pandemic, and examines the effects such responses may have. Bringing together scholars and case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, the book is both comparative and global in nature. It also brings together researchers from a variety of disciplinary fields, including political scientists, historians, economists, sociologist, and anthropologists. In doing so, the book fosters an inter-disciplinary dialogue and inclusive methodological approach for unpacking the complexities associated with modern higher education systems and institutions.Table of ContentsSection 1: Setting the StageChapter 1: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the institutional fabric of Higher EducationSection 2: The System's Responses to COVID-19Chapter 2: Evidence, stakeholders and decision making: managing COVID-19 in Irish Higher education Chapter 3: New actors, administrative measures and conflicting agendas: The impact of the pandemic on internationalisation of higher education in Poland and RussiaChapter 4: Highlighting systemic inequalities: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on French Higher Education Chapter 5: Higher education institutions responses to COVID-19 in Uganda: Regulatory tools and adaptive institutionsSection 3: Higher Education Institutions' Responses to COVID-19Chapter 6: Higher Education in Brazil: Institutional actions for the retention of students in public and private sectorsChapter 7: Higher Education in Brazil: Institutional actions for the retention of students in public and private sectorsChapter 8: Internationalization of higher education in Argentina upon the arrival of Covid-19: Reactions and lessons from the perspective of International Relations OfficeChapter 9: University-civic engagement in the time of the pandemicChapter 10: Public Service Resilience in a post-COVID-19 world: The Case of Digital Transformation in Higher EducationChapter 11: Entrepreneurial universities: From research groups to spin-off companies in a time of COVID-19.- Section 4: Actors' Responses to COVID-19Chapter 12: Challenges, Opportunities, and Coping Strategies when Faced with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Academics in Mainland China and Hong KongChapter 13: “We shouldn’t let academia exhaust ourselves anymore!”: Pandemic practices and the changing psychological contract in twenty-first century academiaChapter 14: Moving beyond policy on digital transformation: Perceptions of digital transformation of teaching by academic staff and studentsChapter 15: Remote Universities? Impacts of COVID-19 as experienced by academic leaders in Finland between March 2020 and April 2021Chapter 16: Post-COVID-19: Renegotiating the scope, role, and function of support and development for students in higher education across the globeSection 5: Taking Stock and Moving ForwardChapter 17: Epilogue: COVID-19 and the institutional fabric of higher education.

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Book Synopsis1. Einführung.- 2. Analyse des islamischen Wohlfahrtsaktivismus in westeuropäischen Ländern.- 3. Islamischer soziokultureller Aktivismus in Zürich.- 4. Islamischer soziokultureller Aktivismus in Rom.- 5. Islamischer soziokultureller Aktivismus in Genf - 6. Islamischer soziokultureller Aktivismus in Mailand.- 7. Intranationale und länderübergreifende Datenanalyse.- 8. Schlussfolgerung.

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Book SynopsisKompetente Gesprächsführung stellt für alle psychosozialen Berufe eine professionelle Kernkompetenz dar und wird in der Sozialen Arbeit zum eigentlichen Nadelöhr für jede Professionalität. Krisensituationen, Unfreiwilligkeit, Komplexität und Entscheidungsdruck oder auch nur die Alltagsorientierung der Hilfen schaffen spezifische Herausforderungen für gelingende Gespräche in der Klientenarbeit. Das Buch erarbeitet und vermittelt Grundlagen für Gesprächsführung und für spezifische Gesprächsformen in der Sozialen Arbeit.Table of ContentsGrundlagen der Gesprächsführung: Grundbegriffe.- Menschenbild, Handlungstheorie und Grundhaltungen.- Gespräche vorbereiten, moderieren, evaluieren.- Die Gesprächsstruktur: Situationsbedingungen und Anforderungen analysieren.- Der Gesprächsprozess: Gesprächsphasen gestalten.- Vor- und Nachbereitung von Gesprächen.- Methodische Ansätze zur Gesprächsführung.- Gespräche in Klientenarbeit und Organisation: Gespräche im Hilfeprozess.- Gespräche im Kontext der Organisation.- Herausfordernde Gesprächsformen in Klientenarbeit und Organisation.- Besondere Settings und Methoden.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch liefert Studierenden der Sozialen Arbeit, der Sozialwirtschaft und des Sozialmanagements anschaulich und kompakt relevantes Wissen über Ökonomisierungsprozesse in der Sozialen Arbeit. Ursachen und Folgen neoliberaler Vermarktlichungstendenzen sozialer Einrichtungen und Dienste werden verständlich und konzentriert dargelegt. Als Kontrastfolie bietet es außerdem einen grundlegenden Einblick in kapitalismuskritische Theorieansätze und solidarisch-alternative Wirtschaftsformen.Table of ContentsWas ist Sozialökonomie?- Soziale Arbeit als Dienstleistung?- Ökonomisierung Sozialer Arbeit.- Neoliberalismus und dessen Folgen.- Alternativen zum kapitalistischen Wirtschaftssystem.- Sozialökonomische Entwicklungen für Einrichtungen, Dienste und Träger.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch bietet Studierenden und Paktiker*innen eine kompakte Einführung in das Thema Nachhaltigkeit und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement. In klaren Beschreibungen und mithilfe von Interviews, Praxisbeispielen und Fallstudien wird ein grundlegendes Verständnis für ein zeitgemäßes und nachhaltiges Management (in) der Sozialwirtschaft vermittelt. Ökologische, soziale und ökonomische Ziele werden im Sozialbereich zunehmend gemeinsam betrachtet. Auf der Grundlage nachhaltiger Geschäftsmodelle und von Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien werden diese Ziele mittels Green Controlling integriert gesteuert. Verschiedene Nachhaltigkeitsstandards ermöglichen einen passenden Rahmen für nachhaltige Maßnahmen und für die Kommunikation mit Stakeholder*innen.Table of ContentsNachhaltigkeit im Sozialbereich.- Die Sozialwirtschaft als Teil einer neuen Wirtschaftsordnung.- Die Dimension der Nachhaltigkeit.- Nachhaltige Managementkonzepte für die Sozialwirtschaft.- Nachhaltigkeit steuern, Nachhaltigkeit messen: Green Controlling.- Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung.

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Book SynopsisDer Klimawandel gefährdet die Existenzgrundlage zukünftiger Generationen. Damit zukunftsfähige und klimaverträgliche Gesellschaften entstehen können, sind tiefgreifende Änderungen von Produktionsprozessen, aber auch von Konsummustern und Lebensstilen notwendig. In diesem Sammelband werden Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Ausweitung alternativer Wirtschafts- und Lebensformen erkundet. Dabei werden kleine Unternehmen und nachhaltige Bildungsinitiativen genauso betrachtet wie Regionen, Berufszweige und Großunternehmen auf ihrem Weg in eine nachhaltige Zukunft.Table of ContentsForschungen zur Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie.- Forschungen zu solidarischen Wirtschaftspraktiken in der Zivilgesellschaft.- Forschungen zur lokalen Entstehung nachhaltiger Entwicklung.- Forschungen zu Bildungsprojekten für eine sozialökologische Transformation.

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Book SynopsisWie gut sehen sich Jugendliche auf die berufliche Zukunft vorbereitet? Welche Sorgen machen sie sich? Welche Vorstellungen haben Jugendliche über die Arbeitswelt? Welche Erwartungen richten sie an Beruf und Unternehmen? Wie informieren sie sich über berufliche Optionen und wo haben sie noch Unterstützungsbedarf? Diesen und weiteren Fragen ist das SINUS-Institut mit einer repräsentativen Studie auf den Grund gegangen.Ein zentraler Befund ist, dass die Berufsentscheidung weniger durch „externe“ Faktoren erschwert wird (Noten-Defizite, Druck der Eltern, fehlende Unterstützung), sondern primär auf persönliche Unsicherheiten zurückzuführen ist. Zugespitzt formuliert beschäftigt die Jugendlichen vor allem die folgende Frage: Was will und kann ich eigentlich, und zu welchen Berufen passt das?Auf Basis der Studienergebnisse werden Schlussfolgerungen gezogen und Handlungsempfehlungen formuliert.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Das SINUS-Lebensweltenmodell für Jugendliche.- Future Readiness und Sorgen im Orientierungsprozess.- Berufswahl – Status der Entschiedenheit und Gründe für Unsicherheiten.- Präferenzen für berufliche Tätigkeiten.- Erwartungen an Beruf und Unternehmen.- Informationsquellen bei der Berufsorientierung.- Bedarfe bei der beruflichen Orientierung.- Handlungsempfehlungen.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch fragt: Familie wozu? und dokumentiert konzeptionelle und theoretische Perspektiven, Entwicklungen und Kontroversen in der erziehungswissenschaftlichen Forschung zu Familie. Mit der Frage Familie – wozu? werden gezielt Themen zu Familie und Gesellschaft, Familienbeziehungen und -konstellationen, privater und öffentlicher Erziehung und Bildung aufgegriffen und diese aus spezifischen erziehungswissenschaftlichen Perspektiven diskutiert.Table of ContentsFamilie, wozu? Einige Vorbemerkungen.- UnDoing Family. Bestandsaufnahme und Bezüge des Konzepts.- Die strukturale Triade und ihre Relevanz für die erziehungswissenschaftliche Familienforschung.- Familie und Gewalt. Zeugenschaft als Erkenntnisquelle für die Familienforschung.- Liebe, Anerkennung und die Herstellung von Paar- und Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen.- Karriere und Familie. Positionierungen und Vermittlungspraxen zwischen äußeren und eigenen Ansprüchen an Familie, Beruf und öffentliche Erziehung.-Die Erziehungsgestalt in der Familie. Eine konzeptionelle Annäherung.- Erziehungswissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Schnittmenge von Familie und Schule.- Sozialpädagogische Perspektiven in der Familienforschung.- Bildungsprozesse und Bildungskonstellationen von Eltern aus sozialpädagogischer Perspektive erforschen.- Kosmisierungsleistungen von Familien im Kontext von Kinderschutzinterventionen.- Elternschaft und Erziehung im Kontext von Familienbiographie, Lebenswelt und (sozial-)pädagogischen Institutionen.- „Also, ich habe so verschiedene Bilder im Kopf gehabt“ – Überlegungen zur Relevanz der Bildhaftigkeit pädagogischer Sichtweisen auf Familien.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie die Einzelnen den Übergang in die Elternschaft durchlaufen. Insbesondere beim ersten Kind birgt der Übergang diverse krisenhaft besetzte Veränderungen, zu denen sich die Eltern irgendwie verhalten müssen. Auf diese unterschiedlichen Lernherausforderungen wird mit Lern- und Bildungsprozessen reagiert, mit deren Themenkomplex sich dieses Buch beschäftigt. Interessant ist dabei, wie die Personen sich in die neue Rolle als Eltern hineinfinden und wie die gesamte (Lern-)Entwicklung beziehungswiese Lerngeschichte der Person in ihrer Spezifik, aber auch in ihrer Gesamtheit abläuft. Dafür werden narrativ-biographische Interviews mit Eltern, deren erstes Kind zum Zeitpunkt des Interviews zwei Jahre alt ist, analysiert. Dabei wird mit einem biographieanalytischen Verfahren gearbeitet und ein Vorschlag zur theoretischen Weiterentwicklung und zur Veralltäglichung von Lern- und Bildungsprozessen entwickelt.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Lern- Und Bildungsprozesse.- Übergänge Und Transitionen.- Elternschaft.- Methodik.- Interviewanalysen.- Übergreifende Soziale Und Gesellschaftliche Ergebnisse.- Lern- Und Bildungsprozesse Beim Übergang In Die Elternschaft.- Vorschlag Zur Theoretischen Weiterentwicklung Und Der Veralltäglichung Von Lern- Und .- Bildungsprozessen.- Zusammenführende Erkenntnisse.- Zusammenführende Erkenntnisse.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides rare insight into how real children/adolescents’ lives unfold as a result of health inequity. The authors present the findings of empirical research into the health and social circumstances of 61 Australian children/adolescents, as reported by healthcare professionals who attended to their medical needs, revealing how healthcare professionals deal with health inequity on the ground. Profound inequities in the health and wellbeing of children/adolescents worldwide have been the focus of intense research for decades. The extent to which children/adolescents’ health and wellbeing is impacted by violence, poverty, their inability to access integrated healthcare services, parental and adolescent substance abuse, unemployment, poor living conditions, poor nutrition, a fractured social support network, disrupted education, and lack of transportation, is widely recognized. While essential, statistical analyses alone cannot reveal the faces of those experiencing health inequity. This work highlights the need for urgent coordinated action to address health inequity so that children and young people have a chance to lead a full life in good health. It is relevant to researchers and practitioners whose work relates to improving children and young people’s lives.“This book should be required reading for those who influence policies developed by all the sectors mentioned above and their funding and administrative bodies – and politicians in particular” (Anonymous Reviewer).Table of ContentsChapter 1- Introduction.- Chapter 2 – Methods and methodology.- Chapter 3 – Overview of Social Determinants of Health Findings and Vignettes.- Chapter 4 – Results of health inequity analyses.- Chapter 5 – Discussion of findings on social determinants of health.- Chapter 6 – Challenges faced in addressing the needs of these children/young people.- Chapter 7 – Solutions adopted for these children/young people and their families.- Chapter 8 – Outcomes: How these children/young people and their families fared.- Chapter 9 - Discussion of challenges, solutions, and outcomes.- Chapter 10. Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at open data practices historically and from the perspective of those currently involved in advocating for making government data freely available. Based on interviews with practitioners, users and evangelists across three Australian-based case studies illustrating contemporary open data practices, this book discusses how open data has evolved, why certain barriers to openness exist and what the future of open data might look like. It highlights both the challenges and approaches to ‘best practice’ in government departments and agencies as they adapt to changing data ecosystems and public expectations around access, transparency, risk and responsible stewardship.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. What is Open Data? Historical and Instrumental Perspectives 3. Comparing Open Data Programs in Victoria, Australia 4: Working in Open Data 5: Open Data Futures

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a focused and comprehensive overview of the status of children across society, with special reference to emerging features and measures of child safety, welfare, and overall well-being. The book is arranged into four parts covering various dimensions of child welfare and well-being. In this second edition, highly experienced academics, researchers, child rights activities, and policymakers from both developed and developing countries have contributed chapters on topics such as status of children living under institutional care, sexual abuse of male children and tribal girl children, issues and challenges faced by children living in conflict zones, children living on the streets, COVID-19 and its impact on the education of children. The status of marginalized children gets special importance in the second edition. The new chapters include field-based experiences of researchers in protecting child rights and preventing child abuse. It also considers the promising strategies and promising future directions in enhancing effective prevention, intervention and responses to child abuse and neglect. This volume is essential for a wide range of professionals and researchers from the social sciences, law, medicine, and behavioral sciences. It is also beneficial for policymakers and law enforcement agencies working with children.Table of Contents1 Introduction—Child Safety, Welfare, and Well-being: Need of the Hour. . ……………………………………………………. . ………….. Sibnath Deb Part I Nature and Extent of Child Abuse and Neglect 2 Fifty Years of Child Abuse: Milestones, Misconceptions, and Moving On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …………… Kim Oates 3 Cyberbullying: Its Prevention and Intervention Strategies . . . . . . . ………….. Rebecca P. Ang 4 Child Abuse and Neglect in India, Risk Factors, and Protective Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …………… Sibnath Deb & Mrinalkanti Ray 5 Children’s Right to Safety: The Problem of Corporal Punishment in Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …………. George W. Holden & Rose Ashraf 6 Child Sexual Abuse in a Trusted Relationship: Trauma or Confusion?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …………. B.N. Roopesh 7 Conflict in Kashmir: Psychosocial Consequences on Children . . . . ………… Waheeda Khan 8 The Law and Practices of Ritual Male Circumcision: Time for Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………….. Esther I.J. Erlings 9 Child Well-being At The Crossroads: Impact of Work-Life Interface, Consumerism, and Adult Lifestyle Choices…………………………………… Tusharika Mukherjee 10 Children Witnessing Violence in India: Nature, Risk factors, Impact and Prevention Strategies ……………………………………………. Rituparna Chakraborty & Aneesh Kumar P 11 The Untold Story of Survival: The Life of Paniya Tribal Adolescent Girls of Kerala……………………………………………….. Saranya S & Sibnath Deb Part II: Status of Children under Difficult Circumstances 12 Plight of Nomadic Children: In Search of Consideration and Inclusions ……………………………………………………………………… Jagdish Jadhav, Priya Rajput & Swati Amrale-Jadhav 13 Safety and Welfare of Children Under Institutional Care: A Situation Analysis……………………………………………………………. K.Bhuvaneswari & Sibnath Deb 14 Children in Armed Conflict: Concerns for Safety and Measures Towards Well-being Raveena Kousar & Subhasis Bhadra 15 Child Safety and Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic ……….. Bishakha Majumdar 16 Unfolding Children’s Agency in Ensuring Child Protection……………….. Virgil D Sami 17 Children of Stigmatized Parents: Concerns and Fostering Holistic Development Aishwarya Gautam & Subhasis Bhadra 18 Male Child Sexual Abuse: Current Status and Future Directions…….. P. Swathisha & Sibnath Deb Part III Child Rights and Its Practice 19 Adoption: Right to Information Versus Right to Confidentiality. . . ……. Jagannath Pati 20 Dropouts to Learners: The Challenge of the Right to Education Act 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………. Vimala Veeraraghavan Part IV Rights of Vulnerable Children 21 Child Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……. Seema Sahay, Archana Verma, Suhas Shewale & Murugesan Periyasamy 22 Adoption: A Source of Maltreatment and Violation of Child Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ………. Nilanjana Sanyal 23 Child Labor: An Indian Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …… N.K. Chadha & Vandana Gambhir Chopra 24 Rights of Children with Disability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …... Prerna Sharma 25 Prevention of Abandonment of Children with Special Needs Through Community-Based Programs and Intervention. . . . . . . . . ……… Chitra Shah 26 Psycho-Social Support for Protection of Children in Disasters. . . . …… Subhasis Bhadra Part V Protective Measures 27 Protecting Children: Building Effective Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …. Jenny Gray 28 Governance and Social Spaces for Children …………………………. Akila Radhakrishnan 29 Developing Countries and the Potential of Mandatory Reporting Laws to Identify Severe Child Abuse and Neglect. . . . . . . ……. Ben Mathews 30 Child Sexual Abuse in Brazil: Awareness, Legal Aspects and Examples of Prevention Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ……… Lucia C.A. Williams & Sabrina M. D’Affonseca 31 Child Protection: Many Milestones on an Estranged Path. . . . . . . ….. Bharti Ali 32 A Multidisciplinary Approach to Child Protection from Sexual Abuse in India: The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….. Lina Acca Mathew 33 Child Protection: The Grassroots Issues and Challenges. . . . . . . . … Mala Bhandari

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Book SynopsisWhat can Chinese economists learn from the Japanese economic boom and subsequent stagnation? This project aims to institutionally and empirically investigate the growth mechanism and determinants of sustainable development in China compared with Japanese experiences. This is the first challenge in conducting a comparative study on China and Japan’s economic growth and development. We aim to investigate the economic system transition and its influence on the Chinese and Japanese economy from macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives. This book will interest economists, scholars of comparative politics, and scholars of China or Japan's economic development.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Comparisons of Chinese and Japanese Development Process from Economic and Politico-economic Perspectives.- 3 Trade, FDI and Economic Growth.- 4 Digital China: The Fourth Industrial Revolution with Chinese Characteristics.- 5 Agricultural Development in China: Comparison with Japanese Experience.- 6 The financial innovation in the Flow of Funds Account after the World War II: Evidence from Japan.- 7 Human Capital Agglomeration Effect and Regional Inequality.- 8 Environmental Policies and Water Resource Management.- 9 Dual Economic Structure, Surplus Labor and Rural-Urban Migration.- 10 Household Consumption and Manufactural Industry Upgrading.- 11 Enterprise Ownership Reform and Wage Gaps between Public and Private Sectors.- 12 Communist Party of China Membership and Wage Gaps between Party Members and Non-Members.- 13 Labor Union Effects on Working Conditions.- 14 Employment Equality Policy and Gender Gap in Labor Market.- 15 Public Pension Policy Reform and Labor Force Participation.- 16 Bequest Motives and Saving Behavior Among the Elderly.- 17 Income, Income Inequality and Subjective Well-being.

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Book SynopsisThis book documents and analyses the differentiated control policies, the determinant factors behind, social resilience, and international relations during the pandemic from a comparative perspective in a facts-based, data-supporting manner. The intermittent outbreak of cases, public sentiments after long anxiety, questions over the efficacy of vaccines, have forced governments as well as the public to rethink differing approaches and policies in the combat against not just COVID, but the delta variant. In this context, this book establishes itself as a timely product, perhaps the first of its kind, to provide a widely covered individual country-based observation of policies, with an emphasis on multidimensional determinant factors behind the policies. A comparative study of social resilience during the pandemic constitutes another highlight of the book. The different policies tested social resilience differently in parameters such as mortality rates, vaccination coverage, social mobility, travel arrangements, trust in government, and general human development. Above and beyond observations and analyses at local and national levels, this book expands its scope to incorporate international relations, contemplating over the impacts of the pandemic on international relations, power shifts, and new world/global orders, crystallized in the indisputable rise of China. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Public Policies in Controlling Pandemic.- Cultural and Historical Comparison of Factors Behind Pandemic Control Policies.- Political, Institutional, and State Theory Comparison. Governmental Intervention or Civil Cooperation? Reliance on Governmental Arrangement Versus Resort to Institutional Power?.- International Relations and Great Power Comparison. Changes in the Soft Power and Nation Branding for Individual Countries Following their Handling of the Pandemic, Etc.- Public Health Systems and Social Policy System Regimes Comparison.- Public Wealth Regimes and Impact on Pandemic Control Policy and Social Resilience.- Economic Comparison: Costs and Benefits of Different Control Policies.- Comprehensive/ “Great Game” Strategy Comparison. Issues Around the Various Schools of Thought, Including Conspiracy Theories, Relationship Between the Pandemic, Pandemic-Control, China’s Rise, and New World Order (International Power Shift), Economic Production, and Global Supply Chain Changes, as Well as Impacts on Policymaking, Etc.- Social Resilience.- Data-Driven, Data-Supported Analysis of Resilience, Like Social and Psychological Resilience Comparison.- Sociology of the Pandemic and the Impact on Social Resilience: Comparative Studies.- Big Data Social Resilience Analysis Comparative Studies.- Economic and Political Comparison in Resilience.- “New Normal” Preparing for and Resulting From “Living With Covid.”.- Public Sentiments, Public Trust in Governance Affect Pandemic Control, Public Backlash After Once Successful Handling Of Pandemic by Coercive Force.- Social Costs and Benefits Analysis of Pandemic Control Policies.- Will Leave for Other Issues of Comparative Nature Surrounding the Pandemic Studies. Current Chapters Include.- Comparison of Pandemics in History. What was the Social, Economic, Diplomatic, as Well as Political Implications by Previous Well-Known Pandemics in History, such as the Black Death in the 14th Century, Harbin Plaque in 1910~1911, The Spanish Flu Pandemic in 1918~1919, and The SARS in 2002-2003?.- Vaccination-Related Topics, such as Comparison of Efficacy of Various Vaccines, Attitudes Towards Vaccine, Vaccine Passport, and Others. China’s International Participation in Vaccine Provision?.- Corona-A New Grand Narrative?.- Other Topics. Geographical Comparison: Routes of Pandemic Spreading and Border Re-Opening.

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Theorising a New Taxonomy and Ecosystem of Youth Employment in the Contemporary Labour Market  29.- 3. Patterns of Youth Unemployment Rate: Empirical Analysis of the First Assumption of the Law of One Unemployment Rate (LOUR).- 4. Convergence of Age Unemployment Gap: Empirical Analysis of the Second Assumption of the Law of One Unemployment Rate (LOUR).- 5. High-End Gig Work: Case in Thailand.- 6. On-Demand App Gig Work for Youth: A Case in Malaysia.- 7. Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis1. Social Work Across the Globe.- 2. Social Work Curriculum.- 3. Social Work Pedagogy.- 4. Social Work Practice.- 5. Social Work Research.- 6. Clinical social work.

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Book Synopsis1. Social Work with Marginalized Sections.- 2. Social Work and Social Policy.- 3. Social work and Human Rights.- 4. Social Work Advocacy.- 5. Social Activism.- 6. Social Work and Sustainability.- 7. Challenges for Social Work Education and Practice.- 8. Future Directions.

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Book SynopsisThe unification of Germany as a prelude to the end of the division of Europe and the termination of the Cold War came as a surprise to the whole world. It was the beginning of a new era in German and European history. The Price of German Unity is the first full-scale analysis of this process, both domestically and in its wider international context, with a particular focus on the social-policy consequences. Gerhard A. Ritter uses a wide range of hitherto inaccessible sources to describe and analyse the dynamics of reunification, including archives from the Chancellor''s Office, and the relevant ministries and major parties of both the Federal Republic and the GDR, as well as private papers of leading actors on both sides and a wealth of interview material. As the book convincingly demonstrates, the wholesale transfer of the social system of the Federal Republic of Germany to the territory of the former GDR and the huge drain of economic resources from West to East that this involved, profoundly affected the economic and political framework of the new Germany and greatly intensified the latent crisis of the German welfare state.Trade Reviewessential reading for those interested in the recent history of Germany. It also makes an important contribution to the debate about the viability of 'welfare states' in Europe at a time when they are threatened by deregulation, ageing populations and new patterns of work. * A.J. Nicholls, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; PART I: GERMAN UNITY: THE FRAMEWORK ; 1. The political framework ; 2. German unity and social policy: the legal framework ; 3. The German economy and the process of unification ; 4. The social structure and expectations from social policy ; PART II: THE CREATION OF THE SOCIAL UNION ; 5. The central features of the social union; the legislation and institutions governing social policy in the Federal Republic and the GDR compared ; 6. The social policy of the Modrow government ; 7. The State Treaty on monetary, economic and social union ; 8. The social legislation of the de Maiziere government ; 9. The Unification Treaty ; 10. The social policy actors and the unification process ; PART III: CHANGES TO THE GERMAN WELFARE STATE AFTER GERMAN UNIFICATION, 1990-1994 ; 11. The build-up of welfare-state institutions and providers in the new Bundeslander ; 12. The debates on Germany's economic position and on the problems in financial and social policy resulting from German unity ; 13. Social policy and its actors, 1991-1994 ; Concluding reflections ; Appendix ; Notes ; Sources and bibliography ; Glossary of terms and abbreviations ; The principal actors in the process of German unification ; Index

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