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Ageing with disability
A lifecourse perspectiveThis is the first book to address the issue of ageing after a long life with disability. It breaks new ground through its particular life course perspective, examining what it means to age with a physical or mental disability.
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Ageing, meaning and social structure
Connecting critical and humanistic gerontologyA wide range of contributors focus on major issues in ageing such as autonomy, agency, frailty, lifestyle, social isolation, dementia and professional challenges in social work and participatory research.
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Combining paid work and family care
Policies and experiences in international perspectiveHighlighting what can be learned from individual experiences, the book analyses the changing welfare and labour market policies which shape the lives of working carers in Finland, Sweden, Australia, England, Japan and Taiwan.
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The collaborating planner?
Practitioners in the neoliberal ageThis new book aims to understand how both specific planning and broader public sector reforms have been experienced and understood by chartered town planners working in local authorities across Great Britain.
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The politics of civil society (Second edition)
Big society and small governmentIn the second, revised edition of this indispensable book, the author looks behind 'the mirror of power' to discover the reality of civil society - or 'Big Society', as it has become known.
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The politics of civil society (Second edition)
Big society and small governmentIn the second, revised edition of this indispensable book, the author looks behind 'the mirror of power' to discover the reality of civil society - or 'Big Society', as it has become known.
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Reclaiming individualism
Perspectives on public policyReclaiming individualism reviews the scope of individualist approaches, and considers how they apply to issues of policy. It argues for a concept of individualism based on rights, human dignity, shared interests and social protection.
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Transforming adult social care
Contemporary policy and practiceThis wide-ranging book is one of the first texts to deal with adult social care as a distinct entity and is an up to date source on contemporary government policies, debates and research.
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Transforming adult social care
Contemporary policy and practiceThis wide-ranging book is one of the first texts to deal with adult social care as a distinct entity and is an up to date source on contemporary government policies, debates and research.
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Family troubles?
Exploring changes and challenges in the family lives of children and young peopleIn this important, timely and thought-provoking publication, a wide range of contributors explore how "troubles” feature in “normal" families, and how the “normal" features in “troubled” families.
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How Europe shapes British public policy
How Europe shapes British public policy examines the development of the EU as a sectarian issue in the UK. It discusses the effects of disengagement through the political practices of policy making and the implications that this has had for depoliticisation in government and the civil service.
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Critical social work with children and families
Theory, context and practiceThis book traces the changing fortunes of radical and critical social work, and examines the theory and application of such approaches.
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Critical social work with children and families
Theory, context and practiceThis book traces the changing fortunes of radical and critical social work, and examines the theory and application of such approaches.
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Narrative social work
Theory and applicationThis is the first book to extend the narrative lens to explore the contribution of narrative to social work values and ethics, social policy and our understanding of the self in social, cultural and political context.
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Narrative social work
Theory and applicationThis is the first book to extend the narrative lens to explore the contribution of narrative to social work values and ethics, social policy and our understanding of the self in social, cultural and political context.
More infoHardback price: £52.00 Usual price: £65.00
