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First published in 1997, this volume aimed to study social care services as a specific type of social policy that operates on a different set of principles as supportive services rather than as poor……続きを見る

Co-production occurs when citizens actively participate in the design and delivery of public services. The concept and its practice are of increasing interest among policymakers, public service mana……続きを見る

This unusual and stimulating collection of essays examines the state of child and family policy in the United States today. Drawing upon the diverse disciplines of the social and behavioral sciences……続きを見る

They come from different backgrounds and from professions as varied as medicine, education, and entertainment, but these ten women share one thing in common: They all have breast cancer. This book d……続きを見る

Through a discourse analysis of Japanese parliamentary debates, this book explores how different understandings of Japan’s history have led to sharply divergent security policies in the postwar peri……続きを見る

ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book brings together leading international authors from a number of fields to provide an up-to-date understanding of part-time wor……続きを見る

Esta obra tiene la difícil tarea de entender las causas y motivaciones de la enorme presencia de extranjeros en el autodenominado "Estado Islámico". Son más de 30 mil hombres, mujeres y niños venido……続きを見る

Despite its impressive economic growth, East Asia is facing daunting challenges in mitigating its social problems, including chronic poverty and worsening social inequality. The past decade has seen……続きを見る

'This book makes uncomfortable reading both in its detailed analysis of terrorism and its causes, and in the critique of state responses, particularly in modern times. It is unusual to have such a d……続きを見る

В одесских событиях мая 2014 года есть одна особенность. Она касается не сути произошедшего, а отношения к нему людей, находящихся на разном расстоянии от эпицентра драмы. Чем далее от Одессы находи……続きを見る

As cultural, social, political, and historical objects, guns are rich with complex and contested significance. What guns mean, why they matter, and what policies should be undertaken to regulate gun……続きを見る

Privatisation and Social Policy follows this format while addressing one of the key issues of recent years, namely the covert but undeniable impact of growing privatisation on the development and im……続きを見る

This book discusses how feverish student power in Hong Kong is running amok. Rage and anger among the students about a wide range of long-standing social issues is feeding on the prejudice and distr……続きを見る

This book provides a summation of many of the key points and insights that emerged during the first meeting of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Confidence and Security Buildi……続きを見る

This ebook is an adaption of a totally new healthcare system to US economy. Worked out by the German author to finish the long-lasting quarrel within the bipartisan political system in USA and to so……続きを見る

De maneira objetiva e por meio de linguagem acessível, o autor desmonta todas as falácias em torno da Previdência Social, revelando a desonestidade deste debate no Brasil. Nas palavras de Eduardo Mo……続きを見る

Raccolta di articoli pubblicati sulla testata ''Rivoluzione Liberale'' che trattano tematiche differenti, dalla dimensione politica della società italiana degli anni 2000, al fenomeno dei serial kil……続きを見る

Activation policies which promote and enforce labour market participation continue to proliferate in Europe and constitute the reform blueprint from centre-left to centre-right, as well as for most ……続きを見る

مصر الإسرائيلية .. فهي تلك التي ورد اسمها في القرآن في القرن، وهي أيضاً مصرايم التي وردت بالتوراة، وهي أيضاً مُصري التي ورد اسمها في رسائل تل العمارنة أو ما يسمى بالأرشيف الدبلوماسي الذي يحوى مراسلا……続きを見る

Vem tar hand om oss i livets slutskede? Och hur tas vi om hand? En del av oss drabbas av svåra eller långvariga sjukdomar. Andra blir så gamla att orken tryter. Men alla ska vi en gång dö. För den s……続きを見る

In the last two decades or so, community development efforts in Singapore have strongly focused on task-centred community activities namely short-term projects revolving around socio-educational and……続きを見る

From two leading experts, a revolutionary new way to think about and measure aging. Aging is a complex phenomenon. We usually think of chronological age as a benchmark, but it is actually a backward……続きを見る

The contributors to this book analyse the different approaches and modes of terrorist rehabilitation that have been attempted by Malaysia, and other countries in Southeast Asia. With an emphasis on ……続きを見る

Screen-obsessed: Parenting in the Digital Age is the first book solely focusing on parental supervision of children's media use. This book distills important information regarding how parents can ef……続きを見る

In this cornerstone of modern liberal social theory, Peter Kropotkin states that the most effective human and animal communities are essentially cooperative, rather than competitive. Kropotkin based……続きを見る

First published in 1986. In this thought-provoking book the widely acclaimed thinker and activist, Marcus Raskin, moves beyond the limits and failures of socialism and capitalism to an original theo……続きを見る

Right-wing populism is a global phenomenon that challenges several pillars of liberal democracy, and it is often described as a dangerous political ideology because it resonates with the fascist ide……続きを見る

In the United States, the nine digits that make up your Social Security Number (SSN) may be the most important numbers in your life. You are required to obtain an SSN when you start your professiona……続きを見る

This book investigates the strategic use of America’s historical crime control, counterterrorism, national security and immigration policies as a mechanism in the modern-day Trump administration to ……続きを見る

This book examines the role of cyber-doom rhetoric in the U.S. cybersecurity debate. For more than two decades, fear of "cyber-doom" scenariosーi.e. cyberattacks against critical infrastructure resu……続きを見る