Welfare & benefit systems books

HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT – that’s what this book is offering. If the reader has a special needs child, they likely...  Read More >>

"The politics and policies that led to America's expansion of the penal system and reduction of welfare programsIn...  Read More >>

How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice? Drawing on a wealth of...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, this study offers a survey of the conceptual background, the political dimension, and the...  Read More >>

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This book captures information about ECEC policies and practices and aims to question the degree to which different...  Read More >>

This book discusses how to identify those children who are at hazard of becoming less than they might be as adults....  Read More >>

This volume provides readers around the globe with a focused and comprehensive examination of how to prevent and...  Read More >>

Secret information plays an essential role in decision making for those in politics and positions of power. This...  Read More >>

This book explores the conceptualisation and measurement of youth quality of life in sub-Saharan Africa. Accordingly,...  Read More >>

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Scrutinizing various public policy issues through the prism of Canada's sesquicentennial, contributors consider...  Read More >>

Before the 1940s, children in the United States with severe emotional difficulties would have had few options for...  Read More >>

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Die vorliegende Arbeit wendet den Blick auf das was geschieht, wenn die Anderen nicht von Beginn an anwesend sind...  Read More >>

Started as a temporary organization, UNICEF navigated Cold War tensions in order to provide assistance to millions...  Read More >>

The transition to adulthood is a longer and more complex process than it was just a few decades ago, and a growing...  Read More >>

Presents the adventures and tribulations of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children.  Read More >>

The Child Welfare System: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions opens with a description of the empirical...  Read More >>

This collection of articles, first published in 1991, attempts to describe life in the suburbs from diverse vantage...  Read More >>

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible...  Read More >>

This book provides an interdisciplinary framework for school intervention into child and adolescent maltreatment,...  Read More >>