A fresh look on the welfare system--with a view beyond the state With The Class Struggle and Welfare, David Matthews argues that we must understand the welfare state as a dialectical phenomenon--a product of class struggle. Confronting the hypocritical rhetoric of politicians who castigate welfare beneficiaries as lazy and "workshy," Matthews ......
Explores the ways welfare recipients lack adequate political representation Who deserves public assistance from the government? This age-old question has been revived by policymakers, pundits, and activists following the massive economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anne Whitesell takes up this timely debate, showing us how our welfare ......
Explores the ways welfare recipients lack adequate political representation Who deserves public assistance from the government? This age-old question has been revived by policymakers, pundits, and activists following the massive economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anne Whitesell takes up this timely debate, showing us how our welfare ......
Few figures in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provoke such visceral responses as Sonia Johnson. Her unrelenting public support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) made her the face of LDS feminism while her subsequent excommunication roiled the faith community. Christine Talbot tells the story of Sonia's historic ......
Applying Research, Theory, and Case Studies for Social Workers and the Helping Professions
Human Trafficking: Applying Research, Theory, and Case Studies for Social Workers and the Helping Professions provides readers with the knowledge and research they need to better understand the meaning and scope of human trafficking. The second edition features new science, emerging and best practices, promising interventions, and updated content ......
In the early and mid-twentieth century, Joseph Fielding Smith's (1876-1972) life as a public historian and theologian shaped the religious worldview of generations of Latter-day Saints. Matthew Bowman examines Smith's ideas and his place in American religious history. Smith achieved position and influence at a young age, while his theories about ......
Psychoanalysis, Motherhood, and the British Welfare State
The Maternalists is a study of the hitherto unexplored significance of utopian visions of the state as a maternal entity in mid-twentieth century Britain. Demonstrating the affinities between welfarism, maternalism, and psychoanalysis, Shaul Bar-Haim suggests a new reading of the British welfare state as a political project. After the First World ......
Few figures in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provoke such visceral responses as Sonia Johnson. Her unrelenting public support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) made her the face of LDS feminism while her subsequent excommunication roiled the faith community. Christine Talbot tells the story of Sonia's historic ......
Featuring an approach based in mission and growth, Human Services Management Resource Guide for Directors provides future and current human services management professionals with the knowledge and skillsets they need to build programs and successfully sustain them within an organization. Through the implementation of effective and thoughtful ......
