Pressing community problems that include hom elessness, racism, delinquency, alcoholism, violence, unempl oyment and workplace healthcare are examined by the contribu tors to this volume. '
This text looks at the historical and contemporary changes in social welfare systems and provision, and the debates and struggles surrounding them. The perspectives of liberalism, Marxism, neo-liberalism, post-structuralism, political economy, political ecology and postmodernism are used to provide an introduction to the theoretical frameworks within which the sociological perspectives on welfare have been formulated. The authors also examine: issues such as the justification for theory in the analysis of welfare as well as the present definitions of theory, social welfare, the welfare state and the state; and show how social theories construct the relationship between state, society, economy, culture, environment, production, consumption and other forms of individual and collective and experience.
Utah's economy is booming, but the number of poor has remained fairly constant, with many of the newly created jobs going to transplants from out of state. On Being Poor in Utah presents a portrait of Utah's poor and the issues surrounding poverty in the state. It provides a detailed statistical analysis of poverty's causes, varying concentrations ......
Jobs and Economic Development brings togethe r approaches from the fields of economic development, employ ment training, social services and community development to provide guidelines for community and local economic developm ent. '
Jobs and Economic Development brings togethe r approaches from the fields of economic development, employ ment training, social services and community development to provide guidelines for community and local economic developm ent. '
Theoretical Cross-Cultural, and Clinical Implications
Divided into five sections dealing with basic concepts of torture - violence and aggression, the torture syndrome, psychotherapeutic treatment, the cultural psychology of torture syndrome, and cultural psychological treatment, this book employs both classic psychoanalytic and cognitive- behavioral methods.
International Organizations and the Future of Welfare
Studying the globalization of social policy, this text demonstrates that national social policy is increasingly determined by global economic competition and by the social policy of international organizations. The authors argue that the substance of social policy now has to be understood in terms of global social redistribution, global social regulation and global social provision and empowerment. The book examines trends global inequity and summarizes the diverse experiences of different types of regimes across the world. The social policies of international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, UN agencies and the European Union are also reviewed.
This volume explores community health care for nurses working in community care or requiring awareness and understanding of the issues. It reviews the roles and focus of advanced practitioners in community health nursing and presents a theoretical framework for a community focus based on the Helvie Energy Theory. Discussions of the economic, ......
