social policy theory and practice

Advancing Equity and Achievement in America s Diverse Schools: Inclusive Theories Policies and Practices (Hardcover)

Advancing Equity and Achievement in America s Diverse Schools illustrates how educators students families and community partners can work in strategic ways to build on social cultural and ethnic diversity to advance educational equity and achievement.... more

Pre-Owned A Strategy of Decision: Policy Evaluation as a Social Process (Paperback) 0029046106 9780029046104

A Strategy of Decision explores and explain some striking discrepancies between theories of decision-making and the observed practices of people who successfully cope with the complex problem-solving required in matters of public policy. more

Pre-Owned Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare Social Policy and Policy Practice Vol. 4 9780471769989 Used

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Understanding Welfare: Social Issues Policy and Practice: Understanding Global Social Policy : Second Edition (Paperback)

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Encatc Advances in Cultural Management and Policy: Social Innovation Social Enterprises and the Cultural Economy: Cultural and Artistic Social Enterprises in Practice (Hardcover)

Faced with a depleted planet and a series of connected crises socially minded agents and entities within the world of culture and the arts are reacting from within. With insights from sociology economics and cultural management and policy this book... more

Bridging Theory and Practice: Preparing Future Leaders for Social Justice Equity and Excellence : Bridging Theory and Practice through a Transformative Androgogy (Edition 1) (Paperback)

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Bridging Theory and Practice: Preparing Future Leaders for Social Justice : Bridging Theory and Practice through a Transformative Andragogy (Edition 2) (Hardcover)

This timely book successfully combines theory and practice to intelligibly show how to prepare prospective school leaders for social justice equity and excellence. more

Understanding Welfare: Social Issues Policy and Practice: Understanding Health Policy : Second Edition (Edition 2) (Paperback)

In recent years the pace of reform in health policy and the NHS has been relentless. But how are policies formed and implemented? This fully updated edition of a bestselling book explores the processes and institutions that make health policy examining... more

Pre-Owned Unraveling Social Policy: Theory Analysis and Political Action Towards Social Equality Paperback

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Understanding Welfare: Social Issues Policy and Practice: Understanding Health Policy : Second Edition (Edition 2) (Hardcover)

In recent years the pace of reform in health policy and the NHS has been relentless. But how are policies formed and implemented? This fully updated edition of a bestselling book explores the processes and institutions that make health policy examining... more

Routledge Research in Education Policy a Student Voices on Inequalities in European Higher Education: Challenges for Theory Policy and Practice in a Time of Cha (Hardcover)

This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students lives and discusses what this tells us about European education... more

Public Policy : An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis 9781852785543 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned Integrating Social Welfare Policy and Social Work Practice (Paperback) 0534174302 9780534174309

Using interesting case studies and avoiding cumbersome policy lingo Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich presents a truly different policy book: one that looks at social welfare policy through the eyes of the social work practitioner. By integrating policy and... more

Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Enterprise Health and Wellbeing: Theory Methods and Practice (Paperback)

In recent decades governments have promoted social enterprise as a mean to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs work... more

Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe: Theory Models and Practice (Paperback)

In the last two decades the quest for a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has been a central issue in a great number of publications. The main objective of the ICSEM Project (on which this book is based) was to show that the social... more

Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Enterprise in Western Europe: Theory Models and Practice (Paperback)

In the last two decades the quest for a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has been a central issue in a great number of publications. The main objective of the ICSEM Project on which this book is based was to show that the social... more

Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Enterprise in Asia: Theory Models and Practice (Paperback)

In the absence of a widely accepted and common definition of social enterprise (SE) a large research project the International Comparative Social Enterprise Models (ICSEM) Project was carried out over a five-year period; it involved more than 200... more

Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe: Theory Models and Practice (Hardcover)

In the last two decades the quest for a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has been a central issue in a great number of publications. The main objective of the ICSEM Project (on which this book is based) was to show that the social... more

To What Ends and By What Means: The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Theory and Policy (Hardcover)

This unique collection examines the social justice implications of contemporary economic finance and budgeting policies affecting the K-12 education system in the United States. The authors included in this volume provide critiques and explorations of... more

Routledge Advances in Social Economics Working Time: International Trends Theory and Policy Perspectives (Paperback)

Working time is a crucial issue for both research and public policy. This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of both paid and unpaid work time integrating a unique discussion of overwork underwork shortening of the working week and flexible... more

Pre-Owned Social Policy: Theories Concepts and Issues (Paperback) 1412901715 9781412901710

The Third Edition of this widely adopted textbook has been thoroughly revised and offers an authoritative and up-to-date coverage of the key theories concepts and issues in social policy. This lively and readable text has been designed to provide the... more

The theory of earned and unearned incomes : a study of the economic laws of distribution with some of their applications to social policy / by Harry Gunnison Brown. 1918 [Leather Bound]

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Power Employment and Accumulation: Social Structures in Economic Theory and Policy (Paperback)

This book provides an interesting and refreshing collection of economic research conducted in the broadly heterodox tradition. A variety of topical issues are addressed including labor market inequalities welfare reform interest rate policies... more

Pre-owned To What Ends and by What Means? : The Social Justice Implications of Contemporary School Finance Theory and Policy Paperback by Rodriguez Gloria M. (EDT); Rolle R. Anthony (EDT) ISBN 041

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The theory of earned and unearned incomes; a study of the economic laws of distribution with some of their applications to social policy 1918 [Leather Bound]

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Comparative Social Policy: Concepts Theories and Methods (Paperback)

Comparative Social Policy provides students with an introduction to cross-national social policy research conveying the fascinating and challenging issues involved in conducting research of this kind. The book examines the theoretical conceptual and... more

Advances in African Economic Social and Political Developme: Democratic Decentralization Local Governance and Sustainable Development: Ghana s Experiences for Policy and Practice in Developing Count

Part I. Conceptual and Historical Perspectives of Decentralization and Local Governance.- Chapter 1. From Deconcentration to Devolution: Tracking the Historical Trajectory of Democratic Decentralization in Ghana.- Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives of... more

Affordable and Social Housing: Policy and Practice (Hardcover)

Affordable and Social Housing - Policy and Practice is a candid and critical appraisal of current big-ticket issues affecting the planning development and management of affordable and social housing in the United Kingdom. more

Social Policy for Effective Practice : A Strengths Approach

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Pre-Owned Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community Nation and the World (Paperback 9781793540874) by Jessica A Ritter

9781793540874. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 358. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 358 p. The third edition of Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community Nation and the World demystifies policymaking... more

Pre-Owned Baby Boomers of Color: Implications for Social Work Policy and Practice (Pre-Owned Hardcover 9780231163002) by Melvin Delgado

9780231163002. Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 296. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 296 p. Contains: Figures. Because researchers often treat baby boomers of color as belonging to one group quality data on the individual status... more

Pre-Owned Policy Practice for Social Workers: New Strategies for a New Era (Paperback 9780205473762) by Linda K Cummins Katharine V Byers Laura Pedrick

9780205473762. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 420. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 420 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Tables black & white. Mysocialworklab (Access Codes). Introduction to Policy... more

Pre-owned Social Welfare for a Global Era : International Perspectives on Policy and Practice Paperback by Midgley James ISBN 1412918022 ISBN-13 9781412918022

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Pre-Owned International Social Work Policy and Practice: Practical Insights and Perspectives (Paperback 9780470252864) by Carolyn J Tice Dennis D Long

9780470252864. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 368. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Contains: Unspecified Tables black & white. Authoritative coverage of social work policy and practice from a global... more

Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia: Transforming Asian Governance : Rethinking Assumptions Challenging Practices (Paperback)

There are a multitude of hazards that confront attempts to change institutional or political orders in pursuit of good governance. Even seemingly technical prescriptions run up against local political and social realities which make their adoption... more

Pre-Owned Understanding Legal Concepts That Influence Social Welfare Policy and Practice (Paperback) 0534596614 9780534596613

The law plays an important role in influencing social welfare policy and social work practice. Court decisions in policy areas whether the rulings are perceived as positive or negative determine what social welfare policy is and what social workers do.... more

Canada and International Affairs: Canadian Defence Policy in Theory and Practice Volume 2 (Hardcover)

This edited volume the second volume in this collection provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues in Canadian defence policy studies. The contributors examine topics including sexual misconduct and the crisis of defence... more

Foreign Policy in the European Union: History theory & practice (Paperback)

Ben Soetendorp examines the extent to which individual member states - each with their own history special interests and styles of foreign policy-making - still dominate the common foreign policy making process within the European Union. The first part... more