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Textbook of Social Administration

The Consumer-Centered Approach

By: John Poertner,Charles A. Rapp

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Textbook of Social Administration

The Consumer-Centered Approach

By: John Poertner,Charles A. Rapp

Textbook of Social Administration equips social programs managers with the skills they need to produce mutually desired outcomes for their consumers/clients and for their staff. This comprehensive resource is a how-to guide to developing the management abilities needed to maintain an effective client-centered approach by using a social programs fra

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Routledge

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1136755861

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9781136755866

Managing for Service Effectiveness in Social Welfare Organizations

By: Rino J Patti,Charles A Rapp,John Poertner

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Managing for Service Effectiveness in Social Welfare Organizations

By: Rino J Patti,Charles A Rapp,John Poertner

This important book is the first to make an explicit link between management practices and service outcomes in social welfare agencies. Managing for Service Effectiveness in Social Welfare Organizations is based on the premise that the primary responsibility and distinctive competency of social welfare management is delivering high quality, effective services to clients. Collectively, the book’s esteemed contributors have clearly presented a model of administration founded on concepts and strategies for connecting managerial action with service effectiveness. The sections of the book correspond to the core functions and tasks in an effective approach to management, including measuring performance, program and organizational design, managing people, managing information, managing environmental relations, and the ethics of managing for effectiveness.

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306

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Routledge

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1135851905

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9781135851903

Daoism and Anarchism

Critiques of State Autonomy in Ancient and Modern China

By: John A. Rapp

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Daoism and Anarchism

Critiques of State Autonomy in Ancient and Modern China

By: John A. Rapp

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies series focuses on anti-statist critiques in ancient and modern China and demonstrates that China does not have an unchallenged authoritarian political culture. Treating anarchism as a critique of centralized state power, the work first examines radical Daoist thought from the 4th century BCE to the 9th century CE and compares Daoist philosophers and poets to Western anarchist and utopian thinkers. This is followed by a survey of anarchist themes in dissident thought in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present. A concluding chapter discusses how Daoist anarchism can be applied to any anarchist-inspired radical critique today. This work not only challenges the usual ideas of the scope and nature of dissent in China, it also provides a unique comparison of ancient Chinese Daoist anarchism to Western anarchist. Featuring previously untranslated texts, such as the 9th century Buddhist anarchist tract, the Wunengzi, and essays from the PRC press, it will be an essential resource to anyone studying anarchism, Chinese political thought, political dissent, and political history.

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240

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441127453

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9781441127457

Handbook of Violence

By: Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci,Albert R. Roberts,John S. Wodarski

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Handbook of Violence

By: Lisa A. Rapp-Paglicci,Albert R. Roberts,John S. Wodarski

A multidisciplinary team of experts examines violence from a resilience perspective Violence knows no boundaries. It attacks in schools, in families, and even in the workforce-places that should be regarded as safe havens. Encompassing the enormity of violence through a comprehensive, biopsychosocial perspective, Handbook of Violence examines community, school, family, and workplace violence, including identification, classification, prevention, and interview programs and case management. Written by the leading authorities in their fields, this groundbreaking compilation: * Reviews how children and adolescents from violent homes are detrimentally affected in multiple ways, including short- and long-term consequences that seriously impair their psychological, social, educational, and physical development * Explores issues related to the occurrence of domestic violence in African-American families, presenting an array of theoretical formulations that may prove useful to practitioners who must service both victims and perpetrators * Examines the prevalence of female juvenile delinquency and reviews the literature from a sociological and practice perspective * Focuses on the current trends and issues surrounding youth gang violence,discussing identification, classification, and prediction as they relate to gang violence as well as effective prevention and intervention * Addresses the identification, classification, and prediction of school violence among middle-school and high-school youth * Covers the broad range of cases that are classified as "workplace violence," examining the differences in definition and analyzing the bases for the growing prevalence of incidents Topics include: * Violence within families through the life span * Adolescent dating violence * Assessing violent behavior * Domestic violence in Latino cultures * Conduct disorder and substance abuse * Youth gang violence * School violence * Preventing workplace violence * Domestic violence in the workplace * And much more

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482

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471214442

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9780471214441

A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders

Responsible Adult Culture

By: Granville Bud Potter,John C. Gibbs,Molly Robbins,Peter E. Langdon

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A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders

Responsible Adult Culture

By: Granville Bud Potter,John C. Gibbs,Molly Robbins,Peter E. Langdon

This book presents Responsible Adult Culture (RAC), a truly comprehensive program for helping offenders to think and act responsibly. It provides the tools of the program with great clarity. In addition to exploring the needs of all offenders, the book addresses the special needs of both female and dual-diagnosis offenders. Responsible thinking means habitually seeing others and situations accurately, rather than in self-serving and egocentrically distorted ways. Because self-centered thinking is typically reinforced by negative group norms, RAC starts with the cultivation of a constructive climate (“mutual help” groups) to motivate change. Motivated group members then gain tools for responsible thinking through “equipment” (cognitive behavioral) meetings. These tools pertain to social skills, anger management, and the correction of self-centered thinking through social perspective taking (cognitive restructuring). Beyond documented reductions in distorted thinking and recidivism rates, RAC’s synergy or round-the-clock interpenetration of positive groups and tools promotes a safer and more humane institutional culture.

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Springer

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331917536X

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9783319175362

Book's by John A. Rapp

Textbook of Social Administration

Textbook of Social Administration

Managing for Service Effectiveness in Social Welfare Organizations

Managing for Service Effectiveness in Social Welfare Organizations

Daoism and Anarchism

Daoism and Anarchism

Handbook of Violence

Handbook of Violence

A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders

A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders

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