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Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice

By: Lester Parrott

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Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice

By: Lester Parrott

Applying values and ethics to social work practice is taught widely across the qualifying degree programme, on both Masters and BA courses. This book is a clear introduction to this subject and will help students develop their understanding by showing social work students how ethics can have positive impacts on the lives of vulnerable people. There are chapters on how social workers can make good ethical and value-based decisions when working with risk, and how the role of the social worker as professional can impact on service users. Above all the book is a timely and clear introduction to the subject, with an emphasis on advocacy and empowerment and how the beginning social worker can start to apply these concepts.

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Learning Matters

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1473907217

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9781473907218

Social Work and Poverty

A Critical Approach

By: Lester Parrott

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Social Work and Poverty

A Critical Approach

By: Lester Parrott

Social work and poverty: A critical approach provides a timely review of the key issues facing social workers and service users in working together to combat poverty.First, it situates social work and poverty within a historical context, then analyses definitions and theories of poverty along with their importance in enabling anti-oppressive practice with service users. It goes on to evaluate the Welfare Reform Act 2012 in relation to the negative impact on service users and social workers alike. Key areas of social work and social care are covered with regard to the effects of poverty including, uniquely, access to food, obesity and problematic drug use. Finally the impacts of globalisation on social work and issues of poverty are explored. The book will be of interest to students, researchers and academics in social work and policy makers working in related areas.

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Policy Press

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1447307968

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South Africa, Past, Present and Future

Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

By: Tony Binns,Alan Lester,Etienne Nel

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South Africa, Past, Present and Future

Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

By: Tony Binns,Alan Lester,Etienne Nel

This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race, class, gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development geographers, the book enables us to locate the post-apartheid transition in a broad historical and spatial perspective. Within this perspective, the limitations as well as the achievements of South Africa's current transformation are highlighted.

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393

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Routledge

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1317880404

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Explaining Civil Society Development

A Social Origins Approach

By: Lester M. Salamon,S. Wojciech Sokolowski,Megan A. Haddock

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Explaining Civil Society Development

A Social Origins Approach

By: Lester M. Salamon,S. Wojciech Sokolowski,Megan A. Haddock

How historically rooted power dynamics have shaped the evolution of civil society globally. The civil society sector—made up of millions of nonprofit organizations, associations, charitable institutions, and the volunteers and resources they mobilize—has long been the invisible subcontinent on the landscape of contemporary society. For the past twenty years, however, scholars under the umbrella of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project have worked with statisticians to assemble the first comprehensive, empirical picture of the size, structure, financing, and role of this increasingly important part of modern life. What accounts for the enormous cross-national variations in the size and contours of the civil society sector around the world? Drawing on the project’s data, Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, Megan A. Haddock, and their colleagues raise serious questions about the ability of the field’s currently dominant preference and sentiment theories to account for these variations in civil society development. Instead, using statistical and comparative historical materials, the authors posit a novel social origins theory that roots the variations in civil society strength and composition in the relative power of different social groupings and institutions during the transition to modernity. Drawing on the work of Barrington Moore, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and others, Explaining Civil Society Development provides insight into the nonprofit sector’s ability to thrive and perform its distinctive roles. Combining solid data and analytical clarity, this pioneering volume offers a critically needed lens for viewing the evolution of civil society and the nonprofit sector throughout the world.

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341

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JHU Press

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1421422999

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9781421422992

Social Work and Social Care

By: Lester Parrott

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Social Work and Social Care

By: Lester Parrott

Social Work and Social Care has been revised and updated to take into account the profound changes that have occurred in social work over the past two years, in particular the extensive legislative changes to childrens and community care services. A new chapter examines the relevance of social exclusion for social work and continues to affirm the importance of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice within social work. Social Work and Social Care: * outlines the importance of social policy for social work * describes the powerful ideological forces that underpin current practice * considers the future of social work and social care within * altered social and political contexts * covers all main areas of social work * includes a glossary and useful website addresses. This book is essential reading for students approaching the study of social work, social care and social policy and includes the most current research available.

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Routledge

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1134553315

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Citizenship in the 21st Century

By: Lester T. Kane,Marylyn R. Poweller

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Citizenship in the 21st Century

By: Lester T. Kane,Marylyn R. Poweller

Citizenship is membership in a political community and carries with it rights to political participation. It is largely coterminous with nationality, although it is possible to have a nationality without being a citizen, and vice versa. This book presents a line-up of contributors offering in-depth analyses of this issue.

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Nova Publishers

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1604564016

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9781604564013

Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism

The Language of Mental Health

By: Michelle O'Reilly,Jessica Nina Lester

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Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism

The Language of Mental Health

By: Michelle O'Reilly,Jessica Nina Lester

This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress. Mental health research has traditionally been dominated by genetic and biomedical explanations that provide only partial explanations. However, process research that utilises qualitative methods has grown in popularity. Situated within this new strand of research, the authors examine and critically assess some of the different contributions that social constructionism has made to the study of mental distress and to how those diagnosed are conceptualized and labeled. This will be an invaluable introduction and source of practical strategies for academics, researchers and students as well as clinical practitioners, mental health professionals, and others working with mental health such as educationalists and social workers.

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Springer

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3319600958

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Social Work in Context

Theory and Concepts

By: Lester Parrott,Noreen Maguinness

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Social Work in Context

Theory and Concepts

By: Lester Parrott,Noreen Maguinness

This book examines key sociological theories that have contributed to the understanding of the nature of social work, its organisation and delivery. It provides key sociological concepts and theories to help student social workers better understand the nature of their work and the social and political context within which they will be working. Taking a practical approach to social work, and focusing on the application of theory, the book also provides insightful discussions to important thinkers such as Douglas, Beck and Furedi, and how their ideas have direct relevance for understanding the risk averse nature of social work.

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1526414872

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Parental Conflict

Outcomes and Interventions for Children and Families

By: Jenny Reynolds,Catherine Houlston,Lester Coleman,Gordon Harold

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Parental Conflict

Outcomes and Interventions for Children and Families

By: Jenny Reynolds,Catherine Houlston,Lester Coleman,Gordon Harold

Researchers increasingly recognize the importance of early family experiences on children and the impact that inter-parental conflict has on child development. This book reviews recent research in order to show how children who experience high levels of inter-parental conflict are put at both an immediate psychological and physical risk and a longer-developing risk of recapitulating such behaviors. The authors examine topics such as the differences between destructive and constructive inter-parental conflict on child development, why some children are more adversely affected than others, and how conflict affects child physiology. Ultimately they provide suggestions for improving the futures of children who are experiencing challenging family environments today.

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200

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Policy Press

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1447315812

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Mapping Workbook

By: Pearson,Lester Rowntree

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Mapping Workbook

By: Pearson,Lester Rowntree

This workbook, which features the base maps from the book printed in black and white can be used in conjunction with the textbook or an atlas. The workbook contains a political and a physical base map for every region in the book, along with a list of key map items for the region being studied. The map workbook is available when packaged with Diversity Amid Globalization.

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Prentice Hall

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0131922017

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9780131922013

MasteringGeography with Pearson EText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Globalization and Diversity

Geography of a Changing World

By: Lester Rowntree,Martin Lewis,Marie Price,William Wyckoff

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MasteringGeography with Pearson EText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Globalization and Diversity

Geography of a Changing World

By: Lester Rowntree,Martin Lewis,Marie Price,William Wyckoff

ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase. -- The Mastering platform isthe most widely used and effective online homework, tutorial, and assessment system for the sciences. It delivers self-paced tutorials that provide individualized coaching, focus on your course objectives, and are responsive to each student's progress. The Mastering system helps instructors maximize class time with customizable, easy-to-assign, and automatically graded assessments that motivate students to learn outside of class and arrive prepared for lecture. MasteringGeography offers: Assignable activities that include MapMaster(tm) interactive maps, Encounter World Regional Geography Google Earth explorations, geography videos, Thinking Spatially and Data Analysis activities, coaching activities on the toughest topics in geography, end-of-chapter questions, reading quizzes, Test Bank questions, Geoscience Animations, and Map Projections interactive animations. Student study area with MapMaster interactive maps, videos, Geoscience Animations, web links, glossary, vocabulary flashcards, "In the News" RSS feeds, reference maps, downloadable outline maps, an optional Pearson eText, including versions for iPad and Android, and more. Pearson eText gives students access to the text whenever and wherever they can access the Internet. The eText pages look exactly like the printed text, and include powerful interactive and customization functions, including links to the multimedia.

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0321860624

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Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice

Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice

Social Work and Poverty

Social Work and Poverty

South Africa, Past, Present and Future

South Africa, Past, Present and Future

Explaining Civil Society Development

Explaining Civil Society Development

Social Work and Social Care

Social Work and Social Care

Citizenship in the 21st Century

Citizenship in the 21st Century

Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism

Examining Mental Health through Social Constructionism

Social Work in Context

Social Work in Context

Parental Conflict

Parental Conflict

Mapping Workbook

Mapping Workbook

MasteringGeography with Pearson EText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Globalization and Diversity

MasteringGeography with Pearson EText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Globalization and Diversity

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