Understanding Family Support: Policy, Practice and Theory (Pinkerton John)(Paperback)

Understanding Family Support: Policy, Practice and Theory (Pinkerton John)(Paperback)

Understanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families. Family support is a concept that has been used in a range of ways to describe various aspects of child welfare policy and

Social Policy: Theory and Practice (Spicker Paul)(Paperback)

Social Policy: Theory and practice is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. The book lays out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, binding the

Policing and Mental Health: Theory, Policy and Practice (McDaniel John)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the relationship between policing and mental health. Police services around the world are innovating at pace in order to develop solutions to the problems presented, and popular models are being shared internationally. Nevertheless, disparities and perceptions of unfairness

Police Occupational Culture: Research and Practice (Cockcroft Tom)(Paperback)

Taking an evidence-based approach to understanding police culture, this thorough and accessible book critically reviews existing research and offers new insights on theories and definitions. Tom Cockcroft, an authority on the subject, addresses a range of contemporary issues including diversity,

Understanding Police Interrogation: Confessions and Consequences (Woody William Douglas)(Paperback)

Uses techniques from psychological science and legal theory to explore police interrogation in the United States Understanding Interrogation provides a single comprehensive source for understanding issues relating to police interrogation and confession. It sheds light on the range of factors that

Understanding Inclusion: Core Concepts, Policy and Practice (Woolley Richard)(Paperback)

Understanding Inclusion is a rich, comprehensive exploration of inclusion in education, challenging us to think about being 'inclusive' in its broadest sense. It unpicks a wide range of complex themes and issues that impact on educational practice, supporting educational professionals in helping

Compassion in Nursing: Theory, Evidence and Practice (Hewison Alistair)(Paperback)

Compassion has become a prominent issue in health policy and practice and the recommendations of the Francis Report and the Berwick Review emphasised the need for compassion in care. This timely and important text book provides a valuable resource for practicing and student nurses which examines

Critical Design in Context: History, Theory, and Practice (Malpass Matt)(Paperback)

Critical Design is becoming an increasingly influential discipline, affecting policy and practice in a range of fields. Matt Malpass's book is the first to introduce critical design as a field, providing a history of the discipline, outlining its key influences, theories and approaches, and

Understanding Public Administration (De Vries Michiel S.)(Paperback)

Public administration - the practice of producing and executing government policy by bureaucrats, politicians, managers and other officials - affects almost everything we encounter in our day-to-day lives. Public administrators are - at least partially - responsible for the amount of hours we work,

Faith-Based Policy: A Litmus Test for Understanding Contemporary America (Chandler John)(Paperback)

John Chandler's Faith-Based Policy: A Litmus Test for Understanding Contemporary America provides insight into the faith-based policies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Chandler argues that the faith-based experiment is becoming increasingly entrenched in the institutional fabric of American

Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy (Mearsheimer John J)(Paperback / softback)

Shows that by encouraging unconditional US financial and diplomatic support for Israel and promoting the use of its power to remake the Middle East, the pro-Israel lobby has jeopardized America's and Israel's long-term security and put other countries - including Britain - at

Advocacy in Family Proceedings - Theory and Practice (Bedingfield David)(Paperback / softback)

Advocacy in Family Proceedings: Theory and Practice restates the theory and established rules of good advocacy and refines them in the light of the specific needs of family lawyers. This fully updated new edition, reflecting all recent developments, explores the writing on this subject generally

Children in Society: Contemporary Theory, Policy and Practice (Foley Pam)(Paperback)

This reader provides a critical and comprehensive account of the theoretical and practical issues raised in working with children and families. It draws on debates from a range of disciplines to shed light on different perspectives, forms of practice and dimensions of policy. Its strong applied

Contextual Safeguarding and Child Protection: Rewriting the Rules (Firmin Carlene)(Paperback)

This book offers a complete account of Contextual Safeguarding theory, policy, and practice frameworks for the first time. It highlights the particular challenge of extra-familial routes through which young people experience significant harm, such as child sexual exploitation, criminal

Special Educational Needs in the Early Years: A Guide to Inclusive Practice (Borkett Penny)(Paperback)

Employing a comprehensive blend of theory, policy and practice, Penny Borkett unpacks the vital elements of SEND in the Early Years through the lens of inclusion. This title incorporates: - The development of legislation and policy relating to SEND - A wide-range of recommended readings -

Behavioral Science and Public Policy (Sunstein Cass R.)(Paperback)

Exploring theory and practice, this Element attempts to provide one-stop shopping for those who are new to then intersection between behavioral science and public policy, and for those who are familiar with it. With reference to nudges, taxes, mandates, and bans, it offers concrete examples of

Designing Public Policy for Co-Production: Theory, Practice and Change (Durose Catherine)(Paperback)

Drawing on twelve compelling international contributions, this important book argues that traditional technocratic ways of designing policy are now inadequate and suggest co-production as a more democratic alternative. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and

Theory of Macroeconomic Policy (Tsoukis Christopher)(Paperback)

Theory of Macroeconomic Policy reviews the theoretical foundations of macroeconomic, fiscal, and monetary, policy. It offers a panoramic view of macroeconomic theory, covering a wide range of topics that are not customarily dealt with in macroeconomics texts, as well as more standard material

Family Therapy: An Introduction to Process, Practice and Theory (Reiter Michael D.)(Paperback)

Family Therapy: An Introduction to Process, Practice and Theory is a primer for students, professionals, and trainees to understand how family therapists conceptualize the problems people bring to therapy, utilize basic therapeutic skills to engage clients in the therapeutic process, and navigate

Raitt on Evidence: Principles, Policy and Practice (Keane Eamon)(Paperback / softback)

Enterprise and Small Business - Principles, Practice and Policy (Carter Sara)(Paperback / softback)

Understanding Social Security: Issues for Policy and Practice (Martinelli Luke)(Paperback)

With contributions from leading academics in the field this book critically examines the design, entitlement, delivery and impact of current welfare provision. The first half of the book examines social security across the lifecycle from Child Benefit to retirement pensions. The second half focuses

A Course in Environmental Economics: Theory, Policy, and Practice (Phaneuf Daniel J.)(Paperback)

This unique graduate textbook offers a compelling narrative of the growing field of environmental economics that integrates theory, policy, and empirical topics. Daniel J. Phaneuf and Till Requate present both traditional and emerging perspectives, incorporating cutting-edge research in a way that

Financial Theory and Corporate Policy: Pearson New International Edition (Copeland Thomas)(Paperback / softback)