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Vocational Rehabilitation

By Jain Holmes (Consultant in Vocational Rehabilitation)

Gender and Well-Being in Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

By Lina Galvez, Bernard Harris

The European Social Model Adrift: Europe, Social Cohesion and the Economic Crisis

By Serena Romano, Gabriella Punziano

The European Union and the Social Dimension of Globalization: How the EU Influences the World

By Jan Orbie, Lisa Tortell

Social Europe – Living Standards and Welfare States

By Berthoud, Richard, Iacovou, Maria

Social Justice and Social Policy in Scotland

By Gerry Mooney (The Open University (Scotland)), Gill Scott (Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University)

A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy

By Patricia Kennett

Welfare States in the 21st Century: The New Five Giants Confronting Societal Progress

By Ian Greener

Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland

By Gerry Mooney (The Open University (Scotland)), Gill Scott (Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University)

Child Social Work Policy & Practice

By Derek Kirton

The Value Base of Social Work and Social Care

By Adam Barnard, Nigel Horner, Jim Wild

Social work: Voices from the inside

By Cree, Viviene E.

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation

By Janina Fisher

Proactive Child Protection and Social Work

By Liz Davies, Nora Duckett

Dictionary of Social Work: The Definitive A to Z of Social Work and Social Care

By John Pierson, Martin Thomas

Britain's War on Poverty

By Jane Waldfogel

Childhood in a Global Perspective

By Karen Wells

The New Handbook of Children's Rights: Comparative Policy and Practice

By Franklin, Bob

Moving Toward Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare: Current Issues and Future Directions

By Gary Cameron, Nick Coady, Gerald R. Adams

The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics in Modern America

By Marisa Chappell

Parents, Poverty and the State: 20 Years of Evolving Family Policy

By Naomi Eisenstadt, Carey Oppenheim

In Our Hands: The Struggle for U.S. Child Care Policy

By Elizabeth Palley, Corey S. Shdaimah

Why We Need a New Welfare State

By Gosta Esping-Andersen (, Professor of Sociology at Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain)

Learning from Sure Start: Working with Young Children and their Families

By Jo Weinberger, Caroline Pickstone, Peter Hannon

Integrated Children's Centres: Overcoming Barriers to Truly Integrated Services

By Carole Beaty (National College of School Leadership, UK)

Rethinking Children's Rights

By Sue Welch, Phil Jones

Children's Rights in the United States: In Search of a National Policy

By Nancy E. Walker, Catherine M. Brooks, Lawrence S. Wrightsman

Towards Positive Systems of Child and Family Welfare: International Comparisons of Child Protection, Family Service, and Community Caring Systems

By Nancy Freymond, Gary Cameron

Child Welfare for the Twenty-first Century: A Handbook of Practices, Policies, and Programs

By Gerald Mallon (Associate Professor), Peg McCartt Hess

Child Protection Systems: International Trends and Orientations

By Neil Gilbert (Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley), Nigel Parton (NSPCC Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, NSPCC Professor in Applied Childhood Studies, University of Hudders...