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This book analyzes the impact of choice on welfare states in Europe and asks whether the shift towards more choice will ultimately benefit the users and providers of the welfare state, and have a positive impact on society as a whole. Explores the recent focus on...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-06-09
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Winner of the Jewish Chronicle Harold H. Wingate Literary Award.Rothschild Buildings were typical of the 'model dwellings for the working classes' which were such an important part of the response to late-Victorian London's housing problem. They were built for poor but...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2011-06-08
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The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction Award winning true story behind GoodfellasBy the son and daughter of Henry Hill - immortalised in the book Wiseguy and the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas - OnThe Run is the harrowing account of a childhood spent coping with an...
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Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-05-31
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During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms to the way that income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-05-27
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After a description of the new forms of globalization currently shaping our world, and of their possible spatial effects, the book highlights which European regions have in the past succeeded in taking advantage of globalization trends and identifies the major reasons...
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Springer
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2011-05-27
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There are two great mysteries in the political economy of South Korea. How could a destroyed country in next to no time become a sophisticated and affluent economy? And how could a ruthlessly authoritarian regime metamorphose with relative ease into a stable democratic...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-05-27
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Das Buch behandelt die aktuelle Steuerungsproblematik im Gesundheitssystem auf Makro-, Meso- und Mikroebene. Es wird ein Bezugsrahmen für notwendige Veränderungen im System geliefert sowie daraus Anforderungen an ein modernes Krankenhausmanagement abgeleitet. Zudem wird...
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Springer
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2011-05-21
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On 9th May 1950 Robert Schuman (1886-1963) made the historic declaration that would form the foundation of the European Community. What is seldom appreciated is the remarkable degree to which Schuman’s actions were the conscious implementation of the Neo-Thomistic...
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2011-04-26
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Designed for the generalist practice course, this book uses students' own experiences rather than abstract discussion to build competency and professional identity. Full of rich case examples and exercises, the book lets students visualize and carry out skills in an...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-04-18
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This book sheds light on the processes that have transformed national citizenship of the European Union's member states and explains the legislative changes that have taken place since the mid-1980s in Germany, Hungary and Poland.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-04-12
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Community organizers build solidarity and collective power in fractured communities. They help ordinary people turn their private pain into public action, releasing hidden capacities for leadership and strategy. In Collective Action for Social Change , Aaron Schutz and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-04-11
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Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-04-07
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James Bailey's form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was as bizarre as it was unbearable. He was obsessed by a fear of drugs and their effects, believing himself to be in constant danger of becoming insanely high through people spiking his food, or even by just...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2011-03-18
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This book presents original research outlining the key elements in responding to parental misuse of drugs and alcohol. Offers a definition of “misuse” and “addiction” and the factors that influence the nature of misuse or addiction Reviews extensively the nature and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-03-16
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Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
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From Dubai to Amsterdam, Memphis to South Korea, a new phenomenon is reshaping the way we live and transforming the way we do business: the aerotropolis.A combination of giant airport, planned city, shipping facility and business hub, the aerotropolis will be at the...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2011-03-03
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The role of the media has become a central part of politics and policy in the twenty-first century. That dominance has led many to suggest a trend of 'dumbing down': the privileging of style over content. In this provocative new book, Maarten Hajer takes issue with the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2011-03-03
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"Competency-Based Assessments in Mental Health Practice should be required reading for all clinical practitioners and students. Author Susan W. Gray provides a competency-based assessment model that moves away from looking at mental illness as a 'disease' to capturing...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-02-25
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Praise for the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series "A major stumbling block to the adoption of evidence-based practice in the real world of clinical practice has been the absence of clinician-friendly guides suitable for learning specific empirically...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-02-02
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Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series
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From formulation to implementation, an approach to the analysis of social policy through the lens of research Analyzing Social Policy prepares professionals and students to make better informed decisions related to identifying and understanding the intricacies and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-02-02
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This volume embodies a problem-driven and theoretically informed approach to bridging frontier research in urban economics and urban/regional planning. The authors focus on the interface between these two subdisciplines that have historically had an uneasy relationship....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-02-01
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