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  • Wellbeing and Policy

    Evidence for Action

    Edited by Marie Briguglio, Natalia Czap, Kate Laffan ...
    As wellbeing becomes an increasingly explicit policy goal in countries across the world, the demand for evidence upon which to base intervention is growing. Featuring 41 contributing authors from 18 countries, this book surveys and synthesizes recent developments in wellbeing science and policy to highlight key lessons learned and to offer actionable insights for policy-making.Opening with a ... Read more

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  • Implementing Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care

    A Handbook

    Edited by C. Nadine Wathen, Colleen Varcoe ...
    The need for health and social services to be trauma- and violence-informed has never been so pressing. In the wake of COVID-19, racial violence intensified and violence against women spiked globally. Mental health for many is worsening, while the ongoing toxic drug overdose crisis provides horrendous evidence of the impact of trauma, violence, stigma, and social inequities. Service providers ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Ageism: Where It Comes From and What It Does

    by Alan S. Gutterman ...
    According to the United Nations, the number of older-age adults across the world has almost quintupled in the last 65 years and by 2050 1 in 6 people in the world will be over the age of 65, up from 1 in 11 in 2019. Among the main drivers of the exponential growth in the older population in developed countries have been increases in the quality of life and life expectancy accompanied by decreases ... Read more

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  • Wellbeing

    Science and Policy

    by Richard Layard, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve ...
    What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future generations. Written by two of the world's leading experts on the economics of wellbeing, this book shows ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Power of Hope

    How the Science of Well-Being Can Save Us from Despair

    by Carol Graham ...
    Why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-beingIn a society marked by extreme inequality of income and opportunity, why should economists care about how people feel? The truth is that feelings of well-being are critical metrics that predict future life outcomes. In this timely and innovative account, economist Carol Graham argues for the importance of hope—little studied in ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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  • Happiness Explained

    What human flourishing is and what we can do to promote it

    by Paul Anand ...
    What is human happiness and how can we promote it? These questions are central to human existence and Happiness Explained draws on scientific research from economics, psychology, and philosophy, as well as a range of other disciplines, to outline a new paradigm in which human flourishing plays a central role in the assessment of national and global progress. It shows why the traditional national ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Evaluating Economic Success

    Happiness, Health, and Basic Human Needs

    by Michael Joffe ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book argues that a new policy approach is required in order to tackle the numerous problems the world is currently facing. The priority should be on achieving better outcomes for people, especially those facing deprivation or precariousness, by meeting their basic needs. In order to achieve this, the book develops a monitoring system that can act as an objective, an incentive, and ... Read more

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  • Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society

    Edited by Rowena Fong, James Lubben, Richard P. Barth ...
    The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI), which is spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), represents a major endeavor for the entire field of social work. GCSWI calls for bold innovation and collective action powered by proven and evolving scientific interventions to address critical social issues facing society. The purpose of GCSWI was ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society

    Edited by John Field, Ronald J Burke, Sir Cary L. Cooper ...
    Aging has emerged as a major and urgent issue for individuals, organisations and governments of our time.In this well-timed and comprehensive handbook, key international contributors to the field of study come together to create a definitive map of the subject. Framed by an authoritative introductory chapter, the SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society offers a critical overview of the most ... Read more

    $147.99 CAD

  • A Manifesto for Early Childhood

    Edited by Aaron Bradbury, Ruth Swailes, Philippa Thompson ...
    The Early Childhood Sector faces many challenges today. Sector-wide pressures and policy changes mean settings are struggling with many issues including funding, retention and recruitment of staff.As change looms, this new book takes the opportunity to explore what could be possible. It draws together expertise and experience from across many sectors, including education, health, and social work ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Aging, Society, and the Life Course

    by Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD, Richard Settersten Jr, PhD ...
    Newly revised and updated, this classic text examines the impact of social forces on the aging process. It considers aging from personal, family, community, societal, and global perspectives. The sixth edition reflects significant changes in the field of social gerontology. It delves deeply into the life course paradigm to demonstrate how aging experiences are shaped by individuals’; pasts and by ... Read more

    $121.99 CAD

  • From Early Child Development to Human Development: Investing in Our Children's Future

    by Young,Mary Eming ...
    It is never too early to become involved but it can easily be too late.'Armed with such alarming statistics as 125 million primary-school age children are not in school; another 150 million children drop out of primary school before they complete four years of education; and almost one-half of the children in the least developed countries of the world do not have access to primary education; the ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD