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  • Using Social Research for Social Justice

    An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services

    by Margot Rawsthorne, Emma Tseris, Amanda Howard, Mareese Terare, Alankaar Sharma ...
    This book will inspire the next generation of social work and human service practitioners to integrate research into their everyday social justice practice. Through highlighting the centrality of values to the task of research and the possibilities for enacting social justice through our research practice, it argues for respectful, meaningful, and just relationships with the people with whom we do ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Everyday Community Practice

    Principles and practice

    by Amanda Howard, Margot Rawsthorne ...
    This book provides a practical but sophisticated exploration of community development practice and is an accessible, relevant and contextualised guide for those studying social work and human services in Australia.This fully revised and expanded second edition (including new insights from communities preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters) draws on the experiences of not only ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Working Across Difference

    Social Work, Social Policy and Social Justice

    Edited by Donna Baines, Dr. Bindi Bennett, Susan Goodwin, Margot Rawsthorne ...
    Social Workers in Australia are increasingly called upon to work across social differences in ways that promote social justice and challenge growing inequity, and anti-oppressive practice has been put at the heart of qualifying programmes. In this exciting new collection, some of Australia's leading social work academics explore working across so-called human differences within the context of ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Social Work and Human Services Responsibilities in a Time of Climate Change

    Country, Community and Complexity

    by Amanda Howard, Margot Rawsthorne, Pam Joseph, Mareese Terare, Dara Sampson, Meaghan Katrak Harris ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    This book provides an accessible, research-informed text for students, social workers and other social service workers and community development workers focused on practically linking climate change to social justice.The book is designed for:Those who want to embed an understanding of climate change and its social justice impacts in their everyday practiceThose keen to explore the explicit but ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Community-Led Research

    Walking New Pathways Together

    by Amanda Howard, Margot Rawsthorne, Samantha McMahon, Anthony McKnight, Emma Webster, Yvonne Hill, Allan Hall, Cecil See, Helena Robinson, Imelda Miller, Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, Catherine Burgess, Elizabeth McDermott, Julie Welsh ...
    The concept of Community-Led Research has taken off in recent years in a variety of fields, from archaeology and anthropology to social work and everything in between. Drawing on case studies from Australia and the Pacific, this book considers what it means to participate in Community-Led Research, for both communities and researchers. How can researchers and communities work together well, and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    by Bob Lonne, Nigel Parton, Jane Thomson, Maria Harries ...
    Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children’s lives and family life are seen to be at stake. Vital as child protection work is, this book argues that there is a pressing need for change in the understanding and consequent organization of child protection in many English speaking countries.The authors present compelling ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Aid on the Edge of Chaos

    Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World

    by Ben Ramalingam ...
    It is widely recognised that the foreign aid system - which today involves every country in the world - is in need of drastic change. But there are conflicting opinions as to what is needed. Some call for dramatic increases in resources, to meet long-overdue commitments, and to scale up what is already being done around the world. Others point to the flaws in aid, and bang the drum for cutting it ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Learning Outside the Academy

    International Research Perspectives on Lifelong Learning

    Edited by Richard Edwards, Jim Gallacher, Susan Whittaker ...
    This book weaves together different strands of research in the area of lifelong learning that concentrates particularly on learning in alternative settings and ways, such experiential learning and informal and community learning. Drawing upon international research, the book examines how these strands of research can contribute to each other.The contributions to this book are based on material ... Read more

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  • Understanding Sustainable Development

    by John Blewitt ...
    A truly comprehensive introduction to the topic, Understanding Sustainable Development is designed to give students on a wide range of courses an appreciation of the key concepts and theories of sustainable development.Fully updated, the third edition includes detailed coverage of the Sustainable Development Goals and their impact on global development. Major challenges and topics are explored ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Wicked Problems in Public Policy

    Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges

    by Brian W. Head ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is an open access book.This book offers the first overview of the ‘wicked problems’ literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the ‘problem’ and the preferred ‘solution’ being strongly contested. It contextualises the debate using a wide range of relevant policy examples, explaining why these issues attract so much attention.There is an increasing ... Read more

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  • Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being

    by Tineke Abma, Sarah Banks, Tina Cook, Sónia Dias, Wendy Madsen, Jane Springett, Michael T. Wright ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This textbook is a comprehensive guide for students interested in using participatory research to improve people’s health and well-being. It is especially designed for those working in the fields of health and social welfare who are embarking on participatory research for the first time. It covers all phases in participatory research from “getting started,” to “acting for change,” “continuing the ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations

    Processes of Creative Self-Destruction

    by Christopher Wright, Daniel Nyberg ...
    Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a definitive manifestation of the well-worn links between progress and devastation. This book explores the complex relationship that the corporate world has with climate change and examines the central role of corporations in shaping political and social responses to the climate crisis. The principal message of the book is that despite ... Read more

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