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19 produkter
Short Guide to Working with Children and Young People
Av Liesl Conradie, Tyrrell Golding
Häftad, 2013
245 kr
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Childhood and youth have become increasingly important key concepts across a range of disciplines, professions and studies. The short guide to working with children and young people is an accessible introduction into the main concepts, developments and policy related to this exciting area of work. …
Short Guide to Environmental Policy
Häftad, 2014
271 kr
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Some have argued that the rate and scale of human-induced global environmental change is so significant that it now constitutes a new geological epoch in the Earth’s history called the Anthropocene (Zalasiewicz et al, 2011; Steffen et al, 2011). More than ever, there is a need to have appropriate …
Short Guide to Urban Policy
Häftad, 2015
245 kr
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With an ever increasing proportion of the world's population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for governments and policymakers. This concise, but wide-ranging text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been …
Short Guide to Social Policy
Häftad, 2015
245 kr
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This fully updated edition of an essential introductory text offers a concise guide to the key structures and concepts in social policy and is now supplemented by unique and innovative digital content that adds depth and provides a truly integrated way of learning. It is accompanied by a digital …
Short Guide to Community Development
Av Alison Gilchrist, Marilyn Taylor
Häftad, 2016
235 kr
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The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of …
Short Guide to Aging and Gerontology
Häftad, 2016
245 kr
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As the field of aging and gerontology grows worldwide, this exciting guide introduces students to key issues and concepts.It covers topics related to the phenomena of advancing aging, including how older age has been defined historically, cultural myths related to advanced age, health and function …
Short Guide to Criminal Justice
Av Lisa O'Malley, Sharon Grace
Häftad, 2018
235 kr
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The Short Guide to Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the current state of the criminal justice system in the United Kingdom. Avoiding an overtly legalistic or philosophical approach, it offers an accessible entry point for students and researchers across …
Short Guide to Town and Country Planning
Av Adam Sheppard, Nick Croft m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
253 kr
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The fully updated Short Guide to Town and Country Planning provides a concise introductory overview of the practice of planning for those with little or no prior knowledge. This second edition considers who planners are and what they do, showing how planning – as an art, science and system – has …
Short Guide to International Development
Av Nick Sage
Häftad, 2022
232 kr
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International development is a vibrant, interdisciplinary area of the social sciences. This Short Guide offers a uniquely succinct and balanced account of this politically charged subject. It distils both the classic and newer debates together in a clear framework and illustrates them with …
Short Guide to Health and Social Care
Av Jon Glasby
Häftad, 2019
239 kr
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As a field, health and social care is facing considerable challenge and debate, in the UK and internationally. This clear and succinct text offers a valuable introductory guide to this multidisciplinary subject, helping people who want to study or work in health and social care understand why these …
Short Guide to Sociology
Häftad, 2020
245 kr
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This illuminating book offers a fresh and contemporary guide to the field of sociology. By demonstrating the versatility of the sociological imagination, the authors reveal the ways in which thinking sociologically can help us to understand the personal, social and structural changes going on in …
Short Guide to Mental Health
Av Deirdre Heenan, Jennifer Betts
Häftad, 2025
239 kr
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In this clear and concise primer, Deirdre Heenan and Jennifer Betts lay out key concepts and debates in the field of mental health. With overviews of recent developments and stakeholder perspectives, the book introduces contemporary themes in policy and practice. It explores the prevalence, cost …
Short Guide to Community Development
Av Alison Gilchrist, Marilyn Taylor
Häftad, 2022
232 kr
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The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of …
Short Guide to Town and Country Planning 2e
Av Adam Sheppard, Nick Croft m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
214 kr
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The fully updated Short Guide to Town and Country Planning provides a concise introductory overview of the practice of planning for those with little or no prior knowledge. This second edition considers who planners are and what they do, showing how planning – as an art, science and system – has …
Short Guide to Social Work
Av Robert Adams
Häftad, 2010
235 kr
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This engaging and accessible text offers a concise overview of social work which will appeal to anyone needing a quick introduction to social work as a discipline. It contains essential information for all prospective and new social work students, the theories and policy and practice frameworks as …
Short Guide to Gender
Häftad, 2011
203 kr
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This accessible guide provides readers with an introduction to the key concepts and main developments in gender studies. Presenting definitions, explanations and policy implications through discussion of case studies, this book shows how gender intersects with different dimensions of diversity and …
