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Rethinking Europe

Social Theory and the Implications of Europeanization

By Gerard Delanty, Chris Rumford

Dominant approaches to the transformation of Europe ignore contemporary social theory interpretations of the nature and dynamics of social change. Here, Delanty and Rumford argue…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34714-3 (Routledge)

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Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being

Edited by Suzanne M. Bianchi, Lynne M. Casper, Rosalind Berkow King

Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being grew out of a conference held in Washington, D.C. in June 2003 on "Workforce/Workplace Mismatch: Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being"…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-5254-7 (Routledge)

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Doctor, What's Wrong?

Making the NHS Human Again

By Sophie Petit-Zeman

Does your doctor really care about you? Do you have time to care about your patients in the middle of all the red tape? Can…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35155-3 (Routledge)

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Contemporary Issues in Gerontology

Promoting Positive Ageing

Edited by Victor Minichiello, Irene Coulson

Written by leading international experts, this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population. It examines:

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36430-0 (Routledge)

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Organized Activities As Contexts of Development

Extracurricular Activities, After School and Community Programs

Edited by Joseph L. Mahoney, Reed W. Larson, Jacquelynne S. Eccles

School-aged children in the U.S. and other Western nations spend almost half of their waking hours in leisure activities. For some, out-of-school time is perceived…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-4431-3 (Psychology Press)

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Youth Policy and Social Inclusion

Critical Debates with Young People

Edited by Monica Barry

Taking a holistic and multidisciplinary approach this book identifies and analyzes the factors which promote or discourage social inclusion of young people in today’s society.…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31904-1 (Routledge)

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Globalisation, Global Justice and Social Work

Edited by Iain Ferguson, Michael Lavalette, Elisabeth Whitmore

Globalization has become a seemingly unstoppable force over recent decades and, in its wake, global notions of social justice have developed in response to its…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32538-7 (Routledge)

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Medical Sociology

Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare

Edited by Graham Scambler

Medical sociology was first recognizable as a distinct area of study in the 1950s and is now probably the largest specialized area of sociology. This…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31779-5 (Routledge)

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Child Welfare

Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare

Edited by Nick Frost

This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bodies or NGO's.…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31253-0 (Routledge)

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Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey

Edited by Thalia Dragonas, Faruk Birtek

Citizenship and the Nation State in Greece and Turkey brings together papers on a transdisciplinary dialogue on nation formation in Greece and Turkey as successor…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34783-9 (Routledge)

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The Microstructures of Housing Markets
Edited by Susan J. Smith, Moira Munro
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Progressive Community Organizing: A Critical Approach for a Globalizing World
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Welfare in the United States: A History with Documents, 1935-1996
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Ageing in East Asia: Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century
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To be published February 25th 2009

The New Sociology of the Health Service
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