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History Highly Skilled Immigration and Development in England (Paperback)

This book intends to review the de jure and de facto immigration policy in England from a historical perspective. Todays Tier 1 points based immigration system in the UK was born out of the Highly Skilled Migrant Program (HSMP) and even through the... more

Financing Schools and Educational Programs: Policy Practice and Politics (Paperback)

This book will be great for preparing for entry-level school administration positions as well as candidates for advanced degrees who need more research based theoretical content. Ramirez offers a more in depth historical context for school finance;... more

Pre-Owned Comparative Mental Health Policy : From Institutional to Community Care 9780803977297

This book presents a comparative analysis of mental health policy in Western Europe and North America. It also considers how and why different policies have developed. Simon Goodwin examines the transition from institutional to community-based... more

Routledge Studies in Public Administrati Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Economy Environment and Community in Baltimore (Hardcover)

Baltimore like many other cities around the globe is redesigning local government policy and programs in order to become a more sustainable city. Sustainability as a concept guiding public action encourages city officials to integrate policy and... more

Routledge Research in Religion and Devel Development Across Faith Boundaries (Paperback)

Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions amongst communities of the same faith. However many FBOs today work across a variety of contexts including with local partners... more

National Primary Care Research and Devel Primary Care and Social Services: Developing New Partnerships for Older People (National Primary Care Research & Develop (Paperback)

Health policy emphasises the role of primary and community-based services in achieving strategic change throughout the NHS. However despite lead roles assigned to social service departments and residential and nursing home care services difficulties... more

Pre-Owned Community Resources for Older Adults: Programs and Services in an Era of Change (Hardcover) 1412951291 9781412951296

Community Resources for Older Adults provides comprehensive up-to-date information on programs services and policies pertaining to older adults. Authors Robbyn R. Wacker and Karen A. Roberto build reader awareness of programs and discuss how to... more

Homelessness Amid Affluence: Structure and Paradox in the American Political Economy (Hardcover)

Approaching the problem of homelessness from a broad public policy perspective Lang focuses on the American political economy and how it permits community development patterns based on racism and self-interest. This interdisciplinary study... more

Leading Community Based Changes in the Culture of Health in the US: Experiences in Developing the Team and Impacting the Community (Hardcover)

Advancing health equity calls for a new kind of leader and a new approach to leadership development. Clinical Scholars and Culture of Health Leaders are mid-career leadership development programs supporting the emergence of collaborative and... more

Community-Based Prevention: Programs That Work (Paperback - Used) 0834212412 9780834212411

Community-Based Prevention: Programs that Work is a topical book created from Aspen s Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. It covers everything from how to assess the health needs of a community to the actual development and... more

Advances in Teacher Education: Outcomes of High-Quality Clinical Practice in Teacher Education (hc) (Hardcover)

For decades teacher education researchers organizations and policy makers have called for improving teacher education by creating clinically based preparation programs (e.g. CAEP 2013; Goodlad 1990; Holmes 1986 1995; National Association for... more

Routledge Advances in Sociology Community Resilience: A Critical Approach (Hardcover)

This book provides an alternative perspective on community resilience drawing on critical sociological and social policy insights about how people individually and collectively cope with different kinds of adversity. Based on the idea that... more

Muslims Arabs and Arab-Americans: A Quick Guide to Islamic and Arabic Cultures (Paperback)

Muslims Arabs and Arab-Americans is based on Author Nawar Shora s time-tested seminar program that has reached law enforcement the intelligence community church groups academic institutions and private corporations for the past two decades. His... more

National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches : Assessing Program Outcomes (Paperback)

Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) is the second phase of a community-based initiative focused on developing and fielding interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children s exposure to violence. This report shares the results of SSPA... more

Routledge Advances in International Rela Politics and the Bomb: The Role of Experts in the Creation of Cooperative Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreements (Hardcover)

Epistemic communities represent networks of knowledge-based experts that help articulate cause-and-effect relationships of complex problems define the self-interests of a state or formulate specific policies for state decision makers. However the... more

California Series in Public Anthropology: Getting Wrecked : Women Incarceration and the American Opioid Crisis (Series #46) (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

Getting Wrecked provides a rich ethnographic account of women battling addiction as they cycle through jail prison and community treatment programs in Massachusetts. As incarceration has become a predominant American social policy for managing the... more

Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustain Performing Sustainability in West Africa: Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development (Hardcover)

This book discusses the role of cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines including performance video theatre community arts and cultural heritage. Based on ethnographic field... more

Understanding Mental Distress: Knowledge Practice and Neoliberal Reform in Community Mental Health Services (Paperback)

In this timely analysis Rich Moth assesses mental health services in a period of major change. Based on extended fieldwork in community mental health services he explores the many impacts of policy reform marketisation and austerity on NHS mental... more

A public school building program for the Moweaqua community unit school district 6a based on a study of school housing needs. By citizens teachers and pupils with the assistanc

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Pre-Owned Service Delivery to Rural Older Adults : Research Policy and Practice 9780826102270

Provides a comprehensive discussion of contemporary challenges experienced by older rural residents and their communities in accessing and providing services. Many of the chapters provide details about programs and services which have been... more

Environments of East Asia: Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China (Hardcover)

Ecological States examines ecological policies in the People s Republic of China to show how campaigns of scientifically based environmental protection transform nature and society. While many point to China s ecological civilization programs as a... more

Environmental Politics and Theory: The Global Politics of Local Conservation (Hardcover)

This book examines the politics of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia. CBNRM and similar forms of conservation across southern Africa have long been studied for their potential benefits as domestic policy tools to help... more

Routledge International Handbooks Routledge Handbook of Evidence-Based Criminal Justice Practices (Hardcover)

Now more than ever the criminal justice system and the programs policies and practices within it are subject to increased public scrutiny due to well-founded concerns over effectiveness fairness and potential unintended consequences. One of the best... more

Learning from 50 Years of Aboriginal Alcohol Programs: Beating the Grog in Australia (Paperback)

This open access book deals with community-based attempts on the part of Aboriginal communities and groups in Australia to address harms arising from alcohol misuse. Alcohol-related harms are viewed as both a product of colonisation and... more

Pre-Owned Practical Program Evaluation: Examples from Child Abuse Prevention (Paperback) 0803934963 9780803934962

Focusing on community-based child abuse prevention programmes this manual facilitates programme self-evaluation research so that it can be conducted with a minimum of outside technical assistance. The volume explores models of evaluation discusses... more

Pre-Owned Working Knowledge: Work-Based Learning and Education Reform (Paperback 9780415945660) by Thomas R Bailey Katherine L Hughes David Thornton Moore

9780415945660. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 256. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Based on five years of research in high school and community college programs this book explores the potential for... more

Learning from 50 Years of Aboriginal Alcohol Programs: Beating the Grog in Australia (Hardcover)

This open access book deals with community-based attempts on the part of Aboriginal communities and groups in Australia to address harms arising from alcohol misuse. Alcohol-related harms are viewed as both a product of colonisation and... more

Putting It All Together: Creating and Scaling Exceptional Learning (Paperback)

The purpose is to provide the evidence-based practices and the faculty learning community program as the vehicle for massive innovation across three contexts--courses programs and the General Education Program and undergraduate curriculum. more

Pre-Owned Mobilizing Communities: Asset Building as a Community Development Strategy (Hardcover) 1439900868 9781439900864

As communities face new social and economic challenges as well as political changes the responsibilities for social services housing needs and welfare programs are being placed at the local government level. But can community-based organizations... more

Pre-Owned Renewing Hope within Neighborhoods of Despair (SUNY Series in Urban Public Policy): The Community-Based Development Model Paperback - USED

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Falling behind : an examination of critical social programs and policies in New York State : implications for the Black community : report of the Human Services Subcommittee the G

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Islam in the School Curriculum: Symbolic Pedagogy and Cultural Claims (Paperback)

Islam in the School Curriculum explores the conceptualisation of school-based Islam on two levels: as a symbolic category in English religious education as a consequence of policy shifts and as pedagogic discourse at the local community level in... more

Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas: A Guide to Building Resilience and Hope in Communities (Hardcover)

Using extensive research interviews with program leaders and examples Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas is a step-by-step guide for organizing community-based culturally tailored population-level mental wellness and resilience-building... more

The Sciences Po International Relations The Rand Corporation (1989-2009): The Reconfiguration of Strategic Studies in the United States (Hardcover)

Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community and more particularly... more

Maximizing Deterrence with Respect to a Nuclear Weapons Capable Iran: An Effects Based Approach to Policy and Strategy (Paperback)

This study addresses U.S. policy options to maximize deterrence of a nuclear armed Iran. It explores the possible stages of an Iranian nuclear weapons program and lists the desired objectives of U.S. deterrence policy with respect to Iran. It... more

Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Scaling it up (Hardcover)

As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda matched by increasing funds and frameworks for action there are mounting questions over how to ensure the needs of vulnerable people on the ground are met. Community-based... more

Crime Control And Community - Hughes Gordon

Community-Based Crime Control Has Become One Of The Principal Policy Responses To Crime And Disorder Across Western Societies And Is Regarded Now As One Of The Keys To Successful Crime Prevention And Reduction. The Aim Of This Book Is To Bring... more

Routledge Studies in Public Administrati Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Economy Environment and Community in Baltimore (Paperback)

Baltimore like many other cities around the globe is redesigning local government policy and programs in order to become a more sustainable city. Sustainability as a concept guiding public action encourages city officials to integrate policy and... more