In Kenya's 'Happy Valley' in the years spanning the 1920s to the 1940s no one paid too much attention to the privileged colonial set as they farmed their estate...
What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a comp...
Social Policy: Theory and practice is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to...
How social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes con...
In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker...
The British welfare state is traditionally understood to be comprised of five main services: health, housing, social security, education and the ‘personal soc...
Most governments in the world – including many that are autocratic or authoritarian – have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop ser...
In this persuasive study, social welfare and policy expert Paul Spicker makes a case for a relational view of poverty. Poverty is much more than a lack of reso...
byPaul Spicer,Francesca Beaman,Gustav Blomquist
Prepare for success on the musculoskeletal imaging component of the radiology Core Exam! Musculoskeletal Imaging: A Core Review, Second Edition, is an up-to-dat...
byPaul Spicker,Maurice Mullard
Social Policy in a Changing Society is a critical guide to theories about society, exploring the links between social theory and social policy. It considers a ...
byMichelle Sarche,Paul Spicer,Patricia Farrell,Hiram Fitzgerald
This book examines the physical, psychological, social, and environmental factors that support or undermine healthy development in American Indian children, inc...
byEric Nordholt,Sarah Giessing,Luisa Franconi,Keith Spicer,Josep Domingo-Ferrer,Anco Hundepool, Peter-Paul de Wolf
A reference to answer all your statistical confidentiality questions.This handbook provides technical guidance on statistical disclosure control and on how to a...
Forensic Science Laboratory Benchmarking: The FORESIGHT Manual takes a step-by-step instructional approach to utilizing FORESIGHT data, detailing how labs can p...