Böcker av Bill Jordan

Includes Special Introduction by Duke Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski.If you believe pop culture, it's a world for youth. Don't tell that to Baby Boomers who have learned they are now in the best time of their lives, where all of their wisdom and hard work have combined to create a life with purpose.Bill Jordan, long-time radio personality turned podcaster and voiceover artist, has created a system of practices to help you focus on your Boomer years and keep them in perspective. Embrace the Boom isn't a one-time read. It's a book you'll want to refer to over-and-over again as a source of encouragement and inspiration.Get ready to launch into the best years of your life. Get ready to Embrace the Boom.

This book considers the role of social value in the making and implementation of public policy, taking into account how concepts such as subjective well-being (SWB) can be used to measure the expected impact of enacted policies.

This book is an up-to-date analysis of the issues facing the future of the social work profession in the face of rising political authoritarianism, economic inequality and insecurity, class and racial conflicts, fiscal pressure and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally published in 1981, Automatic Poverty argues that Britain¿s economic decline is symptomatic of an advanced stage of industrialisation in which productive processes are increasingly mechanised, but output remains static.

This book addresses the challenge for social integration posed by immigration into Western liberal democracies.

Enjoy your time reading rhymes about the fate of the United States in this collection of poems. Featuring sections on important events, significant people and the presidents, this book will take you back to history class and help you with the fight at trivia night. With 101 poems featuring 12 rhymes a piece from the Lost Colony in 1587 to the Revolutionary War and onward to Y2K and beyond, these poems will entertain and educate even those with the smallest interest in history.

This book addresses the disintegration of collective units of all kinds, under the twin pressures of economic globalisation and technological automation. At the level of super-states, the constituent nations of the European Union and the former Soviet Union, and of the United Kingdom, have demonstrated this dynamic;

This book argues that the financial crash of 2008-9 has exposed the disastrous consequences of applying economic theory to the collective life of societies.

In the new century, governments face three challenges for their social policies. Their efforts to improve their citizens' well-being must be consistent with the development of the world economy, and should if possible enhance the situation of the poorest populations.

The freedom to choose where to live and work is a fundamental right in liberal societies. The moral equality of persons is the basic principle of democratic politics. But liberal democracy has no coherent theory of boundaries, or how members should be selected for political communities.

This text provides a critical introduction to the debates and politics surrounding welfare reform in the UK, Europe and the US. The author demonstrates how values derived from the family and voluntary associations are in danger of running counter to the principles of liberal democracy.

Research on well-being reveals the significance of personal relationships, trust and participation to sustain quality of life, yet it is the economic model that remains the dominant basis for political and social institutions and policy. In this original book, Bill Jordan presents a new analysis of well-being in terms of social value, and outlines how it could be incorporated into public policy decisions. He argues that the grandiose attempt to maximise welfare and regulate social relations through contract, in line with the economic theory of information and incentives, is counterproductive for well-being. Instead, both the quality of personal experience and the restraints necessary for a convivial collective life would be better served by a focus on cultures and institutions. This book will be an essential text for academics and students in social theory, social welfare, public policy and governance. Bill Jordan is Professor of Social Policy at Plymouth and Huddersfield Universities. He has held visiting chairs in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Slovakia and Hungary. He worked for 20 years in the UK social services, and is the author of 25 books on social policy, social theory, politics and social work.

In the wake of the economic crash, public policy is in search of a new moral compass. This book explains why the Third Way's combination of market-friendly and abstract, value-led principles has failed, and shows what is needed for an adequate replacement as a political and moral project. It criticises the economic analysis on which the Third Way approach to policy was founded and suggests an alternative to its legalistic and managerial basis for the regulation of social relations.

What has the contemporary financial context meant for social policy, social work and the relationship between them? Examining the role of political, economic and societal forces, this lively book uses a full range of supportive features to encourage reflection on the impact of austerity on different social groups, social work and social care.

Originally published in 1976, Freedom and the Welfare State, critiques the Welfare State in Britain and analyses the relationship between freedom and welfare.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and political implications of the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics into the service sector of economies that have so far relied on service jobs to sustain levels of employment.

When Mat lost his soul mate, Ashley, to cancer, he never thought he would find true love again. While attending a support group for tragic losses, Mat befriends Samantha who takes interest in the captivating stories he tells about his life with Ashley and their love for each other. Over time, Samantha is drawn to Mat, but Mat struggles to decide whether love has a place in his life after Ashley. Will he give love the second chance Samantha needs him to?

Instead, today authoritarian leaders are gaining power - from Trump's US and Bolsonaro's Brazil to Orban's Hungary - while Russia and China have turned back towards their old, autocratic traditions. Authoritarians are exploiting the divisions in the working class that this creates to stoke resentment against immigrants and poor people.