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Reflecting the challenges of formulating, implementing and monitoring strategy in practice, Colin White's contemporary text discusses differing theories and approaches in the context of real world experience. The book includes integrated web packages for both students and instructors.

In this essential text, the highly regarded Temenos team present a new introduction to the person-centred approach for the Twenty-first-century.

Decentralise authority and let managers manage' has been an almost universal message in UK public services over the last 15 years.

In adopting an innovative case-study approach to social work law and practice, this text fills a genuine need for a book which applies legal knowledge to the practice predicaments social workers face in their daily work.

Community care has long been the preferred policy for caring for dependent people. This book, first published in 1988, challenges accepted ideas about community care, arguing that it is based on assumptions about an 'ideal model' of family life which in practice disadvantages both disabled and older people and women carers alike.

This book offers a practical approach to maximising quality in social work that is based on developing a working culture that empowers key stakeholders in the delivery of services, whether these are managers, practitioners, service users or carers.

This book traces the history of youth culture from its origins among the student communities of inter-war Britain to the more familiar world of youth communities and pop culture. Grounded in extensive original research, it explores the individuals, institutions and ideas that have shaped youth culture over much of the twentieth century.

Practical Social Research is a working guide to doing 'real life' research in the local community. Based on the authors' own practice, it proposes a partnership between students and community organisations that both meets community needs and develops students' research skills.

This new text focuses upon the growing interest in the economic behaviour of households and families and examines the microeconomic behaviour of household units and their place in the macroeconomic environment.

As scholarly interest in popular culture has grown, more and more British and American universities have been introducing courses in popular culture, now seen as an essential aspect of historical investigation.

Collecting together essays which offer detailed accounts of particular plays, along with others that take a broader overview of the field, this casebook showcases the range of critical strategies used in feminist criticism of Shakespeare.

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures in British political history. An assessment is offered of Disraeli's contribution to the late-Victorian Conservative party's political ascendancy, and in particular to its image as the 'national' party.

This text blends economic theory with empirical evidence to chart business development over the last two centuries in the UK, the United States, Japan and Australia. Each chapter considers an issue of current significance, introduces theories to illuminate the topic, and discusses historical evidence and debates.

This volume examines the main themes in Welsh history from the coming of the Normans in the eleventh century and their impact on Welsh society and politics to the fall of the Duke of Buckingham, the last great marcher magnate, in 1521.

Key Concepts in Management is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference. With over 500 key terms defined, the book represents a comprehensive must-have reference for anyone studying a business-related course or those simply wishing to understand what management is all about.

This book comprehensively and clearly surveys the major theoretical schools of psychotherapy - including Freudian, Jungian, humanistic and cognitive. There is also some consideration of the impact of new discoveries in neuroscience upon psychotherapy.

Key Concepts in Human Resource Management is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

This is the third edition of a book which has established itself as a standard work on the British welfare state for students and general readers alike.

This introduction covers Atwood's work from the end of the 1960s to the present, drawing out her recurring themes of Canadian identity and the wilderness, the representation of women and female bodies, and history and its narration.

In 1991, Communist rule in the Soviet Union came to an end after 84 years, and the world's largest state, one of the two global superpowers, broke up into fifteen independent countries. Few had predicted such an outcome when Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union six years before.

Patterns of household and family life are changing radically leading sociologists to develop new conceptualizations and understandings of the relationships involved. This book examines the character of these changes, exploring the growing diversity there is in people's domestic circumstances.

This fascinating book illustrates the importance of analyzing sexuality by examining ways in which stepping outside heterosexuality necessitates and facilitates long-term economic independence.

This textbook builds knowledge progressively and sympathetically, from first principles to advanced topics. An ideal handbook for the undergraduate, postgraduate and professional historian embarking on a dissertation or historical research.

Hanif Kureishi is one of the most exciting and controversial British writers who has produced significant work in a range of forms: plays, essays, novels, short stories and film.

This book seeks to liberate and empower practitioners seeking to meet the needs of all the troubled children and young people who come to them for help.

Despite a burgeoning debate on substantive issues in IPE, little attention has been devoted to its theoretical foundations. In this important new text, Matthew Watson reviews the main current theoretical approaches to IPE and highlights the problems that arise from treating 'states' and 'markets' as separate and contesting units of analysis.

This text offers a concise introduction to Marxism's main ideas and debates in a way that is easily accessible for the reader new to this substantial subject. It first assesses the key thinkers before exploring a number of debates and recent developments in Marxist thought, showing how Marxist thought continues to evolve.

This book examines a key topic in modern literary studies. Their understanding is fundamental to the study of English at undergraduate level and is becoming increasingly important at 'A' Level. The writers and texts chosen are central in 'A' Level and undergraduate syllabuses.

This comprehensive introductory text starts by charting the origins and evolution of the shift from public administration to public management and moves on to assess the main theories and debates about its character, benefits and problems.

This lucid and accessible introductory text from a highly regarded author provides students who are encountering the sociology of the family for the first time with a systematic and stimulating way of thinking about the subject based on a core set of analytical questions.