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Community Care: People Leaving Long-Stay Hospitals
1st Edition
Edited
By Sheila Sharkey, Sara Barna
April 02, 2026
When this book was originally published in 1990, the policy of ‘community care’ occupied a central place in the development of health and social services in Britain. The elderly or mentally ill were being moved out from long-stay hospitals into the community. However, many problems arose from the ...
Edmund Spenser: An Essay on Renaissance Poetry
1st Edition
By W. L. Renwick
April 02, 2026
First published in 1925, Edmund Spenser is a scholarly examination of Edmund Spenser's contributions to Renaissance literature. Renwick delves into Spenser's poetic artistry, exploring his major works, including The Faerie Queene, and their significance within the cultural and intellectual context ...
Enter Plato: Classical Greece and the Origins of Social Theory
1st Edition
By Alvin W. Gouldner
April 02, 2026
Originally published in 1965, this was the first analysis from the viewpoints of modern sociology and social psychology of the social structure and culture of ancient Greece. The book examines Greece’s class system (with special attention to slavery), its various solutions to the problems of social...
Interviewing and Communication in Social Work
1st Edition
Edited
By Crispin P. Cross
April 02, 2026
Interviewing and communication are central to the work of the social worker, the psychotherapist, and to that of many other specialists, yet little attempt has been made to explore their interrelationship and complexity. First published in 1974, Interviewing and Communication in Social Work ...
Labour and War: The Theory of Labour Action to Prevent War
1st Edition
By Bjarne Braatoy
April 02, 2026
First published in 1934, Labour and War is a thought-provoking work that examines the role of labor movements in preventing war through collective action and advocacy. The book explores the theoretical foundations of labor's involvement in peace efforts, emphasizing the power of organized labor to ...
Landor as Critic
1st Edition
Edited
By Charles L. Proudfit
April 02, 2026
First published in 1979, Landor as Critic is a comprehensive study of Walter Savage Landor’s critical writings, showcasing his contributions as a literary critic and his influence on literature. The book features the most representative examples of Landor’s criticism across various literary forms, ...
Militarization, Internal Repression and Social Welfare in the Third World
1st Edition
By Miles D Wolpin
April 02, 2026
First published in 1986, Militarization, Internal Repression and Social Welfare in the Third World argues that there is a relationship between the level of a regime’s military spending and the degree of internal repression it inflicts. This book presents a detailed empirical analysis of this ...
Modern Italy
1st Edition
By Margaret Carlyle
April 02, 2026
First published in 1957, Modern Italy examines the complex political and economic challenges Italy faced during the 1950s. The book explores the strength and policies of major political parties, the new constitution, and efforts to combat over-centralization, all set against the backdrop of Fascist...
Needs
1st Edition
By Garrett Thomson
April 02, 2026
First published in 1987, Needs by Garrett Thomson aims to explain the ways in which the concept of a need functions, and an important part of this must be to reveal its distinctive empirical content and show how that content relates to its evaluative role. Thomson examines the distinction between ...
New Directions in Social Skill Training
1st Edition
Edited
By Roger Ellis, Dorothy Whittington
April 02, 2026
Research into and analysis of social skill training had become a subject of major interest by the early 1980s. On one hand, academic psychologists were increasingly focused on understanding social interaction, while on the other, there was growing demand for the practical application of social ...
Palestine: At the Crossroads
1st Edition
By Ernest Main
April 02, 2026
Mandatory Palestine was established in 1920, and the British obtained the Mandate from the League of Nations in 1922. Jewish immigration and the rise of Nationalist movements characterized the following years, and the years between 1936 and 1939 saw the Palestinian Revolution against British rule. ...
Political Science and Political Behaviour
1st Edition
By Dennis Kavanagh
April 02, 2026
Originally published in 1983, this book locates the behavioural approach to the study of politics in its social science and historical context. The text reviews the findings in a number of fields – public opinion, electoral behaviour, political participation, policy outputs, political recruitment, ...