Social Policy Books

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591. Housing Policies in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

     By J. A. A. Sillince

     Housing has enjoyed a high place on the agendas of most socialist countries. However this place has not been undisputed and this book examines the internal and external forces which have influenced housing under central planning....

     Published September 5th 1990 by Routledge
592. Homeless Children

     The Watchers and the Waiters

     By Jerome Beker, Nancy A Boxill

     At last, here is a compassionate, humane, and informative volume on the most unique and vulnerable group in our society today--homeless children. Homeless Children: The Watchers and the Waiters is unique because it offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the children and the...

     Published June 4th 1990 by Routledge
593. Youth Policy

     By Gordon Blakely

     European co-operation has a special role in relation to youth. Both the Council of Europe and the European Community have developed specific initiatives to promote the interests of youth, and to place them in a European-wide context. These initiatives cover economic, social, educational and...

     Published January 24th 1990 by Routledge
594. Offending Women

     Female Lawbreakers and the Criminal Justice System

     By Anne Worrall

     A useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. Based on hundreds of interviews with magistrates, solicitors, psychiatrists, probabtion officers, and particularly female lawbreakers themselves this book is key for those studying criminology and women's studies as well...

     Published December 6th 1989 by Routledge
595. Sigmund Freud: Critical Assessments

     Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Psychologists

     The first in the new Routledge Critical Assessments of Leading Psychologists series. A major reference work of approximately one hundred key articles assessing the ideas of Freud and assembled with editorial commentary....

     Published July 5th 1989 by Routledge
596. Embryos, Ethics, and Women's Rights

     Exploring the New Reproductive Technologies

     By Elaine Baruch, Amadeo F D'Adamo, Joni Seager

     Will procreation become just another commodity in the marketplace with “designer” sperm, ova, and embryos offered for sale? Will the attention and monies focused on the new reproductive technologies take away resources from infertility prevention, prenatal care, and adoption? If states...

     Published October 12th 1988 by Routledge
597. Women and Cancer

     By Steven Stellman

     This important book brings together, for the first time, an in-depth examination of the major scientific and social aspects of women and cancer--the second leading cause of death among American women. Prominent cancer specialists present the most recent facts about the causes, treatment, and coping...

     Published February 28th 1987 by Routledge
598. Health Care for the Elderly

     Regional Responses for National Policy Issues

     Leading experts in health policy, gerontology, economics, and ethics explore the potential impact of the growing number of elderly on our health care system. They provide valuable information on the continuing debate over national health care policy for the elderly versus a more decentralized....

     Published January 31st 1987 by Routledge
599. Private Lives in Public Places

     Research-based Critique of Residential Life in Local Authority Old People's Homes

     By Dianne Willcocks, Sheila Peace, Leonie Kellaher

     Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shape the law and order debate in Britain. Mike Brake and Chris Hale provide a hard-hitting analysis of Conservative policies on Crime, showing that, ironically, Conservative policies have created the very social...

     Published November 19th 1986 by Routledge
600. Freedom, Equality and the Market

     Arguments on Social Policy

     By Barry Hindess

     Published November 12th 1986 by Routledge