This timely and fully revised second edition provides an overview of the personalisation agenda and looks at the recent legislation in a broad historical and theoretical perspective. This approach will provide opportunities for students to consider the changes to the social work role and to evaluate the impact of this for service users and as practitioners.

A step-by-step guide to the core techniques used by practitioners in achieving therapeutic change using the cognitive behavioural approach, this new edition drills down into the skills required at each stage of the therapeutic process and with the therapeutic relationship at the core shows trainees practically how to build and maintain a successful working alliance with their clients.

This book provides a timely and expansive study on the subject of the impact that academic social science has across a broad societal canvas, including on government and public policy, commerce and business, and the third sector and public engagement.

This is a guide to a theoretical awareness and understanding of the role of creativity in teaching and learning across the primary curriculum.

Helps in developing an understanding of two key approaches to placement study: critical thinking and reflective practice. This book also includes a chapter on using the reflective and critical skills to prepare for the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE).

Approaching the topic from the perspective of the social scientist interested in hypothesis-testing, this volume is an introduction to time-series methods and their application in social science research.

The EU version of the best text for the intermediate macroeconomics course that keeps getting better.

Mankiw’s Macroeconomics EU edition maintains the US original edition’s bestselling status by continually bringing the leading edge of macroeconomics theory, research, and policy to the classroom, explaining complex concepts with exceptional clarity.

Highly readable, this text communicates the theories and models of macroeconomics in a concise and accessible way, with real-world examples, ...

Language is one of our most precious and uniquely human capacities, so it is not surprising that research on its neural substrates has been advancing quite rapidly in recent years. Until now, however, there has not been a single introductory textbook that focuses specifically on this topic. Cognitive Neuroscience of Language fills that gap by providing an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in the field.

It guides students through al...

This textbook is the only major introduction to social psychology that provides a conceptually and thematically integrated approach to the science of social behavior, showinghow the major topics and themes in the discipline are deeply interconnected. As such, it provides a uniquely rich, meaningful, and logical appreciation of human social behavior that students can relate to the world around them and apply to their own lives. Throughout, there are explanations of how social processes are int...

Rare materials on Belarus are a potential treasure trove for the English language reader. A blank spot on the map for many, Belarus is an undiscovered mystery in the heart of Europe - undiscovered, because little has been published on the country's history and current affairs, and the origin of the ethnic group that calls itself 'Belarusians'. Author Lubov Bazan attempts to uplift the veil of secrecy surrounding Belarus and answer an important question of the ethnogenesis of the Belarusians.U...