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State-Building, Lawmaking, and Criminal Justice in Afghanistan
A case study of the prison system’s legal mandate and the rehabilitation programmes offered in Pul-e-charkhi
2023 || Paperback || N. Amin || Eleven international publishing
Afghanistan is often viewed as a failing state. The international intervention, following 9/11, could fit with the country’s domestic modernisation efforts, King Ammanullah’s in the 1920s and Zahir Shah’s in the 1960s. Yet, such developments had been stalled time and again, first due to conservative resistance, then the 1979 Soviet occupation, and the subsequent rise of Mujahidin and Taliban. The post-2001 overhaul remained an outsider’s enterprise and lacked proper connection to Afgh...
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Silver Empowerment
Fostering Strengths and Connections for an Age-Friendly Society
2023 || Paperback || Jasper De Witte e.a. || Leuven University Press
Silver empowerment is a valuable paradigm to improve care and support systems for older persons. It aims to counteract the dominant image of ageing, which is all too often one of decline, dependency and vulnerability, and rather sees ageing and the ageing population as a challenge that opens up new opportunities. By focusing on the strengths and connections of older persons, silver empowerment strives for an inclusive, age-friendly society that will allow everyone to grow old with dignity and...
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Introducing Social Work
2023 || Paperback || Jonathan Parker || SAGE
A practical and complete introduction to contemporary social work written by subject experts, including best-selling Transforming Social Work Practice Series authors.
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Youth Justice
Local and Global
2023 || Paperback || Nicola Carr e.a. || SAGE
This textbook links theory to policy and practice and takes a comparative, international focus on current issues, making it vital reading for any student of Youth Justice.
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Latinx Experiences
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
2023 || Paperback || Maria Joaquina Villasenor e.a. || SAGE
This contributed reader introduces students to the variety and complexity of Latinxs' experiences in the U.S., examining a wide range of topics including immigration, citizenship, and deportation; racial identities; political participation and power; educational and economic achievement; family; religion; media and popular culture.
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Social Inequality in a Global Age
2023 || Paperback || Scott R. Sernau || SAGE
Explores multiple dimensions of inequality and their intersections within a global context.
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Research Design - International Student Edition
Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
2023 || Paperback || John W. Creswell e.a. || SAGE
Inequality and Social Work
2023 || Paperback || Rick Hood || SAGE
Designed to help students think critically about the skills and knowledge they need to understand and tackle inequality, and provide meaningful help to those people most in need.
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Social Work Practice with Adults
Learning from Lived Experience
2023 || Paperback || Sally Lee e.a. || SAGE
An accessible introduction to social work practice with adults written in collaboration with service users, carers and practitioners.
Digital Media Economics
A Critical Introduction
2023 || Paperback || Brett Caraway || SAGE
Written for a wide audience, from undergraduate and graduate students to citizens and activists, this engaging text explains how economics can help us to better understand the development of digital technologies. Â