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Climate Management Issues: Economics, Sociology, and Politics
Published:
December 14, 2011
Author(s):
Julie K. Gines
Despite all the controversy and hype that climate change has generated, there now exists an overwhelming body of scientific evidence that the problem is real and that its effects are already being felt on a global scale. Part of what makes this a volatile and controversial issue is that it is not …
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Social Work and Child Services
Published:
April 15, 2011
Editor(s):
Sharon Duca Palmer
Bringing together the results of studies of child services from diverse countries and cultures, this book covers a broad array of topical issues and social work interventions. It examines adolescent emotional health, children of substance abusers, childhood depression and teenage suicide, children’ …
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Social Work in Public Health and Hospitals
Published:
April 15, 2011
Editor(s):
Sharon Duca Palmer
Social Work in Public Health and Hospitals explores a variety of issues related to social work in hospital settings as well as the public policy concerns that guide them. Topics discussed include hospital stays for the elderly, identifying postnatal depression during well-child visits, …
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Social Work and Community Practice
Published:
April 15, 2011
Editor(s):
Sharon Duca Palmer
This book explores a variety of physical, mental, and lifestyle challenges faced by community populations. Some of the topics discussed include homelessness, smoking trends among certain populations, mental health issues among different age and gender groups, substance abuse, and domestic violence. …
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Social Work and Geriatric Services
Published:
April 15, 2011
Editor(s):
Sharon Duca Palmer
Social Work & Geriatric Services examines many facets concerning the care of the elderly. Topics discussed include chronic disease prevalence, conducting research with older people, cognitive functioning and social integration, exercise for the elderly, suicide and depression in the elderly, …
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Social Work in Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Published:
April 15, 2011
Editor(s):
Sharon Duca Palmer
This book examines many of the predominant issues in the field of social work in mental health and substance abuse today. Topics discussed include incarceration of drug abusers, methadone treatment for heroin users, and substance abuse among sex workers. It also examines how parental smoking …
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A Mathematical Look at Politics
Published:
December 09, 2010
Author(s):
E. Arthur Robinson, Jr.; Daniel H. Ullman
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What Ralph Nader's spoiler role in the 2000 presidential election tells us about the American political system. Why Montana went to court to switch the 1990 apportionment to Dean’s method. How the US tried to use game theory to win the Cold War, and why it didn’t work. When students realize that …
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Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development
Published:
August 16, 2010
Author(s):
Roland V. Anglin
Growing local economies, empowering communities, revitalizing downtowns, developing entrepreneurship, building leadership, and enhancing nonprofits — you can achieve all these benefits and more with a comprehensive and strategic revitalization plan. Chronicling the struggle of local revitalization …
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Energy Economics: Modeling and Empirical Analysis in China
Published:
September 01, 2009
Editor(s):
Yi-Ming Wei; Ying Fan; Zhi-Yong Han; Guang Wu
Energy, just like labor and capital, is universally acknowledged to be the fundamental production factor and strategic resource of an industrial society. China’s sustained rapid economic growth has resulted in its ever-growing energy import dependency, especially oil. Meanwhile, world energy …
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The Formula for Economic Growth on Main Street America
Published:
July 29, 2009
Author(s):
Gerald L. Gordon
The community that establishes and maintains a solid economic framework greatly improves its chances of sustaining itself through fluctuations in the economy. The question is, of course, how can city officials and administrators make this happen? The Formula for Economic Growth on Main Street …
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