Public Affairs & Policy

'This book appears to fill a substantial gap in the literature at present. There are, quite simply, no books available which engage seriously and competentl...

[the Author] Takes Us Into The Poorest Neighborhoods Of Milwaukee To Tell The Story Of Eight Families On The Edge. Arleen Is A Single Mother Trying To Raise...

Review\"This exercise of historical assessment from a central participant is one that more policymakers should probably try. It allows readers to make judgm...

In 1987 Betty Mahmoody captured the world's attention and admiration with the compelling and heartrending story of her virtual imprisonment in Iran and sub...

A Respected International Economic Advisor And The Director Of The Earth Institute Shares A Wide-spectrum Theory About How To Enable Economic Success Throug...

this Guide Summarizes Lessons Learned By Studying Successful Community-building Initiatives In Hundreds Of Neighborhoods Across The U.s. It Outlines What Lo...

Humanure: waste or resource? Joseph Jenkins boldly steps where no author has gone before. The Humanure Handbook will surprise you with its timely relevance...

In this revised and expanded reader, Thompson brings 30 classic articles and book chapter reprints together under one cover—giving students a grounding in...

This Eye-opening Uk Bestseller Shows How One Single Factor--the Gap Between Its Richest And Poorest Members--can Determine The Health And Well-being Of A So...

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award\A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campai...

National BestsellerBill Morneau’s experience as Canada’s finance minister crystalized his vision for the country’s potential for growth and prosperity...

The Scope Of Performance Measurement -- What Types Of Performance Information Should Be Tracked? -- What Are The First Steps? -- What Are The Program's Miss...

With the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), commentators began to situate the evolution of the status of childre...

a Revolution Is Stirring In America. People Are Angry At Governments That Spend More But Deliver Less, Frustrated With Bureaucracies That Give Them No Cont...

Fans and detractors of popular music tend to agree on one thing: popular music is a bellwether of an individual's political and cultural values. In the Uni...

How we can look beyond the tyranny of market logic in our public lives to reimagine the fundamentals of democracy. Bringing together thirty-two world-class...

The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory - the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades - delivers...

"This is the roadmap out of climate crisis that Canadians have been waiting for." -- Naomi Klein, activist and New York Times bestselling author of This C...

In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideologica...

Examines How The Wealthy Classes Have Contributed To Growing Inequality In Society And Explains How The Quest To Increase Wealth Has Hindered The Country's ...

The July 6, 2013 Lac-mégantic Rail Disaster Is A Tragedy Unparalleled In Canadian History. It Resulted In Major Loss Of Life, Massive Environmental Destru...

In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and po...

Thomas Piketty's Book Capital In The Twenty-first Centry Has Enjoyed Great Success And Provides A New Theory About Wealth And Inequality. However, There Hav...

A revelatory look at our national power grid--how it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fast-approaching energy...

A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist. America currently has the most inequali...

This text is most suitable for Introductory Social Welfare courses in Social Work programs, most likely at the undergraduate level in universities and coll...

This Book Weaves The Best Of Today's Emergent Spirituality With Seasoned Political Wisdom, Demonstrating How America Can Grow Beyond Its Current Stagnation ...

The New York Times Bestselling Author Jonathan Safran Foer Re-evaluated His Meat-based Diet--and His Conscience--in His Powerful Memoir And Investigative Re...

Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Fronti`res, delivers emergency aid around the world. This book is its history and examines t...

Required reading for adoptive families, those considering adoption, or professionals in the field. This practical, informative book covers topics of vital i...

Sixteen chapters by scholars of social work relate the well-being of older adults to social work practice and the current model of service delivery. Chapter...

An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\As the data economy grows in power, Carissa Véliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why tha...

Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future ...

The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them to rise ...

By Brian Lilley. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government Public Affairs & PolicyCultura...

Global Issues is a pedagogically rich text that offers a unique way of looking at contemporary issues, such as food security and global conflict, from a cr...

Unhappiness, says bestselling author Harriet Lerner, is fueled by three key emotions: anxiety, fear, and shame. They are the uninvited guests in our lives....

The children in this book defy the stereotypes of urban youth too frequently presented by the media. Tender, generous and often religiously devout, they s...

Watch a video trailer for The Weather Makers (Requires Flash Player. May take a few minutes to load.) Rarely has there been a time when the fate of every o...

One of the world's foremost urban designers shares his passion and methods for rejuvenating neglected cities and argues passionately for the importance and ...

Thou Shalt Innovate Profiles Wondrous Israeli Innovations That Are Collectively Changing The Lives Of Billions Of People Around The World And Explores Why I...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb asks: Has America's COVID-19 catastrophe taught us anything? In Uncontrolle...

This book introduces readers to basic helping skills and advanced helping techniques within an eclectic framework, providing interactive, step-by-step instr...

"Transitions in Dying & Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care compassionately explains the key transitions that chronically ...

Since the 1960s, the field of victimology has developed into a variegated discipline with its own theoretical and methodological traditions. In the early 19...

The Author Of This Groundbreaking Volume Is Not Only A Social Scientist And Victim Advocate; She Is Also The Mother Of A Murder Victim. Deborah Spungen Illu...

Written By One Of The World's Leading Experts On Victimology, This Book Is Designed To Offer A Broad Introduction To The Subject.Categories: Law Constitutio...

This Edited Collection Highlights International Research On Domestic Homicides And Death Reviews Which Are A Rapidly Growing Intervention/prevention Initiat...