Public Affairs & Policy

Historically there have been few options available for individuals seeking help for treatment-resistant loved ones suffering from substance abuse. Coautho...

1. Introduction -- 2. History Matters -- 3. Theories Matter Less -- 4. Trying This -- 5. Trying That -- 6. Mulroney : Inflicting Prosperity -- 7. Chretien :...

Breaking night: (Urban slang) staying up through the night, until the sun rises Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen w...

"How to comfort? How to help?" are questions often asked by persons providing care to individuals suffering from dementia. According to Hoffman and Platt-...

The Anguished, Volatile Intensity We Associate With The Artistic Temperament, Often Described As A Fine Madness, Has Been Thought Of As A Defining Aspect Of...

In today's world, drugs and their use present a social paradox, combining the potential for good and for bad. As a society and as individuals, we can be the...

Pulitzer Prize–winning conflict journalist C.J. Chivers follows the arcs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq through the experiences of those who fought t...

Canada's "no. 1 defender of freedom of speech" and the bestselling author of Shakedown makes the timely and provocative case that when it comes to oil, eth...

Raghuram Rajan. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [401]-421) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences SociologyReference

Traces a tradition of ironic and irreverent environmentalism, asking us to rethink the movement’s reputation for gloom and doom Activists today strive to...

From Nbc News And Msnbc Correspondent Jacob Soboroff, Winner Of The 2019 Walter Cronkite Award: An Intimate And Deeply Reported Journey To Uncover The Truth...

Makes Recommendations For Meeting Four Major Challenges Currently Facing The United States, Including Globalization, The Information Technology Revolution, ...

After a period in which the global economy appeared prosperous and stable, the economic crisis exposed the fragile foundations of the international financia...

Bjørn Lomborg. Originally Published In Danish As Verdens Sande Tilstand, 1998. This Revised And Updated Version First Published In English By Cambridge Uni...

What secrets connect Egypt‘s Great Pyramids, the Freemasons, and the Council on Foreign Relations? In this astonishing book, celebrated journalist Jim Mar...

The crisis exposed the contradiction of globalization itself: as economies have become more interconnected, regulators and governments have failed to keep ...

The Host Of Cnn Tonight With Don Lemon Is More Popular Than Ever. As America's Only Black Prime-time Anchor, Lemon And His Daily Monologues On Racism And An...

Global Poverty, Economist Collier Points Out, Is Actually Falling Quite Rapidly For About 80% Of The World. The Real Crisis Lies In A Group Of About 50 Fail...

One Man's Campaign To Build Schools In The Most Dangerous, Remote, And Anti-american Reaches Of Asia: In 1993 Greg Mortenson Was An American Mountain-climbi...

Introduction -- Planting The Flag : Establishing British/canadian Sovereignty In The North -- Arctic Frontiers : The Canadian North And The Cold War -- Inte...

American Democratic Capitalism Is In Danger. How Can We Save It? For Its First 200 Years, The American Economy Exhibited Truly Impressive Performance. The C...

the Author Of The “adoptee’s Bible,” lost And Found, Explores The Inner Psychological World Of Adopted People And Shows How The Search For Biological Root...

The Historical Foundations Of Women's Power In The Creation Of The American Welfare State, 1830-1930 / Kathryn Kish Sklar -- Borderlands: Women, Voluntary A...

2016 Speaker's Book Award ― ShortlistedFormer Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty shares the story of his life in politics and the leadership lessons he has ...

Petroleum is the most valuable commodity in the world and an enormous source of wealth for those who sell it, transport it and transform it for its many use...

The Presidency Of Donald Trump Marks A Profound Change In The Trajectory Of American Government, Politics, And Culture. He Is The Only Person Ever Elected T...

From the environmental activist, consumer advocate, renowned crusader, and champion fighter whose courageous case against Pacific Gas and Electric was drama...

The Uninhabitable Earth Hits You Like A Comet, With An Overflow Of Insanely Lyrical Prose About Our Pending Armageddon.--andrew Solomon, Author Of The Noond...

Praise for the first edition "Finally, a social work practice text that makes a difference! This is the book that you have wished for but could never f...

Knowing Victims explores the theme of victimhood in contemporary feminism and politics. It focuses on popular and scholarly constructions of feminism as ‘...

There is a tendency in discussions of women's politics to look at feminist theory, the women's movement, and public policy-making as three distinct phenom...

Chronicles The Military Career Of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, Profiling His Military And Civilian Roles In The Vietnam War. The Funeral -- Going To War -- Ante...

In This Instant New York Times Bestselling Account Of Violence And Espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter Ronan Farrow Exposes Serial Abus...

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

Demographics class just got a lot more interesting. POPULATION doesn't just give you the information; it shows you how to use it. From the debate over how...

For twenty-five years, The Social Work Interview has been the textbook of choice in social work and other human service courses, as well as an essential p...

Now available in a completely revised sixth edition, this is the leading textbook for professionals preparing to work with children with disabilities and t...

In the fall of 2021, Dr. Julie Ponesse saw her academic career of 20 years fall apart after she refused a Canadian university's COVID vaccine mandate. This ...

Written by the director of the country's first center for international social work studies, the original edition of this book set the stage for recent year...

Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely apprec...

The landmark New York Times best seller that reveals how the explosion of sugar in our diets has created an obesity epidemic, and what we can do to save our...

Our Newest Nobel Prize-winning Economist Shows How Today's Crisis Parallels The Events That Caused The Great Depression And Explains What It Will Take To Av...

The autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence. Loyalty is a Vice President's first duty; but there is a greater one--to God and the Constitution. Mi...

In An Authoritative, Yet Personal, Examination Of The Growing Inequality Gap, A Leading Humanist And Renowned Scientist Who Has Consulted For The Last Four ...

Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Engineering & Transportation Engineering Civil & Environ...

In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. This former senior VP of C...

This meticulous study examines the rhetorical foundation that motivated Deaf people to work for social change during the past two centuries. In clear, conci...

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, ...