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  • Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China

    by Anne Birrell ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts
    This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads (yüeh-fu) of early imperial China (200 BC – AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated. Dr Birrell deals systematically with problems of the earliest sources, dating, attribution, textual variants, multiforms, metre, generic title, song title and structure. This careful and thorough treatment is ... Read more

    $67.32 CAD

  • New Songs from a Jade Terrace

    An Anthology of Early Chinese Love Poetry, Translated with Annotations and an Introduction

    Edited by Anne Birrell ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts
    This book, first published in 1982, was the first translation of the Chinese classic Yü-t-‘ai hsin-yung – the unique anthology of love poems, compiled in AD 545. This traces the development of love poetry from the second century BC to its full flowering in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. Dr Birrell’s incisive introductory essay provides a concise survey of the historical and literary setting to ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Transforming Adult Social Care

    Contemporary Policy and Practice

    by Ann Marie Gray, Derek Birrell ...
    Adult social care has emerged as a distinct policy area in the UK and one which has come under increasing scrutiny by government and other bodies. With the expectation that in future many more adults will need care and support, ideas have emerged about a ‘transformation’ of adult social care.The focus of this wide-ranging book is on the major themes in policy and provision including ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Delivering Social Welfare

    Governance and Service Provision in the UK

    by Derek Birrell, Ann Marie Gray ...
    As the system of governance and delivery of social welfare in the UK radically changes, this important new book argues that the extent of this change is such that it could be considered a fundamental transformation or even a revolution. It shows how a new public governance perspective has replaced the dominance of new public management, reflecting the increasingly plural and fragmented nature of ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

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    $86.56 CAD

  • The short guide to social work

    by Robert Adams ...
    Series series Short Guides
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  • Managing Professional Development in Education

    by Derek Glover, Sue Law ...
    This work evaluates and attempts to produce a model for effective professional development. It contrasts the work in Britain with that in other countries, with case studies and exercises to illustrate points, highlighting good practice. ... Read more

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  • Personalisation

    Edited by Peter Beresford ...
    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
    Personalisation has become the policy buzz-word of the twenty-first century. Supporters claim it offers service users choice and services attuned to meet their specific needs, moving away from 'one size fits all' state services. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Peter Beresford, one of Britain's foremost social work academics, challenges the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Managing Social Research

    A Practical Guide

    by Roger Tarling ...
    Series series Social Research Today
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  • Effective Safeguarding for Children and Young People

    What next after Munro?

    by Maggie Blyth, Enver Solomon ...
    The number of children entering the child protection system has risen dramatically in the last three years with implications for children's services and partner agencies. This timely volume takes a critical look at the impact of the Munro Review (2011) on child protection and the Government's response. It looks at questions including how effective Local Safeguarding Children Boards are in ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

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    Educational Provision for Primary School Children with Mild General Learning Disabilities

    by Paul Stevens, Mona O'Moore ...
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    $12.33 CAD

  • People Management and Performance

    by John Purcell, Nicholas Kinnie, Juani Swart, Bruce Rayton, Susan Hutchinson ...
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    $114.04 CAD