History and Context. The volume draws on archival material, social policy, normative theory and human rights doctrines to dissolve the border between past and present. Focused specifically on the UK, each chapter explains concisely how current practice was shaped by, and developed from efforts to bu[...]

This book provides social work students and professionals with core knowledge of the most important concepts in the social sciences. Offering a straightforward guide to diverse and complex disciplines, the book will equip and encourage you to delve further into the way societies function and individ[...]

This is a no-holds barred account of a filmmaker who looks straight into the eye of the Hollywood blockbuster storm and dares not to blink."A Killer Life" presents readers with a behind-the-scenes memoir of the battle between creativity and commerce - and a renegade's rise to being one of the most p[...]