The Brookings Institution's Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative was created to inform the critical policy debates surrounding the upcoming congressional reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and a number of related programs that were created or dramatically altered by the 1996 landmark welfare reform ......
One of the most popular alternative histories of America is "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. This biography of Zinn traces the story of his life, placing special emphasis on his involvement in both the Civil Rights movement and the Viet Nam War protests.
A critique of the American media's war coverage that looks at the way in which a virtual merger between the Pentagon and the media produced a war spectacle that the American public was primed to see, media collusion in the campaign to discredit the UN, "rightwing liberation theology" as war propaganda, and more.
Examining the Role of Time in the Lives of Groups and Individuals
This work explores and ponders the ways in which temporal matters affect how individuals, groups, and larger collectives behave. It examines how people conceptualize time and live within prescribed and personal timeframes and how time is measured and enters into social psychological phenomena.
For the child who already understands the concept of adoption, this work provides a deeper understanding of how the adoption process works and the feelings that many children have about being adopted. Topics include why children are given up for adoption and why adoptive parents want to adopt.
This title takes a theoretically exciting and socially critical view of human development and the power of context to shape positive outcomes. A transformative theme, from deficits to strengths, emerges in this book, as it surveys the mounting evidence that programs that shore up resilience can and do work.
Psychological and Ethical Considerations in End-of-life Care
This work offers information about the choices that people must make regarding how they will die, or how they will resist dying, and about the ethical issues involved in making those choices. It presents the major moral, value-based, and ethical principles that guide end-of-life decision-making.
George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions impose on its freedom of action.
A lively look at young Jewish women who are typically typecast as pious and reserved but have just as much imagination and similar desires as other young American women.
