Search Results: Social Sciences from Kayleighbug Books

Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; This book ranks the outstanding contributions of the most influential women of all time--from social reformers, women's rights activists, scientists, educators, and politicians to rulers, religious leaders, artists, performers, and sports figures--women who have inspired, inflamed, changed attitudes, and change the world. Photos & illustrations.

Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 1974. Paperback. Fair. 0x0x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. soiling to covers and page ends, creases.

New York: The Haworth Press, 1990-01-03. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; What should be the roles and behavior of administrators to meet the challenges facing social service agencies today? Here is a thought-provoking book that provides a great deal of insight into administrative leadership, an essential component in the survival and effectiveness of social service agencies.In response to the enormous challenges that social service agencies are facing, including justification of their mission, mobilization of resources, and responsiveness to new social needs, experts present theoretical and empirical studies on administrative leadership in the social services, reviewing the most recent theories and research on the relationship between leadership and service effectiveness. They also focus on emerging issues in social work administration, including a description of the role of women in social work administration and an assessment of… Read More

Oakland, CA: Food First Books, 1996-05-01. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear;

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1968. Trade Paperback. Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear, some occasional underlining and notes. Representative excerpts from seven landmark studies of American social behavior. In headnotes to each section, Rosenberg describes the contribution of each study to contemporary social analysis.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1970. Trade Paperback. Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear, some occasional underlining and notes. Representative excerpts from seven landmark studies of American social behavior. In headnotes to each section, Rosenberg describes the contribution of each study to contemporary social analysis.

New York: Doubleday, 1984-03-01. Paperback. Good. 8x5x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear, some underlining; In this reissue of one of her most important and influential books, the editor in chief of Ms. offers a collection of essays, ranging across a variety of subjects, including sexual passion, kinship, mortality, marriage, and even theoretical physics, that seeks to comprehend feminism in its full, holographic nature.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. chip in top edge of jacket; edge wear to boards and jacket; "One of the most important studies, if not the most important, that has ever been published on the "problems" of love.

Dubuque, IA: Islewest Publishing, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Discusses the impact on men of a father's abandonment and explains how men can develop a masculine model to help overcome the inability to commit, give, receive, and express feelings

New York: Ballantine Books, 2001-08-28. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. Signed by Michael Thompson on the title page; light edge wear to jacket and boards; An essential guide to understanding children's friendships--from the coauthor of "Raising Cain"--this groundbreaking book brings to life the drama of childhood relationships, guiding parents to a deeper understanding of the motives and meanings of children's social behavior.

Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1992. Trade Paperback. Fair. 6x0x9. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings; hinges taped, edge wear, spine creases; Essays discuss the nature of prejudice, racial stereotyping, the multicultural movement, political correctness, racism, and social change through government policy.

New York: Signet, 1996-11-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 6x4x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear; The author tells of his experiences after he darkened his skin and traveled through the South in order to find out how it feels to be black.

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2015-04-21. Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Maybe God doesn't speak through prophets as often these days because he knows people wouldn't listen. Maybe God speaks to us in different ways--and in the places he knows where we congregate: in our movie theaters, living rooms, iPods, and smartphones. Maybe God still longs to connect with us, and so goes into the places where we're most likely to listen.

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1977-12-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear;

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1919. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. rubbing to boards, edge wear, corners lightly bumped, spatter stain on rear board. A complete guide to placing children in adoptive or foster homes for social workers.

New York: Free Press, 2011-08-09. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; A hard-hitting expose of the widespread manipulation and exploitation of children by corporations. Bakan is a professor of law at the University of British Columbia.

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989-01-01. Paperback. Good. 5x0x8. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear; An estimated 3 million people constitute the fastest growing new class of Americans: street people. No longer confined to an easily recognizable group of down-and-out alcoholic men, this class now includes children, women, entire families, and people invisible to ordinary passersby. The homeless, the mentally ill, the economically displaced, the chemically addicted, the runaways, and the lonely new lepers of our society -- people with AIDS -- all face different circumstances and have different needs. City Streets, City People highlights these circumstances and identifies these needs, and in clearly written, easy-to-follow chapters, outlines how anyone -- volunteer lay worker, part-time paraprofessional, or full-time Christian social worker -- can minister to the mental, physical, and spiritual dimensions of city people.

Cedar Falls, IA: Abel Publishing, 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x6x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear; Community Shapers presents eighteen profiles of retired women living or having worked in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo, Iowa area. These stories are of women who claimed their right and ability to shape an identity of their own despite gripping sterotypes of their time and who are now on the frontier of breaking "old women" sterotypes as they create inspiring lives durin their retirement years.

New York: Atherton Press, 1967. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear to boards, some soiling to spine and board cloth. third printing. This title is a classic work on social reform. It is an account of the origins and development of community action from its beginnings in the Ford Foundation Gray Area Programs and the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, through the rise and decline of the War on Poverty and the Model Cities program. In the ruthlessly impartial examination of various poverty programs, two social scientists one British, one American--explain why programs of such size and complexity have only a minimal chance of success. They describe the realities of reform and point up how the conservatism of bureaucracy, the rivalries among political and administrative jurisdictions, and the apathy of the poor have often hindered national and local efforts. On the other hand, they show how these obstacles can be… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979-01-01. Trade Paperback. Good. 7x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear;