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Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan
This book provides a broad overview of quality health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). It focuses on providing the reader a practical approach to dealing with the health and well-being of people with IDD in general terms as well as in dealing with specific conditions. In addition, it offers the reader a perspective from many different points of view in the health care delivery system as well as in different parts of the world. This is the 3rd , and much expanded edition, of a text that was first published in 1989 (Lea and Fibiger). The second edition was published in 2006 (Paul Brookes) and has been used as a formal required text in training programs for physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners as well as by administrators who are responsible for programs serving people with IDD. This book is considered the “Bible” in the field of health care for people with IDD since 1989 when the first edition came out.
European Social Work After 1989
This book presents a unique analysis of the learning derived from East-West contacts in social work and reflects on the discipline's inalienable trans-national dimensions, of high actuality in the face of the re-emergence of nationalisms. The fundamental transformations in Europe subsequent to the revolutions of 1989 had a profound impact on social work in terms of raising sharply the profession’s relationship with politics. The exchanges between western schools of social work and the emergent academic partner institutions in former Communist countries formed a valuable testing ground for the essential principles and competences of social work in terms of their universal scientific basis o...
Integrating Eco-efficiency in Rail Vehicle Design
The total amount of transport is growing fast in the global economy and one unavoidable effect of this is the adverse environmental impact. An eco-efficient transport system is therefore a prerequisite for the development towards a sustainable society.Railways and the train industry have an important role to play in this context and one of the core components here is the rolling stock. The developments of eco-efficient trains and train components is a complex task, requiring an immense amount of information and effective support tools. Addressing these issues is the aim of the RAVEL methodolgy and the underlying theme of this book.The book is the final report of the RAVEL project (RAil VEhicLe eco-efficient design), co-financed by the European Commission under the Industrial and Material Technologies Programme. The project was carried out between November 1998 and October 2001 by a team from Bombardier Transportation (co-ordinator), ABB Corporate Research, Chalmers University of Technology, The Danish Railways (DSB), Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsberatung und Produktrecyclung mbH (GEP), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The Swedish Railways (SJ AB) and Woodville Polymer Engineering
Weak Institutions and the Governance Dilemma
“Weak Institutions and the Governance Dilemma is especially important and welcome since it offers a very incisive analysis of the role of NGOs in transitional democracies and the effect of institutional setting on NGO effectiveness in representing citizen interests. This book offers a very creative conceptual framework and timely, penetrating case studies which provide valuable insights on NGO strategy, governmental capacity, and the possibilities for social change.”Steven Rathgeb Smith, Executive Director, American Political Science Association, and Georgetown University, USA This book provides a novel analytical perspective on policymaking, policy effects and NGOs in hybrid regimes. It...
Neurotic doubt and sacred curiosity. Essays in honour of Koen Matthijs
This Festschrift in honour of Koen Matthijs is published on the occasion of his retirement as Full Professor of Sociology and Demography at the Centre for Sociological Research of KU Leuven (Belgium) as per 1 October 2021.
Poor Relief or Poor Deal?
The social fund has been a controversial instrument of social policy in the UK since its introduction in 1988. This book brings together new research and debate on the role and effect of the social fund in relieving poverty, and introduces evidence from the wider European field to allow comparison to be made with other countries' experience of providing a 'safety net' for their poorest citizens. This book opens up for wider discussion the question of how to provide help for disadvantaged groups and individuals at times of financial crisis. Addressing practical questions about how such schemes work (or fail to work) effectively, the book also provides the basis for more general consideration of the overall objectives which they are expected to meet. This will contribute to new thinking about the policy goals of the social fund and other emergency payment schemes, and their role in meeting broader aspirations such as cohesion, inclusion and social justice.
Ik wil gewoon werken!
Gewoon “werken”. Is dat niet wat we allemaal willen? Omdat je je nuttig wil voelen. Omdat je collega’s een belangrijk sociaal netwerk vormen. Omdat je een inkomen nodig hebt. Omdat het structuur geeft aan je leven. Omdat het hebben van een job een veilig en zeker gevoel geeft. Omdat je gewaardeerd wordt voor de dingen die je doet. Omdat... Maar “gewoon” werken is niet voor iedereen even evident. Hoe belangrijk gezondheid is voor je werk en hoe werken je gezonder maakt, dat is wat de auteurs van dit boek op verschillende manieren willen uitleggen. Ze creëren een theoretisch kader voor de 5 voorbeeldverhalen van échte mensen. Mensen met gezondheidsproblemen die “gewoon willen wer...
Woonnood in Vlaanderen.
De Vlaamse Wooncode stipuleert dat het woonbeleid bijzondere aandacht moet schenken aan de meest behoeftige gezinnen en alleenstaanden. Dit boek toont aan dat het recht op wonen lang niet voor iedereen in Vlaanderen gerealiseerd is en zeker niet voor de meest kwetsbaren. De toestand is er de voorbije tien jaar ook niet op verbeterd. Integendeel. De situatie is ernstig. In België/Vlaanderen is de beleidsmix inzake wonen altijd al gedomineerd door marktwerking en eigendomspromotie. Dit heeft ertoe geleid dat almaar meer huishoudens eigenaar werden van een steeds grotere en betere woning en dit tot hun grote tevredenheid. Dit boek laat een ander beeld zien. Na een lange periode van gestage voo...
Homelessness to Hope
Homelessness to Hope: Research, Policy and Practices on Global Perspectives brings together stories, observations and critical appraisals that have emerged out of the interdisciplinary studies spanning across the global North and South. It explores how diverse accounts on homelessness and homeless people are situated within the structural-institutional arrangements of the developing and developed worlds. Through its comparative framework, the book offers a broader understanding of the multiple ways in which homelessness is experienced, perceived, and addressed. The book uses cross-cutting theoretical framings (such as resilience, wellbeing, social-ecological systems, sustainability, urban pl...
