Monitoring, protecting and promoting 'well-being'is a central goal of child-focussed
development work. However, the conceptualisation and measurement of well-being is led by …

Paul Michael Garrett's Social work and social theory is a wonderfully rich reflection on the
uses of social theory to critically contextualize social work practice. Drawing on a wide range …

This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of
aidwork are fulfilled.'Aidland'is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes …

Depression has received increasing attention as a significant public health issue over the
past ten years, both in Canada and elsewhere in the industrialized west. During the same …

" This is a forensic dissection of New Labour's approach to transforming children's services.
Garrett brings together politics, policy and plans in a resolutely critical engagement with the …

Monitoring, protecting and promoting'well-being'are central to realisation of children's rights.
Yet definitions of the concept are both variable and can appear conceptually confused …

Poland was central to the historic changes that took place across Eastern Europe at the end
of the Cold War. It is the largest economy in the region, and was at the forefront of opposition …

It is increasingly important for adult educators to articulate more clearly their understanding
of the benefits and outcomes of adult learning. This paper reviews existing evidence of the …

Marxism and Ethics is a comprehensive and highly readable introduction to the rich and
complex history of Marxist ethical theory as it has evolved over the last century and a half …

The contemporary emergence of the concept 'debility', which pertains to a broad swathe of
humanity whose ordinary lives simply persist without ever getting better, shares a time span …