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1. International Perspectives on Elder Abuse

   Edited by Amanda Phelan

   Series: Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy

   Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue. This volume provides a much-needed international overview of the topic. Opening with an examination of what elder abuse is, Amanda Phelan...

   Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. Power and Welfare

   Understanding Citizens' Encounters with State Welfare

   By Nanna Mik-Meyer, Kaspar Villadsen

   Series: Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy

   In the welfare provision of today, power takes both the shape of juridical sanctions and of attractive offers for self-development. When state institutions punish criminals, remove children at risk, or enforce sanctions upon welfare recipients the question of power is immediately urgent. It is less...

   Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. Health Care Reform and Globalisation

   The US, China and Europe in Comparative Perspective

   Edited by Peggy Watson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy

   In the post-Cold War, post financial crisis era, health care is an issue of critical political, personal and economic concern. In the US, plans to address a troubled health care model were met by vocal opposition. In the UK and post-communist Europe, attempts to introduce aspects of that model have...

   Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge