Tag: Ireland

Mental Health Social Work in Ireland Comparative Issues in Policy and Practice


Free Download Jim Campbell, "Mental Health Social Work in Ireland: Comparative Issues in Policy and Practice "
English | ISBN: 1138361283 | 2019 | 189 pages | EPUB | 305 KB
First published in 1998, this pioneering text examines how social, political and organisational changes in Ireland have shaped mental health social work practice in the late twentieth century. The co-editors have gathered together a range of contributors who provide knowledge and expertise in a variety of disciplines and practice settings which helps reveal the complex relationship between mental health social work, the citizen and the state in Ireland, North and South. The volume includes chapters on a range of current issues facing mental health social workers and practitioners drawing on various sources in Ireland, Europe and North America. These include psychiatric social work practice, mental health policy, mental health social work and the law, community care policies, addictions work, and work with older people.

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Is Ireland Neutral The Many Myths of Irish Neutrality


Free Download Is Ireland Neutral?: The Many Myths of Irish Neutrality by Conor Gallagher
English | August 9th, 2023 | ISBN: 0717195996 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 1.82 MB
Neutrality has, supposedly, long been a pillar of the Irish national identity – a policy that the country has proudly presented on the world stage. But, examining the concept reveals it to be a vague and elastic notion – one that, throughout history, various governments have been happy to stretch or, in some cases, abandon entirely.

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Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland


Free Download Eleanor O’Leary, "Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland"
English | ISBN: 135001589X | 2018 | 256 pages | PDF | 16 MB
Focusing on a decade in Irish history which has been largely overlooked, Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland provides the most complete account of the 1950s in Ireland, through the eyes of the young people who contributed, slowly but steadily, to the social and cultural transformation of Irish society.

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