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Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global EconomyIn the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Bombay. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions...

Law and InstitutionsThis accessible work provides critical analysis and context to international capital markets, their regulation and their institutions. It is written from a comparative and international  perspective and analyses regulatory approaches in the US, UK and EU as well as smaller markets engaging in successful innovation.  Divided into...

A CommentaryThe EU Citizenship Directive defines the right of free movement for citizens of the European Economic Area. It applies to EU citizens and their family members who move to another Member State. This might at first seem like a straightforward definition, but immediately questions arise. Who determines if a person is an EU citizen at all?...

Professional Action in an Interdependent WorldWritten by the director of the country&'s first center for international social work studies, the original edition of this book set the stage for recent years&' exponential increase of interest in international issues for social workers. This second edition is a thorough revision of that definitive...

Written by experienced clinicians and researchers, this book provides a comprehensive overview of substance use disorders. It integrates evidenced-based practices with clinical wisdom of practitioners from several disciplines. Most importantly, this book provides practical strategies to help patients with substance use disorders in a range of...

The idea of a cultural defense in criminal law is often ridiculed as "e;. To allow someone charged with a crime to say "e; as an excuse for their action seems to open the door to cultural relativism, to jeopardize the protection of fundamental rights, and to undermine norms of individual responsibility. Many scholars, however, insist that...