While Georg Simmel is widely known, the impact of his work has been far from straightforward, with the ways in which his ideas have been taken up by later thinkers as complex and diverse as the ideas themselves.

Packed with activities, 'pause for thought' reflective tasks, student insights and model assignments, Skills for Business and Management is an essential resource for undergraduates and postgraduates on any Business and Management course.

We all have the ability to think conceptually and creatively, but for many of us this potential lies untapped. Smart Thinking will teach you how to generate your own original ideas, create new concepts, assess risk, solve problems and make balanced decisions. Above all, this book will show you how to truly think for yourself.

Social and Community Development is an essential introduction to the subject for students, potential practitioners, and activists interested in community action and emancipatory social change.

This latest title in the BASW series sets out the values, theoretical understandings and research base which underpin a social approach to mental health. Exploring therapeutic approaches and recovery practice, this book offers a practical guide to inform all work related to mental distress.

Best selling author Malcolm Payne analyzes the skills of social care practice, showing how social care is a valuable form of social work and reflects the core values and methods of social work. Incorporating the varying contexts in which social care takes place, this text is stimulating reading for social work students and practitioners.

This volume combines an analysis of policies which have shaped community nursing from the 19th century with an exploration of trends and developments. It is illustrated throughout with examples of responses to contemporary policies.