1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910171018403321

Titolo

Child welfare revisited : an Africentric perspective / / edited by Joyce E. Everett, Sandra S. Chipungu, Bogart Leashore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rutgers University Press

Altri autori (Persone)

EverettJoyce

ChipunguSandra Stukes

LeashoreBogart R

Disciplina

362.7/089/96073

Soggetti

Law - General and Others

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Joyce E. Everett -- The demography of African American families and children in the twentieth century / Jacqueline Marie Smith -- Institutional racism in child welfare / Robert B. Hill -- The impact of child welfare policies on African American families / Sandra P. Chipungu -- Informing the future of child welfare practices with African American families / Joyce O. Beckett and Nicole Lynn Lee -- African American families in context / Melvin N. Wilson, LaKeesha N. Woods, and Gina R. Hyjjawi -- Childrearing practices in African American families / Carmen P. Moten -- Best practices in kinship care for African American mothers and their children / Marian Harris -- Unwed African American fathers participation in child welfare permanency planning / Waldo E. Johnson, Jr. and Vaughn D. Bryant -- Substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS and African American children / Joshua N. Okundaye, Claudia Lawrence-Webb, and Pamela Smith -- An Africentric paradigm for child welfare practice / Crystal S. Mills and Debra Porchia Usher -- Family preservation, neighborhood-based services / Alma J. Carten and James R. Dumpson -- A culturally competent system of care for addressing mental health disparities in child welfare / Maxwell C. Manning -- African American adoptions / Ruth G. McRoy -- Conclusion: Still within our power.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790036403321

Autore

Shamir Eitan <1964->

Titolo

Transforming command [[electronic resource] ] : the pursuit of mission command in the U.S., British, and Israeli armies / / Eitan Shamir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8047-7770-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

355.3/3041

Soggetti

Command of troops

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The theory and history of mission command -- pt. 2. Alternative traditions of command -- pt. 3. Transforming command -- pt. 4. Conclusions and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

On today's complex, fragmented, fast-moving battlefield, where combatants adapt constantly to exploit one-another's weaknesses, there is a demonstrable requirement for military commanders to devolve a high level of autonomy of decision-making and action to leaders on the ground. An effective model for doing this has existed for some time in the form of mission command and has been utilized by the U.S., Israeli, and British Armies-but with mixed success.This book examines in depth the experiences of the armed forces of each of these countries in implementing mission command,