The discipline of social policy, oftentimes deemed a part of social work as a profession, was born in the West. Unlike social policy that started with the post-war idea of a welfare state in the mid-20th century, social work traces its roots to individual casework pioneered by the Charity Organization Society (COS), early social administration including state-wide poverty relief (an advocacy effort of the COS but with deep roots in the English Poor Laws of the 17th century), and social action emphasizing political activities to improve social conditions (originating from the Settlement House Movement which began in the 1880s).  Meer

This book is aimed to make careful analysis to various mathematical problems derived from shock reflection by using the theory of partial differential equations.  Meer

This book is aimed to make careful analysis to various mathematical problems derived from shock reflection by using the theory of partial differential equations.  Meer

Presents a comprehensive overview on the theory on analysis of singularities for partial differential equations (PDEs). This title contains a summarization of the formation, development and main results on this topic.  Meer