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Her work is essential for those seeking a deeper understanding of the forces impacting everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"buying-and-selling-the-poor-by-michael-mcgann-9781743327869","title":"Buying and Selling the Poor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuying and Selling the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e ventures behind the scenes of the multibillion-dollar welfare-to-work system, offering new insights into how Australia responds to unemployment and disadvantage. As the authors tell the story of four local employment offices, they paint a vivid picture of a critically important social service which many people are aware of but which few properly understand. They also reveal the wider impacts that processes of marketisation and welfare reform have had on these frontline services over decades, and how the work of frontline staff and service providers has been transformed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuying and Selling the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e looks closely at how these services operate, why some succeed where others fail, and what can be learned from the stories of local staff and clients who have navigated the system. Three decades into this market experiment, how well are we doing in supporting our most vulnerable citizens to get back to work?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuying and Selling the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e takes a rigorous but accessible look inside the 'black box' of our privatised jobseeker market, and at the commodification of the people within it. 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This revealing, often heart-wrenching work will prove enlightening for not only those within the policy field, but also anyone with an interest in or experience dealing with a system that often feels like a race to the bottom. - Kim Thomson, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46848600080620,"sku":"9781743327869","price":70.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19180373482808.jpg?v=1758992301"},{"product_id":"being-patient-by-naama-carlin-9781742237916","title":"Being Patient","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNa'ama Carlin, Louise Chappell and Siobhan O'Sullivan all received the diagnosis people dread: cancer. Working in universities, these three women knew how to speak up. But in Cancer World, their voices were often unheard. As they negotiated medical hierarchies, 'scanxiety', gender bias, ongoing treatments and confronting diagnoses, they met others who felt the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBeing Patient\u003c\/i\u003e, Na'ama, Louise and Siobhan share their own stories and talk to people about their experiences as patients and carers in Cancer World. 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A must-read for anyone involved in researching or treating cancer, or for those looking to understand the experience of having cancer.' — Professor Caroline Ford, Strategic Director of the Ainsworth Endometriosis Research Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This deeply moving book opens the \"black box\" of Cancer World through powerful conversations with patients, caregivers, and clinicians. Honest, compassionate, and free of blame or shame, it offers language and insight to navigate diagnosis and care and should be essential reading for those newly facing cancer as well as for students and experienced professionals seeking a deeper understanding of the lived experience of cancer.' — Professor Ophira Ginsburg, Founding Chair of The Lancet Commission on Women, Power, and Cancer, Provost's Visiting Professor of Global Cancer Equity, Imperial College London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'You don't need to be a goody two-shoes if you're receiving cancer care. 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