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Understanding Career Counselling :Theory, Research and Practice

Understanding Career Counselling :Theory, Research and Practice

Jennifer M Kidd

(2006)

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Abstract

'[This] is an exciting book, written in clear, accessible style. It s an informative guide for anyone wishing to explore career counselling as a topic and process Professional Manager. 'This is an excellent book - practical yet scholarly. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how to facilitate the career development of other people in formal or informal settings' - John Arnold, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Loughborough University. This book explores the theory, research and practice of career counselling from a British perspective and brings them together in one concise volume. Divided into two clear parts, the first provides a comprehensive account of theories of career development and career counselling and their implications for practice. In the second part, career counselling skills, tools and techniques are described, including the use of assessment tools and the internet. The book also covers ethical issues and evaluation.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Part I – Public Space and Urban Livelihoods
1. Challenging Street Livelihoods
2. Urban Public Space in the Developing World: A Resource for the Poor
3. Informal enterprise and street trading: a civil society and urban management perspective
Part II – Street Trading in Four Cities
4. Setting the Context: social, economic and political influences on the informal sector in Ghana, Lesotho, Nepal and Tanzania
5. An enabling framework? Governance and street trading in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
6. Fulcrum of the urban economy: governance and street livelihoods in Kumasi, Ghana
7. Poverty reduction strategies in Ghana
8. Contest and conflict: governance and street livelihoods in Maseru, Lesotho
9. The new urban economy: governance and street livelihoods in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Part III – Towards a Pro-poor Policy Agenda
10. Street trading in four cities: a comparison
Notes
List of Abbreviations
References