Social category: 205239 books
Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities
National and International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Social inclusion is often used interchangeably with the terms social cohesion, social integration and social participation, positioning social exclusion as the opposite. The latter is a contested term that refers to a wide range of phenomena and processes related to poverty and deprivation, but it...
Social Sciences
The Big Issues
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The social sciences are about people and the relationships between individuals and the social and material world we live in. They are about the social structures which shape – and are shaped by – social forces such as ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality and age and the bodies we inhabit. How are...
Reassembling the Social:An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2005
Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the world's leading social theorists to how we understand society and the 'social'. Bruno Latour's contention is that the word 'social', as used by Social Scientists, has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become misnomer....
French Post-War Social Theory
International Knowledge Transfer
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
"Derek Robbins has shown once again that he is one of the few Anglophone scholars with an exceptionally profound and impressively comprehensive knowledge of the history of modern European social thought. This book is a must for anybody interested in twentieth-century French social theory. The...
Beyond Social Capital
The Role of Leadership, Trust and Government Policy in Northern Ireland's Victim Support Groups
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Drawing on lessons from civil society in Northern Ireland, Beyond Social Capital examines the limitations of social capital theory in deeply divided societies. It draws on an ethnographic study of victim support groups and evidence from policymakers in Northern Ireland to reconceptualize the traditional...
by Gai Harrison, Rose Melville
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
If we are to fully understand the impact of local concerns on social work, we have to consider these in a global context. Rethinking Social Work in a Global World provides the key to better understanding. It critically examines the relationship between the global and the local in light of a range...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
This book describes how the violent dimension of intergroup relations can be better understood if the interplay between psychological and social-developmental factors is taken into account. Ten unique, innovative and original chapters by international scholars of social and developmental psychology...
Multiracial Americans and Social Class
The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
As the racial hierarchy shifts and inequality between Americans widens, it is important to understand the impact of social class on the rapidly growing multiracial population. Multiracial Americans and Social Class is the first book on multiracial Americans to do so and fills a noticeable void in...
by P. Gisbert
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
F"Fundamentals of Sociology is an introduction to the definition, methods and fundamental concepts of sociology. The book prepares the ground for the study of the origins and structures of society and social groups in correlation with other social sciences. In doing so the author looks into the...
Sustaining Social Work
Between Power and Powerlessness
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Social work is a profession under strain, and practitioners report finding the role increasingly challenging. What can sustain social work in these times? How can social workers sustain themselves in the role? How can they derive confidence and meaning from what they do? In addressing these questions,...
Social Responsibility Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults
A Multicultural Treatment Manual for Harmful Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Gain the unique approach to enhance relapse prevention in harmful behavior treatment
Social Responsibility Therapy for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Multicultural Treatment Manual for Harmful Behavior is a crucial treatment manual that can be used by mental health professionals whose caseload...
Communicating Social Change
Structure, Culture, and Agency
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Communicating Social Change: Structure, Culture, and Agency explores the use of communication to transform global, national, and local structures of power that create and sustain oppressive conditions. Author Mohan J. Dutta describes the social challenges that exist in current globalization politics,...
by Inga Rupprecht
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2006
Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Lincoln (ESSD Division), course: Social Theory, 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The question as to how far biological factors, or more specifically genes, influence...
Mental Health Social Work
Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2006
In Mental Health Social Work, Colin Pritchard draws on his many years of experience in research, teaching and practice in order to explore key issues for social workers who want to work in the mental health field.
Mental health social work can be one of the most rewarding and one of the most...