Social Policy category: 9249 books
Cross-Cultural Research with Integrity
Collected Wisdom from Researchers in Social Settings
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Drawing on the experience and insights of 70 researchers across 7 countries and from a diverse range of cultures, regions and disciplines, this book explores the issues and ethics involved in cross-cultural research and how such research can be done with integrity.
Bisexual Politics
Theories, Queries, and Visions
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This anthology presents a vivid collection of essays that explore the history, strategies, philosophy, and diversity of bisexual politics and theory in the United States.
The 33 contributors develop a multifaceted approach to defining bisexual politics. Through these voices, the book seeks...
by Jonathan Boston
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple have written the definitive book on child poverty in New Zealand. Dr Russell Wills, Children’s CommissionerBetween 130,000 and 285,000 New Zealand children live in poverty, depending on the measure used. These disturbing figures are widely discussed, yet...
Planning Families in Nepal
Global and Local Projects of Reproduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Based on almost a decade of research in the Kathmandu Valley, Planning Families in Nepal offers a compelling account of Hindu Nepali women as they face conflicting global and local ideals regarding family planning.
Promoting a two-child norm, global family planning programs have...
Blowing Smoke
Rethinking the War on Drugs without Prohibition and Rehab
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Alcohol, opiates, cocaine and marijuana, among other drugs, have been used and abused for millennia. Prior to the disease model approach to drug addiction, which posits that addiction is a psychological and biological problem and that sufferers are victims, societies had a workable solution: let people...
by Lisbeth Schorr
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
In this solidly researched book, the authors demonstrate that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailed account of the problem, they describe twenty-four programs...
The LusoAnarchist Reader
The Origins of Anarchism in Portugal and Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
No book has ever presented a selection of writings of anarchists from the Portuguese?speaking world to an English?speaking audience. In The Luso?Anarchist Reader, writings by feminist radicals such as Maria Lacerda de Moura and anarchist communists such as Neno Vasco are made available in English for...
Value War
Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2007
In Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights, Paul R. Brewer looks at how the public debate about gay rights has shaped public opinion and conversely how public opinion has shaped the public debate about gay rights. Using a variety of methods, including polls, experimentation, and content...
From the Closet to the Altar
Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics. But if most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a substantial majority of the population will soon favor it, why has the outcry against it been so strong? Bancroft Prize-winning...
A Question of Commitment: Children’s Rights in Canada
Children’s Rights in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, requiring governments at all levels to ensure that Canadian laws and practices safeguard the rights of children. A Question of Commitment: Children’s Rights in Canada is the first book to assess...
Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan
Established and Emerging Repertoires
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
Civic engagement is a concept of action that has become part of common vocabulary, not only in the West but also in many other regions of the world as well. A growing, yet still small number of scholarly works has recently emerged showing how in Japan citizen activism, volunteering, and social action...
by L. Bass
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Immigrant incorporation is a critical challenge for France and other European societies today. Black Africans migrants are racialized and endowed with an immigrant status, which carries low status and is durable into the second generation. This book elucidates the conflict and issues pertinent to social integration.
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Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face.
Children's Rights from Below
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner.