Social Policy category: 9249 books
Families and Kinship in Contemporary Europe
Rules and Practices of Relatedness
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Instead of seeing the family as a 'monolithic' entity, as though separate from its surroundings, this new approach draws attention to assemblages of various types that in different constellations and through different transactions relate people to each other as families and kin.
by Jay Mitchelson
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
This book was written for those whose social curiosity is very much alive and who want to understand, a little better, the dynamics of our shared world. The book attempts to demystify the confusing tangle of information that descends like a numbing fog into our already busy lives. We want to know...
by James Tooley
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2003
Girls and boys are different. So why do our schools insist on treating them as identical? Could this misguided equality have anything to do with the increasing dissatisfaction among women that is revealed in survey after survey? Do gender-blind educational policies in fact work to women's disadvantage?...
National Belonging and Everyday Life
The Significance of Nationhood in an Uncertain World
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
This book analyses the current debates around national identity and multiculturalism by addressing three key questions; why do so many people treat as common sense the idea that they live in and belong to nations? And, why, and for whom, might this idea be significant, notably in an era of increasing global uncertainty?
by D. Reay, G. Crozier, D. James
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
This book examines experiences and implications of 'against-the-grain' school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and 'low performing' secondary schools for their children. It offers a unique view of identity formation, taking in matters like family history, locality and whiteness.
by James A. Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
This book develops an original and comprehensive theory of political liberalism. It defends bold new accounts of the nature of autonomy and individual liberty, the content of distributive justice, and the justification for the authority of the State. The theory that emerges integrates contemporary...
Women and Irish diaspora identities
Theories, concepts and new perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Bringing together leading authorities on Irish women and migration, this book offers a significant reassessment of the place of women in the Irish diaspora. It compares Irish women across the globe over the last two centuries, setting this research in the context of recent theoretical developments...
Stealing from a Child
The Injustice of ‘Marriage Equality’
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Australians are being asked to accept a breathtakingly subversive redefinition of marriage, parenting, family and gender, with consequences for core liberties and our children’s education; yet when we raise concerns we are called ‘bigots’. We are branded as ‘haters’ for defending a child’s...
Clinical Practice at the Edge of Care
Developments in Working with At-Risk Children and their Families
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
This book brings together psychological and psychotherapeutic contributions in clinical practice with at-risk children and their families. Chapters by experts working in a range of edge-of-care settings give an essential account of real-world clinical challenges and dilemmas; whilst drawing on relevant...
Rights Enabled
The Disability Revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a variety of original sources, Katharina Heyer examines three case studies—Germany, Japan, and the United Nations—to trace the evolution of a disability rights model from its origins in the U.S. through its adaptations in other democracies to its current formulation...
Exiting Prostitution
A Study in Female Desistance
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2014
How people move from deviant to conventional lifestyles is an issue that has attracted considerable interest over the past few years. However, much of this work has focused on men desisting from crime. This book provides one of the first examinations of desistance which is centred on women and, more specifically, how they exit prostitution.
Political Engagement Amongst Ethnic Minority Young People
Making a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
This book engages with debates on ethnic minority and Muslim young people showing, beyond apathy and violent political extremism, the diverse forms of political engagement in which young people engage.
The Law that Changed the Face of America
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1965—a landmark decision that made the United States the diverse nation it is today. In The Law that Changed the Face of America, congressional journalist and immigration expert Margaret Sands...
When the Echo Dies
Marriage Is Unconstitutional: America at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
In June 2015, the Supreme Court declared that marriage violates the United States Constitution. The federal court marriage decisions, culminating in the 2015 Supreme Court decision, are a symptom of a potentially fatal condition impacting American society. The foundation of the American experiment...