Revolting Subjects is a groundbreaking account of social abjection in contemporary Britain, exploring how particular groups of people are figured as revolting and how they in turn revolt against their abject subjectification.
Image Bite Politics is the first book to systematically assess the visual presentation of presidential candidates in network news coverage of elections and to connect these visual images with shifts in public opinion.
From the host of the popular WNYC podcast Death, Sex, & Money, Let's Talk About Hard Things is ';like a good conversation with a friend' (The New Yorker) where ';no topic is off-limits when it comes to creating meaningful connection' (Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone).
Considers situations and interventions that can foster more inclusive representation and ways, both theoretically and practically, and that a common ingroup identity can facilitate more harmonious intergroup relations.
North America's Indigenous population is a vulnerable group, with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in the mental health care system.
At a time of deep political divisions, leaders have called on ordinary Americans to talk to one another: to share their stories, listen empathetically, and focus on what they have in common, not what makes them different.
This book presents cutting edge conceptualizations of the psychological challenges of inequity and engages the audience in examining the global nature of inequity and how it psychologically impacts human beings across both space and time.
Renowned psychologists describe the five most useful insights from social psychology that will help make you wise: wise about why we behave the way we do, and wise about how to use that knowledge to understand others and change ourselves for the better.
Teaching Facilitation of Group Therapy explores an extensive range of topics crucial to effective teaching and practice, and will be a valuable resource for instructors of group therapy.
This book introduces social cognition from multidisciplinary perspectives, exploring in detail how individuals perceive, interpret, and respond to social stimuli throughout different stages of life.
Coming Out Asperger explores the complexity of diagnosis for Asperger Syndrome, the drawbacks and benefits of disclosing a diagnosis of a 'hidden disability,' and how this impinges on self-esteem.
Was vernachlässigten Kindern und Jugendlichen hilftVernachlässigung ist die mit Abstand häufigste Gefährdung des KindeswohlsErstes Werk speziell zum Thema KindesvernachlässigungZahlreiche Falldarstellungen und praxisrelevante HilfestellungenIm Gegensatz zu körperlichen und sexuellen Übergriffen auf Kinder steht die weit verbreitete Kindesvernachlässigung kaum im Fokus öffentlicher Wahrnehmung.
This original analysis of the complex dynamics of high-risk fields offers five compelling case studies of critical incidents from initiation to crisis resolution.
This book examines the fan-created combination of Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Supernatural as a uniquely digital fan experience, and as a metaphor for ongoing scholarship into contemporary fandom.
When I had a Little Sister by Catherine Simpson is a searingly honest and heartbreaking account of growing up in a farming family, and of Catherine's search for understanding into what led her younger sister to kill herself at 46.
Designed as a text for both graduate and undergraduate students, this book, originally published in 1995, presents an intrapsychic explanation of human behaviour - concepts based on psychological processes and 'structures' within the mind.
This book offers Jungian perspectives on social constructions of gender difference and explores how these feed into adult ways of relating within male-female relationships.
In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "e;dark side"e; of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing.
This book invites readers into the transformative world of culturally responsive substance use treatment and illuminates the importance of integrating cultural understanding and sensitivity into every aspect of substance use treatment, offering a comprehensive guide for organizations, practitioners, and students alike.
Psychology for Sustainability applies psychological science to so-called environmental problems that manifest when human behavior disrupts and degrades natural systems.