This volume offers a crucial examination of right-wing extremism, supported by detailed empirical analyses of right-wing militants' experiences within and outside their organizations.
This third volume in Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design fol- lows the conceptual framework adopted in the previous two volumes (see the Preface to Volume 1, 1987).
The increasing globalization of society is causing shifts in social, linguistic, religious, and other cultural differences, which may increase the potential for misunderstandings in communication, the workplace, health care, and education.
A Critical Reflexive Approach to Sex Research is a methodologically focused book that offers rich insights into the, often secret, subjectivities of men who pay for sex in South Africa.
First published in 1930, the object of Love in the Machine Age was to popularize a modern and scientific view of behavior, and thereby help people to live happy and successful lives.
In this volume scholars from a variety of disciplines address a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion.
Joining insights from social science and philosophy, this book offers a nuanced view on the discourse of evil, which has been on the rise in the West in recent years.
Although prison can present a critical opportunity to engage with offenders through interventions and programming, reoffending rates among those released from prison remain stubbornly high.
This handbook provides an evidence-based account of psychological perspectives on issues in music education and music in the community through the life course, exploring our understanding of music learning and participation across contexts.
In antiquity, it was not only Aristotle who assumed the people are more to be understood in relation to one another than as individual or solitary constructs.
The popular image, derived from Piaget, of the child as a solitary thinker struggling to construct a personal understanding of the mathematical and logical properties of the physical world has given way in recent years to a view of children's learning and thinking as embedded in social relationships.
The despair and incomprehension that often seem to be the only possible response to acts of aggression and violence have led to attempts by academics and writers from a wide variety of backgrounds to understand and explain such behaviour.
In recent years, there has been a rise in social movements and organizations that challenge the very foundations of liberal democracy on a global scale.
Working with Vulnerable Families embodies the universal edict - that for societies to flourish we must enhance the opportunities for our children to reach their physical, intellectual, emotional and social potential.
Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology: Bridging Spirit and Science provides an accessible and engaging introduction to this complex and evolving field.
Auf persönlichkeitsbildender Ebene werden tänzerischen Aktivitäten eine Vielzahl an positiven Effekten zugeschrieben, insbesondere, wenn sie partizipative oder experimentelle Prinzipien und ästhetisch-kulturelle Bildungsinhalte fokussieren.
This edited book presents a comprehensive guide to the research, challenges and differing perspectives within mental health for sexual minority populations in the UK.
The social movements that Professor Toch examines in this book, originally published in 1966, range from the Black Muslims to food faddists, and the founders of these movements range from Hitler to Joan of Arc.
Many therapists and counselors find themselves struggling to connect the research on the psychology of religion and spirituality to their clinical practice.
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.
Diplomatie meint ursprünglich die Pflege der Beziehungen zwischen den Staaten durch geschickte Verhandlungen unter häufig extrem angespannten Bedingungen.
Marxism, Psychology and Social Science Analysis applies Marxist theory, psychology, and the work of Lucien Seve to specific research in the social sciences.
Lies, Lying and Liars: A Psychological Analysis delves into the psychology of lies, exploring the processes of lying and its far-reaching consequences.
In 2010, the International Cyberbullying Think Tank was held in order to discuss questions of definition, measurement, and methodologies related to cyberbullying research.