Social and ethical issues

In recent years, the UK has seen the emergence of a new approach to violence reduction—the public health approach.

'Lively, ingenious and original' - Sir Lawrence Freedman'Eye-opening .

'Gobsmacking' - Daily Mail'Masterful' - Karin Slaughter'You won't be able to put this one down' - GlamourA Richard and Judy Book Club BestsellerShocking and psychological, The Wife Between Us is a twisting, pulse-pounding thriller about the disturbing secrets hidden in an ordinary marriage .

We often envision segregation by class or caste at a large scale and in objective terms.

Governing Animals, Governing Humans explores how the global politics of animal protection works as the government of human-animal relations.

Offering a unique insight into the habitual inebriate offender class in Ireland, this book examines the inebriate reformatory system in Ireland from its foundation in 1900 until its closure in 1920 and the three institutions charged with punishing or rehabilitating habitual drunkards: The State Inebriate Reformatory, The Certified Inebriate Reformatory and The Voluntary Inebriate Retreat.

On 2 September 1845, the convict ship Tasmania left Kingstown Harbour for Van Diemen's Land with 138 female convicts and their 35 children.

Fair Mile was more than just a psychiatric hospital; it was an example of a nationwide network of 'pauper lunatic asylums', born of responsible Victorian legislation and compassion for the disadvantaged.

In Spite of Oceans: Migrant Voices explores the individual journeys of generations in transition from the South Asian subcontinent to England.

For much of Ireland's history her people have been emigrating and the Irish Diaspora today is estimated to be over 100 million people, many times larger than the current population of Ireland.

Reveals how modern sport produces systemic social harms and outlines practical reforms to strengthen integrity, accountability, and safeguarding.

Metropolitan Detroit is America's most segregated metropolitan area, but amidst segregation, there is also growing diversity, including increasing populations of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American descent in some of Detroit's suburbs.

A child bride paralysed by fear, a man trapped in a life of slavery, a couple imprisoned for simply loving one another, a woman who refuses to bow to social pressure.

The most influential theory of distributive equality to have emerged since John Rawls' justice as fairness is luck egalitarianism, which aims to neutralize the distributive effects of luck.

Honorable Mention, 2021 Outstanding First Book Award from the Memory Studies Association Today, nearly any group or nation with violence in its past has constructed or is planning a memorial museum as a mechanism for confronting past trauma, often together with truth commissions, trials, and/or other symbolic or material reparations.

The Comet Escape Line tells the story of the most successful escape line of the Second World War.

The definitive investigation into why across continents, classes, cultures and religions we re having fewer children, by an award-winning journalist'Wise, compassionate and non-judgmental' EMILY MAITLIS'An entertaining and meaningful read' CLAUDIA GOLDINIn Britain, one in five couples have no children, and almost half of all families have only one.

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Metropolitan Detroit is America's most segregated metropolitan area, but amidst segregation, there is also growing diversity, including increasing populations of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American descent in some of Detroit's suburbs.

Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data and Intelligent Machines is the first volume to bring together leading feminist thinkers from across the disciplines to explore the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and related data-driven technologies on human society.

A little-known fact about the prominent US psychologist and educator Carl E.

Die Arbeit mit jungen Menschen mit Fetaler Alkoholspektrumstorung (FASD) stellt besondere Anforderungen an Fachkrafte und Einrichtungen der stationaren Erziehungshilfe.

A prince taken from his homeland becomes a symbol of love, freedom, and resistance.

A mysterious woman arrives at a secluded estate-and refuses to explain the life she left behind.

This edited book centres the experiences of groups and individuals who have historically received little attention in the broader framing of victimology, victims movements and wider society.

In the summer of 2020, angry citizens took to the streets of Minneapolis after a recording of the murder of George Floyd went viral.

This volume explores and rearticulates the relationship between language and prejudice.

Provocative and engaging .

In an era characterized by data globalization, there is, paradoxically, a shortage of literature on the social impact of globalization, technology diffusion, and gender disparity.

Public venues are vital to information access across the globe, yet few formal studies exist of the complex ways people in developing countries use information technologies in public access places.

Although social marketing is generally associated with communication activities and mass media, there exists a broader scope of social marketing that utilizes a systematic approach to defining concepts, behaviors, and products for promotion and distribution.

Success in the business world is not strictly reliant on producing valuable and in-demand products.

Although studies indicate the assumption of one single European market, other research emphasizes European countries have distinct market identities.

Although studies indicate the assumption of one single European market, other research emphasizes European countries have distinct market identities.

This book examines how an understanding of social-cultural and resource dynamics can inform the development of context-sensitive approaches to the early education and care of young deaf children, and the support of their caregivers.

Transforming Trauma emerges from contemporary, overlapping social challenges: Global losses of life and connection amidst the COVID-19 pandemic; brutal US police murders of Black and brown people followed by uprisings against systemic racism; and organizing against pervasive gender-based and sexual violence.

Forced migration has led to the creation of unique spaces within varying contexts where music is made, shared, and experienced.

How are we to live together in a diverse society?

50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Know presents a diverse series of studies that illustrate key issues in health systems and delivery, policy, ethics, bias, and social determinants of health.

50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Know presents a diverse series of studies that illustrate key issues in health systems and delivery, policy, ethics, bias, and social determinants of health.

This book examines how an understanding of social-cultural and resource dynamics can inform the development of context-sensitive approaches to the early education and care of young deaf children, and the support of their caregivers.

As Canada takes stock of its immigration programs, the factors that promote successful settlement have taken centre stage for researchers, service providers, policymakers, and for the migrants themselves.

Argues that a new set of transnational social welfare arrangements has emerged that challenge traditional social welfare provision based on national citizenship and residence.

Argues that a new set of transnational social welfare arrangements has emerged that challenge traditional social welfare provision based on national citizenship and residence.

The definitive field guide to all the sharks, rays and chimaeras of eastern North AmericaThe waters off the East Coast of North America are home to an amazing variety of sharks, rays and chimaeras.

Over the past fifty years, debates concerning race and college admissions have focused primarily on the policy of affirmative action at elite institutions of higher education.

Over the past fifty years, debates concerning race and college admissions have focused primarily on the policy of affirmative action at elite institutions of higher education.

In an era of remarkable wealth idolatry, Tom Malleson investigates the ethical justifications of wealth inequality, taking the radical position that we should abolish the billionaires.