Social and ethical issues

Despite increased interest in recent years in the role of race in Western culture, scholars have neglected much of the body of work produced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by black intellectuals.

Foreword by Lee Hsien Loong (Prime Minister, Republic of Singapore)This book is about the art and science of finding solutions to helping families in crisis, and making a real and lasting positive difference in their lives.

This accessible book provides an evaluative review of justice at the locus of the magistrates' court.

Wie vermeidet man, dass globale Krisen nicht zu persönlichen Krisen werden?

Wenn vormals Fremde in eine gastgebende Gemeinschaft aufgenommen werden, "passiert" Gastfreundschaft.

This new and revised edition of Culture, Society and Sexuality brings together and makes accessible a broad and international selection of readings to provide insights into the social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of sexuality and relationships, and emerging discourses around sexual and reproductive rights.

As Adam M.

Encephalitis is a devastating condition whose impact upon people should not be underestimated.

The Shakespearean International Yearbook surveys the present state of Shakespeare studies in global contexts, addressing issues that are fundamental to our interpretive encounter with Shakespeare's work and his time.

Die Anforderungen an einen kompetenten Umgang mit Veränderungen im Kontext von gesellschaftlicher Vielfalt scheinen in den letzten Jahren enorm gestiegen.

This edited collection provides an understanding of the range of learning that is enabled by trade unions, and the agendas around that learning.

This book demonstrates that mobility in Europe is not a synonym for European mobility, showing how certain mobile individuals are more likely to develop an explicitly European identity than others.

The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative volume that provides an overview of the state of U.

This book's basic premise is that disabled people themselves know best what their needs are and that they should be involved in the planning and delivery of relief and development initiatives.

Packed with information, advice and learning activities, this book tells you what you need to know about drugs, young people's drug use, and how you can help them stay safe.

Taking Care, based on twenty-six interviews and other autobiographical narratives, challenges the negative stereotypes about mothers with disabilities.

A clear and comprehensive introduction for students studying key regulatory challenges posed by technologies in the twenty-first century.

This book examines how the higher education sector has approached marginalised student and staff populations.

Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence reveals why disability is a cultural experience, rather than merely a medical status.

We live in a moment of renewed and highly visible action on the issue of sexual violence.

Mexican Americans are unique in the panoply of American ethno-racial groups in that they are the descendants of the largest and longest lasting immigration stream in US history.

An overview of the life, work and continuing importance of the pre-eminent African American intellectual of the twentieth century.

Looking at Montreal's Jewish community during the first half of the twentieth century, Margolis explores the lives and works of activists, writers, scholars, performers, and organizations that fuelled a still-thriving community.

The Soviet Way of Life (1948) is an objective description of the Soviet Russian political and economic systems.

Spanning three hundred years and the colonial regimes of Spain, Mexico, and the United States, Maurice S.

The relationship between ageing and crime has been a much neglected issue, the focus rather being on youth.

Transracial adoption is one of the most contentious issues in adoption politics and in the politics of race more generally.

How the Sun Lost Its Shine: A Newsroom Memoir is award-winning journalist Elaine Tassy's no-holds-barred account of her four years working as a reporter at The Baltimore Sun.

This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives-historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies.

Informed by witness testimonies, Eurafrican Migration details how the perilous journeys undertaken by irregular migrants are enabled by complex networks of guides during the Sahara phase, and explores the relationship between migrants and the criminal groups who arrange for them to be transported across the sea to southern Europe.

Beyond Blaxploitationis a groundbreaking scholarly anthology devoted to examining canonical and lesser-known films of the blaxploitation movement to demonstrate the richness, depth, and complexity of this intriguing period in motion picture history.

Innovations in Interventions to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Research and Practice speaks to what can be done to effectively intervene to end intimate partner violence against women.

The classic American struggle between the public interest and corporate interests is perhaps nowhere better illustrated than in the decades-long struggle between the tobacco industry and advocates for public health.

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach.

The Routledge Handbook of Critical Obesity Studies is an authoritative and challenging guide to the breadth and depth of critical thinking and theory on obesity.

Die Einstellungen von Grundschulkindern gegenüber Peers mit Förderbedarf stellen eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die soziale Partizipation von Kindern mit emotional-sozialem Förderbedarf im inklusiven Grundschulunterricht dar.

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.

This is history at its best.

Between 1840 and 1920, Cuba abolished slavery, fought two wars of independence, and was occupied by the United States before finally becoming an independent republic.

Citizenship implies exclusion of non-members.

How everyday forms of surveillance threaten undocumented immigrantsbut also offer them hope for societal inclusionSome eleven million undocumented immigrants reside in the United States, carving out lives amid a growing web of surveillance that threatens their and their families' societal presence.

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are amongst the world's most vulnerable populations, and their numbers are increasing.

Disrupting, questioning and altering the taken-for-granted 'cosmos' of everyday life, the experiences of illness challenge the different ways in which social normalcy is remembered, maintained and expected.

In Border Lives, Sergio Chvez moves past Tijuana's notorious image as a hub of sex, drugs, and crime to tell the story of the diverse group of individuals who use both sides of the U.

Unruly Speech explores how Uyghurs in China and in the diaspora transgress sociopolitical limits with "e;unruly"e; communication practices in a quest for change.

Rebuilding Afghanistan in Times of Crisis provides academics and researchers interested in planning, urbanism and conflict studies with a multidisciplinary, international assessment of the reconstruction and foreign aid efforts in Afghanistan.

Eine längst überfällige Betrachtung rassistischen Denkens in DeutschlandDie Journalistin und Politikwissenschaftlerin Gilda Sahebi zeigt in ihrer klaren Analyse: Wir alle denken rassistisch.

What will Asia look like ten years from now?