Social and ethical issues

In bildungspolitischen Diskussionen melden sich aktuell immer mehr Vertreter*innen politisch ambitionierter Pädagogiken zu Wort, die die pädagogische Nutzung ganz unterschiedlicher Kulturprodukte kritisieren, indem sie diese als Ausdruck von Rassismus, Sexismus, Kolonialismus oder Klassismus deuten.

Grandchildhood in Multigenerational Living: Practices, Meanings, Relations is the first book to sociologically analyse grandchild-grandparent relationships from the perspective of grandchildren.

Das Sonderfahrrecht von Einsatzfahrzeugen, das die Einsatzkräfte unter bestimmten Bedingungen von der Straßenverkehrsordnung befreit, ist nur ein Beispiel dafür, dass sich die Feuerwehr bei Einsatzfahrten häufig innerhalb von umfangreichen und komplexen Gesetzesgrundlagen bewegt.

Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective describes flood forecast systems and operations as they currently exist at national and regional centers around the globe, focusing on the technical aspects of flood forecast systems.

Focusing on systemic risks caused by climate change, this book examines how these risks can be effectively regulated to ensure resilience and avoid catastrophe.

Tracing representations of the Rushdie affair from 1989 to 2009, this study establishes a genealogy of how British Muslims appeared on the public scene and how an imaginary and politics of this subject position developed.

Originally published in 1980, this book presents a detailed empirical analysis of the key dimensions of inequality and poverty in Wales, discussing such aspects as the distribution of income and wealth, the housing situation, the functioning of the NHS and urban deprivation.

This book sociologically investigates the contemporary Catholic Church's stance on gender diversity and "e;gender ideology"e; and explores ways to adapt the social science perspectives on sex, gender, and gender fluidity in the Church's moral teachings, applying Pope Francis's inductive synodal theology.

Equal Time, Equal Value is the first systematic investigation of Time Banking in the United States.

The twentieth century promised much in terms of progress.

Countries, cities, and companies are investing in smart cities and digital economies.

In the last 35 years, governments around the globe have increasingly contracted with nonprofit and for-profit entities designed to provide a portion of the public sector's portfolio of goods and services.

In this book, twenty-three lawyers discuss their experiences in the struggle to advance and maintain civil rights in the United States South, from the 1960s to the 1980s and from Texas to Virginia to Florida.

In recent years the concept of 'diversity' has gained a leading place in academic thought, business practice and public policy worldwide.

`The effects of social context and social structure on health are well documented.

Winner of the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Award for History  New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice  “Gruesomely thorough.

Disorder and instability are matters of continuing public concern.

Corinna Lim is the Institute of Policy Studies' 8th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.

WINNER OF THE 2025 ADCI LITERARY PRIZEBBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'Powerful, joyful, heartbreaking and so funny all at once' SARA NISHA ADAMS'Every now and then a book comes along that changes the way you see the world, and this is one of them' FREYA SAMPSONHattie has a plan.

This book captures the thoughts of the Author who worked for more than four decades at the grassroots in India and other countries, observing and watching how Human Development Programmes touch the lives of those who receive the services like primary health care, water and sanitation, school education and reflecting on the managerial dimensions of these programmes.

Since the end of the USSR, post-Soviet Jewry has evolved into an ethnically and culturally diverse Russian speaking community.

What does it mean to grow older as a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT) person?

Winner of the prestigious Casa de las Americas Prize, this work spins a heartfelt story of an improbable relationship between an anthropologist and her charismatic Indigenous father.

Offender-focused prosecution concentrates attention to the actions, decisions, choices, and motivations of the offender.

The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime.

Scandinavian immigrants encountered a strange paradox in 1890s Chicago.

Since the onset of the HIV epidemic, the behaviour of men who have sex with men has been subject to intense scrutiny on the part of the behavioural and sociomedical sciences.

Disorganized attachment is the most extreme form of insecure attachment.

While global urban development increasingly takes on the mantle of sustainability and "e;green urbanism,"e; both the ecological and equity impacts of these developments are often overlooked.

White women and people of color now constitute the majority of the U.

When Helen was 20, she met Garry Newlove at a local disco.

Alter Mann, was nun?

In this deeply researched and vividly written volume, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins, production, reception and continuing history of this ground-breaking, aesthetically brilliant, and yet highly controversial movie.

This book examines the experiences of seasonal, migrant sugarcane workers in Brazil, analyzing the deep-seated inequalities pervasive in contemporary Brazil.

June 17, 2008, is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by Heinemann.

Consensual nonmonogamy (CNM) means that all partners in a relationship consent to expanded monogamy or polyamory.

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.

Britain's maritime tradition is well documented.

Welcome to my downside up life!

Whiteness Fractured examines the many ways in which whiteness is conceptualized today and how it is understood to operate and to effect social relationships.

The Hadramis of South Yemen and the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region are an intriguing facet of the history of this region s migratory patterns.

Indigenous People, Crime and Punishment examines criminal sentencing courts' changing characterisations of Indigenous peoples' identity, culture and postcolonial status.

Almost everywhere across the world, economic inequality has been rising within and across national borders.

As the global COVID-19 pandemic that broke out over two years ago is showing signs of relenting, and the world's attention draws towards yet another military conflict in Ukraine, the roles of crisis communication and media research couldn't be more critical.

'A handbook for these troubled times' Psychologies Magazine'Engaging and informative .

First published in 1971, The Process of Becoming Ill is concerned with how people become ill: not with how people contract diseases but how people come to occupy the social status of 'sick person'.