Unemployment, poverty and the role of the state were themes which structured the discourse of social theory and the developing social legislation in Britain at the end of the Victorian period and the early twentieth century.
This book considers early modern and postmodern ideals of health, vigor, ability, beauty, well-being, and happiness, uncovering and historicizing the complex negotiations among physical embodiment, emotional response, and communally-sanctioned behavior in Shakespeare's literary and material world.
Approaching disability as a cultural construction rather than a medical pathology, this book studies the impact of disability and concepts of disability on composers, performers, and listeners with disabilities, as well as on discourse about music and works of music themselves.
Ein authentischer, genauer Blick in die Jugendszene von heute: Träume, Wünsche, Enttäuschungen und immer wieder Aggression …Fast jeder junge Mann ist auf dem nächtlichen Heimweg in der U-Bahn oder zu Fuß auf der Straße schon mal von einer Gruppe anderer Jugendlicher angerempelt, angepöbelt oder aggressiv angemacht worden.
Winner of the 2022 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award * Winner of the 2022 Science in Society Journalism Award (Books) * Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize"e;Thoughtful, insightful, and wise, Wild Souls is a landmark work.
In den sozialwissenschaftlichen Diskursen um die Konstruktion sozialer Ungleichheitsverhältnisse berühren Fragestellungen der Intersektionalität traditionell den Dreiklang von Ethnizität, Geschlecht und Klasse.
This book describes an integrative, strengths-based approach to individual and family psychotherapy guided by the effects of abuse trauma on the development of sibling relationships.
This book provides a demographic profile of the Syrian diaspora into Europe and identifies the issue of forced migration as a separate and increasingly salient topic within the more general field of migration research.
This book explores how global organisations and institutions manage Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) across their operations and within different cultural and value settings.
Social Work and Social Care has been revised and updated to take into account the profound changes that have occurred in social work over the past two years, in particular the extensive legislative changes to childrens and community care services.
Human migration tends to involve more than the odd suitcase or two - we often carry other organisms on our travels, some are deliberately transported, others move by accident.
When situated in the wider European context, 'the Irish family' has undergone a process of profound transformation and rapid change in very recent decades.
Este libro es el resultado de una investigación periodística de gran dedicación y rigor, que releva las virtudes del oficio al poner al descubierto y profundizar en esas realidades que tienden a ocultarse en la normalización de la conducta abusiva.
This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time.
Current population movements involve both established and new destinations, often encompassing marginal and rural communities and resulting in a whole new set of issues for these communities.
This fresh and persuasively argued book examines the origins of pornography in Britain and presents a comprehensive overview of women's role in the evolution of obscene fiction.
Current population movements involve both established and new destinations, often encompassing marginal and rural communities and resulting in a whole new set of issues for these communities.
First published in 1999, this aims to shift the balance from current concerns about individual behaviour and its health effects to an understanding of the social factors that shape both circumstances and behaviour conducive to health.
