Social and ethical issues

Offering a unique, comprehensive, and critical introduction to increasingly visible social inequalities, this textbook examines the political and economic causes and cultural consequences of a stratifying system that allocates material resources and human dignity on the basis of private profit and labor exploitation.

Originally published in 1997, as part of the Ethnoscapes: Current Challenges in the Environmental Social Sciences series, reissued now with a new series introduction, Tradition, Location and Community: Place-making and Development brings together the selected papers of seventeen architects, social scientists and planners.

Originally published in 1989, Infertility looks at how fertility treatments fail women.

Originally published in 1984, when new reproductive technologies were just beginning to become part of the public discussion, this edition was published with a new preface in 1989.

This book uniquely examines, across cultures, the health benefits and detriments of religious beliefs, with important implications for individual wellbeing and human survival.

Das Opaschowski Zukunftsbarometer erweitert die technologie- und wirtschaftszentrierte Prognoseforschung um eine human-soziale Perspektive.

This book investigates the experiences of women in Zimbabwe facing COVID-19 and gender-based violence, arguing that the insights from this extremely tough period could be used as a springboard for positive legal, cultural and policy changes.

Entfesselung der schwarzen spirituellen Seele gefangen durch die Fremden:Schluss mit dem weißen GottRevolution der schwarzen Göttlichkeit: Schluss mit spirituellem Verrat"Wer vor einem Gott mit 'weißer' Haut niederkniet, kniet sich vor allen Weißen nieder für die Ewigkeit.

Land and labour provides the first full-length history of the Potters' Emigration Society, the controversial trade union scheme designed to solve the problems of surplus labour by changing workers into farmers on land acquired in frontier Wisconsin.

Una obra lúcida y vigorosa cuya lectura no dejará a nadie indiferente.

In the vast expanse of human history, migration has been an ever-present phenomenon.

Alkohol, Medikamente, Drogen oder Glückspiel, aber auch Essstörungen, Kauf- oder Sportsucht – Abhängigkeit hat viele Gesichter, die Auswirkungen auf die Betroffenen sowie das Umfeld sind jedoch ähnlich: Was schleichend beginnt, wird zum bestimmenden Lebensinhalt.

The 8th International Conference of Indian Academy of Health Psychology (ICIAHP 2023) gathered leading experts, researchers, and professionals to exchange insights and explore innovations in mental and physical well-being.

This book brings together distinguished scholars who analyze the recent resurgence of inflation from the point of view of conflict among social classes over the appropriate distribution of income.

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ChatGPT And Regulation : Navigating the Impact On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Human Rights
The Healthcare System In Post-Covid Africa : What Policies for Which Priorities?

Von den ersten mutigen Stimmen im 18.

Johannes träumt vom Fliegen – auf einem Kettenkarussell.

Sexo solitario es la primera historia cultural de la práctica sexual más usual y extendida: la masturbación.

Kuei, My Friend is an engaging book of letters: a literary and political encounter between Innu poet Natasha Kanape Fontaine and Quebecois-American novelist Deni Ellis Bechard.

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of America's most controversial experiments in police surveillance.

To want to save the planet , a person has to have a sense of belonging in it What would a saved planet look like for a Black collective?

This book elucidates state-society relations in East Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic from a comparative perspective.

Industrial Relations in the Public Services (1989) assesses the changes in industrial relations following Thatcher's 1979 election in three particular parts of the public sector: local authorities, the national health service and the civil service.

This book is a concise and focused volume on the metabolism and measurable effects of drugs on the human body.

In Menace to the Future, Jess Whatcott traces the link between US disability institutions and early twentieth-century eugenicist ideology, demonstrating how the legacy of those ideas continues to shape incarceration and detention today.

In The Inner Life of Race, Leerom Medovoi turns away from conventional views of race as a politics of the phenotypical body to theorize race instead as a politics of populational threat.

The Sage Handbook of Addiction Psychology presents a comprehensive overview of the state of the science behind the psychology of addiction, offering a crucial resource for psychologists engaged in both research and practice.

British Industrial Relations (1983) provides a comprehensive and balanced approach to British industrial relations, an often controversial subject with a variety of academic interpretations which achieved a large significance in national politics.

Employing the intellectual migration analytical framework, this book examines the dynamics of student and professional migration.

Corporate Totalitarianism reflects on the changing nature of economic, political, and social power in the global context and the ways in which this affects both individual and society.

Desde principios del siglo XX, la sociedad española fue consciente del éxodo rural que se daba dentro de sus fronteras y reflexionó sobre ello desde diversos ámbitos –económicos, culturales, sociales y políticos–.

What to do when you feel like giving upWhen you said, ';I do,' you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy.

This book explores contemporary issues in women's studies, focusing on the agency of marginalised and disenfranchised within political, cultural, and social spheres.

Kitty Holliday pensaba que los años difíciles habían terminado cuando empezó sus prácticas en uno de los mejores hospitales universitarios de Sídney, pero pronto sus expectativas chocan con la cruda realidad.

This book proposes a new solution to the problem of the migration crisis engulfing the world by creating safe harbours, or Free Global Cities.

"Spielsucht überwinden: Mentale Stärke aufbauen und ein suchtfreies Leben führen"von Ferdinand ThomaDie Spielsucht zu besiegen ist eine enorme Herausforderung – aber sie ist bewältigbar.

Las consecuencias del coronavirus son de distinto orden.