This innovative book applies theories of health-related behavior change and habit formation across the lifespan, with particular emphasis on the contribution of resilience to healthy living.
Constructed around powerful stories of maternal agency, care and emotion, this novel volume conceptualises the primary homework experience as a social and relational practice and act of mothering, thereby raising wider questions about parental involvement in education, families' agency in school practices, and the broader implications for policy.
Este libro es una guía imprescindible para quien esté considerando adoptar a una niña, un niño o un/a adolescente, para quien transite el proceso de una guarda con fines adoptivos y para quien ya sea mamá o papá a través de la adopción o esté anotada/o en el Registro de Adoptantes.
Illuminating the intricate dynamics of adolescent-parent conflicts over schoolwork, this book provides a vivid and insightful examination of the educational difficulties experienced by contemporary Chinese families.
Illuminating the intricate dynamics of adolescent-parent conflicts over schoolwork, this book provides a vivid and insightful examination of the educational difficulties experienced by contemporary Chinese families.
Musasizi, Arunachalam and Forbes-Mewett take a sociological approach to explore the complexities of cultural proximity and how it intersects with situational factors such as social, economic and historical events to influence refugee-host relations in Uganda.
Este libro es resultado de la investigación realizada para optar por el Doctorado en Cultura y Educación en América Latina, programa creado según convenio entre la Universidad Católica del Maule, la Universidad de Artes y Ciencias Sociales y el Ministerio de Educación de Chile.
Musasizi, Arunachalam and Forbes-Mewett take a sociological approach to explore the complexities of cultural proximity and how it intersects with situational factors such as social, economic and historical events to influence refugee-host relations in Uganda.
Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers in depth analysis for the first time of the experience of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom.
Winner of the 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title AwardAsian women are often labelled with biased stereotypical images, ranging from "e;subordinate housewife"e; to "e;migrant domestic maid,"e; and "e;overseas bride.
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of radical right youth activism in Brazil and Germany, examining the complex pathways of political engagement through innovative biographical and narrative research.
This book examines representations of gender, age and identity across the Hallmark film and television output in relation to specific periods of time that pertain to changes within the specific entertainment sector.
This book examines representations of gender, age and identity across the Hallmark film and television output in relation to specific periods of time that pertain to changes within the specific entertainment sector.
This book explores how studies of language and aging can be applied to build an aging-friendly society, drawing on the socio-pragmatic turn in language and aging to examine the perspectives of older adults experiencing aging through a linguistic lens.
This book explores how studies of language and aging can be applied to build an aging-friendly society, drawing on the socio-pragmatic turn in language and aging to examine the perspectives of older adults experiencing aging through a linguistic lens.
This book tells the story of what happens when the "e;adventure"e; of living in Spain turns complicated due to the emergence of care needs derived from loss of autonomy.
This book tells the story of what happens when the "e;adventure"e; of living in Spain turns complicated due to the emergence of care needs derived from loss of autonomy.
This book explores the articulation between macro-social historical transformations and the opportunities and constraints that the resultant political and property regimes presented for villagers.
This book explores the articulation between macro-social historical transformations and the opportunities and constraints that the resultant political and property regimes presented for villagers.
This edited volume explores a range of causes for separation of children and young people from family, the impact of these causes, and methods that both professionals and families may employ to build or rebuild these relations.
This edited volume proposes a radical change in perspective, fighting the prevalent ageist culture that tends to relegate the oldest old to isolation and irrelevance.
