Society and Social Sciences

Congress has been active in establishing federal policy for the agricultural sector on an ongoing basis since the 1930s.

Focusing on the challenges of achieving good practice, this popular textbook reflects recent developments in social work within the context of contemporary society, law and policy.

In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, the authors attempt to expand the heuristic, theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations paradigms by pairing classical Group Relations concepts with typically non-Tavistock psychology paradigms and social sciences concepts.

Originally published in 1923, this title is a critical examination of Freud's theory of psychoanalysis.

This book provides a critical analysis of the European Union's approach to 'governance', focusing on the way in which civil society is incorporated within the EU decision-making process and arguing that it is not conducive to the democratisation of EU governance.

Leftist thought and activism stands as a defining force in the articulation of political culture and policy in modern Japan.

This book is the first of its kind, combining international perspectives on the current ethical considerations and challenges facing bioarchaeologists in the recovery, analysis, curation, and display of human remains.

Focusing on moral, social and legal responsibilities as opposed to rights or obligations, this volume explores the concept of responsibility in family life, law and practice.

This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa.

After years of neurohype and a neuroskeptic backlash, this book provides a systematic analysis of the contributions to self-understanding cognitive neuroscience (CNS) and philosophy can make.

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Headteachers need to have a view on every possible aspect of running a school and be able to justify and articulate a set of values that tie into their vision.

Long before modern medicines became so widely available, families treated everyday illnesses with home-made remedies.

Never before has there been so extensive a collection of what has been thought, said, and written about the sociology of the military.

Based on groundbreaking new ideas, this treatise signals a return to a rebuilding and reshaping of the curriculum as the primary tool for education This book presents a new definition of "e;curriculum"e; and what it should consist of, with a view toward creating a more ethical, educated, and thinking person.

Perspectives on Conceptual Change presents case study excerpts illustrating the influence on and processes of students' conceptual change, and analyses of these cases from multiple theoretical frameworks.

The Art and Science of Working Together: Practising Group Analysis in Teams and Organizations is a primary resource for anyone wishing to learn more about the complex unconscious dynamics of organizations, providing a practical guide for organizational work, a guide to how to improve things, and a strong theoretical foundation in the group analytic concept of the 'tripartite matrix'.

Young Germans marched through Haifa shouting Heil Hitler!

Concepts of civic learning and democratic engagement are central to the purpose of higher education, especially for community colleges.

During the last few years, there has been growing medical interest in the problem of obesity.

Vorwort Vorgesetze, Kollegen, Mitarbeiter – Menschen im Arbeitsleben sind essenziell für uns: Wir orientieren uns an ihnen, sie geben uns Sicherheit, gemeinsam schaffen wir herausragende Leistungen.

The Taliban made piety a business of the state, and thereby intervened in the daily lives and social interactions of Afghan women.

This book critically examines the institutional curation of traumatic memory at the 9/11 Memorial Museum and its evocative power as a cultural storyteller.

This book addresses the shape of English studies beyond the 'center' by analyzing how the discipline has developed, and by considering how lessons from this analysis relate to the discipline as a whole.

About a quarter of all democracies today legally oblige their citizens to vote, making this an important aspect of electoral systems in many settings.

Psychische Krisen sind normal, heute leidet jeder zweite Mensch im Lauf des Lebens an einer psychischen Erkrankung.

Shanti Kumar's Gandhi Meets Primetime examines how cultural imaginations of national identity have been transformed by the rapid growth of satellite and cable television in postcolonial India.

Heritage's revival as a respected academic subject has, in part, resulted from an increased awareness and understanding of indigenous rights and non-Western philosophies and practices, and a growing respect for the intangible.

This book analyzes the recent development of accounting in Japan from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing specifically on how institutional reality is constructed.

Mixed Reality gilt als eine der größten technischen Innovationen der Gegenwart.

This book uses a critical political economy approach to develop an historically and politically grounded set of strategies for states to move toward a post-growth, decarbonised global economy.

Decision-making is an integral part of our daily lives.

In Cold War historiography, the 1960s are often described as a decade of mounting diplomatic tensions and international social unrest.

Pay what your really owe--and not a penny more!

The tools of American statecraft-defense, diplomacy, foreign and security assistance, homeland security and intelligence-are rarely examined together.

This hands-on, practical guide for ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators outlines, for those who are new to doing action research, what it is and how it works.

A salient feature of modern poetics is its direct connection with cultural history and politics.

A foundational resource for readers investigating religiously motivated environmentalism, this book provides both a global overview of the subject and a detailed discussion of key figures, concepts, organizations, events, and documents.

Human information and communication technology (ICT) implants have developed for many years in a medical context.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have faced the challenge of dealing with former 'terrorists'.

Using Art Media in Psychotherapy makes a thoughtful and contextual argument for using graphic art materials in psychotherapy, providing historical context for art materials and their uses and incorporating them with contemporary practices and theories.