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Book SynopsisTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change' - The Dalai Lama 'This book is amazing' - Chris Evans'A valuable guide to finding new purpose and success in later life' - Daily Mail From the bestselling author and columnist behind The Atlantic's popular 'How to Build a Life' series, a guide to transforming the life changes we fear into a source of strength. In the first half of life, ambitious strivers embrace a simple formula for success in work and life: focus single-mindedly, work tirelessly, sacrifice personally, and climb the ladder relentlessly. It works. Until it doesn't. The second half of life is governed by different rules. In middle age, many strivers begin to find success coming harder and harder, rewards less satisfying, and family relationships withering. In response, they do what strivers always do: they double down on work in an attempt to outrun decline and weakness, and deny the changes that aTrade ReviewIn this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change. -- The Dalai LamaA valuable guide to finding new purpose and success in later life. * Daily Mail *This book is amazing. We've all read it cover to cover. We couldn't put it down. -- Chris EvansBrooks has amassed vast research on happiness... and filled the book with explanations and theories about brain function and its ups and downs through time. * The Independent *To the overachievers, success addicts, and tired strivers who are fairly confident you can’t keep it up forever but will try anyway - this book is for you. Arthur Brooks shows you it’s possible to build a life that really does get better with age. -- Simon Sinek, optimist and author of Start with Why and The Infinite GameArthur Brooks is one of my very favorite thinkers. Witty, wise, and insatiably curious, he is one of the few intellectuals who can reliably weave scientific research and everyday observations into what we all really need: succinct advice for a good life. -- Angela Duckworth, founder and CEO of Character Lab and author of GritFrom Strength to Strength offers real answers to timeless questions about happiness and progress: How can I be happier? How can I have more meaning in life? What is the most important thing to me right now and why? -- Eric Schmidt, former chairman and CEO of GoogleIn this sparkling book, Arthur Brooks considers one of the oldest and deepest questions in the spiritual tradition, namely, how to navigate the tricky waters that separate the first and second halves of life. I found inspiration and hope literally on every page. -- Bishop Robert Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los AngelesBrooks appears to have a clear strategy here: first he horrifies you, then he bucks you up. An alternate title for this book could be The Good News About Your Inevitable Decline. Most of us strivers believe we can keep racing until we run out of road. Arthur is trying to save us pain and maximize our contributions to the species. Every ambitious person should read this. -- Dan Harris, author and former ABC News anchorFrom Strength to Strength is a wise and inspiring guide to reimagining the rest of your life. If you’re a striver tired of striving, this remarkable book is for you. -- Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive, When, and A Whole New MindTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Man on the Plane Who Changed My Life Chapter 1: Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think Chapter 2: The Second Curve Chapter 3: Kick Your Success Addiction Chapter 4: Start Chipping Away Chapter 5: Ponder Your Death Chapter 6: Cultivate Your Aspen Grove Chapter 7: Start Your Vanaprastha Chapter 8: Make Your Weakness Your Strength Chapter 9: Cast into the Falling Tide Conclusion: Seven Words to Remember Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing. Placing economic considerations into a wider social sciences context, this is ideal reading not only for advanced undergraduate and masters students in health economics and economics of ageing, but policy makers, professionals and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, health-related sciences, and social care.This volume introduces topics in the economics of happiness, quality of life, and well-being in later life. It also covers questions of inequality and poverty, intergenerational economics, and housing. Other areas described in this book include behavioural economics, political economy, and consumption in ageing societies.Table of ContentsI Economics of happiness and quality of life1 Conceptualisations and measurement1.1 Utility1.2 Welfare1.3 Subjective and objective well-being1.3.1 Subjective well-being1.3.2 Objective well-being1.4 Psychological well-being1.5 Optimal well-being1.6 Happiness1.7 Human development1.8 Quality of life1.8.1 CASP-191.8.2 Long-term care1.8.3 Health care1.8.4 Community quality of life2 Theories and empirical findings2.1 Comparison theories2.2 Easterlin paradox2.3 Set-point, adaptation-level, and the hedonic treadmill2.4 Personality traits and genetics2.5 Needs-based theories2.6 Inequality and happiness2.7 Happiness along the life cycle3 Happiness and policy3.1 Gross National Happiness3.2 National Accounts of Well-being3.2.1 Time-based national well-being accounts3.3 Happy life expectancy or happy life years3.3.1 Inequality of Happiness3.4 Closing thoughtII Inequality and Poverty4 Inequality4.1 Introduction4.2 Distribution and moral theory4.2.1 Value claims4.2.2 Moral desert4.2.3 Utilitarianism4.2.4 Libertarianism4.2.5 Contractualism4.2.6 Capabilities4.2.7 Consequentialist and deontological approaches4.3 Measurement of distribution and inequality4.3.1 Inequality of whom?4.3.2 Inequality of what?4.3.3 Measures of inequality4.4 Population ageing and distributional issues4.5 Intergenerational transmission of inequality5 Poverty, deprivation and social class5.1 An embarrassment of definitional riches?5.1.1 Equivalisation5.1.2 Absolute poverty5.1.3 Relative poverty5.1.4 Multidimensional approaches5.1.5 Mortality-adjusted poverty rates5.1.6 Subjective poverty5.1.7 Financial distress5.1.8 Financial security5.1.9 Chronic or persistent poverty5.2 Theories of Poverty5.2.1 Individualist approaches5.2.2 Structuralist approaches5.2.3 Intergenerational income elasticity5.2.4 Equal burden-sharing5.2.5 The Great Gatsby curve5.2.6 Anti-poverty role of pension income in low-income developingcountries5.3 Social class and later life6 Some questions of intergenerational economics6.1 Intergenerational transfers6.2 Intergenerational mobility6.2.1 Multigenerational mobility6.3 Justice between generations6.3.1 Prudential lifespan6.3.2 Fair innings6.4 Equity, solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence6.4.1 Generational equity6.4.2 Generational interdependence and solidarity6.4.3 Generational contract6.4.4 Intergenerational ambivalence6.5 Indices of intergenerational fairness6.5.1 The Intergenerational Fairness Index6.5.2 Intergenerational Justice Index7 Ageing, house prices, and economic crises7.1 Introduction7.2 Residential mobility in later life7.2.1 Ageing, moving, and house prices7.2.2 Housing-related financial products7.3 Housing and poverty in later life7.3.1 Housing and risk in later life7.4 Housing and pensions7.4.1 Housing income and public spending on older people7.4.2 Housing and the retirement decisionIII Behavioural Economics and Ageing8 Behavioural economics and individual ageing8.1 Prospect theory8.2 Framing effects8.3 Anchoring effect8.4 Priming8.5 Sunk cost effect8.6 Mental accounting8.7 Myopia8.8 Lack of willpower8.9 Complexity8.10 Same findings, other approaches9 Behavioural economics and policy9.1 Libertarian paternalism9.1.1 Nudge9.2 Constitutionally constrained paternalism9.3 Autonomy-enhancing paternalism9.4 Asymmetric paternalism9.5 The Save More Tomorrow TM programmeIV Political Economy10 Economics and the political economy of ageing10.1 Introduction 10.2 Political economy of ageing -the orthodox economicsview10.2.1 Population ageing and the median voter model10.2.2 Elderly power and fiscal leakage10.2.3 Interest group models11 Gerontological views11.1 Political gerontology11.2 Social gerontology and the political economy of ageingV The silver economy12 The silver economy12.1 Introduction12.2 The ageing’ consumer12.2.1 Demand-driven market segmentations12.2.2 Other market segmentations12.3 The retirement-consumption puzzle12.4 Ageing and the consumer society12.4.1 Successful ageing and the consumer society12.4.2 Affluenza

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Book SynopsisSynthesizing a vast body of empirical research and organizing it around a comprehensive conceptual model, this book is recognized as the definitive reference on adult attachment. The authors explain how what began as a theory of child development is now used to conceptualize and study nearly all aspects of social functioning across the lifespan, including mental representations of self and others, emotion regulation, personal goals and strivings, couple relationships, caregiving, sexuality, psychopathology, psychotherapy, and organizational behavior. The origins and measurement of individual differences in adult attachment are examined, as is the question of whether and how attachment patterns can change. New to This Edition: *Reflects major advances, including hundreds of new studies. *Clarifies and extends the authors' influential model of attachment-system functioning. *Cutting-edge content on genetics and on the neural and hormonal substrates of attachment.Trade Review"Mikulincer and Shaver provide a wonderfully comprehensive, integrative overview of a rich and broad empirical terrain. The result is a superb second edition that not only gives readers--novices and experts alike--a deeper understanding of attachment 'from the cradle to the grave,' but also suggests where new ideas and research need to head in coming years. The authors highlight several areas of research that have grown considerably since the first edition, such as how attachment theory interfaces with neuroscience, sexuality, caregiving, emotional and behavioral regulation, interpersonal regulation, personal growth, and therapeutic advances."--Jeffry A. Simpson, PhD, Distinguished University Teaching Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota "This is just an amazing book. It is beautifully written and provides a rich synthesis of the adult attachment literature. It is extremely comprehensive but at the same time a true pleasure to read. Mikulincer and Shaver are pioneers who both played critical roles in introducing attachment to mainstream psychology and who, in the years since, have made key contributions methodologically and theoretically. In this book, they go well beyond their own work to cover the waterfront. A classic."--Mary Dozier, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware "For more than three decades, attachment theory has been our most intellectually diverse and compelling theory of close relationships. This deeply illuminating volume is a tour de force review of contemporary theory and research. Combining insights from neuroscience, psychopathology, and developmental and social psychology, this beautifully written book offers a cutting-edge update to the first edition. Quite simply, it is indispensable."--Harry T. Reis, PhD, Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester "This exciting volume is essential reading for those interested in attachment processes. The authors outline the key principles underlying the classic studies of adult attachment; impressively, they also provide a coherent integration of the thousands of studies that have built on this research. Such key topics as emotion regulation, the neurobiology of attachment, couple dynamics, and group processes attest to the breadth and depth of attachment theory and its implications for adults’ emotional and relational lives."--Judith A. Feeney, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia "This comprehensive book is exceptionally well written by attachment theory experts. It enhances the reader's understanding of attachment theory and provides a framework for future researchers to use as a guide for scientific pursuits. This is a very useful book for advanced graduate courses focused on adult attachment, such as courses covering personality theories. The appendices with multiple commonly used attachment measures and the chapters on applications of attachment theory in professional practice are extremely helpful for students.”--Stephen L. Wright, PhD, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Counseling Psychology Program, University of Northern Colorado -Reading Attachment in Adulthood by Mikulincer and Shaver is like stepping into a classroom with two master teachers and researchers....The number and scope of the studies represented in this book is staggering....For students and teachers, Attachment in Adulthood clearly introduces the history and basic concepts of attachment theory as well as a summary and analysis of a large body of adult attachment research. For scholars and researchers, the presentation of all of this information together in one text is invaluable. For clinicians, this compendium of accessible clinically relevant research benefits clinical assessments, decisions about clinical interventions, and contributes to personal awareness and growth. (on the first edition)--Clinical Social Work Journal, 06/01/2009ƒƒThe rich information in this book benefits researchers, teachers, students, and clinicians interested in adult attachment….The book is a must have for anybody interested in processes related to adult attachment either academically or in clinical practice, especially when working in the interpersonal realm. The authors are recognized nationally and internationally as ultimate experts in attachment in adulthood….The authors also include the measurements used in the field for evaluating attachment styles, a very useful feature for researchers who now have access to them in one place….This comprehensive, state-of-the-art work is definitely the new go-to reference for anyone interested in learning about or advancing the field of adult attachment….Theoreticians, researchers, and clinicians will find it to be the ultimate resource on adult attachment issues. ****!--Doody's Review Service, 09/02/2016ƒƒThe scholarship exhibited in this volume is superb....Now no one will need to search for primary references because they are all contained in this extraordinary volume. This is indeed a labor of love by the two authors, who rightly deserve the encomium of their colleagues and certainly mine....There is no existing theory or model that I know of that comes close to the proliferation of significant research contained in this volume emanating from this topic. It could be said without fear of exaggerating that this volume is the end-all as well as the very beginning on the topic of attachment. I doubt seriously whether any researcher, scholar, student, or professional helper will be able to study, evaluate, or apply attachment without referring to Attachment in Adulthood....It is and will certainly be the substantive basis for any clinical and nonclinical psychologist interested in personality and human relationships. (on the first edition)--PsycCRITIQUES, 05/07/2008ƒƒThe proliferation of attachment-defined theoretical constructs and adult attachment research measurements presents a daunting challenge with a vast and often confusing or disconnected body of knowledge for both the novice and advanced clinician or research scientist. Mikulincer and Shaver have risen to this challenge, offering conceptual clarity through their exhaustive and comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical literature with findings synthetically organized and critically appraised within a coherent theoretical framework....Mikulincer and Shaver are to be praised for their review and condensation of a vast existing evidence-based literature applied to adult attachment processes, the therapeutic process, and the wider social and organizational context. (on the first edition)--Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 02/01/2009Table of ContentsI. The Attachment Behavioral System: Normative Processes and Individual Differences 1. The Attachment Behavioral System: Basic Concepts and Principles 2. A Model of Attachment-System Functioning and Dynamics in Adulthood 3. Normative Attachment Processes 4. Measurement of Attachment-Related Constructs in Adulthood 5. Individual Differences in Attachment-System Functioning: Development, Stability, and Change II. Intrapersonal Aspects of Attachment-System Functioning 6. Attachment-Related Mental Representations of Self and Others 7. Attachment Processes and Emotion Regulation 8. Attachment Orientations, Behavioral Self-Regulation, and Personal Growth III. Interpersonal Manifestations of Attachment-System Functioning 9. An Attachment Perspective on Interpersonal Regulation 10. Attachment Processes and Couple Functioning 11. Relations between the Attachment and Caregiving Systems 12. Attachment and Sex IV. Clinical and Organizational Applications of Attachment Theory 13. Attachment Bases of Psychopathology 14. Implications of Attachment Theory and Research for Counseling and Psychotherapy 15. Applications of Attachment Theory and Research in Group and Organizational Settings V. Epilogue 16. Reflections on Attachment Security Appendices Appendix A. Adult Attachment Questionnaire (AAQ) Appendix B. Adult Attachment Scale (AAS) Appendix C. Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ) Appendix D. Relationship Style Questionnaire (RSQ) Appendix E. Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR) Appendix F. ECR-R Items Appendix G. Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR)—Short Version Appendix H. ECR-12: A Brief Version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR) Appendix I. State Adult Attachment Measure (SAAM) Appendix J. Experiences in Close Relationships--Relationship Structures Measure (ECR-RS) Appendix K. Caregiving System Scale (CSS) Appendix L. Caregiving Questionnaire Appendix M. Sexual System Functioning Scale (SSFS) References Index

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Book SynopsisGina Rippon is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre, Birmingham. Her research involves state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques, investigating how the brain interacts with its world. She is an outspoken critic of outdated gender stereotypes in the field, and is the author of The Gendered Brain and The Lost Girls of Autism.

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Book SynopsisFrom the hugely respected journalist Miranda Sawyer, a very modern look at the midlife crisis delving into the truth, and lies, of the experience and how to survive it, with thoughtfulness, insight and humour.You wake one day and everything is wrong. It''s as though you went out one warm evening an evening fizzing with delicious potential, so ripe and sticky-sweet you can taste it on the air for just one drink and woke up two days later in a skip. Except you''re not in a skip, you''re in an estate car, on the way to an out-of-town shopping mall to buy a balance bike, a roof rack and some stackable storage boxes.'Miranda Sawyer's midlife crisis began when she was 44. It wasn't a traditional one. She didn't run off with a Pilates teacher, or blow thousands on a trip to find herself. From the outside, all remained the same. Work, kids, marriage, mortgage, blah. Days, weeks and months whizzed past as she struggled with feeling knowing that she was over halfway through her life. It seTrade Review‘A straight-talking handbook for those of us who believe we're still at our peak in middle age but need a few honest signposts’ Viv Albertine ‘I spent a lot of time nodding along in agreement to this book as if it was my favourite record*’ Jeremy Deller *‘Hallelujah’ by Happy Mondays (Weatherall & Oakenfold remix) ‘Sawyer is at her best articulating with honesty the angst many of this generation feel about getting older… the Morrissey of her journalistic generation’ Sunday Times Praise for ‘Park and Ride’: ‘A great success … Such annihilation has been performed before. John Osborne did it. Sid Vicious was there. But this is prime stuff’ Independent On Sunday ‘Like Victoria Wood she has a talent for illuminating the absurdities of how ordinary people live their ordinary lives’ Observer 'Miranda Sawyer's suburban memoir ‘Park and Ride’ was as excellent as we expect’ Julie Burchill, Guardian (Books of the Year)

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Book SynopsisLeading therapists and researchers have come to understand that many psychological disorders share common features and respond to common therapeutic treatments. This deepened understanding of the nature of psychological disorders, their causes, and their symptoms has led to the development of new, comprehensive treatment programs that are effective for whole classes of disorders. Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders is one such program.Designed for individuals suffering from emotional disorders, including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and depression, this program focuses on helping you to better understand your emotions and identify what you''re doing in your responses to them that may be making things worse. Throughout the course of treatment you will learn different strategies and techniques for managing your emotional experiences and the symptoms ofTable of Contents1. What are Emotional Disorders? 2. About this Treatment 3. Learning to Record Your Experiences 4. Setting Goals and Maintaining Motivation 5. Understanding Your Emotions - What is an Emotion? 6. Understanding Your Emotions - Following the ARC 7. Mindful Emotion Awareness 8. Cognitive Flexibility 9. Countering Emotional Behaviors 10. Understanding and Confronting Physical Sensations 11. Putting it into Practice - Emotion Exposures 12. The Role of Medication in the Treatment of Emotional Disorders 13. Moving UP from Here - Recognizing Accomplishments and Looking to Your Future Appendix A: Answers to Self-Assessment Quizzes Appendix B: Example Forms Appendix C: Definitions of Key Terms About the Authors

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive guide to Therapeutic Assessment (TA) with adults, showing how to collaboratively engage clients in psychological testing to help them achieve major and long-lasting change.This guide clearly lays out each step of TA with adults, including its rationale and detailed instructions on how to handle a range of clinical situations. Additionally, in part one, the authors fully describe the development of TA, its theoretical bases, and the most up-to-date research on the model. In the second part of the book, the authors describe the structure and techniques of TA, and illustrate each step with transcripts from a clinical case. Further clinical illustrations help the reader understand how to conduct a TA with different types of clients, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds. This book is essential for all clinicians, therapists and trainees working with adult clients; along with students in assessment courses. Trade ReviewFantini and colleagues exquisitely convey state-of-the-art knowledge of Therapeutic Assessment with adults in this highly engrossing book that grounds specific TA methods in their theoretical, conceptual, and empirical bases. This is a valuable resource for every personality assessor, psychotherapist, assessment instructor, and student interested in the depth and impact of assessment interventions.Radhika Krishnamurthy, Clinical Psychology Professor at Florida Tech, and Former President of the Society for Personality AssessmentThe authors sensitively illustrate, from first contact with an assessment client through to their summary session and beyond, how the assessor's role can facilitate transformative change. A decade-plus into my experience with Therapeutic Assessment, I found myself learning significantly from this volume, and grateful for the chance to further refine my approach.Seth Grossman, primary co-author of the MCMI-IVThis eagerly-awaited textbook comprehensively encapsulates the theory and practice of Therapeutic Assessment, the term created by Stephen E. Finn three decades ago to describe his unique assessment practice. This is essential reading for psychologists worldwide who want to advance their assessment skills and learn a proven method of helping clients change.Noriko Nakamura, Clinical Director, Asian-Pacific Center for Therapeutic Assessment, TokyoUseful both to students learning the craft of psychological assessment as well as practicing professionals…All readers regardless of their experience will surely benefit from the trenchant observations present in the abundant detailed case examples and transcripts. Mark H. Waugh, Hannah Hunter Mckenzie Martin and Will Kelner, book review, Journal of Personality Assessment, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023Table of ContentsPart 1: THEORETICAL BASES, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH ON THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT 1. How Can a Psychological Assessment Be Therapeutic? 2. Development of Therapeutic Assessment 3. Research on Therapeutic Assessment Part 2: STEPS OF THERAPEUTIC ASSESSMENT WITH ADULT CLIENTS 4. Initial Contact 5. Initial Session 6. Administering Psychological Testing and Conducting the Extended Inquiry 7. Case Conceptualization 8. Assessment Intervention Session 9. Summary/Discussion Session 10. Written Feedback 11. Follow-up Session 12. Learning, Practicing and Marketing Therapeutic Assessment 13. Forward!

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Book SynopsisIn this vulnerable, honest, beautiful memoir, award-winning writer Charles Foran offers a brief and powerful meditation on fathers and sons, love and loss, even as his own father approaches the end of life.“Luminous. . . . Wise and moving.” —Yann MartelDave Foran was a formidable man of few words, from a different era than his sensitive, literary son, Charlie. As a younger person, Dave had lived alone for months in the bush, overcome snow blindness, hauled a dead body across a frozen lake on a dogsled, dodged bullets in a bar, and gone toe-to-toe with a bear. Some aspects of his life were rollicking while others were more restrained: A decent father and a devoted husband, Dave was also emotionally distant, prone to laconic cynicism and a changeable mood. As Charlie writes: “He struggled most days of his life with wounds he could not readily identify, let alone heal.”     The year Charlie turned 55, his 83-year-old father began a slow, final decline, and Charlie surprised himself by wanting to write about their relationship. On the surface, his motivation was to reassure his father that he was loved. But there was also a deeper desire at work. “Late into the middle of my own lifespan,” Charlie writes, “sadness took hold of my being . . . I wanted to say so frankly, never mind how uncomfortable it made me.”     In spare, haunting prose, Just Once, No More pulls on these delicate threads— unravelling a fascinating personal story and revealing its poignant universality.

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Book SynopsisTransformative Politics of Nature examines political barriers to land and wildlife conservation and presents possible transformative pathways forward that address both proximate and fundamental factors from Western and Indigenous perspectives.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Part A: Ceremony and Introduction Poem shalan joudry 1. From Politics to Transformative Politics: Wildlife and Species at Risk Policy in Canada Beazley, Olive, and Finegan Introducing Disruptions Finegan Part B: Barriers to Conservation in Canada 2. A Pathological Examination of Conservation Failure in Canada Lemieux, Groulx, Swerdfager, and Hagerman 3. Who Should Govern Wildlife? Examining Attitudes across the Country Williamson, Lischka, Olive, Pittman, and Ford 4. In a Rut: Barriers to Caribou Recovery Boan and Plotkin 5. Enacting a Reciprocal Ethic of Care: (Finally) Fulfilling Treaty Obligations McDermott and Roth Disrupting Dominant Narratives for a Mainstream Conservation Issue: A Case Study on “Saving the Bees” Colla The Role of National Parks in Disrupting Heritage Interpretation on Turtle Island Finegan Part C: Transformation through Values 6. Reconciliation or Apiksitaultimik? Indigenous Relationality for Conservation Pictou 7. “Etuaptmumk”/Two-Eyed Seeing and Reconciliation with Earth McGregor, Popp, Reid, Marshall, Miller, and Sritharan 8. Beacons of Teaching Young Indigenous Knowledge as a Disruption to State-Led Conservation Myhal The Misipawistik Cree Nation kanawenihcikew Guardians Program Cook Part D: Transformation through Actions 9. Transforming University Curriculum and Student Experiences through Collaboration and Land-Based Learning Zurba, Hache, Doucette, and Graham 10. Ecological Networks and Corridors in the Context of Global Initiatives Hilty and Woodley 11. The Imperative for Transformative Change to Address Biodiversity Loss in Canada Ray Conservation Bright Spots: Focusing on Solutions Instead of Reacting to Problems Frei Disrupting Current Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation through Innovative Knowledge Mobilization Nguyen Part E: Conclusion and Ceremony 12. Concluding Remarks: Achieving Transformative Change: Conservation in Canada Olive and Beazley Poem shalan joudry Author Biographies

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Book SynopsisTheoretical, sociocultural and clinical essays on the psychology of today's young adults.

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Book SynopsisThis training manual addresses the need for a practical and easily accessible guide for professionals working with people presenting with anger problems. It is intended for use by psychologists, OTs, psychiatric nurses, probation officers, psychiatrists, social workers and teachers. This training manual offers a wealth of photocopiable material, including client handouts and facilitators guides. The appendices contain materials for role-play and relaxation. Anger Control Training is a comprehensive programme using a cognitive-behavioural approach and designed for the professional to help people change their thoughts, feelings and behaviour.Trade Review"Williams and Barlow offer a very useful manual for the practitioner to understand the many facets of anger and to remedy the personal and interpersonal distress that it can cause. Their book does a splendid job of teaching basic concepts, and provides valuable tools for clinical practitioners who may otherwise struggle in dealing with the obstinate problem of unregulated anger." — Professor Raymond Novaco, Foreword "This practical guide provides a useful and relevant CBT programme for treating anger problems The materials are bound to be functional for all practitioners, the three volumes are handy and easy to use." — Christina Neitzert Semler, Department of Psychology, University of Oxford, Cognitive Behavioural PsychotherapyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements, Foreword, Introduction, Philosophy of ACT, Scope of the ACT Programme, Contents of the Manual, Publisher's Note, Index of Facilitator’s Guides, Index of Assessments, Index of Handouts and Worksheets, VOLUME I. Part 1. Theories of Anger & Aggression, Part 2. Initiation, Assessment & Evaluation of an ACT Programme, VOLUME II. Part 3. ACT Programme Guide, VOLUME III. Part 4. Techniques and Supplementary Programmes, Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisBarbara R. Bjorklund is an adjunct professor at the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, Florida, where she teaches courses in developmental psychology, social psychology, and forensic psychology. She has a Ph.D. in life-span developmental psychology from the University of Georgia and has published research on a variety of developmental psychology topics, including memory development and eye-witness testimony. She also has worked as a columnist and features writer for Parents Magazine and has authored books on child development. In 2000 she took over the fourth edition of Journey of Adulthood from Helen Bee and has authored each following edition. Parts of these books have been written in Germany, Spain, and New Zealand where Dr. Bjorklund and her husband served as visiting professors. Her interests outside the office include photography and travel. She is co-founder of the Book Club in the Farms, which has just celebrated its 10thTable of ContentsFull Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Adult Development Basic Concepts in Adult Development Sources of Stability A Word about "Age" Setting the Course: Some Guiding Perspectives Developmental Research A Final Word Chapter 2: Physical Changes Theories of Primary Aging Physical Changes During Adulthood Changes in Physical Behavior Individual Differences in Primary Aging Can We "Turn Back the Clock" of Primary Aging? An Overview of the Physical Changes in Adulthood Chapter 3: Health and Health Habits Mortality Rates and Causes of Death Morbidity Rates, Illness, and Disabilities Specific Diseases Mental Disorders Individual Differences in Health Chapter 4: Cognitive Abilities Intelligences Memory Real-World Cognition Individual Differences in Cognitive Change Chapter 5: Social Roles Social Roles and Transitions Gender Roles and Gender Stereotypes Social Roles in Early Adulthood Social Roles in Middle Adulthood Social Roles in Late Adulthood Social Roles in Atypical Families The Effect of Variations in Timing Chapter 6: Social Relationships Theories of Social Relationships Intimate Partnerships in Adulthood Relationships with Other Family Members Friendships in Adulthood Chapter 7: Work and Retirement The Importance of Work in Adulthood Selecting a Career Age Trends in Work Experience Work and Personal Life Retirements A Concluding Note Chapter 8: Personality Personality Structures Theories of Personality Development Chapter 9: The Quest for Meaning Why a Chapter on the Quest for Meaning The Study of Age-Related Changes in Meaning Systems Theories of Spiritual Development Integrating Meaning and Personality: A Preliminary Theoretical Synthesis The Process of Transition Commentary and Conclusions Chapter 10: Stress, Coping, and Resistance Stress, Stressors, and Stress Reactions Types of Stress Effects of Stress Coping with Stress Resilience Chapter 11: Death and Bereavement Achieving an Understanding of Death The Process of Death After Death Occurs: Rituals and Grieving Lying and Dying: A Final Word Chapter 12: The Successful Journey Themes of Adult Development Variations in Successful Adult Developmen

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Book SynopsisExcel in Adult Care with the ideal companion for the Level 2 Diploma, published in association with City & Guilds and written by expert author, Maria Ferreiro Peteiro.-Enhance your portfolio with key advice and activities linked to assessment criteria, making it easier to demonstrate your knowledge and skills. -Manage the demands of your course with assessment criteria translated into simple, everyday language and practical guidance.-Understand what it means to reflect on practice with 'Reflect on it' activities, and guidance on how to write your own reflective accounts.-Learn the core values of care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment required as an Adult Care worker.-Summarise and check your understanding with 'Knowledge, Skills, Behaviours' tables at the end of each learning outcome.-Successfully apply Adult Care theory in the workplace, using real-world case studies to guide you.-Expand your learning with access to popular optional units available online.

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*MUCH RAVED ABOUT BY CHRIS EVANS ON HIS BBC RADIO 2 BREAKFAST SHOW*EVERYONE ELSE IS WINGING IT TOO. You know you're a grown-up when... ·You become impatient while scrolling down to your year of birth. · You’ve lost and gained the same 10lbs so many times you now regard it as an old friend. · Your parents have stopped trying to change you. · You don't want to be with the cool people anymore; you want to be with your people. · You know that 'Soul mate' isn't a pre-existing condition. It's earned over time. Does it ever feel like everyone - except you - is a bona-fide adult? Do you wonder how real grown-ups get to be so mysteriously capable and wise? When she turns 40, Pamela Druckerman - author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller French Children Don't Throw Food - wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face. Waiters start calling her ‘Madame’, and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes: I would sleep with her, but only if doing so required no effort whatsoever. There Are No Grown-Ups is a midlife coming-of-age story, a hilarious quest for wisdom, self-knowledge and the right pair of pants. It's a book for readers of all ages about - finally - becoming yourself

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Book SynopsisThis is a book that carries decades of experience on how to be contented, how to lead a fulfilling life, how to inhabit the delightful world of books and stories, and most of all on how to be happy!

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Book SynopsisIs it just words when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it just words when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, Just Words focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what language reveals about the nature of legal power. John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr, and Robin Conley Riner show how the microdynamics of the legal process and the largest questions of justice can be fruitfully explored through the field of linguistics. Each chapter covers a language-based approach to a different area of the law, from the cross-examinations of victims and witnesses to the inequities of divorce mediation. Combining analysis of common legal events with a broad range of scholarship on language and law, Just Words seeks the reality of power in the everyday practice and application o

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Book SynopsisDocuments the challenges facing seven vulnerable populations during the transition to adulthood - former foster-care youth, youth formerly involved in juvenile justice system, youth in criminal justice system, runaway and homeless youth, former special-education students, young people in mental health system, and youth with physical disabilities.Trade Review"A fruitful, well-defended study of how lifelong disadvantage becomes solidified in the transition from childhood to adulthood.... For researchers and practitioners who are concerned with young peoples' development, especially young people who live on the margins of the society, this book is a valuable reference." - Bernard Schissel, Canadian Journal of Sociology Online"

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Book SynopsisThe construction of "midlife", most often rendered in chronological, biological and medical terms, has become an accepted reality to European Americans. This study explores the significance of this pervasive cultural representation compared to other cultures where "middle age" does not exist.

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Book SynopsisLearn how to incorporate adult play therapy into your practice with this easy-to-use guide In the Western world there has been a widening belief that play is not a trivial or childish pursuit but rather a prime pillar of mental health, along with love and work.Table of ContentsPreface. Contributors. 1. Introduction: The Healing Potential of Adults at Play (DottieWard-Wimmer). PART I DRAMATIC ROLE PLAY. 2. Drama Therapy with Adults (Robert J. Landy). 3. Psychodrama (Adam Blatner). 4. Improvisational Play in Couples Therapy (Daniel J. Wiener andDavid Cantor). 5. Developmental Transformations in Group Therapy with the Elderly(David Read Johnson, Ann Smith, and Miller James). PART II THERAPEUTIC HUMOR. 6. Integrating Humor into Psychotherapy (Steven M. Sultanoff). 7. Humor as a Moderator of Life Stress in Adults (Herbert M.Lefcourt). 8. Therapeutic Humor with the Depressed and Suicidal Elderly(Joseph Richman). PART III SANDPLAY/DOLL PLAY. 9. Using Sandplay in Therapy with Adults (Rie Rogers Mitchell andHarriet S. Friedman). 10. Somatic Consciousness in Adult Sandplay Therapy (KateAmatruda). 11. Play Therapy for Individuals with Dementia (Kathleen S.Mayers). 12. Using Therapeutic Dolls with Psychogeriatric Patients (MallyEhrenfeld). PART IV PLAY GROUPS/HYPNO-PLAY/CLIENT-CENTERED PLAY. 13. Adult Group Play Therapy (Christine Caldwell). 14. Using Games with Adults in a Play Therapy Group Setting(Jennifer Kendall). 15. Hypno-Play Therapy (Marian Kaplun Shapiro). 16. Play Therapy for Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults(Laura W. Hutchison). Epilogue. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisCognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is now well established as an effective treatment for a range of mental health problems, but for clinicians working with older clients, there are particular issues that need to be addressed.Trade Review"...a coherently argued, well referenced work that successfully champions its case..." (Mental Health Today, October 2003) "…the best available guide to applying CBT to the problems of later life…has much to offer…an excellent review of the field…contains many thought provoking ideas…I recommend it." (Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, August 2006)Table of ContentsAbout the Authors. Preface. Foreword by Aaron T. Beck. Section One: Working Effectively with Older People: Knowledge and Skills. Chapter 1: Basic Gerontology for Cognitive Therapists. Chapter 2: Psychotherapy with Older People. Chapter 3: Cognitive-Behavioural Model for Older People. Section Two: Cognitive Therapy for Late-Life Depression. Chapter 4: CBT for Late-Life Depressive Disorders. Chapter 5: Behavioural Techniques. Chapter 6: Dealing with Negative Thoughts. Chapter 7: Changing Core Beliefs and Assumptions. Section Three: Cognitive Therapy with Special Issues. Chapter 8: Anxiety, Worry, Panic Disorder and Older People. Chapter 9: Insomnia and Sleep Disorders. Chapter 10: Physical Illness, Disability and Depression. Chapter 11: Post-Stroke Depression. Chapter 12: Depression in Dementia and Family Caregiving. Section Four: Final Thoughts. Chapter 13: What to Do When your Patient Says…. Chapter 14: Future Directions and Innovations in Practice. Appendix 1: Blank Forms. Appendix 2: Useful Reference Material. Appendix 3: Useful Websites. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this short booklet, Matthew Emadi reminds believers of their heavenly citizenship and how they can exemplify the kingdom in a hostile world through selfless service to one another and to those around them.

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Book SynopsisWith its implications for health care, the economy, and an assortment of other policy areas, population aging is one of the most pressing issues facing governments and society today, and confronting its complex reality is becoming increasingly urgent, particularly in the age of COVID-19. In The Four Lenses of Population Aging, Patrik Marier looks at how Canada’s ten provinces are preparing for an aging society. Focusing on a wide range of administrative and policy challenges, this analysis explores multiple actions from the development of strategic plans to the expansion of long-term care capacity. To enhance this analysis, Marier adopts four lenses: the intergenerational, the medical, the social gerontological, and the organizational. By comparing the unique insights and contributions of each lens, Marier draws attention to the vital lessons and possible solutions to the challenges of an aging society. Drawing on over a hundred interviews with senior civil servTrade Review"Marier’s new book is a treat for gerontologists as well as for policy-oriented readers who might appreciate this study of how different provinces have implemented policy responses to issues arising from population aging. The book is a tremendous accomplishment based on more than ten years of research in ten provinces, including analyses of public documents and 125 key informant interviews." -- Laura M. Funk, University of Manitoba * Canadian Journal on Aging *Table of ContentsIntroduction Facing the consequences of an aging population Purpose of this book Why focus on Canadian provinces? Why focus on civil servants? Methods Content THEORETICAL UNDERPINNING Chapter 1 – The Lenses of Population Aging Introduction The Intergenerational Lens Generational accounting Dependency ratio Musgrave rule Generational politics The Medical Lens Population aging – a rising number of seniors with special needs Geriatrics – a marginalised specialty in medicine Health promotion or how to age successfully The Social Gerontology Lens The “new” or “positive” gerontology Critical gerontology Political economy The Organizational Lens Conclusion – Policy Lenses in Public Administration Chapter 2 – Population Aging as Policy Problems Introduction Linking policy problems with population aging lenses Defining what is the problem Causality Severity Novelty Proximity Complexity Problem population Solutions to policy problems Solvability Monetarization Governmental capacity Interdependencies Interactions between the lenses: Co-existence, complementarity, and competition Intergenerational and medical lenses Intergenerational and social gerontology lenses Intergenerational and organizational lenses Medical and social gerontology lenses Medical and organizational lenses Social gerontology and organizational lenses Conclusion Chapter 3 – The Politics of the Long View Introduction The rise and fall of planning The fall The revival: Old wines in new bottles? Thinking and action with a long view in the public sector What is the long view How to promote the long view within the public sector? What facilitate or impede the long view in Canadian provinces? Politicization of the civil service Leadership Policy capacity within the civil service Professionalization of the long view Institutional mechanisms Conclusion PUBLIC POLICY AND POPULATION AGING Chapter 4 - Pensions Introduction Historical overview and current structure of Canada’s pension policy CPP/QPP Occupational pensions Private alternatives What solutions for pensions? CPP, ORPP, and new occupational tools What is wrong with the Canadian pension system? The Harper years: Lack of consensus led to multiple provincial initiatives Provincial commissions on occupational pension plans Pooled registered pension plans and Québec’s Voluntary Registered Savings Program Provincial earnings-related pension schemes: The longevity pension and the ORPP The longevity pension The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan The Liberal years: Improving the CPP, occupational pension plans, and new alternatives A lens analysis of the pension debates Conclusion Chapter 5 – Health and Residential Care Introduction Health care expenditure Overview of health care expenditure in Canadian provinces Population aging and health care expenditures Views from civil servants Long Term Care – Residential care A continuum of care? The geopolitical and economic realities of residential care Human resources Analysing the four lenses in health policy The intergenerational lens embedded within the crowding out problem definition Dominance of the medical lens and the marginalisation of the social gerontology lens Organizational lens – Expanding the health perspective into other bureaus COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care Crisis of 2020 Conclusion Chapter 6 – Home Care Services and Caregiving Introduction Home care services in Canadian provinces What is home care? The Canadian context of home care – common challenges Classifying home care models in Canada The role of partisan politics Home care as policy failure? Caregiving A De-familializing model? Caregiving policies across Canada and recent developments Impact on health status, labour market, and retirement income Home care as a universal solution for population aging? Intergenerational lens Medical lens Social gerontology lens Organizational lens Conclusion PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POPULATION AGING Chapter 7 – Central Agencies and Inter-Ministerial Coordination Introduction The organizational lens and policy problems Central agencies Executive council Monitoring the consequences of population aging in Québec A unique initiative spearhead by a central agency in Nova Scotia Finance Ministries Inter-ministerial coordination Alberta’s approach to aging population Informal channels Conclusion Chapter 8 – Offices for Seniors Introduction The Creation (and Expansion) of Offices for Seniors A diversity of organizational settings Councils on aging What Do Offices for Seniors Do? Dissemination of information Consultations Coordination of seniors’ related issues and programs Policy instruments and policy input The Tension Between the Social and Medical Lenses Embracing healthy aging A return to the Ministry of Health? Still a social perspective? Long Term View Facilitating a long term perspective Obstacles to implement a long term horizon A Third Wave of Offices for Seniors? Seniors’ Advocate Offices Conclusion: Divergent Path for Seniors’ Offices CONCLUSION Conclusion Revisiting the four lenses of population aging Intergenerational lens Medical lens Social gerontology lens Organizational lens Revisiting the theoretical expectations on the long view Federalism, population aging, and policy diffusion and learning The continuing marginalisation of social policies and its consequences in the context of an aging population and the challenges of COVID-19

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Book SynopsisWilliam Lowell Randall explores the links between literature and life and speculates on the range of storytelling styles through which people compose their lives. In doing so, he draws on a variety of fields, including psychology, psychotherapy, theology, philosophy, feminist theory, and literary theory.Trade Review"[Randall] provides an incredible wealth of information ... A serious study enhanced by a knowledge of several disciplines." -- J.S. Gabin CHOICE "A rich and comprehensive investigation into the metaphor of life as story ... The Stories We Are is a well-written and well thought out work. It presents a very complex metaphor in a not simple but coherent and effective manner. It is a fascinating journey through the life as story metaphor." -- Gary Kenyon Canadian Journal on Aging "Bill Randall's artistry and vitality provide an important point of reference, a work of some imagination and artistry, to assist many others on the journey. For this, we owe him a great debt." -- Linden West International Journal of Lifelong Education "In this meaty, heavily referenced, and insightful book, William Lowell Randall ... speaks to both literary and psychological establishments about the importance of stories to our definition of ourselves." -- Cynthia Whissell Canadian Book Review AnnualTable of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgments Prologue I. The Aesthetics Of Living Introduction The Question of Creativity The Creation of the Self The Means of Self-Creation The Story of My Life The Art of Living Summary II. Life And Literature Introduction The Allure of Story The Links between Story and Life The Element of Plot The Element of Character The Element of Point of View The Stories of Our Lives Summary III. The Poetics Of Learning Introduction The Autobiographical Imperative The Re-storying of Our Souls The Novel-ty of Our Lives The Stories We Leave Untold The Range of Storying Styles The Art of Living Reconsidered Summary Epilogue Afterword Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisColonizing Russia's Promised Land: Orthodoxy and Community on the Siberian Steppe, examines how Russian Orthodoxy acted as a basic building block for constructing Russian settler communities in current-day southern Siberia and northern Kazakhstan.Trade Review"This work does fill an important gap in our knowledge and understanding of the Orthodox Church’s important role in Russifying the empire’s Siberian frontier in the last decades of the tsarist regime. It should be of interest to scholars specializing in Russian imperial history as well as the history of Christian missions in settler colonial situations." -- Sergei Kan, Dartmouth College * The Russian Review *"In this engaging monograph, Aileen Friesen examines the role of the Orthodox Church in colonizing, Russifying, and "civilizing" the Siberian frontier between 1895 and the Bolshevik Revolution." -- J. Eugene Clay, Arizona State University * Sibirica *"Friesen’s work makes a valuable contribution to the growing historiography on Siberia and more broadly on Orthodox identity and lived religion as she exposes the diversity of ‘authentic expression of Orthodox belief.’ Her writing is rich with vivid descriptions of the Siberian landscape and amusing anecdotes that bring the conflicts and contradictions over the nuances of religious ritual to life." -- A.J. Demoskoff, Briercrest College and Seminary * Journal of Mennonite Studies *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1 A Settler Diocese 2 Churches as a National Project 3 Parishes under Construction 4 The Politics of Pastoring 5 Living and Dying among Strangers 6 An Anthill of Baptists in a Land of Muslims Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the actions and plans enacted by the ten Canadian provinces to prepare for the new reality of an aging society.Trade Review"Marier’s new book is a treat for gerontologists as well as for policy-oriented readers who might appreciate this study of how different provinces have implemented policy responses to issues arising from population aging. The book is a tremendous accomplishment based on more than ten years of research in ten provinces, including analyses of public documents and 125 key informant interviews." -- Laura M. Funk, University of Manitoba * Canadian Journal on Aging *Table of ContentsIntroduction Facing the consequences of an aging population Purpose of this book Why focus on Canadian provinces? Why focus on civil servants? Methods Content THEORETICAL UNDERPINNING Chapter 1 – The Lenses of Population Aging Introduction The Intergenerational Lens Generational accounting Dependency ratio Musgrave rule Generational politics The Medical Lens Population aging – a rising number of seniors with special needs Geriatrics – a marginalised specialty in medicine Health promotion or how to age successfully The Social Gerontology Lens The “new” or “positive” gerontology Critical gerontology Political economy The Organizational Lens Conclusion – Policy Lenses in Public Administration Chapter 2 – Population Aging as Policy Problems Introduction Linking policy problems with population aging lenses Defining what is the problem Causality Severity Novelty Proximity Complexity Problem population Solutions to policy problems Solvability Monetarization Governmental capacity Interdependencies Interactions between the lenses: Co-existence, complementarity, and competition Intergenerational and medical lenses Intergenerational and social gerontology lenses Intergenerational and organizational lenses Medical and social gerontology lenses Medical and organizational lenses Social gerontology and organizational lenses Conclusion Chapter 3 – The Politics of the Long View Introduction The rise and fall of planning The fall The revival: Old wines in new bottles? Thinking and action with a long view in the public sector What is the long view How to promote the long view within the public sector? What facilitate or impede the long view in Canadian provinces? Politicization of the civil service Leadership Policy capacity within the civil service Professionalization of the long view Institutional mechanisms Conclusion PUBLIC POLICY AND POPULATION AGING Chapter 4 - Pensions Introduction Historical overview and current structure of Canada’s pension policy CPP/QPP Occupational pensions Private alternatives What solutions for pensions? CPP, ORPP, and new occupational tools What is wrong with the Canadian pension system? The Harper years: Lack of consensus led to multiple provincial initiatives Provincial commissions on occupational pension plans Pooled registered pension plans and Québec’s Voluntary Registered Savings Program Provincial earnings-related pension schemes: The longevity pension and the ORPP The longevity pension The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan The Liberal years: Improving the CPP, occupational pension plans, and new alternatives A lens analysis of the pension debates Conclusion Chapter 5 – Health and Residential Care Introduction Health care expenditure Overview of health care expenditure in Canadian provinces Population aging and health care expenditures Views from civil servants Long Term Care – Residential care A continuum of care? The geopolitical and economic realities of residential care Human resources Analysing the four lenses in health policy The intergenerational lens embedded within the crowding out problem definition Dominance of the medical lens and the marginalisation of the social gerontology lens Organizational lens – Expanding the health perspective into other bureaus COVID-19 and the Long-Term Care Crisis of 2020 Conclusion Chapter 6 – Home Care Services and Caregiving Introduction Home care services in Canadian provinces What is home care? The Canadian context of home care – common challenges Classifying home care models in Canada The role of partisan politics Home care as policy failure? Caregiving A De-familializing model? Caregiving policies across Canada and recent developments Impact on health status, labour market, and retirement income Home care as a universal solution for population aging? Intergenerational lens Medical lens Social gerontology lens Organizational lens Conclusion PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POPULATION AGING Chapter 7 – Central Agencies and Inter-Ministerial Coordination Introduction The organizational lens and policy problems Central agencies Executive council Monitoring the consequences of population aging in Québec A unique initiative spearhead by a central agency in Nova Scotia Finance Ministries Inter-ministerial coordination Alberta’s approach to aging population Informal channels Conclusion Chapter 8 – Offices for Seniors Introduction The Creation (and Expansion) of Offices for Seniors A diversity of organizational settings Councils on aging What Do Offices for Seniors Do? Dissemination of information Consultations Coordination of seniors’ related issues and programs Policy instruments and policy input The Tension Between the Social and Medical Lenses Embracing healthy aging A return to the Ministry of Health? Still a social perspective? Long Term View Facilitating a long term perspective Obstacles to implement a long term horizon A Third Wave of Offices for Seniors? Seniors’ Advocate Offices Conclusion: Divergent Path for Seniors’ Offices CONCLUSION Conclusion Revisiting the four lenses of population aging Intergenerational lens Medical lens Social gerontology lens Organizational lens Revisiting the theoretical expectations on the long view Federalism, population aging, and policy diffusion and learning The continuing marginalisation of social policies and its consequences in the context of an aging population and the challenges of COVID-19

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Book SynopsisThis much-needed volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, combines insights from different disciplines and real-life experiences to argue that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand causes and effects of population ageing.Trade Review“The book has a refreshing approach towards the global issue of population ageing, thus stimulating readers to view the phenomenon both from a macro and micro perspective. The authors do an excellent job of linking individual diverse pathways with national developments around the globe.” Kalyani K. Mehta, SIM University, Singapore"Population ageing is a key social issue, yet seldom studied as a lifecourse phenomenon. This comparative contribution fills the gap in the literature." Jani Erola, University of Turku, FinlandTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Kathrin Komp and Stina Johansson; Part One: Theoretical framework: A demographer’s view: population structures tell a story about lifecourses ~ J. Scott Brown and Scott M. Lynch; A lifecourse scholar’s view: lifecourses crystallise in demographic structures ~ Andreas Motel-Klingebiel; Part Two: Critical perspectives: Generations in ageing Finland: finding your place in the demographic structure ~ Antti Karisto and Ilkka Haapola; Gender in ageing Portugal: following the lives of men and women ~ Karin Wall and Sofia Aboim; Socioeconomic status in ageing Poland: a question of cumulative advantages and disadvantages ~ Konrad Turek, Jolanta Perek-Białas and Justyna Stypińska; Ethnicity in ageing America: a tale of cultures and lifecourse ~ Takashi Yamashita, Timothy S. Melnyk, Jennifer R. Keene, Shannon M. Monnat and Anna C. Smedley; The urban–rural split in ageing Australia: diverging lifecourses, diverging experiences ~ Rachel Winterton and Jeni Warburton; Part Three: Practical implications: The individual in ageing Germany: how the self-employed plan for their old age ~ Annette Franke; Families in ageing Netherlands and ageing China: redefining intergenerational contracts in lengthened lives ~ Fleur Thomese and Zhen Cong; Social care in ageing Sweden: learning from the life stories of care recipients ~ Stina Johansson; The labour market in ageing Sweden: lifecourse influences on workforce participation ~ Mikael Stattin and Daniel Larsson; The state in ageing Canada: from old-age policies to lifecourse policies ~ Kathrin Komp and Patrik Marier; Discussion and conclusion ~ Stina Johansson and Kathrin Komp.

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Book SynopsisA carefully crafted study of ageing in Ireland, one of the countries hardest hit by the Eurozone financial crisis, presenting a critical analysis of ageing and social policy in a country under tight austerity measures.Trade Review"With impeccable timing, Walsh, Carney and Ni Léime capture the intersections of population ageing and global economic recessions, using Ireland as the exemplar of the impact of austerity on older people." Norah Keating, Director, The Global Social Initiative on Ageing, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics"By illuminating individual, regional and societal disparities,this book helps readers rethink the consequences of altered political economies and practices, such as recession, on aging and generations.” W. Andrew Achenbaum, University of Houston, USATable of ContentsForeword ~ Alan Walker; Introduction: social policy and ageing through austerity ~ Kieran Walsh, Gemma M. Carney and Áine Ní Léime; Contextualising ageing in Ireland ~ Sheelah Connolly; Citizenship in an age of austerity: towards a constructive politics of ageing ~ Gemma M. Carney; Active ageing: social participation and volunteering in later life ~ Áine Ní Léime and Sheelah Connolly; Pension provision, gender, ageing and work in Ireland ~ Áine Ní Léime, Nata Duvvury and Aoife Callan Interrogating the ‘age-friendly community’ in austerity: myths, realities and the influence of place context ~ Kieran Walsh; Reframing policy for dementia in Ireland ~ Eamon O’Shea, Suzanne Cahill and Maria Pierce; Between inclusion and exclusion in later life ~ Thomas Scharf and Kieran Walsh; Conclusion: beyond austerity: critical issues for future policy ~ Gemma M. Carney, Kieran Walsh and Áine Ní Léime; Afterword: Austerity policies and new forms of solidarity ~ Chris Phillipson.

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Book SynopsisResearching the Lifecourse features methods linking time, space and mobilities and provides practitioners with practical detail in each chapter. It covers the full lifecourse and includes innovative methods and case study examples from different European and North American contexts.Trade Review"This edited volume clearly contributes to the debate on the role of time, space and mobility at different stages of the life course and promises to be of great interest for social science researchers across the various disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, geography and demography." Journal of Population Ageing"A highly provocative and engaging work, raising questions about the epistemology of life course research across themes of time, space, and mobilities." Jeylan Mortimer, University of Minnesota"Clearly and engagingly written, this collection illustrates and reflects on diverse methodologies for enriching life course studies . It is a major resource for researchers across the social sciences." Janice Monk, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Nancy Worth & Irene Hardill; Part I: Time; Time and the lifecourse: perspectives from qualitative longitudinal research ~ Bren Neale; Time in mixed methods longitudinal research: working across written narratives and large-scale panel survey data to investigate attitudes to volunteering ~ Rose Lindsey, Elizabeth Metcalfe & Rosalind Edwards; A restudy of young workers from the 1960s: researching intersections of work and lifecourse in one locality over 50 years ~ John Goodwin & Henrietta O’Connor; A method for collecting lifecourse data: assessing the utility of the lifegrid ~ Ann Del Bianco; Part II: Space & place; Life geohistories: examining formative experiences and geographies ~ Bisola Falola; Using mapmaking to research the geographies of young children affected by political violence ~ Bree Akesson; Keeping in touch: studying the personal communities of women in their fifties ~ Sophie Bowlby; Triangulation with softGIS in lifecourse research: situated action possibilities and embodied knowledge ~ Kaisa Schmidt-Thomé; Part III: Mobilities; Using a life history approach within transnational ethnography: a case study of Korean New Zealander returnees ~ Jane Yeonjae Lee; Sensing sense and mobility at the end of the lifecourse: a methodology of embodied interaction ~ Anne Leonora Blaakilde; Event history approach to life spaces in French-speaking research ~ Françoise Dureau, Matthieu Giroud & Christophe Imbert; Using an intersectional lifecourse approach to understand the migration of the highly skilled ~ Melissa Kelly.

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Book SynopsisPushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by ageing, and the associated problems of mental and physical frailty in later life.Trade Review"Offers a critical reflection on the central scientific, practitioner and policy perspectives on the oldest old, and as such addresses one of the key social issues of our time." Kevin McKee, Dalarna University, Sweden"Addresses in a frank, confronting and yet respectful way, the dilemmas faced by all people dealing with advanced old age." Carolien Smits, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1; Advanced old and the fourth age paradigm; Defining personhood and identity; Understanding frailty; Understanding abjection; Part 2; Cognitive, Emotional and Social Aspects of Caring for Frail Old People; Organisational and Policy Aspects of Caring for Frail Old People; Carework and bodywork; Care and the Limits of Personhood; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisPushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by ageing, and the associated problems of mental and physical frailty in later life.Trade Review"Offers a critical reflection on the central scientific, practitioner and policy perspectives on the oldest old, and as such addresses one of the key social issues of our time." Kevin McKee, Dalarna University, Sweden"Addresses in a frank, confronting and yet respectful way, the dilemmas faced by all people dealing with advanced old age." Carolien Smits, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1; Advanced old and the fourth age paradigm; Defining personhood and identity; Understanding frailty; Understanding abjection; Part 2; Cognitive, Emotional and Social Aspects of Caring for Frail Old People; Organisational and Policy Aspects of Caring for Frail Old People; Carework and bodywork; Care and the Limits of Personhood; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisA challenge to the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles.Trade Review"A compelling and much-needed analysis of the different challenges facing older women and men, as pressures to extend working lives intensify." David Lain, Brighton Business School"The 11 contributions challenge widely accepted assumptions about later-life work and retirement by grounding their reflections in empirical evidence from a range of national and international sources… Overall, this book offers a welcome, evidence-based perspective on extended working lives in which the arguments are inspired by rich empirical data.” Ageing and SocietyTable of ContentsPART ONE: Gendering later life work: Empirical, theoretical and policy issues The empirical landscape of extended working lives ~ Debra Street Theoretical and conceptual issues in the extending working lives agenda ~ Clary Krekula and Sarah Vickerstaff Gender perspectives on extended working life policies ~ Áine Ní Léime and Wendy Loretto PART TWO: Extended working life in seven OECD countries The Australian empirical landscape of extended working lives: a gender perspective ~ Elizabeth Brooke Extended working lives in Germany from a gender and life-course perspective: a country in policy transition ~ Anna Hokema Extended working life, gender and precarious work in Ireland ~ Áine Ní Léime, Nata Duvvury and Caroline Finn Ageing and older workers in Portugal: a gender-sensitive approach ~ Sara Falcão Casaca and Heloísa Perista Sweden: an extended working life policy that overlooks gender considerations ~ Clary Krekula, Lars-Gunnar Engström and Aida Alvinius The United Kingdom - a new moral imperative: live longer, work longer ~ Sarah Vickerstaff and Wendy Loretto Is 70 the new 60? Extending American women’s and men’s working lives ~ Debra Street and Joanne Tompkins PART THREE: Conclusion Gendered and extended work: research and policy needs for work in later life ~ Sarah Vickerstaff, Debra Street, Áine Ní Léime and Clary Krekula

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Book SynopsisThis textbook covers the key concepts, themes and issues relating to human growth and development in adults. It examines key topics and issues within professional practice with adults and their families and covers a wide range of practice areas, fuses essential theory with practical application and provides a wide range of learning features.Trade Review"This is a great book for those looking for more than simply an introduction to social work theory, in depth and comprehensive. A companion for the critical social work student." Michael McGrath-Brookes, Brunel UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction - Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree Part I: Theories and models of human growth and development in adults Introduction and history: approaches to human growth and development in adults - Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree Cognitive theories and cognitive development relevant to adults - Margarete Parrish Moral, spiritual and existential development - Peter Szto Adults, families and social networks in the relational social world method - Fabio Folgheraiter, Valentina Calcaterra and Elena Cabiati Critical perspectives on human growth and development in adults - Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree Part II: Specific developmental issues Critical aspects of attachment theory: empirical research findings and current applications - Gabriele Schäfer Families and friends: relationship development in Muslim cultures - Sara Ashencaen Crabtree Education and learning in adults: implications for social work - Maggie Hutchings Life course criminology and adults - Richard Heslop and Jonathan Parker Health and disability in adults: definitions and models - Vanessa Heaslip Death: a brief social and cultural history - Sam Porter Working with adults with disabilities - Rachel Fyson Part III: Professional practice Mental health and ill-health in adults - Steve Tee Adults at risk of abuse - Bridget Penhale and Jonathan Parker Parenting and care in adulthood: an intersectional framework for support - Hyun-Joo Lim and Mastoureh Fathi Dementia care practices, complexities and mythologies - Julie Christie

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a diverse range of transnational contributors to offer one of the first comprehensive and global histories of state surveillance.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by David Lyon Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Unpacking State Surveillance: Histories, Theories, and Global Contexts Emily van der Meulen, Ryerson University and Robert Heynen, York University Section One: Medical, Disease, and Health Surveillance 2. "Coolie" Control: State Surveillance and the Labour of Disinfection across the Late Victorian British Empire Jacob Steere-Williams, College of Charleston 3. Surveillance, Medicine, and the Misterios de la Naturaleza: Campaigns to "Cure" Deafness in Late-Nineteenth Century Mexico City Holly Caldwell, Chestnut Hill College 4. "Masquerading as a Woman": The South African Disguises Acts and the Ghosts of Apartheid Surveillance, 1906-2004 B Camminga, University of Wits Section Two: Identification, Regulation, and Colonial Rule 5. The Penal Surveillant Assemblage: Attainder and Tickets of Leave in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Australia Ian Warren, Deakin University and Darren Palmer, Deakin University 6. Controlling Transnational Asian Mobilities: A Comparison of Documentary Systems in Australia and South Africa, 1890s to 1940s Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, University of the Western Cape and Margaret Allen, University of Adelaide 7. Bodies as Risky Resources: Japan’s Colonial Identification Systems in Northeastern China Midori Ogasawara, Queen’s University 8. A State of Exception: Frameworks and Institutions of Israeli Surveillance of Palestinians, 1948-1967 Ahmad H Sa’di, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Section Three: State Security, Policing, and Dissent 9. Dossierveillance in Communist Romania: Collaboration with the Securitate, 1945-1989 Cristina Plamadeala, Concordia University 10. The FBI and the American Friends Service Committee: Surveilling United States Religious Expression in the Cold War Era Kathryn Montalbano, Neumann University 11. "When under Surveillance, Always Put on a Good Show": Representations of Surveillance in the United States Underground Press, 1968-1972 Elisabetta Ferrari, University of Pennsylvania and John Remensperger, University of Pennsylvania 12. "That’s Not a Conversation That Belongs to the Museum": The (In)visibility of Surveillance History at Police Museums in Ontario, Canada Matthew Ferguson, University of Ottawa, Justin Piché, University of Ottawa, and Kevin Walby, University of Winnipeg Afterword Simone Browne, University of Texas at Austin List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDisrupting Breast Cancer Narratives: Stories of Rage and Repair explores politically insistent illness narratives.Table of Contents1 Shifting Public Perceptions of Breast Cancer Stories of Breast Cancer “The Angry Breast Cancer Survivors” Narrative Inquiry in Interdisciplinary Health Research Normative and Disruptive Stories Description of Chapters 2 Feminist Counternarratives Sharing Our Stories Breast Cancer Narratives in Public Feminist Narrative Bioethics, Illness Narratives, and the Medical Humanities Breast Cancer Narrative Ethics The Power of Counternarratives 3 Angry Stories of Survivorship “Welcome to Cancerland” Feeling Angry Challenging Happiness Contesting Survivorship The Cancer Journals Ordinary Life Bad Patient 4 Questioning Environmental Causation Chasing the Cancer Answer Cancer Killjoy The Problem with Personal Responsibility Crazy Sexy Cancer F**k Cancer 5 Queering Breast Cancer “White Glasses” Doing Elegiac Politics The Summer of Her Baldness Living Elegiac Politics The L Word Gender / Cancer Rage 6 The Power of Narrative Repair Revisiting Counternarratives Enacting Resistance Performing Patienthood Narrative Repair 7 Postscript: Screening Pink Ribbons, Inc Acknowledgments References Index

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Book SynopsisIn Bureaucratic Manoeuvres, John Grundy examines profound transformations in the governance of unemployment in Canada. While policy makers previously approached unemployment as a social and economic problem to be addressed through macroeconomic policies, recent labour market policy reforms have placed much more emphasis on the supposedly deficient employability of the unemployed themselves, a troubling shift that deserves close, critical attention. Tracing a behind-the-scenes history of public employment services in Canada, Bureaucratic Manoeuvres shows just how difficult it has been for administrators and frontline staff to govern unemployment as a problem of individual employability. Drawing on untapped government records, it sheds much-needed light on internal bureaucratic struggles over the direction of labour market policy in Canada and makes a key contribution to Canadian political science, economics, public administration, and sociology.Trade Review"Grundy’s patient empiricism could be put to good use in classrooms to critically explore with students the circulation of particular orientations or sensibilities through institutions and cultures over time, and to bring home the importance of taking a long view on where we are within longer histories of problematization and intervention. The readability of the book also recommends it for classroom use. Overall, Bureaucratic Manoeuvers makes an important and interesting contribution to social and employment policy and related studies in the Canadian context, and to comparative policy studies more broadly. I highly recommend it." -- Tina Wilson * Critical Social Policy *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Conceptualizing the Limits of Activation Policy 2. “More Than a Placement Service”: The Transient High Modernism of “Manpower” Planning, 1965–76 3. Making and Unmaking Frontline Professionalism, 1977–90 4. Within Reach of the “What Works Best Solution”: Evidence-Based Activation, 1994–2000 5. Toward a Culture of Results, 1996–2000 Conclusions Appendix A: List of Acronyms Appendix B: List of Interviews

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Book SynopsisUsing ideas derived from the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, this book develops key elements of a radical theory of democracy that challenges both the assumptions and commitments of contemporary neo-liberalism.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Macpherson, Habermas, and the Demands of Democratic Theory 2. Reason, Truth, and Power: The Challenges of Contemporary Political Theory 3. Critical Theory and Neoliberalism 4. Towards a Critical Theory of Democracy: Deliberation, Self-interest, and Solidarity 5. Towards a Critical Theory of Democracy: The Frankfurt School and Democratic Theory 6. Towards a Critical Theory of Democracy: Participatory Democracy and Social Freedom Conclusion: Critical Theory and Radical Reform Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn the context of real-world dilemmas, Constitutional Culture, Independence, and Rights explores fundamental questions about the purpose and nature of constitutions, states, and nations.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Constitutions and Constitutional Culture Roadmap for Chapter 1 What Is a Constitution in Legal Terms Constitutional Frameworks and the Concept of Constitutional Culture Conclusion: The Relevance of Constitutional Culture for Our Study 2. The Historical Evolution of Constitutional Culture Introduction Scotland and the United Kingdom Spain and Catalonia Quebec and Canada Conclusion: A Meeting of the Ways 3. Contemporary Constitutional Frameworks and Culture Introduction Scotland and the United Kingdom Spain and Catalonia: Overview and Territorial Structure Quebec and Canada: Regulation of Powers Conclusion 4. Constitutional Culture and Rights Introduction Methodology Children’s Rights Language and Education Religion Rights Relating to Gender and Sexuality Conclusion 5. Constitutional Culture: Legal Ecosystems and Basic Rights Introduction Constitutional Culture and Legal Ecosystems Basic Rights and Sovereignty Dual Considerations: Sovereignty and Legal Ecosystems Rebalancing of Priorities: Winners and Losers Rejecting Stasis Conclusion Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisGiven the importance that entrepreneurship and start-up businesses in technology-intensive sectors like life sciences, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, financial technologies, software and others have come to assume in economic development, the access of entrepreneurs to appropriate levels of finance has become a major focus of policymakers in recent decades. Yet, this prominence has led to a variety of policy models across countries and even within countries, as different levels of government have adapted to new challenges by refining or transforming pre-existing institutions and crafting new policy tools. Small Nations, High Ambitions investigates the roots of such policy diversity at the subnational level, offering in-depth accounts of the evolution of Quebec’s and Scotland’s policy strategies in the entrepreneurial finance sector and venture capital more specifically.      As compared to other regions and provinceTable of ContentsGraphs, Tables, and Figures Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: Hidden Developmental States 1. Minority Nationalism and Economic Policymaking Minority Nationalism and Policy Asymmetry Comparative Political Economy Economic Nationalism Scope and Case Selection Methodology Outline of the Book 2. Explaining Public Involvement in Venture Capital: Theoretical and Historical Overviews Explaining Public Sector Involvement in Venture Capital The Evolution of Public Sector Involvement in Quebec, 1960s–1990s The Evolution of Public Sector Involvement in Scotland, 1960s–1990s 3. Quebec, 1990–2003 The Bourassa II and Johnson Administrations (1989–1994) The Parizeau and Bouchard Governments (1994–1998) The Bouchard and Landry Governments (1998–2003) Concluding Remarks 4. Scotland, 1990–2003 Strategic Policymaking in Pre-Devolution Scotland (1990–1997) The “Statecraft Phase” (1997–2003) Concluding Remarks 5. Quebec, 2003–2018 The First Charest Administration (2003–2007) The Second and Third Charest Administrations (2007–2012) The Marois (2012–2014) and Couillard (2014–2018) Governments Concluding Remarks 6. Scotland, 2003–2018 The Second SLP-SLD Administration (2003–2007) The First SNP Government (2007–2011) The Second and Third SNP Governments (2011–2018) Concluding Remarks 7. Discussion and Conclusions General Overview Evaluation of Findings Final Remarks: Contributions and Avenues for Further Research Bibliography Appendix: List of Interviews

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Book SynopsisSupporting Children and Their Families Facing Health Inequities in Canada fills an urgent national need to analyze disparities among vulnerable populations, where socio-economic and cultural factors compromise health and create barriers. Offering solutions and strategies to the prevalent health inequities faced by children, youth, and families in Canada, this book investigates timely issues of social, economic, and cultural significance. Chapters cover a diverse range of socio-economic and cultural factors that contribute to health inequality among the country’s most vulnerable youth populations, including mental health challenges, low income, and refugee status. This book shares scientific evidence from thousands of interviews, questionnaires, surveys, and client consultations, while also providing professional insights that offer key information for at-risk families experiencing health inequities. Timely and transformative, this book will serve as an informeTable of ContentsTitle page Dedication Epigraph Contents Figures Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - From Isolation to Inclusion: Diminishing Inequities Miriam Stewart, PhD Section I: Children’s Experiences Section Introduction: Children’s Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 2. Indigenous Children Coping with Environmental Health Risks Miriam Stewart, PhD & Sharon Anderson, PhD 3. Health Inequities Facing Children Vulnerable to Mental Health Challenge Clara Westwell-Roper, MD, PhD & Evelyn Stewart, MD 4. Mental Health Risks Among Immigrant and Refugee Children in Canada Bukola Solami, PhD, Dominic Alaazi, PhD candidate & Carla Hilario, PhD Section II : Adolescents’ Experiences Section Introduction: Adolescents’ Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 5. Low-Income Adolescents Living with Respiratory Challenges Miriam Stewart, PhD 6. Fostering Support for Indigenous Adolescents Facing Health Inequities Malcolm King, PhD & Alexandra King, MD 7. Supporting Refugee Adolescents Miriam Stewart, PhD & Jocelyn Edey, MSc Section III: Parents’ Experiences Section Introduction: Parents’ Experiences Jocelyn Edey, MSc 8. Low-Income Parents and Caregivers of Children Affected by Health Challenges Miriam Stewart, PhD 9. Indigenous Parents and Caregivers Caring for Children with Chronic Health Conditions Miriam Stewart, PhD & Lisa Bourque Bearskin, PhD 10. Innovative Programs for Parents Coping with Health Inequities: Informed by Research Insights Nicole Letourneau, PhD & Miriam Stewart, PhD 11. Conclusion - Future Directions for Programs and Policies Miriam Stewart, PhD References Contributors

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Book SynopsisHow do children of immigrants from countries in sub-Saharan Africa negotiate multiple identities as Black, as African, and as Canadian?Trade Review"In Where are you From? Gillian Creese discovered that some second generation African-Canadians reject Canadian identity, while others strongly assert being Canadian. She also found that boys had it easier than girls growing up in Vancouver. Frequently, teenage boys experienced popularity as ‘the cool Black guy,’ while girls in contrast found much less popular Black female imagery, making it harder for them to fit in." * BC Bookworld *"This accessible and well written book gives us pause as to how we treat those in our midst who we might perceive as different from ourselves." -- Jean Barman, University of British Columbia * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Imagined Communities, Discourses of Blackness, and the New African Diaspora in Vancouver 3. “No one looked like me”: Remembering Migration and Early Childhood 4. “Cool Black guys” and Girls “trying to feel good in your own skin”: Navigating Adolescence 5. “More of my friends are Black”: Adult Friendships and Romantic Relationships 6. “I have so much more opportunities”: Education and Career Goals 7. Living "under a microscope": Navigating Public Spaces 8. “People still ask me where I’m from”: Belonging and Identity 9. Growing Up African-Canadian in Vancouver: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Place References Index

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Book SynopsisIn Virtual Activism: Sexuality, the Internet, and a Social Movement in Singapore, cultural anthropologist Robert Phillips provides a detailed, yet accessible, ethnographic case study that looks at the changes in LGBT activism in Singapore in the period 1993-2019. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with activist organizations and individuals, Phillips illustrates key theoretical ideas including illiberal pragmatics and neoliberal homonormativity that, in combination with the introduction of the Internet, have shaped the manner by which LGBT Singaporeans are framing and subsequently claiming rights. Phillips argues that the activism engaged in by LGBT Singaporeans for governmental and societal recognition is in many respects virtual. His analysis documents how the actions of activists have resulted in some noteworthy changes in the lives of LGBT Singaporeans, but nothing as grand as some would have hoped, thus indexing the not quite aspect of the virtual. Yet, VTrade Review"Virtual Activism captures the complex, somewhat opaque effects of on-line activisms, representations and communications on off-line, face-to-face activities, politics and everyday relationships in Singapore." -- David Murray, Department of Anthropology, York University"Virtual Activism is a pivotal, brilliant contribution. Weaving together a careful ethnographic analysis of national belonging, online sociality, and queer subjectivity in Singapore, Phillips reveals complex dynamics of sexuality activism, tolerance, and rejection. Anyone wishing to understand how emerging regimes of capitalism, state power, and community mobilization are transforming societies in Southeast Asia and beyond will find this book an invaluable resource." -- Tom Boellstorff, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine"Robert Phillips takes us into the pre-history of Singapore’s Pink Dot and shows us the origins of how LGBT activists mobilized the Internet to create a virtual social movement in a country that prosecutes homosexuality. His cultural anthropology captures the illiberal pragmatic environment that shapes this movement and inscribes the voices of brave activists who had pioneered new networks of visibility and solidarity. For those unfamiliar with what activism was like before Pink Dot, this book ought to be a starting point." -- Audrey Yue, Department of Communications and New Media, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Note on Terminology 1. Little Earthquakes 2. The “Spectral Homosexual” and the Singaporean Media 3. Reimagining of the Nation, Online 4. The Internet and A New Public Sphere 5. Pushing the Boundaries in the Physical World 6. The Illiberal Pragmatics of Activism 7. Epilogue Appendix 1 Timeline of Events Appendix 2 Updates on Activists Notes References Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisMaking Surveillance States: Transnational Histories opens up new and exciting perspectives on how systems of state surveillance developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Taking a transnational approach, the book challenges us to rethink the presumed novelty of contemporary surveillance practices, while developing critical analyses of the ways in which state surveillance has profoundly shaped the emergence of contemporary societies. Contributors engage with a range of surveillance practices, including medical and disease surveillance, systems of documentation and identification, and policing and security. These approaches enable us to understand how surveillance has underpinned the emergence of modern states, sustained systems of state security, enabled practices of colonial rule, perpetuated racist and gendered forms of identification and classification, regulated and policed migration, shaped the eugenically inflected medicalization of disability and seTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by David Lyon Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Unpacking State Surveillance: Histories, Theories, and Global Contexts Emily van der Meulen, Ryerson University and Robert Heynen, York University Section One: Medical, Disease, and Health Surveillance 2. "Coolie" Control: State Surveillance and the Labour of Disinfection across the Late Victorian British Empire Jacob Steere-Williams, College of Charleston 3. Surveillance, Medicine, and the Misterios de la Naturaleza: Campaigns to "Cure" Deafness in Late-Nineteenth Century Mexico City Holly Caldwell, Chestnut Hill College 4. "Masquerading as a Woman": The South African Disguises Acts and the Ghosts of Apartheid Surveillance, 1906-2004 B Camminga, University of Wits Section Two: Identification, Regulation, and Colonial Rule 5. The Penal Surveillant Assemblage: Attainder and Tickets of Leave in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Australia Ian Warren, Deakin University and Darren Palmer, Deakin University 6. Controlling Transnational Asian Mobilities: A Comparison of Documentary Systems in Australia and South Africa, 1890s to 1940s Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, University of the Western Cape and Margaret Allen, University of Adelaide 7. Bodies as Risky Resources: Japan’s Colonial Identification Systems in Northeastern China Midori Ogasawara, Queen’s University 8. A State of Exception: Frameworks and Institutions of Israeli Surveillance of Palestinians, 1948-1967 Ahmad H Sa’di, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Section Three: State Security, Policing, and Dissent 9. Dossierveillance in Communist Romania: Collaboration with the Securitate, 1945-1989 Cristina Plamadeala, Concordia University 10. The FBI and the American Friends Service Committee: Surveilling United States Religious Expression in the Cold War Era Kathryn Montalbano, Neumann University 11. "When under Surveillance, Always Put on a Good Show": Representations of Surveillance in the United States Underground Press, 1968-1972 Elisabetta Ferrari, University of Pennsylvania and John Remensperger, University of Pennsylvania 12. "That’s Not a Conversation That Belongs to the Museum": The (In)visibility of Surveillance History at Police Museums in Ontario, Canada Matthew Ferguson, University of Ottawa, Justin Piché, University of Ottawa, and Kevin Walby, University of Winnipeg Afterword Simone Browne, University of Texas at Austin List of Contributors Index

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