Social groups, communities and identities Books
MIT Press Ltd Building an Inclusive Future
Book SynopsisA strategic guide to the AI-powered Metaverse how decision-makers, leaders, businesses, and policymakers can shape the next era of digital transformation.
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MIT Press Ltd Camps A Guide to 21stCentury Space The MIT Press
Book SynopsisThe meaning and function of camps, from Scout Jamborees and RV Clubs to FEMA trailers and GTMO.What is a camp? In August 2005, television news showed viewers an estimated 20,000 Katrina evacuees camped out in the Superdome, Cindy Sheehan protesting the Iraq War on President Bush's doorstep in Camp Casey, Texas, and Israeli and Palestinian young people at the Seeds of Peace Camp in Maine discussing the evacuation of settlement camps in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, off camera, summer campers all over America packed up their gear, preparing to depart Scout camps, computer camps, and sports camps, and millions of recreational vehicles owners were on the road, permanent itinerant campers. In Camps, Charlie Hailey examines the space and idea of camp as a defining dimension of 21st-century life.The ubiquity and diversity of camps calls for a guidebook. This is what Hailey offers, but it is no ordinary one. Not only does he establish a typology of camps, but he also embed
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MIT Press Ltd History and Class Consciousness Studies in
Book SynopsisThis is the first time one of the most important of Lukács' early theoretical writings, published in Germany in 1923, has been made available in English. The book consists of a series of essays treating, among other topics, the definition of orthodox Marxism, the question of legality and illegality, Rosa Luxemburg as a Marxist, the changing function of Historic Marxism, class consciousness, and the substantiation and consciousness of the Proletariat. Writing in 1968, on the occasion of the appearance of his collected works, Lukács evaluated the influence of this book as follows:For the historical effect of History and Class Consciousness and also for the actuality of the present time one problem is of decisive importance: alienation, which is here treated for the first time since Marx as the central question of a revolutionary critique of capitalism, and whose historical as well as methodological origins are deeply rooted in Hegelian dialectic. It goes withou
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ABC-CLIO Facilitating Training Groups Guide to Leadership and Verbal Intervention Skills A Guide to Leadership and Verbal Intervention Skills
Book SynopsisMost trainers rely on trial and error as the only means of improving facilitation skills. This definitive text furnishes a comprehensive framework for determining the best interventions to use in a given group situation. The trainer is presented with strategies for assisting the individual to establish an attainable goal, develop a strategy for change, and implement and evaluate that strategy during and following the life of the group. Both personal and professional development groups are addressed in the model. Most current literature describes how to design management training and human relations group. This text goes a step further by providing a framework for intervening on a moment-by-moment basis to ensure group goal achievement.Facilitating Training Groups provides clear descriptions of three primary models--T-groups, personal growth groups, and skills training groups. Their goals, theoretical underpinnings, and required leadership style are exploredTable of ContentsIntroduction How to Choose a Training Framework: What Model to Use When Identifying and Managing Group Processes T-Groups Personal Growth Groups Skills Training Groups Types of Interventions Deciding When and How to Intervene Practicing Interventions Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Leadership for the TwentyFirst Century
Book SynopsisThis illuminating study critiques the concept of leadership as understood in the last 75 years and looks to the twenty-first century for a reconstructed understanding of leadership in the postindustrial era. He develops a new definition and paradigm for leadership in this volume that distinguishes leadership from management in fundamental ways.
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SPCK Publishing A Manifesto For Hope
Book SynopsisThis book shares the ten simple, straight-forward principles that undergird Oasis’ holistic approach to community work and that have the power to protect the lives of our young people for good.Trade Review'This important book sets out vital steps for government, civil society and key stakeholders to create integrated care for our young people. As Steve rightly pinpoints, this strategy must be long-term, cross-party, properly funded and be drawn from the full capabilities of society. Nothing is more important for the future of our country than the present for our young people.' -- Sir Tony Blair, Executive Chairman, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007)'This book will not disappoint anyone looking for new inspiration, ambition and hope that we can solve some of the most intractable social problems facing young people today.' -- Anne Longfield CBE, Chair of the Commission on Young Lives'Steve has dedicated his life to changing young people's lives and transforming our world for the better, and he has distilled a lifetime of experience into this remarkable book. It's everything I love about Steve - bold, brave, compelling, inspirational and earthed in wisdom and experience. Steve is right: we need a revolution to build a society for all children and his manifesto for hope is a radical clarion call for change.' -- Mark Russell, Chief Executive, The Children’s Society'Never have I read a book that has so much love, wisdom and common sense in every chapter! This book resonated with me in a way no book ever has before. Steve's decades of real-life experience shine through in the compassion and wisdom on every page. His manifesto for hope is just what we need right now.' -- Julie Siddiqi MBE, mentor, consultant, social activist and former Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Britain."WOW! Everyone should read and then reread this book. It was born out of total frustration with our broken systems and a lifetime of experience, which I have watched, of swimming against the tide to create hope." -- Anthea Turner, television presenter"Steve Chalke has made a lifestyle out of making good things happen in a challenging world. He has brought people together to understand what is right and just, make clear commitments to it and agree what we must do to deliver it. Our children need hope. This book helps us understand that need and how we can work together to shape policy and society to make that possible." -- Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol"A brilliant and practical resource, this book will help you to reimagine: communities where every child is nurtured; where families thrive; and where local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups are empowered to work in a more collaborative, less bureaucratic and far more productive relationship with both local and national government." -- Professor Kevin Fenton CBE, statutory public health advisor to the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority and Regional Director of Public Health for NHS London
£11.69
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Grassroots Theater Search for Regional Arts in
Book SynopsisAn account of one man's struggle to bring his dream of community-building through creative theatre to citizens across America. Robert Gard travelled across the USA discovering and nurturing the folklore, legends, history and drama of each region.
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University of Wisconsin Press In the Province of the Gods
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Kenny Fries writes out of the pure hot emergency of a mortal being trying to keep himself alive. So much is at stake here—health, affection, culture, trauma, language—but its greatest surprise is what thrives in the midst of suffering. A beautiful book.”—Paul Lisicky, author of The Narrow Door“In this subtle page turner, Fries helps reinvent the travel-as-pilgrimage narrative. He neither exoticizes nor shies away from the potential pitfalls of a Western mind traveling abroad; instead he demonstrates how, through an all-too-rare open heart and a true poet’s eye, bridges can be built and understanding deepened, one sincere action at a time.”—Marie Mutsuki Mockett, author of Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye“Deeply moving and exquisitely written about many things—cultural and physical difference, sexuality, love, loss, mortality, and the ephemeral nature of beauty and art—and a love letter to Japan.”— Mira Bartók, author of The Memory Palace“Not your typical AIDS memoir. . . . It’s also a book about living with a life-long disability, living in a unique and vastly different culture than one’s own. . . . Fries offers compelling insight into Japanese culture. Perhaps from a lifetime spent on the outside looking in, he shines in his understanding of and his perspective on the human condition.” — John Francis Leonard, A&U“An achingly beautiful and intricately-woven personal narrative…. Fries’ prose shines with a honed and brightly polished clarity—each phrase hangs heavy with meaning, reduced only to what is necessary, a world in of itself. . . . to read it is to experience what true literary achievement really means.”—Julia Bouwsma, Connotation Press“Absorbing, moving and intensely human. . . . In the unsettled and often angry world of disability politics, Kenny Fries' memoir enters centre stage, projecting an oasis of calm and insightful enquiry.”—WordgatheringTable of Contents Prologue: In the Province of the Gods I. Floating One: Genkan Two: Fortune Three: Barrier Free Four: Foreign Affairs Five: Mono no Aware Six: Physical Facts Seven: A Mountain of Skulls and Candlelit Graves Eight: An Infected Throat and a Healing Tree Nine: Borrowing the Hills II. Away One: Before Two: After III. World One: Survivals Two: A Pair of One-Winged Birds Three: History Being Created, or What the Leech Child Says Four: Rare and Uncommon Beings Five: Bubbling Water Six: My Japan Seven: Before and After Eight: Positive Effects Nine: New Stories in an Ancient Land Epilogue: Procession Acknowledgments Suggested Readings
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Slave Trade and Abolition Gender Commerce and
Book SynopsisTraces how existing commercial networks adapted to changes in the Atlantic slave trade during the first half of the nineteenth century. Slave Trade and Abolition reveals how women known as donas were often important cultural brokers.Trade ReviewWell researched and organized, this is a major social and economic study on Luanda's past. Oliveira examines new sources and convincingly demonstrates the central role African women played in the social and economic organization of Luanda. Mandatory reading for those interested in urban slavery, slave trade, and African's urban past."" - Mariana P. Candido, University of Notre Dame""In describing women's urban work in relation to food production, land ownership, legal issues regarding marriage and inheritance, and the shift from the international slave trade to 'legitimate' trade while continuing to rely on slave labor, Oliveira brings new insights to African history with her focus on nineteenth-century Luanda."" - Kathleen Sheldon, University of California, Los Angeles
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University of Wisconsin Press Slave Trade and Abolition Gender Commerce and
Book SynopsisTraces how existing commercial networks adapted to changes in the Atlantic slave trade during the first half of the nineteenth century. Slave Trade and Abolition reveals how women known as donas were often important cultural brokers, acting as intermediaries between foreign and local people.
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Yale University Press Justice Equal Opportunity and the Family
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Yale University Press The Magnificent Mrs Tennant
Book SynopsisGertrude Tennant's life was remarkable for its length (1819-1918), but even more so for the influence she achieved as an unsurpassed London hostess. This title presents her life, placing her not only at the heart of a multi-generational, matriarchal family epic but also at centre of European social and literary life for the best part of a century.Trade Review"David Waller's biography of Gertrude Tennant forces us to rework our notions of haute-bourgeois dowagers: Gertrude's life was one of rich variety, from friendship with Flaubert in youth to Oscar Wilde and Henry James in later years. David Waller, in this richly rewarding picture of late Victorian society, paints a portrait of a woman with appeal and grace."—Judith Flanders, author of Consuming Passions"Alive to the perils and passions of the era, this book breathes fresh life into the supposedly corsetted and cossetted world of nineteenth-century literary high society." - Ian Kelly, author of Beau Brummell and the Sunday Times Biography of the Year 2008, Casanova "David Waller has written an engaging biography about the marvellous Gertrude Tennant. We all need someone like Gertrude in our lives; failing that, having her for a quiet hour or two is a delicious treat." - Amanda Foreman "Thoroughly engaging and extremely well written. The Magnificent Mrs Tennant is not only the story of a fascinating woman's rise through intelligent Victorian Society, but an eye-opening portrait of life amongst the great men of the day." - Frances Osborne, author of The Bolter "How did the self-educated daughter of a penniless, half-pay naval officer become one of Victorian England's great hostesses? This very unusual and remarkably engrossing story is impressively researched and vividly told." - Tim Jeal, author of Stanley
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Back Bay Books The Good Immigrant
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Palgrave Macmillan Racism and AntiRacism in Football
Book SynopsisThis book explores the key issues of racism, anti-racism and identity in British football. The nationalism and xenophobia evident in much of the media's coverage of major tournaments is highlighted in the context of the way that English, Scottish and Welsh identities are constructed within British football.Trade Review'Brilliantly researched and a must for anyone who really wants to get to grips with the facts. Every library should have one.' - Garth CrooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Contextualising Racism in British Football Football, 'Race' and the Forging of British Identity Standing Together? Charting the Development of Football's Anti-racism Policing Racism in Football A Design for Life: Deconstructing the Game's National Identities Mad Dogs: England, The Media and English Supporters During Euro '96 and France '98 Conclusion: Racisms and the Cultures of Football Index
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Open University Press Citizenship in a Global Age
Book Synopsis* What is citizenship?* Is global citizenship possible?* Can cosmopolitanism provide an alternative to globalization?Citizenship in a Global Age provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the main debates on citizenship and the implications of globalization. It argues that citizenship is no longer defined by nationality and the nation state, but has become de-territorialized and fragmented into the separate discourses of rights, participation, responsibility and identity. Gerard Delanty claims that cosmopolitanism is increasingly becoming a significant force in the global world due to new expressions of cultural identity, civic ties, human rights, technological innovations, ecological sustainability and political mobilization. Citizenship is no longer exclusively about the struggle for social equality but has become a major site of battles over cultural identity and demands for the recognition of group difference. Delanty argues that globalization both threatens aTable of ContentsSeries editor's forewordPreface and acknowledgementsIntroductionPart one: Models of citizenshipThe liberal theory of citizenshiprights and dutiesCommunitarian theories of citizenshipparticipation and identityThe radical theories of politicscitizenship and democracyPart two: The cosmopolitan challengeCosmopolitan citizenshipbeyond the nation-stateHuman rights and citizenshipthe emergence of the embodied selfGlobalization and the deterritorialization of spacebetween order and chaosThe transformation of the nation-statenationalism, the city, migration and multi-culturalismEuropean integration and postnational citizenshipfour kinds of postnationalizationPart three: Rethinking citizenshipThe reconfiguration of citizenshippostnational governance in the multi-levelled polityConclusionthe idea of civic cosmopolitanismReferencesIndex.
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Random House USA Inc Ten Billion
Book SynopsisDeforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us. As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it, a planet of ten billion people is likely to be a nightmare. Stephen Emmott, a scientist whose lab is at the forefront of research into complex natural systems, sounds the alarm. TEN BILLION is a snapshot of our planet, and our species, approaching a crisis, and a stark analysis of where this leaves us. TEN BILLION is not another climate book. TEN BILLION is a book about us.
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Dialogue Black Listed
Book SynopsisAFRO-CARIBBEAN. COLOURED. ETHNIC MINORITY. IMMIGRANT. BAME. URBAN. WOKE. FAM. BLACK.These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in between. Taking a panoramic look at global Black history and contemporary culture, this book investigates the ways in which Black communities (and individuals) have been represented, oppressed, mimicked, celebrated and othered. Part autobiographical musing, part pop culture vivisection, it''s a comprehensive attempt to make sense of blackness from the vantage point of the hilarious and insightful psyche of Jeffrey Boakye. PRAISE FOR BLACK, LISTED: ''This book gives a voice to those whose experience is persistently defined, refined and denied by others'' David Lammy, Guardian ''A panoramic exploration of blackTrade ReviewIntense and compelling from the very beginning, Jeffrey Boakye bravely explores the ways in which people with darker skin are located in language . . . This book gives a voice to those whose experience is persistently defined, refined and denied by others. Boakye shows how language does not always have to be insulting, offensive or loaded, it can also be incredibly emancipatory, particularly when the black community takes ownership of the terms of prose . . . If blackness is a maze, then we must be the ones who design it. With architects like Jeffrey Boakye, I'm optimistic we can build ourselves an authentic future -- David Lammy * Guardian *A truly radical book, which manages to be unflinching and constantly entertaining -- CAROLINE SANDERSON * THE BOOKSELLER BOOK OF THE MONTH APRIL 2019 *Inventive, refreshing and humorous . . . Boakye's quirky dictionary of black-related terms never fails to surprise and entertain * Bernardine Evaristo *A radical exploration of black British culture that is as entertaining as it is politically weighty * Independent *Wit abounds in Jeffrey Boakye's insightful Black, Listed, a kind of periodic table of 60 words and phrases used down the ages to describe black people -- Colin Grant * New Statesman (Books of the Year) *Light-footed cultural analysis riffs elegantly on subjects including Meghan Markle and Marvel's Black Panther . . . a sharp critic * Metro (Best books for Christmas) *A panoramic exploration of black identity * Elle *Boakye aims to challenge, complicate and undo assumptions about what blackness means, often taking surprising routes . . . Black, Listed covers some terrain similar to that of recent books such as Akala's blistering Natives and Reni Eddo Logdge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, and while Boakye may share those authors' political intent, his humour sets him apart. He is a winningly funny "tour guide". . . The unpredictable range of his references is exciting . . . As he argues against the endlessly problematic ways in which blackness has been categorized and codified, taking on the "biggest and the blackest of the big black stereotypes", the text bobs, weaves and wanders - always one thrilling step ahead -- Michael Donkor * Times Literary Supplement *Boakye is a witty, passionate guide in this thoughtful examination of what black culture and identity mean in Britain * iNews *Urgent, timely reading * AnOther Magazine *Boakye's exploration of language, race and the ways in which we use both to demean and repress people is thought-provoking, occasionally irreverent and always interesting * The i (Books of the year) *Insightful and funny, combining history with personal musings and pop-culture references, it's a comprehensive guide to Black identity in Britain today * Prima *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning to Teach Physical Education in the
Book SynopsisThis fully updated fifth edition of Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School is a comprehensive, yet accessible guide for all student secondary physical education teachers. Practical and insightful advice is combined with theory and research to support you in developing as a student teacher.This core text is an ideal guide to support you in developing your knowledge for teaching, your basic teaching skills and your ability to reflect critically on what you are doing and why, enabling you to cope in a range of teaching situations. Including updated material to cover changes in policy and practice, curriculum and assessments, the fifth edition of this essential textbook focuses on: Starting and developing your teaching journey Planning, teaching and evaluating physical education lessons for effective pupil learning Looking beyond your teacher education. New chapters include Essential knowledge bases for teaching physical education Guidance on using digital technologies Health in the physical education lesson Written with university and school-based initial teacher education in mind, Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School is an essential source of support and guidance for all student physical education teachers embarking on the challenging journey of developing as an effective teacher. Trade ReviewPraise for previous editions: 'A wealth of advice on generic aspects of teaching and learning in Physical Education …The accessibility of the text, and constant reference to ways of adapting suggestions to different situations, make this book particularly "user-friendly" and suitable for student-teachers in diverse settings' – European Physical Education Review ‘Essential reading for teachers who pride themselves on being "critically reflective"' – Times Educational SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Starting out as a physical education teacher 2. Aims of physical education 3. Knowledge bases for teaching physical education 4. Exploring and understanding your own experiences and beliefs as a physical education teacher 5. Long- and medium-term planning in physical education 6. Short-term (lesson) planning in physical education: How planning and evaluation supports effective learning and teaching 7. Lesson organisation and management 8. Designing teaching approaches to achieve intended learning outcomes 9. Assessment for and of learning in physical education 10. Developing and maintaining an effective learning environment 11. Motivating pupils for learning in physical education 12. Planning for an inclusive approach to learning and teaching 13. Health in Physical Education 14. Learner-centred teaching: A physical literacy perspective 15. Observation in Physical Education 16. Communication in physical education 17. Teaching safely and safety in physical education 18. Using digital technologies to support learning in physical education 19. Accredited qualifications and principles of classroom teaching 20. Teacher as a reflexive practitioner/researcher 21. Beyond your teacher education 22. Physical Literacy: Learning from pupils’ physical literacy journeys
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Development of Childrens Happiness and
Book SynopsisThis engaging book is a comprehensive exploration of children''s happiness and success covering a wide range of factors influencing positive functioning. It offers a holistic view of children's well-being, identifying both threats and catalysts to happiness and success, as well as evidence-based strategies that promote optimal functioning. The first section of the book delves into the science of happiness, discussing the role of early social relationships, the importance of experiencing positive emotions and flow, spirituality, and physical health. The second section focuses on the science of success, exploring topics such as mindsets, self-control, and executive functions. Finally, the book explores individual and contextual factors explaining why character matters, the influence of media and technology, and the critical role of disadvantaged environments. Presenting happiness as an ongoing journey, intertwined with the pursuit and achievement of personal goals, the bTrade Review"Applying science to everyday life can be a challenge, especially when it comes to child development. But Maria’s presentation of the literature helps to consolidate key insights and offer clear research-backed guidance."Lara Aknin, Distinguished Professor, Simon Fraser University"Maria Kalpidou takes a fresh approach in brilliantly weaving together theory, research evidence, and the voices of children and adolescents themselves to deepen understanding of the development of happiness and success. Each chapter begins with an illustrative vignette or quote and ends with practical suggestions for parents and other caregivers."Paula Fitzpatrick, PhD, Director of the Center for Well-Being at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Certified Koru Mindfulness Teacher, Professor of PsychologyTable of Contents0. Introduction to Happiness and Success Part 1: The Science of Happiness 1. Relationships 2. Feeling Good 3. Solitude and Flow 4. Spirituality 5. Sound Body, Sound Mind Part 2: The Science of Success 6. The Power of Thinking Right 7. Self-Control 8. Cognitive Control Part 3: The Individual and the Context 9. Individual Differences Matter 10. Character Matters 11. Consumerism, Materialism, and Digital Media 12. Poverty, Physical Environment, and Discrimination Part 4: Conclusions 13. Pillars of Happiness and Success: The INSPIRE Model
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Should Wealth Be Redistributed
Book SynopsisA central contested issue in contemporary economics and political philosophy is whether governments should redistribute wealth. In this book, a philosopher and an economist debate this question. James Otteson argues that respect for individual persons requires that the government should usually not alter the results of free exchanges, and so redistribution is usually wrong. Steven McMullen argues that governments should substantially redistribute wealth in order to ensure that all have a minimal opportunity to participate in economic life. Over the course of the exchange, the authors investigate a number of important questions. Is redistribution properly a question of justice, and what is the appropriate standard? Has the welfare state been effective at fighting poverty? Can we expect government intervention in the economy to be helpful or counterproductive? Are our obligations to help the poor best met through government action, or through private philanthropy and individual charitTrade Review"Both McMullen and Otteson are adept at navigating the ethical and moral arguments in the abstract, but each is willing to take seriously the problems of implementation and practical consequence. I enjoyed the discussion, and I expect that you will also."Michael Munger, Duke University (from the Foreword)Table of ContentsForeword 1. Redistribution to Expand Economic Opportunity 2. Justifying Wealth Redistribution: Can the High Burden be Met? 3. Poverty, Moral Hazard, and the State: Reply to James R. Otteson 4. Difficulties with the Wealth Redistribution Argument: Reply to Steven McMullen 5. Distributive Justice, Economic Growth, and the Welfare State: Reply to James’s Reply 6. How to Care for the Poor, and How Not to: Reply to McMullen’s Reply
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice
Book SynopsisFor over 30 years, Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice has been the definitive sourcebook of theoretical foundations, pedagogical and design frameworks, and curricular models for social justice teaching practice. Thoroughly revised and updated, this fourth edition continues in the tradition of its predecessors to cover the most relevant issues and controversies in social justice education (SJE) in a practical, hands-on format. Filled with ready-to-apply activities and discussion questions, this book provides teachers and facilitators with an accessible pedagogical approach to issues of oppression in classrooms. The revised edition also focuses on providing students and participants with the tools needed to apply their learning about these issues. This fourth edition includes new and revised material for each of the core chapters in the book complemented by fully developed online teaching designs, including over 150 downloadables, activities, and handouts on the book's cTrade ReviewPraise for the previous edition:"Social justice is a term that is increasingly over-used and for that reason runs the risk of becoming cliché. This volume clarifies and brings texture to the meaning of the term by addressing its relevance and importance to the field of education. For those interested in using education to counter injustice, inequality and racism, this book will be an invaluable resource." --Pedro Noguera, Author of City Schools and the American Dream"A landmark in its field, this book provides the conceptual framework, historical background, and rationale for understanding the necessity and significance of social justice education. In this second edition, the editors and authors continue to enlighten, educate, and inspire all those teachers, academics, and others who refuse to accept the status quo of oppression and instead insist on working for a better world." --Sonia Nieto, Author of Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural EducationTable of ContentsPART I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICE; 1 Theoretical Foundations for Social Justice Education; 2 Pedagogical Foundations for Social Justice Education; 3 Design and Facilitation; 4 Getting Started: Core Concepts for Social Justice Education; PART II TEACHING DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE; 5 Racism, White Supremacy and Finding Justice for All; 6 Sexism, Heterosexism, and Trans* Oppression: An Integrated Perspective; 7 Classism; 8 Religious Oppression; 9 Ableism and Disability Justice; 10 Youth Oppression and Elder Oppression; 11 Social Justice Education Online; 12 Critical Self-Knowledge for Social Justice Educators
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Taylor & Francis Middle Class Meltdown in America
Book SynopsisBased on income alone, nearly half of all adults in the United States can be considered middle class, complete with the reassurance of a steady job, the ability to raise a family, and the comforts of owning a home. And yet, for many, because of structural forces reshaping the finances of the American middle class, the margin between a stable life and a fragile one is narrowing. The new edition of Middle Class Meltdown in America: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies tells the story of the struggling American middle class by weaving together sociological and economical research, personalized portraits and examples, and a profusion of current data illustrating significant social, economic, and political trends. The authors extend their analysis to include the COVID-19 pandemic, a focus on the effect of race and ethnicity, as well as the ever-increasing costs of housing, healthcare, and education. In clear, accessible writing, the authors provide a sociological and bTable of Contents1. The Illusion of Middle-Class Prosperity 2. The Struggling Middle Class 3. Macroeconomics and the Income/Credit Squeeze 4. Robbing the Productivity Train 5. Where Did All That Credit Come From? 6. From Washington to Wall Street: Marketing the Illusion 7. The Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the COVID Recession of 2020-2021: The Illusion Exposed 8. The Consequences of Middle-Class Meltdown 9. What Can We Do? A Manifesto for the Middle Class Appendix
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dont Forget The Pierrots The Complete History of
Book SynopsisThis volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage. It will provide, for the first time, a definition of the pierrot troupe and its evolution from the roots of European popular traditions such as the commedia dell'arte and minstrelsy, to links between music hall and contemporary popular culture. Tony Lidington will explore how pierrot troupes grew from a single idea into a major international cultural industry and how it boosted morale and national identity during the two World Wars, before sublimating into contemporary pop music and comedy. Tony's continuing practice as research provides an experiential framework for the historical and ethnographic analysis of the form.This book will be of vital interest to students, researchers, and performers of outdoor (al fresco) arts, clowning and comedy, minstrelsyTable of ContentsList of figures Thanks! Support for writing and illustrations Acknowledgements Note about cover images Preface: “The Pierrot fable” Introduction1 “Here we are again!”: Current practice2 “Trope to troupe”: The origins of Pierrot in Britain3 Minstrels: White and black4 “The Seaside Minstrels”5 Proliferation6 “Bringing Blighty to the Boys with troupes for the troops”: Pierrot troupes and concert parties in the First World War7 Ambiguities in the evolution of the form and its developments during the inter-war years8 Khaki-clad pierrot heroes: British concert parties/pierrot troupes in the Second World War9 “It’s that troupe again …”: Concert party adaptations for the airwaves and post-war British pop culture10 “Impacts and reverberations”: The ways in which the seaside troupe format has directly affected contemporary culture11 Conclusion: Pierrots and concert parties provide a portal to past, present and future popular cultureAppendices Appendix 1: Timeline of pierrot/concert-party projects by Tony Lidington Appendix 2: Programme for Moore & Burgess Minstrels, April 14th 1877 Appendix 3: early members of Clifford Essex’s troupe Appendix 4: Table illustrating the date of the first connections to seaside resorts by steamer and railway Appendix 5: Spreadsheet of troupes with the words “Royal” or “Imperial” in the title Appendix 6: List of troupes formed prior to the First World War Appendix 7: Song books & publishers for pierrot troupes and concert partiesAppendix 8: List of troupes operating in the First World War Appendix 9: Pierrot troupe list for 1918–1939Appendix 10: Numbers of ENSA performances (from information provided by Basil Dean)Appendix 11: Annual budgetary expenditures for ENSAAppendix 12: List of seaside shows opening 1946–1961 Appendix 13: The Roosters Glossary of terms References Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Key Themes in Health and Social Care
Book SynopsisThis revised and expanded second edition of Key Themes in Health and Social Care is a learning resource for students in health and social care. It provides an overview of foundational issues and core themes in the field and introduces key areas of debate, moving from an introductory level to in-depth discussion as the book progresses. Divided into three parts: the first part sets the scene, addressing introductory psychology and sociology, social policy, equality and diversity, skills for practice, and working with people the second part considers key themes such as mental health and wellbeing; management of services; the relationship between place and wellbeing; research in health and social care; and person-centred interventions the third part looks at discrete areas of practice such as mental health; ageing, leading and managing health and social care; working with vulnerable populations; and health promotion Each chapter begins with an outlTable of Contents1.Introduction. Part One. 2.Foundations in Health and Social Care. 3.Human Growth and Development. 4.Current Issues in Health and Social Care. 5.Working with People. 6.Social Policy in Health and Social Care. 7.Professional Practice and Work-Based Learning. Part Two. 8.Health, Social Care and Crime. 9.Person Centred Interventions. 10.Valuing Research in Health and Social Care. 11.Managing Health and Social Care. Part Three. 12.Young People and Social Care. 13.Engaging Vulnerable Groups. 14.Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health. 15.Ageing in the 21st century. 16.Transcultural Issues. 17.Leadership in Health and Social Care. 18.Conducting a Student Empirical Research Study in Health and Social Care. 19.Conclusion. 20.Glossary
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Taylor & Francis The Japanese in the Western Mind
Book SynopsisThis fascinating book is an insightful exploration of Western perceptions and representations of Japanese culture and society, drawing on social and cultural psychological ideas around stereotypes and intercultural relations.Hinton considers how the West views the Japanese as an ideologically different âœotherâ, and proposes a cultural theory of stereotypes from which to explore Western observations of the Japanese. The book explores Western socio-cultural representations of the Japanese alongside Edward Saidâs well-known theory of Orientalism. It examines the Westâs intercultural relationship with Japan, and how this has changed over time, to show how the Japanese have been represented in the Western mind throughout history, to the present day. Hinton argues that our view of other cultures is based on our own cultural expectations, which involve complex issues of meaning-making and perceived cultural differences. This book foregrounds the research through accounts of WesternTable of ContentsPreface. 1. The Introverted Samurai. 2. Finding the Japanese in the Far East. 3. The Christian Century in Japan. 4. The Closed Country. 5. The Soul of Japan. 6. Banzai. 7. Made in Japan. 8. Making Sense of the Cultural Other. Appendix: Japan at the time of Portuguese trade. References
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Dynamics of Marginalized Youth
Book SynopsisThis book studies young people who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET); a prime concern among policymakers. Moving past common interpretations of NEETs as a homogeneous group, it asks why some youth become NEET, whereas other do not. The authors analyse diverse school-to-work patterns of young NEETs in five typical countries and investigate the role of individual characteristics, countries' institutions and policies, and their complex interplay.Readers will come to understand youth marginalization as a process that may occur during the transition from school, vocational college, or university to work. By studying longitudinal analyses of processes and transitions, readers will gain the crucial insight that NEETs are not equally vulnerable, and that most NEETs will find their way back to the labour market. However, they will also see that in all countries, a group of long-term NEETs exists. These exceptionally vulnerable young people are sidelined from soTable of Contents1. Not in Employment, Education, or Training around the World 2. NEET during the School-to-Work Transition in the Netherlands 3. NEET in Germany: Labour Market Entry Patterns and Gender Differences 4. Patterns in NEET Statuses during the School-to-Work Transition in France 5. NEETs in England 6. NEET in Japan: Focusing on Gender and Cohort 7. Policy Interventions Targeting NEETs in Different Institutional Settings 8. The Role of Education Systems in Preventing NEETs 9. Can Labour Market Policies Help to Reduce Long-term NEETs? 10. How Long-term NEET are Explained by Family Policies in OECD Countries 11. Conclusions and Discussion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Work Practice During Times of Disaster
Book SynopsisDisasters affect people individually and collectively in their communities, national societies, and the international sphere and in any setting from the home to the planetary level. Furthermore, these disasters can be complex, multi-layered and what happens in one location can affect sentient beings elsewhere directly and/or indirectly. These create interdependencies between people, the flora, fauna, and physical environment that require the holistic, transdisciplinary approaches to disasters that are advocated by green social work perspectives.Using case studies drawn from practice and research to explore the skills and knowledge needed by social workers to practice within disaster situations, this book illustrates what good social work practice during times of disaster looks like. It highlights the theories, skills and expertise needed to intervene effectively in specific disaster situations and provides case studies as a major vehicle for considering ethical dilemmas and sTable of Contents1.Introduction. Part One – Disaster Interventions in Local and National Contexts in the UK. 2.Contextualising Social Work Interventions during Disasters in the UK: A multi-nation approach. 3.COVID-19: A health pandemic that challenges the social work profession. 4.Climate change: Social work responds to political failures nationally and internationally. 5.Extreme weather events: Flooding and wildfires, disasters frequently calling upon social workers’ contributions. 6.The Grenfell fire disaster. 7.Terrorist attacks: Immediate and long-term consequences for social work interventions. Part Two - Learning lessons from disasters occurring in other countries. 8.Storm surges and hurricanes. 9.Earthquakes: Socio-economic and political structures turn a natural hazard into a social disaster. 10.Volcanic eruptions: A natural hazard that has unanticipated global impacts. 11.Financial Disasters. 12.Conclusions.
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Taylor & Francis Social Work Practice During Times of Disaster
Book SynopsisDisasters affect people individually and collectively in their communities, national societies, and the international sphere and in any setting from the home to the planetary level. Furthermore, these disasters can be complex, multi-layered and what happens in one location can affect sentient beings elsewhere directly and/or indirectly. These create interdependencies between people, the flora, fauna, and physical environment that require the holistic, transdisciplinary approaches to disasters that are advocated by green social work perspectives.Using case studies drawn from practice and research to explore the skills and knowledge needed by social workers to practice within disaster situations, this book illustrates what good social work practice during times of disaster looks like. It highlights the theories, skills and expertise needed to intervene effectively in specific disaster situations and provides case studies as a major vehicle for considering ethical dilemmas and sTable of Contents1.Introduction. Part One – Disaster Interventions in Local and National Contexts in the UK. 2.Contextualising Social Work Interventions during Disasters in the UK: A multi-nation approach. 3.COVID-19: A health pandemic that challenges the social work profession. 4.Climate change: Social work responds to political failures nationally and internationally. 5.Extreme weather events: Flooding and wildfires, disasters frequently calling upon social workers’ contributions. 6.The Grenfell fire disaster. 7.Terrorist attacks: Immediate and long-term consequences for social work interventions. Part Two - Learning lessons from disasters occurring in other countries. 8.Storm surges and hurricanes. 9.Earthquakes: Socio-economic and political structures turn a natural hazard into a social disaster. 10.Volcanic eruptions: A natural hazard that has unanticipated global impacts. 11.Financial Disasters. 12.Conclusions.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Maoists and Government Welfare
Book SynopsisThis book systematically analyses state responses towards Maoism in India and studies the role of state policies in prolonging conflict. It looks at how the structural maladies that once gave rise to conflict have now found a place in the government responses meant to address it. The book studies the socio-political conditions of Adivasis and lower caste groups that make up large sections of the cadre and highlights the exclusionary nature of the Indian political landscape. It discusses various themes such as state legitimacy, the political landscape through exclusion, the agency of Maoist foot soldiers, limitations of government welfare responses, and the idea of the marginalised in India.Rich in empirical data, the book will be useful for scholars and researchers of development studies, political studies, political sociology, minority studies, exclusion studies, sociology and social anthropology. It will also be of interest to policy-makers.Table of ContentsList of Figures AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction2. The Question of Positionality3. Conceptualising India’s Legitimacy4. Reimagining the Political Landscape Through Exclusion5. Contextualising the Excluded6. Welfare Responses – Too Little Too Late7. ConclusionIndex
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Taylor & Francis Heritage Indigenous Doing and Wellbeing
Heritage, Indigenous Doing and Wellbeing presents an Aboriginal Australian relational understanding of the world that offers a counter-narrative to the Western notion of heritage and new insights into the potential for sustaining the complex systems that support all life.From an Indigenous Australian perspective, the Western concept of heritage is intentionally exclusionary and supports social, political, economic, and environmental injustice. Aboriginal People engage with landscape every day in entirely, different ways, seeing Country as a living âheritageâ, but in a unique relationship form that engages the individual with place, ancestors, language, and wellbeing. However, Country is most often relegated by heritage proponents to âintangible heritageâ, and this results in the concept having little legislative, legal, or administrative weight. Drawing on a common understanding of Country as sacred, living, and sentient, rather than as objectifi
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa
Book SynopsisCultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective.This book delivers a comprehensive treatise on the interdependent concepts of cultural heritage and tourism. Heritage is one of the most pervasive tourism assets worldwide and lies at the foundations of tourism in many localities, including Africa. However, despite its salience, there has not been a systematic examination of Africa's heritage resources, markets, policies, practices, successes, and challenges in a tourism framework, despite the continent's immense heritage value. This book reviews the different types of heritages that pervade the cultural environment of Africa and comprises its vast heritagescapes. It also examines the increasing potential for the growth of heritage tourism throughout the entire continent. The contributions in this volume delve into currentTable of ContentsChapter 1: Africa’s Heritage and TourismDallen J. TimothyChapter 2: Intangible Heritage as a Cultural Asset for African TourismMoren Tibabo Stone, Lesego Senyana Stone, Goemeone Mogomotsi, and Patricia MogomotsiChapter 3: Indigenous Tourism in AfricaKokel MeluboChapter 4: Cultural Events and Tourism in AfricaIkechukwu O. EzeudujiChapter 5: Religious Heritage, Tourism and Pilgrimage in Africa: Historical, Traditional and Contemporary PerspectivesErmias Kifle Gedecho and Siyabulela NyikanaChapter 6: The Spatial Mismatch between Cities and Heritage Tourism Sites in AfricaGustav VisserChapter 7: Rural Heritage and Tourism in AfricaJoseph E. Mbaiwa and Gladys B. SiphambeChapter 8: Growing Agri-heritage Tourism in Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesBrent Lovelock, Gebeyaw Degarege and David AdeloyeChapter 9: Culinary Traditions and Heritage Foods in AfricaRoselyne N. Okech and Dallen J. TimothyChapter 10: The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Africa’s Epitomous Heritage TourismAaron YankholmesChapter 11: African Diaspora Tourism: Concepts, Issues and Prospects beyond Slavery-oriented HeritageEmmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong and Ishmael MensahChapter 12: Industrial Heritage Tourism in Africa: Prospects and ChallengesClinton D. van der Merwe and Dallen J. TimothyChapter 13: Dark Tourism and ‘Painful Pasts’ in Africa: Concepts, Contexts, and ChallengesPhilip R. StoneChapter 14: Colonialism, Post-colonialism and Its Heritage ImprintJoão SarmentoChapter 15: African Archaeology and TourismLiza Gijanto Chapter 16: Natural Heritage: Wildlife and Nature Preserves in the African Tourism LandscapeChiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga and Edson GandiwaChapter 17: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa: Critical Issues and ChangesJarkko Saarinen and Naomi MosweteChapter 18: Heritage Tourism in Africa: Where Do We Go from Here?Dallen J. Timothy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Work The Basics
Book SynopsisThis revised second edition of Social Work: The Basics is an insightful introduction to the often misrepresented world of social work. This accessible book presents a broad view of contemporary social work, exploring its roots and its possible future. It dispels myths surrounding social work, addresses media debates, and offers a balanced account of what social workers do.Arguing for a social work that is partisan in support of social justice, questions covered include: How did social work arise? How and why do people come into contact with social workers? What are the true aims of social work to help or to control? What is the relationship between social work and social policy? How and why do people become social workers? What's it like to be a social worker? Can social work cross borders? Drawing examples from the full range of social work practice, this book is valuable reading for all individTrade ReviewIn Social Work – The Basics, Mark Doel explores social work from historical, local, and global perspectives, with a keen eye to political context, cultural diversity, and the possibilities for change. In this fascinating second edition, social workers portray their life’s work as objects. Social work is revealed as a profession, a calling, and a career. Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella, Professor of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, USA The international dimension of social work is a feature of this book with examples drawn from around the world. This second edition sets social work in a broad political landscape with inclusive and diverse illustrations that engage all readers.Donna Guy, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, Aotearoa/NZMark Doel is recognised as a key figure in social work education with his ability to blend theory and practice so effectively. This important text illustrates nicely how well deserved that reputation is. Social work is a highly demanding but rewarding profession. This book serves an important purpose in making sure that newcomers to the profession get off to a good start in terms of rising to the challenges and appreciating the rewards. Neil Thompson, visiting professor at the Open University, UKTable of Contents0.Pioneer, Investigator, Agitator: An Introduction to the Second Edition. 1.Reformist or Radical: Social Work’s Roots and Different Identities. 2.Saint or Sinner: The Public Face of Social Work. 3.Client, Service User or Expert by Experience: How and Why People Come Into Contact with Social Work. 4.A Profession or a Career; A Calling or a Job: What Social Workers Do and How Social Work is Organised. 5.A Discipline or a Skill; An Education or a Training: How Social Workers Learn Their Practice. 6.Universal or Specific: Social Work Local and Global. 7.Utopia or Dystopia: ‘The Pioneers of Today are the Prophets of Tomorrow’ (Attlee).
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Community Matters
Book SynopsisWorking towards equity of access to higher education remains a fundamental issue of social justice. Despite substantial efforts to redress historical exclusions via a wealth of government and institutional policies, longstanding enrolment patterns persist and new forms of inequality have emerged in a deeply stratified system.Community Matters: The Complex Links Between Community and Young People's Aspirations for Higher Education offers a new lens on equity of access. The policy focus, nationally and globally, on widening participation for under-represented target groups too readily treats such groups as if they have a singular voice, a singular history, and a singular set of concerns. Drawing on the perspectives of Australian school students, their parents/carers, teachers, and a vast array of residents from seven diverse communities, this book uses the lens of community' to reframe inequitable access. It does so by recognising the complex social and cultural forces aTrade Review"This clear and engaging book draws on rich, extensive mixed-methods data to critically interrogate ideas of 'aspiration'. Showing how communities’ matter in complex ways for the possibility and desirability of young people's access to higher education, this is a thoughtful and valuable resource for researchers and policy-makers alike."Professor Louise Archer, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London (UK)"This timely publication draws upon the innovative lens of ‘community’ to unpack the diverse and negotiated ways aspirations play out in young people's lives. If you are passionate about supporting youth in realising their dreams, this book provides insights into the ways community resources can be leveraged to ensure that young people's desired educational and professional futures are both enabled and realised."Professor Sarah O’Shea, Director, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, Curtin University (Australia)Table of Contents1.Introduction 2. Conceptualising community 3. When university is taken-for-granted: The pressures of social reproduction and mobility 4. When access to university campuses is not enough: The possibility and desirability of higher education 5. On the (im)possibility and (un)desirability of raising university aspirations in rural communities 6. Shaping student aspirations: Why community matters Appendix 1, Appendix 2
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Psychology of Attachment
Book SynopsisWhat do we actually mean by attachment'? How do different caregiving styles impact attachment in children? How do early caregiving experiences impact later development? The Psychology of Attachment is an essential introduction to attachment, offering an accessible explanation of the theory, unpicking common misunderstandings, and providing a balanced overview of key research findings.Topics covered include the following: The development of attachment during the first few years of life The impact of different caregiving behaviours on children's attachment relationships The influence of attachment relationships on children's behaviour and development The development of attachment relationships from infancy to adulthood Attachment in romantic relationships and religion Attachment-based interventions This unique book introduces the reader to new ways of thinking about the role of relationships, caregivinTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Ethological-Evolutionary Attachment TheoryChapter 2: The Normative Tenets of Attachment TheoryChapter 3: Individual Differences in Infant Attachment PatternsChapter 4: Disorganised Attachment and Attachment Beyond the Early YearsChapter 5: The Adult Attachment Interview and Attachment in AdolescenceChapter 6: Experiences in Close Relationships: Romantic Attachment and ReligionChapter 7: Current Concerns in Attachment ResearchConclusionAppendix: Key concepts
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Random House USA Inc The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
Book SynopsisA brilliant, multifaceted chronicle of economic and social change. --The New York TimesAt the outset of the 1870s, the British aristocracy could rightly consider themselves the most fortunate people on earth: they held the lion's share of land, wealth, and power in the world's greatest empire. By the end of the 1930s they had lost not only a generation of sons in the First World War, but also much of their prosperity, prestige, and political significance.Deftly orchestrating an enormous array of documents and letters, facts, and statistics, David Cannadine shows how this shift came about--and how it was reinforced in the aftermath of the Second World War. Astonishingly learned, lucidly written, and sparkling with wit, The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy is a landmark study that dramatically changes our understanding of British social history.
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Random House USA Inc Seeing Voices
Book SynopsisThe renowned neurologist and bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat takes us on a journey into the world of deaf culture, and the underpinnings of the remarkable visual language of the congenitally deaf. This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought.... One of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time. —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewLike The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect—a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work.
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WW Norton & Co Nomadland
Book SynopsisThe end of retirement?Trade Review"Stunning and beautifully written. . . brilliant and haunting" -- Arlie Russell Hochschild - New York Times Book Review"People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny) book. Nomadland is a testament both to the generosity and creativity of the victims of our modern-medieval economy, hidden in plain sight, and to the blunt-end brutality that put them there. Is this the best the wealthiest nation on earth can do for those who’ve already done so much?" -- Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell"In the early twentieth century, men used to ride the rails in search of work, sharing camps at night. Today, as Bruder brilliantly reports, we have a new class of nomadic workers who travel in their RVs from one short-term job to another. There’s a lot to cringe at here—from low pay and physically exhausting work to constant insecurity. But surprisingly, Nomadland also offers its residents much-needed camaraderie and adventure, which makes this book a joy to read." -- Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed"The campsite as the home of last resort, the RV used not for vacation but for survival: these are the makings of a new dystopia. Nomadland is a smart road book for the new economy, full of conviviality and dark portent." -- Ted Conover, author of Rolling Nowhere and Immersion"You will never forget the people whose stories Bruder tells. Proud, resourceful, screwed-over, funny and in so many ways admirable, the American nomads Bruder lived with and reports on have sometimes lost everything but their bravado . . . . [She] tells their stories with humanity and wit." -- Louise Erdrich, author of Future Home of the Living God"“Bruder is a poised and graceful writer.”" -- Parul Sehgal - New York Times"[A] devastating, revelatory book." -- Timothy R. Smith - Washington Post"Some readers will come because they're enamored of road narratives, but Bruder's study should be of interest to anyone who cares about the future of work, community, and retirement." -- Peter C. Baker - Pacific Standard"[I]mportant, eye-opening journalism." -- Kim Ode - Minneapolis Star Tribune"[A] powerhouse of a book. . . . In the best immersive-journalism tradition, Bruder records her misadventures driving and living in a van. . . . Visceral and haunting reporting." -- Booklist, starred review
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WW Norton & Co Atlas of the Invisible
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2021 Globe Book Award for Public Understanding of Geography awarded by the American Association of Geographers An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society—visualized through the world of data.Trade Review"Atlas of the Invisible is full of mind-blowing maps that harness the power of data to tell us something about ourselves and our planet." -- Hannah Fry, Professor in the Mathematics of Cities and author of The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything"Fantastic…a magical combo of art and graphic gut-punch." -- Dave Eggers"Page after page, graphic after graphic and text after text, Atlas of the Invisible erupts with a kind of rigorous wonder. Laying out patterns on everything from nomenclature to bike-sharing to unexploded ordnance, Cheshire and Uberti examine data sets you never even thought of in the interest of developing a portrait of the world as it is. The result is a strange and startling masterpiece." -- Matthew Specktor, author of American Dream Machine"A stone cold act of genius." -- Dan Snow, HistoryHit"Spectacular and truly Humboldtian." -- Andrea Wulf, author of The Invention of Nature"James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti’s extraordinary new book, Atlas of the Invisible transforms our understanding of our human selves, other lives on earth, and the planet we share. Packed with revelatory insights, the book is a masterful example of the power of compelling visual storytelling to reveal – from within the complexities of modern data chaos – meaning and knowledge otherwise hidden from view." -- B. Natterson-Horowitz, MD, bestselling author of Zoobiquity"An absolute visual delight." -- Manuel Lima, author of The Book of Circles: Visualizing Spheres of Knowledge"If you’re into #dataViz, you *need* to have this one… Every page reveals a surprise." -- Alberto Cairo, Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the University of Miami and author of How Charts Lie"Gorgeous… Digging [through] troves of data, [Cheshire and Uberti] paint an essential portrait of Where We’ve Been, Who We Are, & How We’re Doing. Imagine Morpheus explaining The Matrix to you—only he’s also a BRILLIANT graphic designer." -- Minh Lê, bestselling author of Lift, Drawn Together, on Twitter"Stunning." -- Valerie Trouet, author of Tree Story, on Twitter"An eye-opening visual look at the assumptions and trends that lie beneath how the modern world ticks.…Demography and graphic design meet in an extraordinarily revealing book." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Atlas of the Invisible takes this literally, with design-heavy info-mapping of cellular connections in the Great Lakes, eviction rates, the ethnicity of immigrants living on South Halsted Street in 1895. A cartographer’s dream, and often revelatory." -- Christopher Borrelli - Chicago Tribune"[T]his unique volume.…is designed to inspire readers to act." -- Library Journal"An endlessly fascinating array of insight and analysis." -- Mark Reynolds - Traveller Magazine
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Integrity and Change
Book SynopsisIntegrity and Change: Mental Health in the Market Place examines how workers in the caring professions might preserve their integrity and ability to reflect and act purposefully in the face of such rapid and extensive change. Trade Review'It is testimony to the vigour and quality of the collection as a whole that one finds oneself, in the course of reading through the chapters, continually engaging in a kind of interior dialogue with and between the different voices ... one hopes that in a new but still uncertain social climate, it may be widely read.' - Psychodynamic CounsellingTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction, Eileen Smith; Chapter 2 A Time to Think, Peter Wilson; Chapter 3 What Price Trust?, Valerie Sinason; Chapter 4 The Hidden History in an Idea, Julian Lousada; Chapter 5 Counselling in Higher Education, Eileen Smith; Chapter 6 Re-Imagining the Organisation of an Institution, Jean Hutton; Chapter 7 Captains and Cricket Teams, Michael Brearley; Chapter 8 Working with Abused Clients in an Institutional Setting, Moira Walker; Chapter 9 Human Responses to Destructive Regimes, Paul Hoggett; Chapter 10 A Struggle Towards Health in Health Service Policy-Making, Jean White; Chapter 11 Internal Space and the Market, Jean White; Chapter 12 Excitement and Tension at the Edge of Chaos, Ralph Stacey;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Geographies of Disability
Book SynopsisThis book explains how space, place and mobility have shaped the experiences of disabled people both in the past and in contemporary societies. The key features of this insightful study include:* a critical appraisal of theories of disability and a new disability model* case studies to explore how the transition to capitalism disadvantaged disabled people* an exploration of the Western city and the policies of community care and accessibility regulation.Brendan Gleeson presents an important contribution to the major policy debates on disability in Western societies and offers new considerations for the broader debates on embodiment and space within Geography.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 A Socio-Apatial Model of Disability; Chapter 2 Social Science and Disability; Chapter 3 The Nature of Disability; Part 2 Historical Geographies of Disability; Chapter 4 Historical-Geographical Materialism and Disability; Chapter 5 The Social Space of Disability in Feudal England; Chapter 6 The Social Space of Disability in the Industrial City; Part 3 Contemporary Geographies of Disability; Chapter 7 Disability and the Capitalist City; Chapter 8 Community Care; Chapter 9 The Regulation of Urban Accessibility; Chapter 10 Towards an Enabling Geography;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Remaking Social Work with Children and Families
Book SynopsisRemaking Social Work with Children and Families provides a sustained examination of the ''modernisation'' of this area of social care. It analyses some of the key themes introduced by the administrations of John Major and Tony Blair and provides a critical exploration of contemporary policy initiatives and issues. These include: the Looking After Children (LAC) materials The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families ''working together'' to protect children the mainstream approach to ''race'' and ethnicity in social work the implications for social work of the emergence of ''personal advisers'', mentors and related professionals.The author argues that political and ideological factors need to be taken into account in order to understand the dominant discourses and evolving practices of social work with children. Potential fixation with ensuring that young people are able to ''fit'' into their allotted rTrade Review‘A book for those who want to understand the immediate past, in the hope that it might enlighten the future for children’ - Chris Hanvey, UK Director of Operations, Barnardos in Community Care magazine‘This is an excellent text for opening discourse between academics and researchers on data-gathering methods, which will truly assist social workers in their day-to-day work with clients, while simultaneously providing accountability. The text also facilitates teaching critical thinking to students’ - The British Journal of Social Work‘The account is a passionate and thorough one…this makes a real contribution to critical writing on statutory social work in the UK, or more specifically, on social work with children and families in England and Wales. Garrett builds his analysis from the basis of current social work methods and, and in doing so, opens a window on the discourses which underpin social work practice today’ - European Journal of Social Work‘[A] book for those who want to understand the immediate past, in the hope that it might enlighten the future for children’ - Chris Hanvey, UK Director of Operations, BarnardosCommunity Care (2003) 27 November‘This is an excellent text for opening discourse between academics and researchers on data-gathering methods, which will truly assist social workers in their day-to-day work with clients, while simultaneously providing accountability. The text also facilitates teaching critical thinking to students' - Diane Jacobs, Tulane University, New Orleans The British Journal of Social Work (2004) vol. 34 (4)‘[The] account is a passionate and thorough one…[T]his makes a real contribution to critical writing on statutory social work in the UK, or more specifically, on social work with children and families in England and Wales. Garrett builds his analysis from the basis of current social work methods and, and in doing so, opens a window on the discourses which underpin social work practice today’ - Viviene E. Cree, University of Edinburgh European Journal of Social Work (2004) vol. 7(1)‘It provides a sound historical account of significant developments in children’s social work in England and Wales during the 1990s and in the early years of this century, including sections on looked after children, joint working in child protection, adoption and issues of race and ethnicity. It concludes with a valuable evaluation of the "emergent new professionals" and in particular a critical review of the Connexions Service. In the concluding chapter it anticipates some of the themes of the Green Paper such as Children’s Trusts and the Identification, Referral and Tracking system…The book could provide a useful overview of recent policy and practice developments for student social workers and could usefully stimulate class discussions in each of the areas it addresses’. - Chris Mills, NCPCC Social Work Education (2004) vol. 23 (3)‘Many will find a resonance in his reminder to professionals that it can be their duty to dissent from the currently dominant political view. It is useful to have a senior academic in the field articulate the need for such autonomy and detachment’ - Julie Miller, Consultant Paediatrician, St James’ Hospital, Leeds Child Abuse Review (2004) vol. 13 (3)‘Overall, this is a well-written, accessible and thought provoking book, which deserves a wide audience. It would be of interest to social work students, social care professionals, policy makers and academics’ - Pamela Attree, Institute of Health Research, Lancaster University Sociological Research Online (2004) 9/2 http://www.socresonline.org.uk/9/2/garrett.html‘Paul Michael Garrett has been a consistent – and consistently stimulating – critic of the modernisation agenda in social work with children and families for several years now. [He] is widely read, and it shows. He brings a wide range of theoretical and factual sources to bear on his argument. His approach is intended to be critical but constructive, not simply debunking. It is also engaged from the beginning with the ethical purpose of social work with children and families’ - Nigel Thomas, University of Wales Children & Society (2005) Vol. 19'This book makes a real contribution to critical writing on statutory social work in the UK, or more specifically, on social work with children and families in England and Wales. Garrett builds his analysis from the basis of current social work methods and tools, and in doing so, opens a window on the discourses which underpin social work practice today.' - European Journal of Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction: Thinking Critically About Social Work with Children and Families in the Early Twenty-First Century 1. Part One: Major Departures? Social Work with Children and Families 1990-1997 1. The 'Blueprint' for Change: The 'Looking After Children' (LAC) System 2. Examining the 'Product Champions: LAC and its Continuing Role in the Remaking of Social Work with Children and Families 3. 'Working Together' to Protect Children? Part Two: Things Can Only Get Better? New Labour and Social Work with Children and Families 4. Social Work and the Third Way: The Assessment Framework, New Labour and More New 'Tools' for Social Work with Children and Families 5. An 'Eye Catching Initiative': New Labour and Child Adoption 6. Viewing the World Through a Monochrome Lens: Social Work with Children and Families and the Dominant Approach to 'Race' and Ethnicity 7. Social Work with Children and Families in a World of 'Emergent New Professionals' Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Radio Propagation and Remote Sensing of the
Book SynopsisThis book describes the processes of radio propagation and analyzes the equations that enable estimation of media. It explores propagation processes and related phenomena including absorption, refraction, reflection, and scattering. It also analyzes how knowledge of radiowave properties allows accurate estimations of media via inverse problems. The text examines the empirical methods that interpret remote sensing data, and how they are applied in the creation of useful approximation models. The authors also describe the operational principles of microwave devices used in remote sensing, and provide insight into the stabilizing a priori information that greatly increases the accuracy of remote sensing solutions.Table of ContentsThis book describes the processes of radio propagation and analyzes the equations that enable estimation of media. It explores propagation processes and related phenomena including absorption, refraction, reflection, and scattering. It also analyzes how knowledge of radiowave properties allows accurate estimations of media via inverse problems. The authors examine the empirical methods that interpret remote sensing data and how they are applied in the creation of useful approximation models, and discuss the operational principles of microwave devices used in remote sensing, and provide insight into the stabilizing a priori information that greatly increases the accuracy of remote sensing solutions.
£185.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Spatial Model of Politics
Book SynopsisUsing unique and cutting-edge research, Schofield a prominent author in the US for a number of years, explores the growth area of positive political economy within economics and politics. The first book to explain the spatial model of voting from a mathematical, economics and game-theory perspective it is essential reading for all those studying positive political economy.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Social Choice 3. Voting Rules 4. The Core 5. The Heart 6. A Spatial Model of Coalition 7. A Spatial Model of Elections 8. Activist Coalitions 9. Political Coalitions in the United States 10. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fundamental Constructs in Mathematics Education
Book SynopsisFundamental Constructs in Mathematics Education is a unique sourcebook crafted from classic texts, research papers and books in mathematics education. Linked together by the editors'' narrative, the book provides a fascinating examination of, and insight into, key constructs in mathematics education and how they link together. The choice of constructs is based on (some of) the many constructs which have proved fruitful in research and which have informed choices made by teachers.The book is divided into two parts: learning and teaching. The first part includes views about how people learn - from Plato to Dewey, as well as constructivism, activity theory and French didactiques. The second part includes extracts concerned with initiating, sustaining and bringing to a conclusion learners'' work on mathematical tasks.Fundamental Constructs in Mathematics Education provides access to a wide range of constructs in mathematics education and orients the Table of ContentsIntroduction Section 1: Activating and analysing learning 1. Probing Thinking 2. Conditions for Learning 3. Analysis of Learning for Informal Teaching 4. Affect in Learning Mathematics 5. Learners' Powers 6. Learning as Action 7. Learning What? Section 2: Guiding and directing learning 8. Teachers' Roles 9. Initiating Mathematical Activity 10. Sustaining Mathematical Activity 11. Concluding Mathematical Activity 12. Having Learned ?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Playing and Reality
Book SynopsisWhat are the origins of creativity and how can we develop it - whether within ourselves or in others? Not only does Playing and Reality address these questions, it also tackles many more that surround the fundamental issue of the individual self and its relationship with the outside world. In this landmark book of twentieth-century psychology, Winnicott shows the reader how, through the attentive nurturing of creativity from the earliest years, every individual has the opportunity to enjoy a rich and rewarding cultural life. Today, as the ''hothousing'' and testing of children begins at an ever-younger age, Winnicott''s classic text is a more urgent and topical read than ever before.Trade Review"Winnicott was the greatest British psychoanalyst who ever lived. He writes beautifully and simply about the problems of everyday life - and is the perfect thing to read if you want to understand yourself and other people better."-Alain de BottonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Rodiman, Foreword. Introduction. Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena. Dreaming, Fantasying, and Living: A Case-history Describing a Primary Dissociation. Playing: A Theoretical Statement. Playing: Creative Activity and the Search for the Self. Creativity and its Origins. The Use of an Object and Relating Through Identifications. The Location of Cultural Experience. The Place Where We Live. Mirror-role of Mother and Family in Child Development. Interrelating Apart from Instinctual Drive and in Terms of Cross-identifications. Contemporary Concepts of Adolescent Development and their Implications for Higher Education. Tailpiece. References. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Impact of Inequality How to Make Sick
Book SynopsisIn this book, pioneering social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, shows how inequality affects social relations and well-being. In wealthy countries, health is not simply a matter of material circumstances and access to health care; it is also how your relationships and social standing make you feel about life.Using detailed evidence from rich market democracies, the book addresses people's experience of inequality and presents a radical theory of the psychosocial impact of class stratification. The book demonstrates how poor health, high rates of violence and low levels of social capital all reflect the stresses of inequality and explains the pervasive sense that, despite material success, our societies are sometimes social failures. What emerges is a new conception of what it means to say that we are social beings and of how the social structure penetrates our personal lives and relationships.Trade Review'Richard Wilkinson's pathbreaking work challenges everyone interested in socioeconomic conditions and health to rethink in a most constructive way. This new book - a wonderful work of synthesis - brings insight into how conditions of society impact on people's daily lives to cause health and disease. Emphasising the links between equality, cooperation, and personal control, he shows how conditions of society have profound biological effects. It is a stimulating and exciting book.' -Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London 'Wilkinson's work is a powerful and provocative piece of scholarship. The Impact of Inequality presents a challenge to us all to improve population health by tackling economic and social inequalities.' - Lisa Berkman, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Harvard School of Public Health 'In the affluent world, countless millions of people are obsessed with what they can do to be healthy. Richard Wilkinson is rightly obsessed with what nations, communities, and employers can do to create a healthy social environment. In this brave and well-reasoned book, he combs through the health evidence for clues to the kinds of economic structures and human relationships that are best for us in every sense.' - James Lardner, Senior Fellow at Demos, New York, and Director and founder of inequality.org 'This is a book that puts the numbers to a psychological truth: inequality is the real enemy.' - The Guardian 'Wilkinson's book is an important blow against Blair's claim that only poverty, not inequality, matters.' - Socialist Review 'Richard Wilkinson's latest book tells us what we already know, and that is why we need it.' - Prospect, Issue 114, 2005-09-25Table of Contents1. Affluent Societies: Material Success, Social Failure 2. Inequality: More Hostile, Less Sociable Societies 3. Anxieties and Insecurities: The Eyes of Others 4. Health and Inequality: Shorter Stressful Lives 5. Violence and Inequality: Status, Stigma and Respect 6. Cooperation or Conflict: Inequality Names the Game 7. Gender, Race and Inequality: Kicking Down 8. Evolved Social Strategies: Mutuality and Dominance 9. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Economic Democracy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Passing Your Weak Subjects
Book SynopsisDo you have a weak subject you just have to pass?Ideal for students of any subject, this highly accessible and practical study guide gives you quick and easy strategies to help you make decisive progress in the subjects you find difficult or uninteresting, leaving you free to concentrate on the subjects you love.Richard Palmer draws on his extensive experience of secondary school teaching to give proven subject-specific advice that will help students from 15-19 show you how to understand more about a topic through both online and traditional study help you get to grips with topics you find difficult without cramming you with random facts provide top tips for the essentials to learn and understand on a subject-by-subject basis The book is organised to take you through the learning process from Facing it' through to Enjoying it' yes, that's right!The author's light-hearted yetTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1. Facing It: The Facts 2. Sorting It: Getting The Mind-Set Right 3. Making It Stick: Top Tips By Subject 4. Exploiting It: Top Tips Commentary 5. Sharpening It: Beyond Information 6. Enjoying It: Happy Students Are Good Students 7. Balancing It: The Virtues Of Failure Appendix I Poetry Commentary Appendix II Answers to Command Verbs Exerecise Appendix III Top Tips Contributors Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mental Health in a MultiEthnic Society
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society is an authoritative, comprehensive guide on issues around race, culture and mental health service provision. It has been updated to reflect the changes in the UK over the last ten years and features entirely new chapters by over twenty authors, expanding the range of topics by including issues of particular concern for women, family therapy, and mental health of refugees and asylum seekers.Divided into four sections the book covers: issues around mental health service provision for black and minority ethnic (BME) communities including refugees and asylum seekers critical accounts of how these issues may be confronted, with examples of projects that attempt to do just that programs and innovative services that appear to meet some of the needs of BME communities a critical but constructive account of lessons to be drawn from earlier sections and discussion of the way ahead.<Trade Review'This second edition of Suman Fernando's book, now co-edited by Frank Keating, is a must read for those interested in cultural influences on the expression and management of mental distress in diverse societies. Although the book is anchored in British experience there are general propositions which should also be taken up for psychiatric practice the world over.' - Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist East London NHS Foundation Trust. 'This second edition of Suman Fernando's book, now co-edited by Frank Keating, is a must read for those interested in cultural influences on the expression and management of mental distress in diverse societies. Although the book is anchored in British experience there are general propositions which should also be taken up for psychiatric practice the world over.' - Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist East London NHS Foundation Trust. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1: Current Scene Meanings and Realities. Race Relations, Mental Health and Human Rights - The Legal Framework. Inequalities and the Politics of ‘Race’ in Mental Health. Black and Minority Ethnic Women. Race Equality Training in the UK: An Historical Overview. Part 2: Confronting Issues Management Approaches to Effecting Change. Innovation in the Voluntary Sector. The Challenges of Race Equality and Cultural Capability (RECC) Training. Developing Psychological Services for Refugee Survivors of Torture. Black Service ‘User Involvement’ – Rhetoric or Reality? A Programme for Changing Attitudes in the Statutory Sector: Dialogue is Critical. Part 3: Making It Happen Working Therapeutically with Hidden Dimensions of Racism. The Marlborough Cultural Therapy Centre. Mental Health Services for Chinese People. Counselling and Day Care for South Asian People. African and Caribbean Mental Health Service in Manchester. The Sanctuary Practice in Hackney. A Movement Led by Black Service Users in South London. Part 4: Lessons for the Future The Way Ahead.
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