Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Books
Nova Science Publishers Inc Marriage: Roles, Stability & Conflict
Book SynopsisMarriage has become an increasingly important topic in academic and policy research. A burgeoning literature suggests that marriage has a wide range of benefits, including improvements in individuals'' economic well-being and mental and physical health, as well as the well-being of their children. Inspired, in part, by these potential benefits of marriage, several large-scale federal initiatives have been launched in recent years that aim to encourage and support marriage. In general, married people are healthier than those who are not married across a wide array of health outcomes. This new and important book gathers the latest research from around the globe on marital quality and relationship narratives, domestic violence, marital conflict and child maladjustment, trauma and transitions in the marital relationship and other related topics.
£176.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Handbook of Parenting: Styles, Stresses, &
Book SynopsisFamilies and parents have the most central and enduring influence on children''s lives. Parenthood is not instinctive, but is rather an evolutionary procedure throughout the child''s life-course. This book looks at the pattern of family structures, which has evolved as a result of social, cultural and economic changes. An overview of parental monitoring and the development of two new retrospective monitoring scales is examined. This book also focuses on certain parenting styles, stressors, and practices which promote positive and negative child behaviours. The goodness-of-fit concept is emphasised, which concentrates specifically on how a poor fit between the temperament behaviours of infants and young children and parents'' expectations and parenting skills can stress and challenges the parent-child relationship and potentially lead to poor child outcomes. Among other issues, this book addresses the relations of maternal emotional availability with infant smiling and crying, the importance of measuring parental brain and physiological systems, the effect of working class mothers on their emotional availability to their children, and the variety of patterns that a parent must adopt in daily life to cope with situations of conflict to promote processes of emotional and social adaptation in their children.
£176.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Family Transcultural Consultation: The Borders of
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Companion Press,US The Dementia Care Partner's Workbook: A Guide for
Book SynopsisThe Dementia Care Partner’s Workbook includes a forward by world-renown dementia educator Teepa Snow, who said, “This resource offers what is so needed in dementia care: a combination of practical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual support for those who have to make the journey. This workbook provides individual family members with greater awareness, knowledge, and skill to improve life, relationships, and care throughout the disease process.”
£16.16
Nova Science Publishers Inc Parenting: Challenges, Practices & Cultural
Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors present current research on the challenges, practices and cultural influences of parenting. Topics discussed in this compilation include young maternal age along with pre-term birth and the transition to motherhood; parents'' perceptions of their child''s mental health problems; Asian-American parenting; culture and parenting; parental influence on children''s mate choice; gay and lesbian parenting; and parenting practices in a global world.
£129.74
Nova Science Publishers Inc Amber Alerts: Best Practices & Program Technology
Book SynopsisAmber Alerts (also referred to as AMBER plans) were created to disseminate information about child abductions in a timely manner. Research has found that most abducted children murdered by their kidnappers are killed within three hours of the abduction. Prompt response to child abductions is therefore deemed critical by many. Amber Alert plans are voluntary partnerships including law enforcement agencies, highway departments, and companies that support emergency alerts. This book discusses best practices and program technology for Amber alerts.
£67.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Food Insecurity in U.S. Households with Children:
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£55.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Teen Dating: Perspectives on Relationships &
Book SynopsisAdolescent dating violence has surfaced as a significant public health issue. As teen dating violence (TDV) incidence has escalated substantially in recent years, a number of research, practice and policy efforts have been championed in response. One critical challenge in effectively addressing teen dating violence relates to the lack of research that directly considers how youth conceptualise teen dating in the first place, apart from specifically aggressive or violent relationships. This book discusses perspectives on relationship and violence in teen dating.
£155.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Supporting Healthy Marriage Program for
Book SynopsisThe Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a skills-based relationship education program designed to help low-income married couples strengthen their relationships and, in turn, to support more stable and more nurturing home environments and more positive outcomes for parents and their children. The SHM program is a voluntary, yearlong, relationship and marriage education program for low-income, married couples who have children or are expecting a child. The program provides group workshops based on structured curricula; supplemental activities to build on workshop themes; and family support services to address participation barriers, connect families with other services, and reinforce curricular themes. The study''s rigorous random assignment design compares outcomes for families who are offered SHM''s services with outcomes for a similar group of families who are not offered SHM''s services but can access other services. This book presents estimated impacts on the program''s targeted outcomes about one year after couples entered the study.
£196.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Urban American Indians' Social Service Needs &
Book SynopsisWhat are the social service needs of low-income urban American Indians and to what extent to do they access Administration for Children and Families (ACF) services and supports? This book presents the results of an exploratory study to better understand Urban Indians'' interactions with ACF programs and services. Data were obtained via in-depth interviews with directors of Urban Indian Centers (UICs) from around the country and a set of employees from local government social service agencies. Interviewees were asked to identify the range of social service needs of the population; barriers to accessing ACF services, what role the UICs play in meeting urban American Indians'' needs, and any promising or effective practices that they believed would improve services to the urban Indian population. This literature review also summarizes what is known about the status of urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families including their history of engagement with government services and the potential impact historical policies have had on current government service use. It also explores urban AI/AN families'' cultural engagement and ways in which cultural identification might pose barriers or facilitate access to services provided by ACF. In addition, existing literature is examined for information about how the context in which these families live might facilitate or impede access to services. Finally, the review incorporates what is known about the current level of urban AI/AN need for and utilization of ACF-funded services.
£122.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
Book SynopsisThe Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant helps states fund, among other benefits and services, cash assistance for needy families with children. While there are some federal rules that determine who may qualify for TANF-funded cash assistance (e.g., the family must have a dependent child), states determine the financial eligibility criteria and cash assistance benefit amounts. There is a large amount of variation among the states in the income thresholds that determine whether a family is eligible for cash assistance and in the benefit amounts paid. This book describes state TANF financial eligibility rules and maximum benefit amounts; and discusses spending and policy options for TANF.
£72.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Parenting: Behaviors, Cultural Influences &
Book SynopsisWe know that parents affect the behavior, health and well-being of their children, but the findings of parent-child effects vary in different countries. Parenting has evolved into a science with prolific studies focusing on how and why parents behave in a particular way and the effects these behaviours have on the child. As a result of parenting effects, the cognitive, emotional, social, physical and general development of the child can be positive or negative. In this book, each chapter adds to our understanding of the parent-child relationship; the possible effects the behaviour of parents may have on the health and well-being of children are discussed. These influences are presented from the perspective of Diana Baumrind''s, a specialist of parenting typologies. The studies presented in this book provide a cultural perspective of parenting, highlighting the similarities and differences to other studies focusing on: interventions for parents; adoption and foster care; the reciprocal nature between religiosity and politics and the family. This book includes reviews and primary research studies conducted in South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and Hong Kong.
£163.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Adoption Assistance for Professionals: Aspects,
Book SynopsisChildren leaving out-of-home care for adoption or other family permanency require preparation and support to help them understand the past events in their lives and to process feelings connected to their experiences of abuse and neglect, separation, loss, rejection, and abandonment. Child welfare, foster care, and adoption agencies often assume that permanent families will provide the healing environment for these children and youth, and these agencies spend considerable resources to recruit, train, and support foster and adoptive parents to provide legal permanency and well-being for these children. While a high percentage of these adoptions are successful -- in that they are not legally dissolved -- both children and families often struggle or suffer from stress that might have been mitigated by better preparation practices for all parties. This book discusses services for children and youth to address their readiness and preparation for permanent relationships. It also explores research, intervention strategies, and resources to assist professionals in preserving connections among siblings; provides a factsheet for child welfare professionals who work with families interested in adoption and/or who are about to receive a referral or foster or adoptive placement; discusses ways to help professionals guide birth and adoptive families who are contemplating open adoption or who are already having postadoption contact; and is intended to support adoption professionals in addressing the needs for postadoption services and meeting common challenges in their delivery.
£131.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Child Abuse & Neglect: National Maltreatment Data
Book SynopsisAll 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories have child abuse and neglect reporting laws that mandate certain professionals and institutions to report suspected maltreatment to a child protective services (CPS) agency. Most states recognise four major types of maltreatment: neglect, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, and sexual abuse. Although any of the forms of child maltreatment may be found separately, they can occur in combination. This book provides data collected on child maltreatment from 2013; and discusses statutes identifying persons who are required to report suspected child maltreatment to an appropriate agency, such as child protective services, a law enforcement agency, or a State''s toll-free child abuse reporting hotline.
£247.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Parenthood & Parenting in Croatia: A
Book SynopsisParental behavior and the experience of parenthood have been areas of study worldwide for the last hundred years (and in Croatia for about forty years). Researchers started with the exploration of parental behavior and parenting styles, but a few decades later the research was broadened to include the experience of parenthood. Previously, when developmental psychology generally meant child psychology, the parenting phenomenon was hardly observed. After developmental psychology became a lifetime phenomenon, parenting was studied in all developmental stages. However, the first phase of parenting is still dominant in research. This fact is reflected in the contents of this monograph, which is a representative of Croatia''s most important theoretical and empirical research. The results of some of the research included have had a significant impact on social institutions that deal with issues of family, education and health. Special characteristics in the above mentioned research are: a) Earlier research, which was conducted mainly among mothers, was recently replaced by studies that include joint maternal and paternal influences and their distinct impact on the development of children as well as the effects of parental conflicts on the psychosocial functioning of children. b) Research of parenting and parenthood using a recent theoretical approach to parenting as well as the theory based research designs. c) Critical observations about the shortcomings in published research are presented while future directions of research are proposed.
£265.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Parent-Child Interactions & Relationships:
Book SynopsisPositive parent-child interactions play an important role in fostering the development of pre-schoolers'' knowledge and understandings of their world. This book provides current research on parent-child interactions and relationships. Chapter One reviews Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) research conducted with diverse populations as well as adaptations that have been implemented. Chapter Two describes Integration of Working Models of Attachment into Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (IoWA-PCIT). Chapter Three reports results of a small open trial of IoWA-PCIT with children and their adoptive mothers. Chapter Four analyses the educational representations and practices of Italian parents about childrearing. Chapter Five compares mothers and fathers on a variety of parenting measures that include behavioral observations as well as self-reported data. Chapter Six presents how experiences of adequate quality promote metacognitive functions. Chapter Seven analyses mother-child interactions during the use of a touch screen tablet. Chapter Eight explores the effect engagement with media technologies has on the quality of interactions between parents and their children. Chapter Nine suggests that supporting children''s early writing with technologies can complete the traditional early literacy and writing support via a pencil and paper. Chapter Ten examines the relationship between parent teaching of environmental print to their children, child interest in environmental print, and emergent literacy skills. Chapter Eleven describes the longitudinal effects of parent-child interactions on social competence development using the Interaction Rating Scale (IRS) for eighteen-month olds to seven-year-old children.
£163.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Rehoming of Adopted Children: Addressing
Book SynopsisParents have the legal responsibility to protect and care for their children. However, recent media reports have illuminated a practice involving unregulated custody transfers of adopted children. Commonly referred to as "rehoming," this practice involves parents who turn to the internet or other unregulated networks to find a new home for their child. These media reports found instances in which adopted children were placed in dangerous situations where they were harmed by the adults who received them. This book examines the reasons adoptive families consider unregulated child custody transfers, and services that exist to support these families before they take such an action; what is known about the prevalence of these transfers; and actions selected states and federal agencies have taken to address such transfers.
£67.14
Nova Science Publishers Inc Adoption Options, Considerations & Guidance
Book SynopsisThe prospect of adopting a child can be both exciting and overwhelming. There are many different types of adoption and choices to be made in pursuing an adoption. Your options for adoption will depend on the needs and interests of an adoptable child or youth as well as what is important to your family. These factors may include your flexibility around the characteristics of the child you wish to adopt, your feelings about contact with birth family members, your resources, and how long you are willing to wait for your child. This book discusses the options available for different types of families and provides guidance for adopting a child.
£138.39
Morgan James Publishing llc The Greatest Gift
Book SynopsisThe Greatest Gift is the ultimate guide to successful estate planning—without the drama!For anyone who has worked their entire life to amass wealth, one of their biggest fears is that their kids will fight over their assets after they have passed. In The Greatest Gift, the authors lay out a plan to keep this from happening by providing families with the tools they need for the successful transfer of wealth, allowing heirs to carry on their family’s legacy.Based upon Sean Maher’s extensive experience as a financial planner and interviews with families who navigated a peaceful inheritance, this helpful resource identifies 9 Principles for Successful Wealth Transfer. It reinforces those principles with stories of inheritances gone right and those gone wrong, incorporating insights and tools from coauthor Jill D. Maher’s field of work—psychology.Implementing the nine principles allows future generations to build upon their family’s rich and lasting legacy rather than fight over assets and money—no matter the amount. As such, The Greatest Gift is for anyone who values preserving relational wealth as much as they value building financial wealth.A useful guide for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or anyone who envisions their heirs thriving and living in harmony after they’re gone, it’s also for people who wish to be a catalyst for proactive conversations with their siblings, cousins, or anyone else who might share in an inheritance.The Greatest Gift offers tools that are easy to implement to ensure families do not end up being the subject of a Dateline episode of an inheritance gone terribly wrong.
£999.99
Profile Books Ltd Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal
Book Synopsis*A Blackwell's Book of the Year* *A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* *A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022* *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently' The Daily Telegraph ***** 'Riveting' Mail on Sunday ***** 'Captivating' Guardian, Book of the Day 'Compelling' Observer Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths: people weren't normal - triangles were. But from the 1830s, this branch of science really took off across Europe and North America, with a proliferation of IQ tests, sex studies, a census of hallucinations - even a UK beauty map (which concluded the women in Aberdeen were "the most repellent"). This book tells the surprising history how the very notion of the normal came about, how it shaped us all, often while entrenching oppressive values. Sarah Chaney looks at why we're still asking the internet: Do I have a normal body? Is my sex life normal? Are my kids normal? And along the way, she challenges why we ever thought it might be a desirable thing to be.Trade ReviewEureka! Sarah Chaney's excellent Am I Normal? is one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently -- Tim Smith-Laing * The Daily Telegraph, ***** *Captivating -- Book of the Day * Guardian *Riveting ... The moral of the story, indeed of this engaging book, is that instead of ruminating endlessly on the worried (and unanswerable) question Am I Normal?, we should be asking ourselves instead whether normal even exists and why, quite frankly, anyone cares * Mail on Sunday, ***** *Compelling, highly readable ... Encompassing everything from sex surveys to baby weight, beauty standards to sexuality, this is a brilliantly engaging work of popular science * Observer *Sarah Chaney charts, fascinatingly, [a] progressive creep of the idea of the "normal" into the heart of society... shocking and salutary * The Times *This fascinating read will change the way we think about what is normal * Buzz *
£15.29
Vintage Publishing 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
Book SynopsisAi Weiwei is one of the world's most important living artists. Born in 1957, he lives in Cambridge, UK.Allan H. Barr is the author of a study in Chinese of a literary inquisition in the early Qing dynasty, Jiangnan yijie: Qing ren bixia de Zhuangshi shi'an, and the translator of several books by contemporary Chinese authors, including Yu Hua's China in Ten Words and Han Han's This Generation. He teaches Chinese at Pomona College in California.
£999.99
MACK Monogamous Mind Polyamorous Terror
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Monash University Publishing An Imperial Affair: Portrait of an Australian
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Women's Intuition Worldwide The Empowered Empath: Owning, Embracing and
Book SynopsisThe Basics for Empaths Start Right Here. Simple, straightforward and proven techniques for consciously directing your empath gifts on command. Thats what Empath Coach Rose Rosetree can teach you with Book 3 of her series of self-help books for empaths. The most sophisticated techniques around. For refining your skills to understand your empath gifts, turn them OFF as a matter of habit, and become used to positioning your consciousness in spontaneous ways that help you greatly. By the time you start reading this book, youve probably prepared by reading Book 1 of this series. And also youve gained powerful empath skills from Book 2. Note: If you havent read them yet, at least please follow the preceding links to read about them. This will boost your consumers understanding about what this particular book can do for you.
£17.99
Transcript Verlag Being a Parent in the Field – Implications and
Book SynopsisHow does being a parent in the field influence a researcher's positionality and the production of ethnographic knowledge? Based on regionally and thematically diverse cases, this collection explores methodological, theoretical, and ethical dimensions of accompanied fieldwork. The authors show how multiple familial relations and the presence of their children, partners, or other family members impact the immersion into the field and the construction of its boundaries. Female and male authors from various career stages exemplify different research conditions, financial constraints, and family-career challenges which are decisive for academic success.Trade Review"The edited volume is an interesting reading for anyone interested in ethnographic research methodology. It is particularly useful for anyone planning to conduct accompanied fieldwork. Since the book is particularly clearly written, it can be recommended not only to researchers but also to students." Mari Korpela, Anthropos, 116 (2021) "[The book] is not only a must-read for young scholars, to prepare them for potential future fieldwork scenarios, but it also contributes to the disciplines joint effort to pave the way for smoother and more flexible life and research styles." Anna-Maria Walter (University of Oulu, Finland), Allegra Lab, 21.05.2021"'Being a Parent in the Field' offers an important reminder and therefore, is a welcomed contribution to the methodological and epistemological discussions around the making of ethnography, one that should be read in ethnographic methods courses." Konstanze N'Guessan, https://allegralaboratory.net, 17.07.2021
£40.00
Transcript Verlag Creating Learning Spaces – Experiences from
Book SynopsisWhat can we learn from a teacher's journal about working with challenging youth? Why does the Training Room Program in German schools impede the development of an empowering learning culture? What experiences transpire during a train trip to the sea with an unruly crew of school boys? Or: what happens when children plan a trip on their own? Anyone who has accumulated experiences in teaching faces creative choices when putting that legacy to paper. The author chose to use this selection of studies to illustrate formative and inspirational moments from his years as a dedicated teacher and father.Table of ContentsPreface; Teaching on the Frontline; Maladjusted Youth as Sand in the Gears?; Accessing Art with Movable Layout; Challenging Disabling School Policies; When Children Plan a Trip on Their Own; Experiential Learning Across the Fields; References.
£28.89
Transcript Verlag Becoming Donor–Conceived – The Transformation of
Book SynopsisWhile it has been argued that anonymity in gamete donation has been brought to an end by legal changes and technological developments, Amelie Baumann suggests that this is in fact still in transformation. By focusing on the narratives of those who were conceived with anonymously donated gametes in the UK and Germany, she examines this transformative process and the role which donor-conceived persons play in it. This book shows that it is not someone's decision to procreate that turns "being donor-conceived" into a meaningful categorisation. Rather, kinship knowledge gets activated by the donor-conceived in specific ways for "being donor-conceived" to become a powerful identification.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Contextualising donor conception and anonymity; Research and analysis; The right to know; Public stories and new networks; Micropolitics of not-knowing; When the cat has been let out of the bag; Connections you might (not) make; Infrastructuring DNA; Conclusion; References; List of abbreviations; List of figures; Acknowledgements.
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Contract Children: Questioning Surrogacy
Book SynopsisSurrogate motherhood is expanding all over the world. Debates rage over how public policy should consider the signing away of the parental rights of birth mothers in favor of a 'commissioning' couple or an individual. In this book, Daniela Danna describes the situation in English-speaking countries and worldwide, from California to Greece, presenting the legal alternatives regulating (or not) these peculiar exchanges. Should surrogacy remain a private agreement? Should it be treated as an enforceable contract? Are surrogate mothers workers? What happens inside the countries that have chosen different ways of handling this new and controversial matter? And, the most important question of all: How can we live in this era of new techno-medical possibilities and try to stay human? Can we resist commodification in the field of human relations concerning procreation? Contract Children discusses the different ways available to obtain a child through surrogate motherhood. It is fundamental reading for anyone wanting to be involved in the surrogacy process. It gives prospective surrogate mothers and infertile couples the background information necessary for their own informed decision. It is also an essential instrument for policy makers and activists in the field of women's rights, social justice, and children's rights. The question of how to publicly deal with surrogate motherhood touches upon our social vision of motherhood, ultimately marking the position of women in contemporary society.Trade Review"Reading this book is like climbing to the top of a mountain and surveying the landscape beneath. It clearly outlines the difficult and interconnected debates surrounding surrogacy." --Stefania Doglioli, President of the Centro Studi sul Pensiero Femminile and of the Associazione XXD"Intelligent, compelling and highly readable, Contract Children challenges us to rethink the meanings of motherhood, care, and markets before making judgments about the ethics of surrogacy. This is a powerful and original contribution to debates on surrogate motherhood." -- Julia O'Connell Davidson, Professor of Sociology, University of Nottingham"Daniela Danna has given us a truly global and rich analysis of what is called 'surrogacy', and what she more accurately calls 'contract children'. She traces the practice of selling 'gestational services' or 'renting wombs' from its creation in the United States in the 1970's to its growth as a global industry, showing us the varied legal and social meanings around the world of turning pregnancy into paid labor - and often very poorly paid labor indeed. What would it mean to value, as she argues we should value, pregnancy and motherhood as the basic social tie, the relationship within which all human life begins?" -- Barbara Katz Rothman, Professor of Sociology at CUNY
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Contract Children – Questioning Surrogacy
Book SynopsisSurrogate motherhood is expanding all over the world. Debates rage over how public policy should consider the signing away of the parental rights of birth mothers in favor of a 'commissioning' couple or an individual. In this book, Daniela Danna describes the situation in English-speaking countries and worldwide, from California to Greece, presenting the legal alternatives regulating (or not) these peculiar exchanges. Should surrogacy remain a private agreement? Should it be treated as an enforceable contract? Are surrogate mothers workers? What happens inside the countries that have chosen different ways of handling this new and controversial matter? And, the most important question of all: How can we live in this era of new techno-medical possibilities and try to stay human? Can we resist commodification in the field of human relations concerning procreation? Contract Children discusses the different ways available to obtain a child through surrogate motherhood. It is fundamental reading for anyone wanting to be involved in the surrogacy process. It gives prospective surrogate mothers and infertile couples the background information necessary for their own informed decision. It is also an essential instrument for policy makers and activists in the field of women's rights, social justice, and children's rights. The question of how to publicly deal with surrogate motherhood touches upon our social vision of motherhood, ultimately marking the position of women in contemporary society.Trade Review"Reading this book is like climbing to the top of a mountain and surveying the landscape beneath. It clearly outlines the difficult and interconnected debates surrounding surrogacy." -- Stefania Doglioli, President of the Centro Studi sul Pensiero Femminile and of the Associazione XXD"Intelligent, compelling and highly readable, Contract Children challenges us to rethink the meanings of motherhood, care, and markets before making judgments about the ethics of surrogacy. This is a powerful and original contribution to debates on surrogate motherhood." -- Julia O'Connell Davidson, Professor of Sociology, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Familial Constellations2. From Conception to the Baby3. Baby and the Law4. Mothers and OthersConclusion: Ethical SurrogacyReferences
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Child Poverty, Youth (Un)Employment & Social
Book SynopsisWorldwide child and youth poverty and deprivation remain the biggest barrier to achieving a better life in adulthood. Progress in lifting children out of poverty in the last decades has been slow and limited in the developing world, while the recent global economic crisis has exacerbated child poverty, youth unemployment, and social exclusion in many developed countries. By critically unravelling the long-term consequences of growing up poor, the close linkages between multiple deprivations and violation of human rights in childhood and adolescence, and their effects on labour market entry and future career in a number of developing and developed countries, this book significantly enriches the existing literature. Drawing on multiple disciplinary perspectives, it makes a forceful case for the eradication of child poverty to take centre stage in the Sustainable Development Goals.
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Tackling Child Poverty in Latin America: Rights &
Book SynopsisThis book highlights current debates about concepts, methods, and policies related to poverty in Latin America. It focuses on child and adolescent well-being and the issue of inclusive societies. Its goal is to promote new and critical thinking about these issues globally and in Latin America. The authors clearly emphasise the need to develop new conceptual and practical avenues that can address the issues of poverty, marginalisation, exclusion, and old and new inequalities in post-neoliberal times. The objective is to advance the rights of all children and adolescents in the region. This urgent book represents a unique opportunity for practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and students to get access to the most up-to-date key knowledge on child poverty and inequality from a conceptual and practical point of view.
£23.99
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd Speaking of Child Care: Discover the Joy of
Book SynopsisThis book, of value to parents, doctors, nurses, midwives, home science students and teachers, offers practical help in child birth and child care. It tells you about changing nappies and birth weight, infant feeding and vaccination, toilet training and accident prevention, and discipline and how to sail through those stormy teenage years. In short, it tells you all you need to know.
£9.49
Motilal Banarsidass, The Vivaha, The: Hindu Marriage Samskaras
Book SynopsisCeremonial rites and rituals are crucial in Hindu life, with sixteen samskaras including marriage. Mantras in Sanskrit are used, and a book has been translated into English to help those lacking Hindi knowledge, especially migrants from the past century.
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BPB Publications The Happiness of Marriage
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Rawat Family Life Education in India: Perspectives,
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Divorce & Remarriage Among Muslims in India
Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with a sociological exploration of divorce in te Muslimd communities. It recognizes that divorce entails theological and legal dimensions.
£999.99
Aspekt,The Netherlands Adoption Handbook: Stress During the Adoption
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HarperCollins Publishers What Do Women Want By Luise Eichenbaum published August 2009
Book Synopsis‘This book highlights the fact that women are brought up to understand men’s emotional needs but men are not brought up to understand women’s.’ WomanTrade Review‘The old bargain has been shattered. Women want more than a man who makes a good living: they want a man who provides warmth and commitment.’ Vogue ‘It’s a question most women and many men have struggled with…this book comes up with the best answer so far.’ Woman
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Men Are from Mars Women Are from Venus
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hombres Son de Marte Las Mujeres Son de Venus Los
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Obedience to Authority
Book SynopsisIn the 1960s, Stanley Milgram carried out a series of experiments in which human subjects were given progressively more painful electro-shocks in a careful calibrated series to determine to what extent people will obey orders even when they knew them to be painful and immoral. This book deals with Milgram's persuasive explanation of his methods.Trade Review“Milgram’s experiments on obedience have made us more aware of the dangers of uncritically accepting authority.” — Peter Singer, New York Times Book Review “Stanley Milgram’s experiments on obedience to malevolent authority seemed to me to be the most important social psychological research done in this generation….The quality of exposition in the book I s so high that it qualifies as literature as well as science.” — Roger Brown, Harvard University “This well-designed and brilliantly executed research study, reported in an unusually fascinating and very readable style, reveals the elusive and sometimes shocking conditions under which men obey authority regardless of the morality involved.” — Library Journal “A major contribution to our knowledge of man’s behavior. It establishes firmly in the front rank of social scientists in this generation.” — Jerome S. Brunner, Oxford University “One of the most significant books I have read in more than two decades of reviewing.” — Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times “The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences.” — Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World “Milgrim’s experiment-based analysis is a model of systematic, sequential, patient pursuit of answers to a significant social problem. His investigations accomplish what we should expect of responsible social science: to inform the intellect without trivializing the phenomenon.” — Henry W. Reicken, Science
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HarperCollins Surviving a Shark Attack On Land
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Together
Book SynopsisInstant New York Times Bestseller!The book we need NOW to avoid a social recession, Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community.Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness. In his groundbreaking book, the 19th surgeon general of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy makes a case for loneliness as a public health concern: a root cause and contributor to many of the epidemics sweeping the world today from alcohol and drug addiction to violence to depression and anxiety. Loneliness, he argues, is affecting not only our health, but also how our children experience school, how we perform in the workplace, and the sense of division and polarization in our society.But, at the center of our loneliness is o
£23.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hot and Unbothered
Book SynopsisAn acclaimed sex therapist?s practical, playful, and inclusive guide that teaches you how to discover your deepest sexual desires, communicate your wants and needs, define your boundaries, and have the sex you want.While popular culture is saturated with sex, the gap between informed sex education and satisfying sex is vast, and it often leaves LGBTQQ+ individuals out of the conversation entirely. Hot and Unbothered bridges that chasm, giving you explicit permission to talk about, think about, and achieve the pleasure you desire without shame or secrecy, no matter your sexual identity or gender.In Hot and Unbothered, Yana Tallon-Hicks provides a roadmap to empower yourself and improve your relationships, sharing the unique programs she developed for her therapy clients and workshops. She begins by shattering myths about ?good sex,? which is seamless, satisfying?and nearly non-existent. Once you let go of unreachable ideals, you can start to truly identify your own unique desires and fears and build the safest space to fulfill your most pleasurable sexual experiences. Yana guides you to discover your own hang-ups and overcome barriers such as shame, secrecy, misinformation, low self-esteem, lack-of-motivation, and unhealthy relationship patterns. When the path to pleasure is cleared the fun begins! Yana helps you decide who you really are as a sexual being and how to set sexual goals. What do you want? What do you like? What have you yet to discover? And how do you want to explore? In answering these questions, you can establish and set your limits, clarify your needs, and communicate your desires to your current partner. Yana reminds you that whether your partner is a lifelong companion or a casual hook-up, your pleasure, comfort, and identity should always be supported.Yana unpacks common stumbling blocks, troubleshoots tricky conversations, and addresses potential backslides to ensure long-lasting success. Complete with worksheets and exercises, as well as playful hand-drawn illustrations, Hot and Unbothered will help you understand, pursue, and fulfill your sexual desires now, and for the rest of your life.
£16.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc How to Be the Love You Seek
Book Synopsis
£24.00
