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  • Studying Generations

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    by Ali Somers, Matthew Hall, Tatjana Buklijas, Ben Little, Alison Winch, Andrew King, Nigel Williams, David Amigoni ...
    Series series Generations, Transitions and Social Change
    Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The concept of ‘generations’ has become a widely discussed area, with recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic revealing our dependence on intergenerational relationships both within and beyond the family. However, the concept can often be misunderstood, which can fuel divisions between age groups rather than generating solutions.This ... Read more

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  • Sociology in Nursing and Healthcare E-Book

    Sociology in Nursing and Healthcare E-Book

    by Hannah Cooke ...
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Nursing practice needs to be informed by an understanding of people and the societies in which they live. This introductory text has been designed specifically to discuss those aspects of sociology which are most relevant to nursing and the health care context in which it takes place.•A user-friendly ... Read more

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  • Social Pedagogy and Working with Children and Young People

    Where Care and Education Meet

    by Inge Bryderup, Stefan Kleipoedszus, Jytte Juul Jensen, Gabriel Eichsteller, Pat Petrie, Janet Boddy, Sylvia Holthoff, Anna Kathrine Frorup, Michael Fielding, Michel Vandenbroeck ...
    Social pedagogy is an innovative discipline that supports children's upbringing and overall development by focusing on the child as a whole person. It has been described as where education and care meet or as 'education in its broadest sense'.This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theory, principles and practice of social pedagogy and the profession of social pedagogue. With chapters ... Read more

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  • Solidarity in Biomedicine and Beyond

    by Barbara Prainsack, Alena Buyx ...
    Series Book 33 - Cambridge Bioethics and Law
    In times of global economic and political crises, the notion of solidarity is gaining new currency. This book argues that a solidarity-based perspective can help us to find new ways to address pressing problems. Exemplified by three case studies from the field of biomedicine: databases for health and disease research, personalised healthcare, and organ donation, it explores how solidarity can make ... Read more

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  • Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences

    by Mike J. McNamee, Stephen Olivier, Paul Wainwright ...
    Series series Ethics and Sport
    Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences puts ethics at the centre of research in these rapidly expanding fields of knowledge. Placing the issues in historical context, and using informative case studies, the authors examine how moral theory can guide research design, education, and governance. As well as theoretical analysis, key practical concerns are critically discussed, ... Read more

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  • Understanding the Sociology of Health

    An Introduction

    by Anne-Marie Barry, Chris Yuill ...
    Why do health inequalities exist? How do gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity or class affect health? What is the healthcare impact of technology? How does climate change relate to health and illness and what does sociology have to teach us about pandemics?This textbook exists to answer these complex questions providing a complete overview of all the key sociological debates, themes, theories and ... Read more

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  • Core Social Work

    International Theory, Values and Practice

    by Willem Blok ...
    It is important for practising and trainee social workers to have a full understanding of the work they do and its role in society.This book provides an introduction to 'the essentials' of social work. Written from an international perspective, the author details the core theory, values and practice which unite social workers around the world. He covers professional standards, social work ... Read more

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  • Welfare Words

    Critical Social Work & Social Policy

    by Paul Michael Garrett ...
    ‘Systematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies’ - Niels Rosendal Jensen′A call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion.′ - Lel Meleyal‘An impassioned dissection of the highly coded lexicon of so-called welfare reform…get reading, get angry, get ready’. - Gargi BhattacharyyaWelfare Words analyses the keywords and phrases commonly used by policy-makers, news-outlets ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Gender

    Social Science Perspectives

    by Jennifer Marchbank, Gayle Letherby ...
    Thoroughly updated in this second edition, Introduction to Gender offers an interdisciplinary approach to the main themes and debates in gender studies. This comprehensive and contemporary text explores the idea of gender from the perspectives of history, sociology, social policy, anthropology, psychology, politics, pedagogy and geography and considers issues such as health and illness, work, ... Read more

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  • Empowerment

    A Critique

    by Kenneth McLaughlin ...
    Series series Routledge Key Themes in Health and Society
    ‘Empowerment’ is a term in widespread use today and one that is often considered to be a self-evident good. Here, McLaughlin explores its emergence in the 1960s through to its rise in the 1990s and ubiquity in present day discourse and interrogates its social status, paying particular attention to social policy, social work and health and social care discourse. He argues that a focus on ... Read more

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  • History, Policy and Public Purpose

    Historians and Historical Thinking in Government

    by Alix R. Green ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book takes a fresh look at the connection between history and policy, proposing that historians rediscover a sense of ‘public purpose’ that can embrace political decision-making – and also enhance historical practice. Making policy is a complex and messy affair, calling on many different forms of expertise and historians have often been reluctant to get involved in policy advice, with those ... Read more

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  • Will Schooling Ever Change?

    School Culture, Distance Learning and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    by Piotr Mikiewicz, Marta Jurczak-Morris ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    This book is an insightful meta-narrative about schooling which explores the global natural experiment of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impact on school culture.The proposed book discusses how the abrupt and somewhat forced digital transformation of schooling on a global scale (caused by the COVID-19 pandemic) did not change the educational status quo. It states that online teaching and ... Read more

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