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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “allan westerling”
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  • Navigating Contemporary Fatherhood in Europe

    Care and Involvement in Everyday Life

    by Maria Letizia Bosoni, Alice Zanchettin, Anne Hovgaard Jorgensen, Martyn Bradley, Clare Stovell, Ian Blackwell, Jason Preston, Kerry Fletcher, Charlotte Petersson, Therése Wissö ...
    Series series Sociology of Children and Families
    Drawing on extensive empirical research, this book examines paternal involvement in caregiving practices and asks what is currently happening to ‘involved’ fatherhood?The book investigates fatherhood in various everyday settings, such as outdoor spaces, workplaces and the home, while considering the influence of policy frameworks across different European countries. By analysing fathers’ ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Doing Good Parenthood

    Ideals and Practices of Parental Involvement

    Edited by Anna Sparrman, Allan Westerling, Judith Lind, Karen Ida Dannesboe ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited collection shows that good parenthood is neither fixed nor stable. The contributors show how parenthood is equally done by men, women and children, in and through practices involving different normative guidelines. The book explores how normative layers of parenthood are constituted by notions such as good childhood, family ideals, national public health and educational strategies. The ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Fathers, Families and Relationships

    Researching Everyday Lives

    by Jon cc, Rita Chawla-Duggan, Therese Wisso, Sara Mazzucchelli, Maria Letizia Bosoni, Allan Westerling, Carmen Lau Claytn, Dr Susan Milner, Caroline Gatrell, Kristian Daneback0, Professor Lars Plantin1, Tina Miller2, Jonathan Ives3 ...
    In this exciting book, leading fatherhood scholars from Europe and Scandinavia offer unique insights into how to research fathers and fatherhood in contemporary society.Outlining research methods in detail, including examples of large scale studies, online research, surveys and visual and aural methods, they explore how each approach worked in practice, what the benefits and pitfalls were, and ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

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    Creating Frameworks for Practice

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    This popular and innovative core text book explores contemporary social work theories and perspectives in a systematic way, using an integrated and flexible framework to link context, theory, and practice approaches. Healy expertly provides an applied guide to social work theory across a range of organisational contexts, showing social work as a diverse activity that is profoundly shaped by ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Inquiry as Stance

    Practitioner Research for the Next Generation

    by Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Susan L. Lytle ...
    Series series Practitioner Inquiry Series
    In this long-awaited sequel to Inside/Outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge, two leaders in the field of practitioner research offer a radically different view of the relationship of knowledge and practice and of the role of practitioners in educational change. In their new book, the authors put forward the notion of inquiry as stance as a challenge to the current arrangements and outcomes of ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Culturally Inclusive Educator

    Preparing for a Multicultural World

    by Dena R. Samuels ...
    The Culturally Inclusive Educator asks educators to consider what they can do differently to create a welcoming, inclusive, and exciting environment for the 21st century. Based on the author’s national research and consulting work, this book examines the discrepancy between the current educational cultural climate and the need for educators and their institutions to prepare for a growing ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 1: AS and 1st-Year A Level

    by Ken Browne ...
    The essential revision guide for AS and 1st-year A level Sociology from trusted and best-selling author Ken Browne.This indispensable book provides everything you need to revise for the exams, with a clear topic-by-topic layout to recap key theories and central ideas.The revision guide maps perfectly onto Ken Browne’s Sociology for AQA Volume 1 with each topic cross-referenced to the main textbook ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • A Complex Exile

    Homelessness and Social Exclusion in Canada

    by Erin Dej ...
    Over 235,000 people couch-surf, stay in emergency shelters, or live on the street in Canada every year. But lack of housing security is just one barrier faced by people who are homeless. As A Complex Exile shows, the homelessness sector inadvertently reinforces social exclusion as well. The very policies, practices, and funding models that exist to house the homeless, promote social inclusion, and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Sociology of Gender

    An Introduction to Theory and Research

    by Amy S. Wharton ...
    Featuring extensive revisions and updates, the Second Edition of The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research presents an introductory overview of gender theory and research, and continues to offer a unique and compelling approach to one of the most important topics in the field of sociology.Features extensive revisions and updates, and incorporates recent cross-national ... Read more

    $41.00 USD

  • Support and Protection Across the Lifecourse

    A Practical Approach for Social Workers

    by Caroline McGregor, Pat Dolan ...
    Crossing the traditional divide between social work with children and families and adults, this text applies a lifecourse perspective, within an ecological frame. Based on the principle that practice drives theory, a practical approach for social work is put forward using five interconnected themes:• duality of support and protection• life transitions and life events• intergenerational relations• ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Health Communication

    Theoretical and Critical Perspectives

    by Ruth Cross, Sam Davis, Ivy O'Neil ...
    Health communication is key to promoting good population and individual health outcomes. As the field has developed, there is a growing need for a critical appraisal of the ideologies and theories underpinning health communication in order to ensure effective practice.This book clearly situates health communication within its social context. It provides a critical overview of three key ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • The Politics of Surviving

    How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and Its Aftermath

    by Paige Sweet ...
    For women who have experienced domestic violence, proving that you are a “good victim” is no longer enough. Victims must also show that they are recovering, as if domestic violence were a disease: they must transform from “victims” into “survivors.” Women’s access to life-saving resources may even hinge on “good” performances of survivorhood. Through archival and ethnographic research, Paige L. ... Read more

    $28.49 USD