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  • Why Do We Hurt Ourselves?

    Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life

    by Baptiste Brossard ...
    A sociological analysis of self-injury, the causes of it, and the conditions surrounding those who commit it.Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives? In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Social Experience of Alzheimer's Disease

    by Baptiste Brossard ...
    A book that's "in the upper echelons of social dementia research . . . an entertaining and revelatory contribution to the field" ( Symbolic Interaction).Alzheimer's disease has not only profound medical consequences for the individual experiencing it but a life-changing impact on those around them. From the moment a person is suspected to be suffering from Alzheimer's or another form of dementia, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Explaining Mental Illness

    Sociological Perspectives

    by Baptiste Brossard, Amy Chandler ...
    How can sociology explain the emergence of mental disorders in societies or individuals?This authoritative book makes a case for the renewal of the sociology of mental illness, proposing a reorganisation of this field around four areas: social stratification, stress, labelling and culture. Drawing on case studies from a range of global contexts, the book argues that current research focuses on ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Why Do We Hurt Ourselves?

    Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life

    by Baptiste Brossard ...
    Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily lives? In Why Do We Hurt Ourselves, sociologist Baptiste Brossard draws on a five-year survey of self-injurers and suggests that the answers can be traced to social, more than personal, causes. Self-injury is not a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Updating Charles H. Cooley

    Contemporary Perspectives on a Sociological Classic

    Edited by Natalia Ruiz-Junco, Baptiste Brossard ...
    Series series Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    This book explores the contemporary relevance of Charles H. Cooley’s thought, bringing together scholars from the US, Europe and Australia to reflect on Cooley’s theory and legacy. Offering an up-to-date analysis of Cooley’s reception in the history of the social sciences, an examination of epistemological and methodological advances on his work, critical assessments and novel articulations of his ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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    Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

    by Nick Walker ...
    The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on human neurodiversity.Neuroqueer Heresies collects a decade's worth of Dr. Walker's most influential writings, along with new commentary by the author and new material on her radical conceptualization of Neuroqueer Theory.This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the foundations, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Qualitative Research

    Studying How Things Work

    by Robert E. Stake, PhD ...
    This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study. Rather than offering recipes for specific techniques, master storyteller Robert Stake stimulates readers to discover "how things work" in organizations, programs, communities, and other systems. Topics range from identifying a research question to selecting methods, gathering data, interpreting and ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Claiming Disability

    Knowledge and Identity

    by Simi Linton ...
    Series series Cultural Front
    From public transportation and education to adequate access to buildings, the social impact of disability has been felt everywhere since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. And a remarkable groundswell of activism and critical literature has followed in this wake.Claiming Disability is the first comprehensive examination of Disability Studies as a field of inquiry. ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Minority Body

    A Theory of Disability

    by Elizabeth Barnes ...
    Series series Studies in Feminist Philosophy
    Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon--a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the way disability is typically viewed within analytic ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Formative Assessment in Practice

    A Process of Inquiry and Action

    by Margaret Heritage ...
    Series series Assessment, Accountability, & Achievement Series
    Margaret Heritage presents a practical guide to formative assessment as a process of “inquiry and action” essential to twenty-first century learning.In the wake of the development of the Common Core standards and the effort to develop the appropriate assessments to accompany them, formative assessment has attracted increasing attention from policy makers and practitioners alike. Yet this powerful ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Scripting Addiction

    The Politics of Therapeutic Talk and American Sobriety

    by E. Summerson Carr ...
    Gaming the language of addiction treatmentScripting Addiction takes readers into the highly ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. It is a world where clinical practitioners evaluate how drug users speak about themselves and their problems, and where the ideal of "healthy" talk is explicitly promoted, carefully monitored, and identified as the primary sign of therapeutic ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy

    by David A Pare, Glen Larner ...
    Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy provides mainstream academics and practitioners with easy access to cutting-edge thinking in social constructionist psychology and therapy. This unique book is geared to readers who may not be familiar with narrative, social constructionist, or critical psychology and therapy, presenting contemporary theory and practice with a minimum of jargon. The ... Read more

    $73.99 USD