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  • Human Resource Management in Education

    Contexts, Themes and Impact

    by Justine Mercer, Bernard Barker, Richard Bird ...
    Series series Leadership for Learning Series
    The study of educational leadership makes little sense unless it is in relation to who the leaders are, how they are leading, what is being led, and with what effect. Based on the premise that learning is at the heart of leadership and that leaders themselves should be learners, the Leadership for Learning series explores the connections between educational leadership, policy, curriculum, human ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Migration, Mobility and Education

    Examining the Role of Family and Schooling

    by Kate Hoskins, Bernard Barker ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    This book examines the role of family and schooling through an interpretive, qualitative, intergenerational case study. It examines the formation of academic and vocational aspirations by second generation (G2) migrant students from diverse international backgrounds.Looking at the influence of family background, the changes and impacts of the migrant experience, and the effectiveness of the ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • STEM, Social Mobility and Equality

    Avenues for Widening Access

    by Kate Hoskins, Bernard Barker ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines the role of the family in intra and inter-generational social movement. The authors take a genealogical approach to researching social mobility, using a university chemistry department as a case study to explore participants’ motives for pursuing a STEM undergraduate degree and the influences that have shaped them. Assessing the roles of genealogy, family and higher education in ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect

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    **A Financial Times Best Book of the Year 2020A TIMELY AND PROVOCATIVE ARGUMENT FROM LEADING POLITICAL ANALYST DAVID GOODHART ABOUT THE SEVERELY IMBALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF STATUS AND WORK IN WESTERN SOCIETIES.**The coronavirus pandemic revealed what we ought to have already known: that nurses, caregivers, supermarket workers, delivery drivers, cleaners, and so many others are essential. Until ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Social Policy for Social Work

    Placing Social Work in its Wider Context

    by Karen Clarke, Lorraine Green ...
    Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an understanding is increasingly important as social workers are expected to work across institutional, professional and even national boundaries in new ways profoundly affected by the changing global context.This insightful book examines how shifts in the ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • The Borders of Violence

    Temporary Migration and Domestic and Family Violence

    by Marie Segrave, Stefani Vasil ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
    This book explores the structural harm of borders and non-citizenship, specifically temporary non-citizenship, in the perpetuation of domestic and family violence (DFV). It focuses on the stories and situations of over 300 women in Australia. The analysis foregrounds how the state and the migration system both sustain and enable violence against women. In doing so this book demonstrates how ... Read more

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  • Humanitarian Action and Ethics

    Edited by Ayesha Ahmad, James Smith ...
    From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments. While humanitarian work has always presented unique ethical challenges, such efforts are now further complicated by the impact of globalization, the escalating refugee crisis, and mounting criticisms of established humanitarian practice.Featuring contributions ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Key Issues in Education and Social Justice

    by Emma Smith ...
    Series series Education Studies: Key Issues
    ‘This highly accessible book weaves together discussion of recent research findings, policy developments and theoretical perspectives. It provides a thought-provoking and at times contentious introduction that will challenge students and teachers to look beyond the easy and glib rhetoric, helping them understand the complexities of educating for a more equal world.′Shereen Benjamin, Senior ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Introducing International Social Work

    Edited by Sue Lawrence, Graeme Simpson, Nathalie Huegler, Karen H. Lyons ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    This book guides the reader through the international development of social work and discusses how aspects of globalisation are making it an increasingly international activity and profession. Individual chapters locate the UK population historically and currently as a multicultural community and explore the international issues that social workers in the UK confront in their daily practice with ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society

    A Multidisciplinary Handbook

    Edited by Dr Suman Fernando, Frank Keating ...
    This 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 ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Introduction to Comparative and International Education

    by Jennifer Marshall ...
    This book introduces major themes surrounding comparative and international education, giving you a nuanced understanding of key debates, and thinkers, and the tools necessary to conduct comparisons using secondary sources. Social, economic, historical, and cultural factors are examined in order to investigate the varied contexts in which education takes place around the globe.This new edition ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Social Work and Poverty

    A Critical Approach

    by Lester Parrott ...
    Social work and poverty: A critical approach provides a timely review of the key issues facing social workers and service users in working together to combat poverty.First, it situates social work and poverty within a historical context, then analyses definitions and theories of poverty along with their importance in enabling anti-oppressive practice with service users. It goes on to evaluate the ... Read more

    $44.09 USD