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  • Socialist republic

    Remaking the British left in 1980s Sheffield

    by Daisy Payling ...
    Socialist republic is a timely account of 1980s left-wing politics in South Yorkshire. It explores how Sheffield City Council set out to renew the British Left. Through careful analysis of the Council’s agenda and how it interacted with trade unions, women’s groups, lesbian and gay rights groups and acted on issues such as peace, environmentalism, anti-apartheid and anti-racism, the book draws out ... Read more

    $91.49 USD

  • ‘Everyday health’, embodiment, and selfhood since 1950

    Edited by Tracey Loughran, Hannah Froom, Kate Mahoney, Daisy Payling ...
    Series Book 61 - Social Histories of Medicine
    What is the history of ‘everyday health’ in the postwar world, and where might we find it? This volume moves away from top-down histories of health and medicine that focus on states, medical professionals, and other experts. Instead, it centres the day-to-day lives of people in diverse contexts from 1950 to the present. Chapters explore how gender, class, ‘race’, sexuality, disability, and age ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Placing the Public in Public Health in Post-War Britain, 1948–2012

    by Alex Mold, Peder Clark, Gareth Millward, Daisy Payling ...
    Series series Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
    This open access book explores the question of who or what ‘the public’ is within ‘public health’ in post-war Britain. Drawing on historical research on the place of the public in public health in Britain from the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948, the book presents a new perspective on the relationship between state and citizen. Focusing on health education, health surveys, ... Read more

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    Expertise, Experience, and Emotion

    by Jennifer Crane ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This open access book explores how children, parents, and survivors reshaped the politics of child protection in late twentieth-century England. Activism by these groups, often manifested in small voluntary organisations, drew upon and constructed an expertise grounded in experience and emotion that supported, challenged, and subverted medical, ... Read more

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  • Medical Sociology and Old Age

    Towards a sociology of health in later life

    by Paul Higgs, Ian Rees Jones ...
    Series series Critical Studies in Health and Society
    The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social policy. By examining these perspectives, Higgs and Jones show how both standpoints have a restricted ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Ageing

    Biographical Approaches for Inclusive Care and Support

    by Kath Browne, Jane Traies, Mike Phillips, Jason Lim, Roger Newman, Jose Catalan, Leela Bakshi, Lindsay River, Sally Knocker, Kathryn Almack, Gary L. Stein, Stephen Pugh, Andrew King, Gareth Owen, Ann Cronin, Elizabeth Price, Robin Wright, Stacey Halls, Rebecca Jones, Nick Maxwell, Louis Bailey ...
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people often face unique challenges as they grow older. It is vital that those providing them with care and support understand their needs, wishes and experiences.This book demonstrates how biographical approaches can increase understanding about the distinct perspectives of older LGBT people, enhancing inclusive care and support. Chapters explore ... Read more

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  • Respect and Equality

    Transsexual and Transgender Rights

    by Stephen Whittle ...
    In this fascinating work, theoretical discussions of sex, sexuality, gender and law, and an extensive range of primary and secondary research materials, are combined to provide an insightful analysis into the inadequacies of current law. ... Read more

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  • Health

    by Peter Aggleton ...
    Series series Society Now
    Written in a clear, accessible style, Health introduces students to the valuable contribution sociologists have made to understanding health, illness and disease. In so doing, it challenges the adequacy of biomedical models, contrasting them with explanations offered by positivist, interactionist, structuralist and feminist sociologists.Aggleton, an experienced teacher, links the key debates ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Material Girls

    Why Reality Matters for Feminism

    by Kathleen Stock ...
    PREORDER KATHLEEN STOCK'S NEW BOOK DO NOT GO GENTLE: THE CASE AGAINST ASSISTED DEATH (APRIL, 2026)'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday TimesMaterial Girls is a timely and trenchant criti... ... Read more

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  • The End of Physiotherapy

    by David A. Nicholls ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy
    Physiotherapy is arriving at a critical point in its history. Since World War I, physiotherapy has been one of the largest allied health professions and the established provider of orthodox physical rehabilitation. But ageing populations of increasingly chronically ill people, a growing scepticism towards biomedicine and the changing economy of healthcare threaten physiotherapy’s long-held status. ... Read more

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    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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  • The Transgender Issue

    Trans Justice Is Justice for All

    by Shon Faye ...
    An incisive case for trans justice from a powerful new voiceIn this brilliant introduction to trans politics, journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice.So often, Faye argues, trans people are understood as a “side issue,” the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized ... Read more

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