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  • Human Rights in this Age of Uncertainty

    Social Work Approaches and Practices from Southeast Europe

    Edited by Vjollca Krasniqi, Jane McPherson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book, grounded in a human rights framework, takes a close look at social work approaches and practices in Southeast Europe. Human rights are central in today's understanding of social work as an academic discipline and as a professional practice. Looking at social work through a human rights lens unmasks inequality and discrimination, promotes ethical engagements, and contributes to the ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Reconciling Legacies

    A Town, a University, and the Shadows of Slavery

    by Akela Reason, Barbara McCaskill, Glenn T. Eskew, Jane McPherson, Jennifer L. Rice, Rachelle Berry, Sara Black, Laurie Reitsema, Carey Garland, James F. Brooks ...
    Reconciling Legacies extends the efforts of the University of Georgia to engage in conversations about the ways in which the histories of universities and slavery are intertwined. The collection brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to offer a considered study of the University of Georgia during the nineteenth century, the manifestations of slavery within it, and the resulting ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

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  • The Psychological Impact of Boarding School

    The Trunk in the Hall

    Edited by Penny Cavenagh, Susan McPherson, Jane Ogden ...
    The Psychological Impact of Boarding School is a collection of research-based essays answering a range of questions about boarding school and its long-term impact.Through a combination of original in-depth first-person narratives as well as larger scale surveys, this book aims to fill gaps in current boarding school research and present new findings. Topics addressed include gender differences, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Hop on Pop

    The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture

    Edited by Henry Jenkins III, Tara McPherson, Jane Shattuc ...
    Hop on Pop showcases the work of a new generation of scholars—from fields such as media studies, literature, cinema, and cultural studies—whose writing has been informed by their ongoing involvement with popular culture and who draw insight from their lived experiences as critics, fans, and consumers. Proceeding from their deep political commitment to a new kind of populist grassroots politics, ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Music in Our Lives

    Rethinking Musical Ability, Development and Identity

    by Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, Robert Faulkner ...
    Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Music in Our Lives

    Rethinking Musical Ability, Development and Identity

    by Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, Robert Faulkner ...
    Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Youth Marginality in Britain

    Contemporary Studies of Austerity

    by Anthony Rudd, Robert Mcpherson, Frances Atherton, Jane Mckay, Sean Murphy, Emma Davidson, Claire Tupling, Patrick Ainley, Jenny van Krieken Robson, Lucy Williams, Kim Robinson, L. Ling, Alistair Fraser, L. Whittaker, Susan Anusas Batchelor, Mary Jane Kehily, Linda Brooks, Eldin Fahmy, Peter Squires ...
    Tabloid headlines such as ‘Anti-social Feral Youth,’ ‘Vile Products of Welfare in the UK’ and ‘One in Four Adolescents is a Criminal’ have in recent years obscured understanding of what social justice means for young people and how they experience it. Youth marginality in Britain offers a new perspective by promoting young people’s voices and understanding the agency behind their actions. It ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

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  • Korean Immigrants in Canada

    Perspectives on Migration, Integration, and the Family

    by Samuel Noh, Ann Kim, Marianne Noh ...
    Series series Asian Canadian Studies
    Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and academic communities. Korean Immigrants in Canada provides the first scholarly collection of papers on Korean immigrants and their offspring from interdisciplinary, social scientific perspectives.The ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Mental Health Social Work

    by Jennifer Martin ...
    Mental Health Social Work provides students and practitioners in social work, human services and welfare studies with a thorough understanding of contemporary mental health theory and practice required for beginning practice as a mental health social worker. Testimonials from readers of previous editions are appreciative of the engaging style of writing that facilitates reflective practice for ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • How To Be Gay

    by David M. Halperin ...
    A pioneer of LGBTQ studies dares to suggest that gayness is a way of being that gay men must learn from one another to become who they are. The genius of gay culture resides in some of its most despised stereotypes—aestheticism, snobbery, melodrama, glamour, caricatures of women, and obsession with mothers—and in the social meaning of style. ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Populist Authoritarianism

    Chinese Political Culture and Regime Sustainability

    by Wenfang Tang ...
    Populist Authoritarianism focuses on the Chinese Communist Party, which governs the world's largest population in a single-party authoritarian state. Wenfang Tang attempts to explain the seemingly contradictory trends of the increasing number of protests on the one hand, and the results of public opinion surveys that consistently show strong government support on the other hand. The book points to ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China

    Chinese and Canadian Perspectives

    Edited by Errol P. Mendes, Sakunthala Srighanthan ...
    Series series Actexpress
    Confronting Discrimination and Inequality in China focuses on the most challenging areas of discrimination and inequality in China, including discrimination faced by HIV/AIDS afflicted individuals, rural populations, migrant workers, women, people with disabilities, and ethnic minorities. The Canadian contributors offer rich regional, national, and international perspectives on how constitutions, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD