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  • Cultural Ecologies of the Land

    A Restless Dynamic of People and Place

    by Patrick J. Dillon ...
    Cultural Ecologies of the Land is a radical and challenging reassessment of the way we relate to the land and to infrastructure. There was a time when the land defined us. Now, with each passing year, we are increasingly detached from it. It was once the centre stage of humanity; now it is the setting for a technological drama. What has happened, and why does it matter?This book is a multi-layered ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Post-AIDS Discourse in Health Communication

    Sociocultural Interpretations

    Edited by Ambar Basu, Andrew R. Spieldenner, Patrick J. Dillon ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Health Communication
    This book examines the discourse of a "post-AIDS" culture, and the medical-discursive shift from crisis and death to survival and living. Contributions from a diverse group of international scholars interrogate and engage with the cultural, social, political, scientific, historical, global, and local consumptions of the term "post-AIDS" from the perspective of meaning-making on health, illness, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by John A. Matthews, David T. Herbert ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, and simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. Spanning both physical and human Geography, the discipline today is unique as a subject which can bridge the divide between the sciences and the humanities, and between the environment and our society. Using wide-ranging examples from global warming and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Sexual Health: A Public Health Perspective

    by Kaye Wellings, Larry Bencze, Erminia Pedretti ...
    This key textbook provides a firm grounding in theoretical and practical aspects of the study of sexual health for both undergraduates and post-graduates. ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy

    Skills for a Changing World

    Edited by Arran Stibbe ...
    A vital resource for sustainability educators, learners and decision-makers on how we can build a more sustainable future.In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Narrative Ethics in Public Health: The Value of Stories

    Edited by Drue H. Barrett, Leonard W. Ortmann, Stephanie A. Larson ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This Open Access book illustrates the power of stories to illuminate ethical concerns that arise in public health. It complements epidemiological or surveillance evidence, and reveals stakeholder perspectives crucial for public health practitioners to develop effective and ethical public health interventions. Because it relies on the natural and universal appeal of stories, the book also serves to ... Read more

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  • Tackling Wicked Problems

    Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination

    Edited by John Harris, Valerie A Brown, Jacqueline Russell ...
    From climate change to GM foods, we are increasingly confronted with complex, interconnected social and environmental problems that span disciplines, knowledge bases and value systems. This book offers a transdisciplinary, open approach for those working towards resolving these 'wicked' problems and highlights the crucial role of this 'transdisciplinary imagination' in addressing the shift to ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • A Companion to Medical Anthropology

    Edited by Merrill Singer, Pamela I. Erickson ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
    A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today.Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960sWritten by leading international scholars in medical anthropologyCovers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance ... Read more

    $48.00 USD

  • Reshaping Environments

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

    Edited by Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Read more

    $77.89 USD

  • Handbook of HIV and Social Work

    Principles, Practice, and Populations

    by Cynthia Cannon Poindexter ...
    Praise for Handbook of HIV and Social Work"Cynthia Cannon Poindexter has given us a remarkable edited volume that contains much information on HIV that every professional social worker needs to know in order to practice competently in today's complex world."—From the Foreword by Vincent J. Lynch, MSW, PhD, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work"This comprehensive handbook assembles a group ... Read more

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  • Key Concepts in Geography

    Edited by Professor Nicholas Clifford, Dr Sarah L Holloway, Dr Stephen P Rice, Professor Gill Valentine ...
    Including ten new chapters on nature, globalization, development and risk, and a new section on practicing geography, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling, standard student resource.Key Concepts in Geography explains the key terms - space, time, place, scale, landscape - that define the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides - ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Philosophy for Public Health and Public Policy

    Beyond the Neglectful State

    by James Wilson ...
    Public health has never been more important, or more controversial. What states do, and fail to do, makes a significant difference to the lives we are able to lead. Putting public health first would allow improvements to the health of everyone, especially the worst off. Yet many citizens actively oppose state interference to improve population health, complaining that it encroaches on personal ... Read more

    $27.59 USD