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  • Civil Society and the Family

    by Esther Muddiman, Sally Power, Chris Taylor ...
    Series series Civil Society and Social Change
    The relationship between the family and civil society has always been complex, with the family often regarded as separate from, or even oppositional to, civil society.Taking a fresh empirical approach, Muddiman, Power and Taylor reveal how such separation underestimates the important role the family plays in civil society. Considering the impact of family events, dinner table debates, ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The International Handbook on the Sociology of Education

    An International Assessment of New Research and Theory

    by Siikka Aapola, Jason Chang, A B. Dijkstra, Jaap Dronkers, Tuula Gordon, Honario Martin Izquierdo, Ingrid Jonsson, Steve Jordan, Yaacov J. Katz, John P. Keeves, Katja Komonen, David Konstantinovski, Alkistis Kontoyianni, Elina Lahelma, Peter Lang, David MacLennan, Isabel Menezes, Almudena Moreno Minguez, Martin D. Munk, Sean Neill, Jules Peschar, Sally Power, Arja Puurula, Zhang Renjie, Shlomo Romi, Lawrence J. Saha, Antonio Teodoro, Raf Vanderstraeten, Lisa Vasileiou, Lennart Vriens, Geoff Whitty, Gad Yair ...
    The twentieth century has been marked by the expansion of educational opportunities worldwide. It has been the century of education, and the role of the state in the promotion of public education has been decisive. Yet, at the millennium's turn efforts to diminish the role of the state are rapidly changing education, especially in terms of its role in democracy. This comprehensive handbook offers ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Civil Society through the Lifecourse

    Edited by Sally Power ...
    Series series Civil Society and Social Change
    Are young people blindly self-interested? How does university shape students’ political participation? Can busy parents and grandparents find time to volunteer?Challenging conventional thinking, leading academics explore how individuals’ relationships with civil society change over time as different lifecourse events and stages trigger and hinder civic engagement.Drawing on personal narratives, ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

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    Alternative Approaches to Educating Young People

    Edited by Kitty te Riele ...
    With a foreword by Professor Stephen BallWhat can we do with students who don′t succeed in the typical classroom, and what are the alternatives to full-time schooling?With contributions from leading academics from Canada, America, the UK, The Netherlands and Australia, this internationally-minded book helps the reader to reflect on the ways young people are taught, and presents possible ... Read more

    $79.19 USD

  • Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience

    A socio-cultural and critical guide to action

    by Bruce Johnson, Barry Down, Rosie Le Cornu, Judy Peters, Anna Sullivan, Jane Pearce, Janet Hunter ...
    Series series Teacher Quality and School Development
    In Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience the stories of 60 graduate teachers are documented as they grapple with some of the most persistent and protracted personal and professional struggles facing teachers today. Narratives emerge detailing feelings of frustration, disillusionment and even outrage as they struggle with the complexity, intensity and immediacy of life in schools. Other stories ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Childcare, Choice and Class Practices

    Middle Class Parents and their Children

    by Carol Vincent, Stephen J. Ball ...
    Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents’ choice of childcare within the wider contexts of social class and class fractions, social reproduction, gendered responsibilities and conceptions of ‘good’ parenting ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Gendering Women

    Identity and Mental Wellbeing through the Lifecourse

    by Julia Holdsworth, Suzanne Clisby ...
    Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licenceGendering Women is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamentally affect women's mental wellbeing through the life course.Led by women’s life history accounts of growing up and growing older in the north of England, this book shows how experiences of becoming and being a woman – in family life, education, ... Read more

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  • Like Mother, Like Daughter?

    How Career Women Influence their Daughters' Ambition

    by Jill Armstrong ...
    Women are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society by the example of other women thriving in their careers. Who better to be a role model for career success than your mother? Paradoxically, this book shows that having a mother as a role model, even for graduates of top universities, does not predict daughters progressing in their own careers.It finds that mothers with careers ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Radical Hope

    Education and Equality in Australia

    by Noel Pearson ...
    In Radical Hope, one of Australia's most original and provocative thinkers turns his attention to the question of education. Noel Pearson begins with two fundamental questions- How to ensure the survival of a people, their culture and way of life? And can education transform the lives of the disadvantaged many, or will it at best raise up a fortunate few?Pearson argues powerfully that underclass ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • What’s Happened To The University?

    A sociological exploration of its infantilisation

    by Frank Furedi ...
    The radical transformation that universities are undergoing today is no less far-reaching than the upheavals that it experienced in the 1960s. However today, when almost 50 per cent of young people participate in higher education, what occurs in universities matters directly to the whole of society.On both sides of the Atlantic curious and disturbing events on campuses has become a matter of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Creating The World We Want To Live In

    How Positive Psychology Can Build a Brighter Future

    by Bridget Grenville-Cleave, Dóra Guðmundsdóttir, Felicia Huppert, Vanessa King, David Roffey, Sue Roffey, Marten de Vries ...
    This book is about hope and a call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in. Our hope is to provoke conversation, and gently challenge possibly long-held views, beliefs, and ideologies about the way the world works and the people in that world.Written by eminent researchers and experienced practitioners, the book explores the principles that underpin living well, and gives ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • 7 Myths About Women and Work

    by Catherine Fox ...
    A book about being a woman, raising children, succeeding in a leadership role, and living a full life, this work debunks the seven most commonly held misconceptions about women and their professional careers. Penned by an award-winning journalist, this book discusses topics such as the gender pay gap, motherhood and a career, meritocracies in the workplace, and the use of quotas. ... Read more

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