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  • Social Work, Social Welfare, and Social Development in Nigeria

    A Postcolonial Perspective

    by Mel Gray, Solomon Amadasun ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive account of social work, social welfare, and social development in Nigeria from a postcolonial perspective. It examines the historical development of social work and social welfare and the colonial legacies affecting contemporary social welfare provision, development planning, social work practice, and social work education.Against this historical ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century

    Principles, Methods, and Approaches

    by Jacob Bercovitch, Prof. Richard Dean Wells Jackson ...
    In the past, arbitration, direct bargaining, the use of intermediaries, and deference to international institutions were relatively successful tools for managing interstate conflict. In the face of terrorism, intrastate wars, and the multitude of other threats in the post–Cold War era, however, the conflict resolution tool kit must include preventive diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, regional ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Population and Society

    An Introduction

    by Gregg Lee Carter ...
    This exciting new book presents the field of social demography, animating the study of population with a vibrant sociological imagination. Gregg Lee Carter provides multiple demonstrations of how taking a demographic perspective can give us a better understanding of social phenomena once thought to be largely the products of culture, politics, or the economy.Five key chapters concentrate on (1) ... Read more

    $25.00 USD

  • Migration in Southern Africa

    IMISCOE Regional Reader

    Edited by Pragna Rugunanan, Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access Regional Reader proposes new ways of theorizing migration in Southern Africa by arguing that traditional western forms of theorizing do not adequately fit the South-South migration context. It explores the existing definitions of a ‘migrant’ with a view to conceptualise a definition which will speak to the complexities, envisioning a more inclusive Southern African region. The ... Read more

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  • Post-Racial or Most-Racial?

    Race and Politics in the Obama Era

    by Michael Tesler ...
    When Barack Obama won the presidency, many posited that we were entering into a post-racial period in American politics. Regrettably, the reality hasn't lived up to that expectation. Instead, Americans' political beliefs have become significantly more polarized by racial considerations than they had been before Obama's presidency—in spite of his administration's considerable efforts to neutralize ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender in Refugee Law

    From the Margins to the Centre

    Edited by Efrat Arbel, Catherine Dauvergne, Jenni Millbank ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law
    Questions of gender have strongly influenced the development of international refugee law over the last few decades. This volume assesses the progress toward appropriate recognition of gender-related persecution in refugee law. It documents the advances made following intense advocacy around the world in the 1990s, and evaluates the extent to which gender has been successfully integrated into ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Educating Children in Conflict Zones

    Research, Policy, and Practice for Systemic Change--A Tribute to Jackie Kirk

    by Karen Mundy, Sarah Dryden-Peterson ...
    Inspired by the work of the late Dr. Jacqueline Kirk, this book takes a penetrating look at the challenges of delivering quality education to the approximately 39 million out-of-school children around the world who live in situations affected by violent conflict. With chapters by leading researchers on education in war and other conflict zones, the volume provides a comprehensive and critical ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Mental Illness, Discrimination and the Law

    Fighting for Social Justice

    by Felicity Callard, Norman Sartorius, Peter Bartlett, Hanfried Helmchen, Heather Stuart, Graham Thornicroft, Julio Arboleda-Flórez, José Taborda ...
    This book describes clearly how legislation can be used to advance the rights and entitlements of people with mental health problems. Straightforward and practical, it provides useful information on how to address disabilities so these people may enjoy full citizenship. It presents the key issues succinctly and illustrates these with legislative examples from around the world. This book documents ... Read more

    $114.00 USD

  • White Backlash

    Immigration, Race, and American Politics

    by Marisa A. Abrajano, Zoltan Hajnal ...
    White Backlash provides an authoritative assessment of how immigration is reshaping the politics of the nation. Using an array of data and analysis, Marisa Abrajano and Zoltan Hajnal show that fears about immigration fundamentally influence white Americans' core political identities, policy preferences, and electoral choices, and that these concerns are at the heart of a large-scale defection of ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • West African Youth Challenges and Opportunity Pathways

    Edited by Mora L. McLean ...
    Series series Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora
    This open-access edited collection, focusing on Ghana and Nigeria, offers a transatlantic, transnational exploration of barriers that threaten the wellbeing of West African youth—ranging from Black immigrant youth in the American city of Newark, New Jersey, to students in Almajiri Islamic schools in Northern Nigeria. Incorporating themes of migration, vulnerability, and agency and aspirations, the ... Read more

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  • Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific

    Incidence, Consequences, and Resolution

    by Jacob Bercovitch, Paul Bellamy, Alethia Cook, Terry Genet, Susannah Gordon, Barbara Kemper, Marie Lall, Marie Olson Lounsbery, Frida Möller, Alice Mortlock, Sugu Nara, Claire Newcombe, Leah M. Simpson, Peter Wallensteen, Karl DeRouen Jr. ...
    Civil wars and internal conflicts pose the greatest threat to international peace and security in the twenty-first century. Nowhere is this problem more acute than in East Asia and the Pacific, which has far more of its share of such conflicts.Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific: Incidence, Consequences, and Resolution, edited by Jacob Bercovitch and Karl DeRouen, Jr., is a ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Child Protection and Child Welfare

    A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice

    by Selwyn Stanley, Sven Hessle, Dennis Kimberley, Anuarbek Kakabayev, Teresa Bertotti, Otrude Nontobeko Moyo, Alean Al-Krenawi, PhD, Annamaria Campanini, Kathryn Goldfarb, Marie Connolly, Contiu Soitu, Nazgul Assylbekova, Clare Colton, Menka Tsantefski, Marie-Antoinette Sossou, Daniela-Tatiana Soitu ...
    Child Protection and Child Welfare draws on the knowledge of child protection experts and social care professionals to provide an authoritative international overview of child protection strategy and policy.Devoting particular attention to the role played by culture in determining child welfare issues and child protection responses, this book illustrates the impact of both long-term influences, ... Read more

    $86.09 USD