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Social Sciences (R0) eBook Series

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  • LGBT-Parent Families

    Innovations in Research and Implications for Practice

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    LGBT-Parent Families is the first handbook to provide a comprehensive examination of this underserved area. Reflecting the nature of this issue, the volume is notably interdisciplinary, with contributions from scholars in psychology, sociology, human development, family studies, gender studies, sexuality studies, legal studies, social work, and anthropology. Additionally, scholarship from regions ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

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  • Impressions and Comments

    Insights into society, culture, and human behavior: Essays from a pioneering thinker

    In "Impressions and Comments," Havelock Ellis presents a rich tapestry of essays that delve into the complexities of human sexuality, psychology, and cultural critique. Ellis employs a reflective and analytical literary style, drawing from personal insights and contemporary Victorian thought. Each essay serves as a lens through which readers can explore the intricacies of societal norms relating ... Read more

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  • 21st Century Jocks: Sporting Men and Contemporary Heterosexuality

    by E. Anderson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing on hundreds of interviews with 15-22 year old straight and gay male athletes in both the United States and the United Kingdom, this book explores how jocks have redefined heterosexuality, and no longer fear being thought gay for behaviors that constrained men of the previous generation. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Evolution of Vulnerability

    Implications for Sex Differences in Health and Development

    Biologists have known for decades that many traits involved in competition for mates or other resources and that influence mate choice are exaggerated, and their expression is influenced by the individuals' ability to tolerate a variety of environmental and social stressors. Evolution of Vulnerability applies this concept of heightened sensitivity to humans for a host of physical, social, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Couple Resilience

    Emerging Perspectives

    Edited by Karen Fergus, Karen Skerrett ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This distinctive volume expands our understanding of couple resilience by identifying and exploring specific mechanisms unique to intimate relationships that facilitate positive adaptation to life challenges. Committed partnerships represent a unique form of relational alliance that offers an opportunity and challenge to go beyond the self - to develop as individuals and as a relationship. The ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides new insights into the significant gap that currently exists between desired and actual fertility in Europe. It examines how people make decisions about having children and demonstrates how the macro-level environment affects micro-level decision-making.Written by an international team of leading demographers and psychologists, the book presents the theoretical and methodological ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Children and the Politics of Sexuality

    The Sexualization of Children Debate Revisited

    by Liza Tsaliki ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book discusses already established accounts about the sexualization of children through a theoretical and an empirical framework which bring together popular culture, consumption, sexuality, selfhood and childhood. Adopting the view that the debate about the sexualization of childhood is socially constructed, it pushes beyond the dominant preconceptions about ‘the risks of childhood’.Moral ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Gender Roles in Immigrant Families

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Researchers recognize that theoretical frameworks and models of child development and family dynamics have historically overlooked the ways in which developmental processes are shaped by socio-cultural contexts. Ecological and acculturation frameworks are especially central to understanding the experiences of immigrant populations, and current research has yielded new conceptual and methodological ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Trans People’s Partnerships

    Towards an Ethics of Intimacy

    by Tam Sanger ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    As intimate lives become more public, and discussions of gender and sexuality more complex, there is a need to rethink how we engage with our own perceptions and identifications with respect to intimacy. This book explores whether our intimate desires are limited by social norms and expectations, and if so what we might be able to do about it. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Knowing Mothers

    Researching Maternal Identity Change

    by W. Hollway ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demonstrates how a different research methodology, underpinned by a psychoanalytically informed epistemology, can transform our understanding of the early foundations of maternal identity. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Kant’s Ethics and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate - An Introduction

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book defends the thesis that Kant’s normative ethics and his practical ethics of sex and marriage can be valuable resources for people engaged in the contemporary debate over same-sex marriage. It does so by first developing a reading of Kant’s normative ethics that explains the way in which Kant’s notions of human moral imperfection unsocial sociability inform his ethical thinking. The book ... Read more

    $80.09 USD