Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism (Cooper Melinda)(Paperback)

Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism (Cooper Melinda)(Paperback)

Quality Time: The True Value of Social Media (Favier Jaap)(Paperback)

More than ever, marketers need to understand how they can help and support the precious time between friends--the consumer's Quality Time. Fewer and fewer people interact through traditional institutions (e.g., church, social clubs, etc.). As people lost touch with friends and neighbors, they lost

Social Sciences: The Big Issues (Woodward Kath)(Paperback)

The social sciences are about people and the relationships between individuals and the social and material world we live in. They are about the social structures which shape - and are shaped by - social forces such as ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality and age and the bodies we inhabit. How are

The House of the Seven Gables (Hawthorne Nathaniel)(Paperback)

FThis enduring novel of crime and retribution vividly reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. Nathaniel Hawthorne's gripping psychological drama concerns the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft, who live for generations under a dead man's curse until their

Cleaning and Value: Interdisciplinary Investigations (Bredenbrker Isabel)(Paperback)

This volume combines scholarly contributions on the relation between values and cleaning processes in different places, cultures and times. The core disciplines are archaeology and anthropology with interdisciplinary additions from sinology, classic philology, philosophy, sociology and fine arts

Mastering Social Work Values and Ethics (Akhtar Farrukh)(Paperback)

Service users often say that the traits they most value in social workers are their ability to be non-judgmental, their listening skills and their sense of fairness: their strong ethical value base. But how can social workers ensure the decisions they make are ethically sound? This book offers

Foucault and Neoliberalism (Zamora Daniel)(Paperback)

Michel Foucault's death in 1984 coincided with the fading away of the hopes for social transformation that characterized the postwar period. In the decades following his death, neoliberalism has triumphed and attacks on social rights have become increasingly bold. If Foucault was not a direct

Sociopolitical Aesthetics: Art, Crisis and Neoliberalism (Charnley Kim)(Paperback)

Since the turn of the millennium, protests, meetings, schoolrooms, reading groups and many other social forms have been proposed as artworks or, more ambiguously, as interventions that critique art's autonomy. The historical origins of these practices can be traced back to the avant-gardes of the

Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice, Second Edition (Hohman Melinda)(Paperback)

The definitive text on motivational interviewing (MI) written by and for social workers has now been updated and expanded with 60% new material, including a revised conceptual framework, cutting-edge applications, and enhanced pedagogical features. Melinda Hohman and her associates demonstrate what

The Rainbow Comes and Goes (Cooper Diana)(Paperback)

Lady Diana Cooper was a star of the early twentieth stage, screen and social scene. This first instalment of her sparkling autobiography tells of her upbringing, her beautiful artistic mother and aristocratic father, her debut into high society and the glittering parties - 'dancing and extravagance

Wittgenstein and the Social Sciences: Action, Ideology and Justice (Vinten Robert)(Paperback)

Vinten looks at the relationship between Wittgenstein's philosophy and the social sciences as well as at the ideological implications of Wittgenstein's philosophy and applications of Wittgenstein's philosophy to problems in social science. He examines and assesses the work of thinkers like Richard

Family Enterprises: The Essentials (Leach Peter)(Paperback)

Family firms are to be found in every sector of commercial activity. Commitment, family values and pride in the business are typically their special strengths, yet they also face major challenges in reconciling the needs of the business with those of the family. Drawing on the author's extensive

Patient Capital: The Role of Family Firms in Sustainable Business (Sharma Sanjay)(Pevná vazba)

Sustainable businesses create economic and social value while simultaneously protecting the natural environment for future generations. This examination of environmental sustainability through the lens of the family business identifies factors that help family and non-family organizations address

Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perceptions, Attitudes, and Values (Tuan Yi-Fu)(Paperback)

What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the individual. Yi-Fu Tuan holds culture and

A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism (Scruton Roger)(Paperback)

Roger Scruton's classic work on conservatism, reissued for a new political moment. Over the past twenty years, Roger Scruton has been developing a conservative view of human beings, society and culture. In the book his arguments are recommendations with the aim of convincing the reader that rumors

The Bourdieu Paradigm: The Origins and Evolution of an Intellectual Social Project (Robbins Derek)(Paperback)

The book discusses relations between philosophy and empirical social sciences through detailed analyses of the work of Schutz, Gurwitsch and Merleau-Ponty, and then explores the development of Bourdieu's sociological reflexivity as his attempt to reconcile this intellectualist legacy with social

Judgement In Stone (Rendell Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

Four members of the Coverdale family - George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles - died in the space of fifteen minutes on the 14th February, St Valentine's Day. Eunice Parchman, the illiterate housekeeper, shot them down on a Sunday evening while they were watching opera on

Psychopolitics - Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power (Han Byung-Chul)(Paperback / softback)

Social Welfare and Social Value: The Role of Caring Professions (Hugman Richard)(Paperback)

Changes in ideas about social welfare have required caring professions to adapt their practices in ways which have challenged their underlying values and their relationships with service users. Focusing on nursing, remedial therapy and social work, this book examines core social values expressed

Social Work and Social Policy: An Introduction (Dickens Jonathan)(Paperback)

An understanding of social policy is vital for engaging practically with social work values, and dealing with political and ethical questions about responsibility, rights and our understanding of 'the good society'. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to social policy, tailored to

On The Social Contract (Rousseau Jean-Jacques)(Pevná vazba)

Unabridged English value reproduction of On The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and translated by G. D. H. Cole. It's publication in 1762 lead to great discussion about 'what is government' on both sides of the Atlantic, and is still essential reading today. How much government is too

Professional Boundaries in Social Work and Social Care: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Maintaining and Managing Your Professional Boundaries (Cooper Frank)(Paperback)

Ground Zero (Virilio Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Explores current scientific, cultural, social and political values, arguing that the events of September 11 reflect both the manipulation of a global sub-proletariat and the delusions of an elite of rich students and

Night and Day (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback)

An immaculately-observed social comedy that explores the boundaries between personal freedom and the demands of love Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged, but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William Rodney, and her dangerous