Postfeminism and Health: Critical Psychology and Media Perspectives (Riley Sarah)(Paperback)

Social Psychology - Traditional and Critical Perspectives (Dickerson Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Social Psychology: Traditional and Critical Perspectives addresses the key issues in social psychology - such as prejudice, aggression, conformity, persuasion, attraction, relationships and prosocial behaviour - in a bold and innovative way. As well as providing detailed coverage of classic and

Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology (Rohleder Poul)(Paperback)

This textbook gives a clear and thought-provoking introduction to the critical issues related to health, illness and disability in clinical and health psychology. Challenging some of the preconceptions of ill-health of the biomedical approach, the book explores how health and illness is often

The Psychology of Eating: From Healthy to Disordered Behavior (Ogden Jane)(Paperback)

With its primary focus on the psychology of eating from a social, health, and clinical perspective, the second edition of ThePsychology of Eating: From Healthy toDisordered Behavior presents an overview of thelatest research into a wide range of eating-related behaviors Features the most

Dialectical Perspectives on Media, Health, and Culture in Modern Africa (Akwala Alfred O.)(Pevná vazba)

Presents research on the impact of media, and especially new media, on health and culture. Highlighting topics including civic engagement, gender stereotypes, and interpersonal communication, this book is designed for students, multinational organisations, diplomats, expatriates, and

Digital Health: Critical and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Lupton Deborah)(Paperback)

The rise of digital health technologies is, for some, a panacea to many of the medical and public health challenges we face today. This is the first book to articulate a critical response to the techno-utopian and entrepreneurial vision of the digital health phenomenon. Deborah Lupton,

Sarah Waters: Contemporary Critical Perspectives (Mitchell Kaye)(Paperback)

A multiple award-winning author, Sarah Waters is one of the most critically and commercially successful novelists writing today. In such novels as Fingersmith, Tipping the Velvet, Affinity and The Night Watch, her writing has played compellingly with popular and generic forms and narrative

Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives (Shute Rosalyn H.)(Paperback)

Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives provides an engaging and perceptive overview of both well-established and recent theories in child and adolescent psychology. This unique summary of traditional scientific perspectives alongside critical post-modern thinking will provide

Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage: Construction, Transformation and Destruction (Apaydin Veysel)(Paperback)

Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage focuses on the importance of memory and heritage for individual and group identity, and for their sense of belonging. It aims to expose the motives and discourses related to the destruction of memory and heritage during times of war, terror,

An Advanced Guide to Psychological Thinking: Critical and Historical Perspectives (Ausch Robert)(Paperback)

Psychology is a diverse assortment of fields with distinct referents, often using the same terms, and it is not always easy to identify its shared assumptions. At base, the academic variants tend to include the notion that mental activity takes place in hard-to-access inner spaces, making it more

Critical Issues in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Campbell Sarah)(Paperback)

In this thought-provoking text, a collection of respected authors with a wealth of academic and practice experience come together to challenge some of the prevailing ideas serving as the foundation for the current child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) structure.Providing a fresh new

Psychology for Nurses and Health Professionals (Gross Richard)(Paperback)

Psychology for Nurses and Health Professionals, Second Edition is an accessible guide providing comprehensive coverage of psychology for nurses and healthcare professionals in training and practice.Key features include: Fully updated and restructured to ensure content matches training

Psychology and Capitalism: The Manipulation of Mind (Roberts Ron)(Paperback)

Psychology and Capitalism is a critical and accessible account of the ideological and material role of psychology in supporting capitalist enterprise and holding individuals entirely responsible for their fate through the promotion of

Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives (Dunlap Riley E.)(Paperback)

Climate change is one of the most critical issues of the twenty-first century, presenting a major intellectual challenge to both the natural and social sciences. While there has been significant progress in natural science understanding of climate change, social science analyses have not been as

Critical Psychology: An Introduction (Fox Dennis R.)(Paperback)

The Second Edition of Critical Psychology: An Introduction extends the original′s comprehensive and accessible critique of mainstream psychology. The First Edition quickly became critical psychology′s entry point, introducing readers around the world to the growing challenge to psychology′s

Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice (Marks David F.)(Paperback)

Health Psychology provides students with the tools they need to evaluate and critically appraise theory and research before it can be applied practically. Using the most up-to-date research available, the sixth edition places an emphasis on the real-world application of health psychology,

Health Psychology and Behaviour Change: From Science to Practice (Tapper Katy)(Paperback)

This textbook offers a fresh approach to health psychology through the theory and practice of behaviour change. Using an array of case studies from around the world, it discusses how we can develop and evaluate behaviour change interventions. The book encourages active engagement with contemporary

Migration, Multilingualism and Education: Critical Perspectives on Inclusion, 91 (Mary Latisha)(Paperback)

Language Teacher Psychology (Mercer Sarah)(Paperback)

This book examines teachers and their psychology from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. It covers well-established areas of teacher psychology plus areas that have only recently begun to be explored. The 19 chapters in this volume make a significant contribution to the

Ethics in Design and Communication: Critical Perspectives (Scherling Laura)(Paperback)

This timely collection brings together critical, analytic, historical, and practical studies to address what ethics means in the practice of design.Designers face the same challenges as everyone else in the complex conditions of contemporary cultural life-choices about consumption, waste,

Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (Llewellyn Carrie D.)(Paperback)

This third edition of the much acclaimed Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine offers a fully up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible, one-stop resource for doctors, health care professionals, mental health care professionals (such as psychologists, counsellors, specialist nurses),

Postfeminism: Cultural Texts and Theories (Genz Stphanie)(Paperback)

Essential reading for those seeking a thorough and wide-ranging understanding of postfeminism New for this edition: Extended critical history of postfeminism Engagement with a new postfeminist vocabulary associated with post-recession Close analysis of the impact of a recessionary postfeminist

The Sociology of Health and Illness (Nettleton Sarah)(Paperback)

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the field. Building on these strengths, the third edition integrates fresh insights from the current literature with the core

Mad or Bad?: A Critical Approach to Counselling and Forensic Psychology (Vossler Andreas)(Paperback)

Is an offender with mental health problems fully responsible for their offences? Should certain criminal behaviors be treated with incarceration and rehabilitation--or counseling and psychotherapy? Mad or Bad? asks these questions, and more. It is a cutting-edge text that provides a comprehensive

Early Modern Ireland: New Sources, Methods, and Perspectives (Covington Sarah)(Paperback)

Early Modern Ireland: New Sources, Methods, and Perspectives offers fresh approaches and case studies that push the field of early modern Ireland, and of British and European history more generally, into unexplored directions.The centuries between 1500 and 1700 were pivotal in Ireland's history,