Unsettling Activisms - Critical Interventions on Aging, Gender, and Social Change(Paperback / softback)

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

Psychosocial and Relationship-Based Practice (Megele Claudia)(Paperback)

This book offers a critical multidisciplinary analysis of case studies of social work interventions from a psychosocial and relationship-based

Guide to Development and Evaluation of Digital Behaviour Change Interventions in Healthcare (Michie Prof. Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Discourse and Social Change (Fairclough Norman)(Paperback)

Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies. The author shows how concern with the analysis of discourse can be

Behaviour Change Wheel - A Guide To Designing Interventions (Michie Prof. Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Welfare Words: Critical Social Work & Social Policy (Garrett Paul Michael)(Paperback)

Insightful and engaging, Welfare Words provides a critical analysis of social work and social policy in its articulation and discussion of a number of significant words and phrases. Written by an authoritative voice in the field, Paul Michael Garrett makes sense of complex theories which codify

No Shortcut to Change: An Unlikely Path to a More Gender Equitable World (Ellerby Kara)(Paperback)

A critical examination of the weaknesses inherent in international gender policy. 2018 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association Gender equality has become a central aspect of global governance and development in the 21st century. States increasingly promote women in

Occasional Paper No 47; Aging and Social Expenditure in the Major Industrial Countries, 1980-2025 (Heller Peter S.)(Paperback / softback)

Social Work and Disability (Simcock Peter)(Paperback)

Social Work and Disability offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments, an area that has previously been marginalized within both practice and academic literature. It explores how social work practice can, and indeed does,

Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective (McMichael Philip)(Paperback)

Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective explains how development thinking and practice have shaped our world. It introduces students to four interconnected projects, and how their dynamics, contradictions and controversies have influenced development trajectories: colonialism, the

Social Work and Poverty: A Critical Approach (Parrott Lester)(Paperback)

Revision de Capacitacion en Genero (Mukhopadhyay Maitrayee (Social Anthropologist Royal Tropical Institute))(Paperback / softback)

Gender training proliferated in the 1990s and gained ground with the emphasis on gender mainstreaming, a strategy adopted at the 1995 Fourth World Conference of Women in Beijing. At present gender training is increasingly being questioned as a tool and as a concept to engender development due to

Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Aging (Gutchess Angela)(Paperback)

The Neuroscience of Aging is an introduction to how aging affects the brain, intended for audiences with some knowledge of psychology, aging, or neuroscience. The book includes figures illustrating brain regions so that extensive familiarity with neuroanatomy is not a pre-requisite. The depth of

Social Marketing - International Student Edition - Behavior Change for Social Good (Lee Nancy R.)(Paperback / softback)

Guiding the reader through designing and implementing memorable social marketing campaigns, this text presents a proven 10-step strategic marketing

The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change (McRobbie Angela)(Paperback)

Congratulations to Dr. McRobbie! This book has been named to the list of books for the 2009 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA).These essays show Angela McRobbie reflecting on a range of issues which have political consequence for women, particularly

Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (Grusky David B.)(Paperback)

Gender Reckonings: New Social Theory and Research (Messerschmidt James W.)(Paperback)

Vivid narratives, fresh insights, and new theories on where gender theory and research stand today Since scholars began interrogating the meaning of gender and sexuality in society, this field has become essential to the study of sociology. Gender Reckonings aims to map new directions for

Writing and Developing Social Stories: Practical Interventions in Autism, 2nd Edition (Smith Caroline)(Paperback)

This practical resource provides an introduction to the theory and practice of writing social stories. In addition, there are examples of successful stories to use as guides, as well as information and photocopiable (and downloadable) resources for delivering training on the use of social stories

Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature (Driskill Qwo-Li)(Paperback)

'This book is an imagining.' So begins this collection examining critical, Indigenous-centered approaches to understanding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and Two-Spirit (GLBTQ2) lives and communities and the creative implications of queer theory in Native studies. This book is not so

A Beginner's Guide to Critical Thinking and Writing in Health and Social Care (Aveyard Helen)(Paperback)

A practical introduction to the skills of critical appraisal and writing in

Social Policy: A Critical and Intersectional Analysis (Williams Fiona)(Paperback)

Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the rise in ethno-nationalism and exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, recent decades have seen a resurgence of social justice activism at both

Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Health and Aging (Hardacker Cecilia)(Paperback)

The only text that focuses specifically on transgender health in older adultsWritten by experts in the fieldMeets the interprofessional challenges in geriatric medicine of eldercare with a multidisciplinary

Social Work and Domestic Violence: Developing Critical and Reflective Practice (Laing Lesley)(Paperback)

Domestic violence affects all areas of social work. This book shows how social workers can intervene in everyday practice with victims, their families and perpetrators of domestic abuse. It provides students with knowledge of theory, research and policy to put directly in practice across a variety

Struggle for Recognition - The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts (Honneth Axel)(Paperback / softback)

* A major contribution to scholarship on Hegel, moral philosophy and critical theory* An original approach from a well known author, moving smoothly between philosophy and social theory* Draws together a wide variety of themes and concerns