Considers ways in which raising questions about gender can help researchers and practitioners better understand family relationships and issues in children's development Draws on current developments in thinking about gender relations Offers an overview of sociological, psychological and developmental perspectives on family relationships, child welfare outcomes and the practice/policy realities of professional interventions with families Chapter ...
Young men who sexually abuse is a subject of increasing concern amongst professionals. This important volume explores the current theoretical and practice issues involved in working therapeutically with young men who have sexually abused. Linking theory to practice, Andrew Durham provides detailed case studies of young men who have committed varying acts of inappropriate or harmful sexual behaviours, and analyses the therapeutic interventions pr ...
The European Union seems incapable of undertaking economic reforms and defining its place in the world. Public apathy towards the EU is also increasing, as citizens feel isolated from the institutions in Brussels and see no way to influence European level decisions. Taking a diagnosis and cure approach to the EU’s difficulties, Simon Hix tackles these problems with distinct clarity and open-mindedness. What the EU needs, Hix contends, is more op ...
The war on terror is a lost cause. As the war heads towards its second decade, American security policy is in disarray – the Iraq War is a disaster, Afghanistan is deeply insecure and the al-Qaida movement remains as potent as ever with new generations of leaders coming to the fore. Well over 100,000 civilians have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, many tens of thousands have been detained without trial, and torture, prisoner abuse and rendition hav ...
This book is especially welcome because of the scholarship and thoughtfulness evident throughout. —Dr Peter Reder, Child Psychiatrist, London How do child protection professionals and courts make judgments on whether serious injuries to infants are due to abuse? If injuries are considered to be the result of abuse, in what circumstances can it be considered safe for the infant to return home? Child Protection Assessment Following Serious Injurie ...
Praise for Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions A Strengths-Based Approach «Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditionsprovides a wellspring of knowledge, from the theoretical to the clinical. The many vignettes and transcriptions immeasurably enrich the reader's understanding of the interventions and their broader applicability.»—Barbara M. Sourkes, PhDJohn A. Kriewall and ...
Сколько существует человечество, столько и борется человек с человеком за «место под Солнцем», однако, если в древности, это угрожало только ему самому и экосистеме, то теперь от этого зависит весь окружающий мир, ведь человек изобрел атомную бомбу, которую и применил в 1945 году в отношении японских городов Хиросима и Нагасаки.
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Теоретически от гражданского общества и его участия в политических и социальных процессах ожидали быстрого переустройства российской действительности, но этого пока еще не случилось. Поэтому, прежде чем ставить вопрос о способах и механизмах достижении консенсуса между гражданским обществом и публичной властью, необходимо выяснить, а существует ли вообще эта проблема и какова ее природа: историко-правовая, политологическая, теоретико-правовая, ф ...
What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a masterful overview of the thinkers, topics, and perspectives that have come to constitute the exciting discipline that is environmental history. He does so o ...
