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  • Later Life

    Exploring Ageing through Literature

    par Barbara Misztal ...
    Collections series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Later Life views older age as a valuable stage of life and argues for the centrality of self-making to the quality of later life. Aiming to enrich an understanding of ageing as the unfolding process in which people try to negotiate vulnerabilities of their bodies and manage mortality, it explores the conditions for pursuing the search for knowledge of oneself in later life.This new book, with the ... En savoir plus

    $86.99 CAD

  • Wooden Domes

    History and Modern Times

    par Barbara Misztal ...
    Collections series Engineering (R0)
    This monograph presents a state-of-the-art analysis of eco-friendly and aesthetic structures in wooden dome construction. The author demonstrates that the further development of wooden structures depends on both supplementing the testing of wood as a heterogeneous material, as well as on further improvement of fibrous structures with visco-elastic properties. The target audience primarily ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Trust in Modern Societies

    The Search for the Bases of Social Order

    par Barbara Misztal ...
    This is one of the first systematic discussions of the nature of trust as a means of social cohesion, discussing the works of leading social theorists on the issue of social solidarity. ... En savoir plus

    $37.25 CAD

  • Informality

    Social Theory and Contemporary Practice

    par Barbara Misztal ...
    Collections series International Library of Sociology
    For most of the twentieth century, modernity has been characterised by the formalisation of social relations as face to face interactions are replaced by impersonal bureaucracy and finance. As we enter the new millennium, however, it becomes increasingly clear that it is only by stepping outside these formal structures that trust and co-operation can be created and social change achieved. In a ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

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    Towards Rights-Based Practice

    par Jim Ife ...
    Now in its third edition, Human Rights and Social Work explores how the principles of human rights inform contemporary social work practice. Jim Ife considers the implications of social work's traditional Enlightenment heritage and the possibilities of 'post-Enlightenment' practice in a way that is accessible, direct and engaging. The world has changed significantly since the publication of the ... En savoir plus

    $50.99 CAD

  • Resilience

    The Governance of Complexity

    par David Chandler ...
    Collections series Critical Issues in Global Politics
    Resilience has become a central concept in government policy understandings over the last decade. In our complex, global and interconnected world, resilience appears to be the policy ‘buzzword’ of choice, alleged to be the solution to a wide and ever-growing range of policy issues. This book analyses the key aspects of resilience-thinking and highlights how resilience impacts upon traditional ... En savoir plus

    $83.99 CAD

  • Ethics and Economics

    New perspectives

    Modifié par Mark D. White, Irene van Staveren ...
    Since the days of Adam Smith, ethics and economics have been closely intertwined, and were nominally separated only with the advent of neoclassical economics in the beginning of the last century. This book features eleven essays by leading scholars in economics and philosophy who argue for a renewal of the bond between the two disciplines.Several of the contributors argue that the ethical content ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

  • Education, Philosophy and the Ethical Environment

    par Graham Haydon ...
    Collections series Foundations and Futures of Education
    How much can we reasonably expect from education? This book, written by a philosopher of education, casts new light on this question by seeing values education, not as a separate activity within schools, but as an aspect of education that both reflects the surrounding climate of values and can help to change it. Graham Haydon argues that all of us – whether as teachers, parents, students or ... En savoir plus

    $96.18 CAD

  • Education Under Siege

    The Conservative, Liberal and Radical Debate over Schooling

    par Stanley Aronowitz, Henry A. Giroux ...
    Public spending on education is under attack. In this challenging book Aronowitz and Giroux examine the thinking behind that attack, in the USA and in other industrialized countries. ... En savoir plus

    $111.30 CAD

  • The Neoliberal Subject

    Resilience, Adaptation and Vulnerability

    par David Chandler, Julian Reid ...
    Political practices, agencies and institutions around the world promote the need for humans, individually and collectively, to develop capacities of resilience. We must accept and adapt to the ‘realities’ of an endemic condition of global insecurity and to the practice of so-called sustainable development. But in spite of claims that resilience make us more adept and capable, does the discourse of ... En savoir plus

    $63.99 CAD

  • The Idealist: Your Guide to the INFP Personality Type

    par Jaroslaw Jankowski ...
    Discover a compendium of knowledge on the idealist – INFP personality type! As you explore this book, you will find the answer to a number of crucial questions:* How do idealists think and what do they feel? How do they make decisions? How do they solve problems? What makes them anxious? What do they fear? What irritates them?* Which personality types are they happy to encounter on their road ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Feminist Theory

    From Margin to Center

    par bell hooks ...
    When Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center was first published in 1984, it was welcomed and praised by feminist thinkers who wanted a new vision. Even so, individual readers frequently found the theory "unsettling" or "provocative." Today, the blueprint for feminist movement presented in the book remains as provocative and relevant as ever. Written in hooks's characteristic direct style, Feminist ... En savoir plus

    $53.99 CAD