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The idea of citizenship and conceptions of what it means to be a
good citizen have evolved over time. On the one hand, good
citizenship entails the ability to live with others in diverse
societies and to promote a common set of values of acceptance,
human rights, and democracy. On the other hand, in order to compete
in the global economy, nations require a more innovative,
autonomous, and reflective workforce, meaning good citizens are
also those who successfully participate in the economic development
of themselves and their country. These competing conceptions of
good citizenship can result in people's participation in
activities, such as profit-driven labor exploitation, that
contradict human rights and democratic tenants. Thus, global
citizenship education is fundamental to teaching, learning, and
redressing sociopolitical, economic, and environmental exploitation
around the world. Detailing the historical development of this
field of study to achieve recognition, Global Citizenship
Education: Challenges and Successes provides a critical discourse
on global citizenship education (GCE). Authors in this collection
discuss the underpinnings of global citizenship education via
contemporary theories and methodologies, as well as specific case
studies that illustrate the application of GCE initiatives. Editors
Eva Aboagye and S. Nombuso Dlamini aim to motivate learners and
educators in post-secondary institutions not only to understand the
issues of social and economic inequality and political and civil
unrest facing us, but also to take action that will lead to
equitable change in both local and global spaces.
OG Kush. Sour Diesel. Wax, shatter, and vapes. Marijuana has come a
long way since its seedy days in the back parking lots of our
culture. So has Howard S. Becker, the eminent sociologist, jazz
musician, expert on "deviant" culture, and founding NORML board
member. When he published Becoming a Marihuana User more than sixty
years ago, hardly anyone paid attention-because few people smoked
pot. Decades of Cheech and Chong films, Grateful Dead shows, and
Cannabis Cups later, and it's clear-marijuana isn't just an
established commodity, it's an entire culture. And that's just the
thing-Becker totally called it: pot has everything to do with
culture. It's not a blight on culture, but a culture itself-in
fact, you'll see in this book the first use of the term "users,"
rather than "abusers" or "addicts." Come along on this short little
study-now a famous timestamp in weed studies-and you will be
astonished at how relevant it is to us today. Becker doesn't judge,
but neither does he holler for legalization, tell you how to grow
it in a hollowed-out dresser, or anything else like that for which
there are plenty of other books you can buy. Instead, he looks at
marijuana with a clear sociological lens-as a substance that some
people enjoy, and that some others have decided none of us should.
From there he asks: so how do people decide to get high, and what
kind of experience do they have as a result of being part of the
marijuana world? What he discovers will bother some, especially
those who proselytize the irrefutably stunning effects of the
latest strain: chemistry isn't everything-the important thing about
pot is how we interact with it. We learn to be high. We learn to
like it. And from there, we teach others, passing the pipe in a
circle that begins to resemble a bona fide community, defined by
shared norms, values, and definitions just like any other
community. All throughout this book, you'll see the intimate
moments when this transformation takes place. You'll see people
doing it for the first time and those with considerable experience.
You'll see the early signs of the truths that have come to define
the marijuana experience: that you probably won't get high at
first, that you have to hold the hit in, and that there are other
people here who are going to smoke that, too.
Minority religions that differ from the mainstream are often
perceived as controversial and as a threat to the individual and to
society. During the 1970s and 80s, there were intense discussions
about whether conversion to these groups was voluntary or an effect
of brainwashing or manipulation. In recent years, however, the
situation of children in these groups has taken over the public
debate regarding minority religions. Many believe that childhoods
in cults involve physical and psychological abuse, and that severe
punishment, starvation, sexual abuse, manipulation, forced
obedience, lack of medical care and demonization of the outside
world is part of everyday life. This book presents four years of
research. Its purpose is to highlight children's upbringing in
certain minority religions with a high degree of "sectarian"
criteria in a sociological sense including high tension with
society/world, unique legitimacy and high level of commitment. The
study examines mainly, but not exclusively, seven minority
religious communities: The Hare Krishna movement, The Family
International (formerly Children of God), The Church of
Scientology, The Family Federation (formerly The Unification
Church), Knutby Filadelfia (a Pentecostal group), The Exclusive
Brethren, and Jehovah's Witnesses. The fieldwork was conducted in
Sweden, but the situation of the children and the findings are
relevant to other countries. Most of the minority groups discussed
have an international character with a presence in many countries,
with only minor differences depending on local circumstances. The
study is based on literature from the religions and observations of
children and parents in religious rituals and daily life. However,
the most important material for the book are eighteen in-depth
interviews with children between the ages of 8 and 17 living in
these groups and seventy-five in-depth interviews with adults who
grew up in minority religions and who are still involved, who grew
up in minority religions, but are not now engaged, and who raised
children in the minority religions.
With a few exceptions, critical theorists have been late to provide
a comprehensive diagnosis of neoliberalism comparable in scope to
their extensive analyses of advanced welfare state capitalism.
Instead, the main lines of critical theory have focused on
questions of international justice which, while no doubt
significant, restrict the scope of critical theory by deemphasizing
linkages to larger political and economic conditions. Providing a
critique of the Frankfurt School, Brian Caterino and Phillip Hansen
move beyond its foundations, and call for a rethinking of the bases
of critical theory as a practical, freedom-creating project.
Outlining a resurgence of neoliberalism, the authors encourage a
fresh, nuanced analysis that elucidates its political and economic
structures and demonstrates the threats to freedom and democracy
that neoliberalism poses. They propose the reformulation of a
radical democratic alternative to neoliberalism, one that
critically addresses its limitations while promoting an enhancement
of communicative and social freedom.
This book throws fresh light on the experiences of Gypsies in
Surrey and South London at the dawn of the modern era. It uses a
wide range of records to paint a detailed picture of people who
left few written records themselves. It shows how external forces
including enclosure, urban expansion, changing economic
circumstances and ever-intrusive legislation, increasingly
challenged their way of life. The parallel struggles of local
communities and institutions to respond effectively and the
development of perceptions and prejudices have a contemporary
resonance that should interest the general reader as well as
academics and local and family historians.
Research skills are as critical to social work practitioners as
skills in individual and group counselling, policy analysis, and
community development. Adopting strategies similar to those used in
direct practice courses, this book integrates research with social
work practice, and in so doing promotes an understanding and
appreciation of the research process. This second edition of
Practising Social Work Research comprises twenty-three case studies
that illustrate different research approaches, including
quantitative, qualitative, single-subject, and mixed methods. Six
are new to this edition, and examine research with First Nations,
organizing qualitative data, and statistics. Through these
real-life examples, the authors demonstrate the processes of
conceptualization, operationalization, sampling, data collection
and processing, and implementation. Designed to help the student
and practitioner become more comfortable with research procedures,
Practising Social Work Research capitalizes on the strengths that
social work students bring to assessment and problem solving.
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The Chameleon's Last Dance
(Paperback)
Keith Brazil; Edited by Kitty Malone; Illustrated by Adam Wiltshire, Michael Brazil, Colin Francolino-Scott
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R180
Discovery Miles 1 800
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Chameleon's Last Dance - Join the revellers in a bawdy 'world
of men', between Christmas and New Year, as a somnambulist
chameleon, a dancing bear and ten lords-a-leaping prance into a bag
of glees and good tidings at the retro-Hustler's Ball. Swirling
through music, memories of childhood, places, teenage years, TV
characters, and friends, past and present, can the chameleon
trance-dance through fire and attain the state of 'Mok'sha'?
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