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The Handbook of Criminological Theory (Hardcover): AR Piquero The Handbook of Criminological Theory (Hardcover)
AR Piquero
R4,549 Discovery Miles 45 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

An indispensable resource for all levels, this handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology. * Provides original, cutting-edge, and in-depth summaries of the most important theories in criminology * Covers the origins and assumptions behind each theory, explores current debates and research, points out knowledge gaps, and offers directions for future research * Encompasses theory, research, policy, and practice, with recommendations for further reading at the end of each essay * Features discussions of broad issues and topics related to the field, such as the correlates of crime, testing theory, policy, and prediction * Clearly and accessibly written by leading scholars in the field as well as up-and-coming scholars

Body Language - Your Great Guide For The World Of Body Language Psychology And The Different Techniques Of Dark Psychology and... Body Language - Your Great Guide For The World Of Body Language Psychology And The Different Techniques Of Dark Psychology and Non-Verbal Communication To Become The Master Of Your Success (Hardcover)
Matthew Hall
R921 R790 Discovery Miles 7 900 Save R131 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Readings in Health, Medicine, and Society (Paperback): Katherine A. Lineberger Readings in Health, Medicine, and Society (Paperback)
Katherine A. Lineberger
R5,410 R4,578 Discovery Miles 45 780 Save R832 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Readings in Health, Medicine, and Society offers students carefully selected readings that provide them with a broad and well-rooted knowledge base in global and U.S. medical sociology. Unit I provides students with an overview of the field and examines select concepts and theoretical perspectives. Unit II illustrates the ways in which culture impacts health and health care systems. Unit III examines inequalities at the individual and societal levels. In Unit IV, students investigate how political and corporate structures impact people's health choices and behaviors. Unit V describes the key variables involved in the socialization of Western doctors, reviews the ways folk medicines differ from the Western paradigm, and illustrates an example of healing practices outside Western medicine. Unit VI provides a review of emerging medical technologies as they relate to sociology and offers a critical analysis of pharmaceutical technology. Unit VII critically examines the history of power building by U.S. doctors. The final unit offers a brief overview of the history of bioethics through a discussion of the Nuremburg Code, followed by an examination of patient autonomy and informed consent. Featuring a unique sociological perspective, Readings in Health, Medicine, and Society is an ideal resource for courses in medical sociology and public health.

When Information Came of Age - Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850 (Hardcover): Daniel R... When Information Came of Age - Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850 (Hardcover)
Daniel R Headrick
R4,108 Discovery Miles 41 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred during the Age of Reason and Revolution. When Information Came of Age argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to gather, store, transform, display, and communicate information.

The Basics of Sociology (Hardcover, New): Kathy Stolley The Basics of Sociology (Hardcover, New)
Kathy Stolley
R2,828 R2,562 Discovery Miles 25 620 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides an introduction to core concepts in sociology. Accessibly written chapters illustrate the history and practice of sociological work. Recent areas of social science inquiry, e.g., globalization and the Internet are also covered. There are profiles of more than 70 notable sociologists. In addition, there is information on training and working as a sociologist. This book provides an introduction to core conepts in sociology. Written in a readable, accessible style, it uses a mix of both classic studies and current references to illustrate sociological concepts and to underscore their continuing relevance. It examines what sociology is, why sociology is important, and why we study it. It demonstrates how various social forces impact our lives and form our social experiences explaining that, when we understand these forces, we can better make sense of the world around us, better understand ourselves, and better participate in shaping the future for ourselves and for others. The book extends traditional applications of these core concepts by focusing on their application to globalization and the Internet. A series of biographical profiles highlight the careers of more than 70 notable sociologists as well as others, who have contributed to the field. There is a chapter devoted to careers in sociology. Each chapter has a list of additional print and nonprint resources.

Civil Society and Health (Hardcover): Manas R. Pradhan Civil Society and Health (Hardcover)
Manas R. Pradhan
R2,284 Discovery Miles 22 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Methodology for Social Sciences Research in Agriculture (Hardcover): Nirmal Ravi Kumar K Jagan Mohan Reddy M Methodology for Social Sciences Research in Agriculture (Hardcover)
Nirmal Ravi Kumar K Jagan Mohan Reddy M
R2,447 Discovery Miles 24 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
What About the Family? - Practices of Responsibility in Care (Hardcover): Hilde Lindemann, Janice McLaughlin, Marian A. Verkerk What About the Family? - Practices of Responsibility in Care (Hardcover)
Hilde Lindemann, Janice McLaughlin, Marian A. Verkerk
R1,520 Discovery Miles 15 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Health and social care decisions, and how they impact a family, are often viewed from the perspective of the individual family member making them-for example, the role of the parent in surrogacy questions, the care of the elderly, or decisions that involve fetuses or organ donations. What About the Family? represents a concerted, collaborative effort to depart from this practice-it rather shows that the family unit as a whole is intrinsic and inseparable from patient's ethical decisions. This deeper level of thinking about families and health care poses an entirely new set of difficult questions. Which family members are relevant in influencing a patient? What is a family, in the first place? What duties does a family have to its own members? What makes an ethics of families distinctive from health care ethics, an ethic of care or feminist ethics is that it theorizes relationships characterized by ongoing intimacy and partiality among people who are not interchangeable, and remains centered on the practices of responsibility arising from these relationships. What About the Family? edited by bioethicists Hilde Lindemann, Marian Verkerk, and Janice McLaughlin, represents an interdisciplinary effort, drawing, among other resources, on its authors' backgrounds in sociology, nursing, philosophy, bioethics, and the medical sciences. Contributors begin from the assumption that any ethical examination of the significance of family ties to health and social care will benefit from a dialogue with the debates about family occuring in these other disciplinary areas, and examine why families matter, how families are recognized, how families negotiate responsibilities, how families can participate in treatment decision making, and how justice operates in families.

Knowledge Networks - The Social Software Perspective (Hardcover): Miltiadis D Lytras, Robert D. Tennyson, Patricia Ordonez De... Knowledge Networks - The Social Software Perspective (Hardcover)
Miltiadis D Lytras, Robert D. Tennyson, Patricia Ordonez De Pablos
R4,970 Discovery Miles 49 700 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Social networks are collections of individuals linked together by a set of relations. The linkage of social networks to people and business contexts as well as to critical government domains is important for the emerging information ecosystems of the knowledge society. Knowledge Networks: The Social Software Perspective concentrates on strategies that exploit emerging technologies for the knowledge effectiveness in social networks. This comprehensive book delivers an excellent mix of information for readers and is a must for those thirsty for knowledge on social networks and information systems."

God at Work - The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Hardcover): David W Miller God at Work - The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement (Hardcover)
David W Miller
R1,187 Discovery Miles 11 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What was once taboo - faith at work - is increasingly accepted in corporate America. From secretaries to CEOs, growing numbers of businesspeople today want to bring their faith to work. Yet they wrestle with how to do this effectively and appropriately in a pluralistic corporate setting. For help they turn not to their clergy, but to their peers and to a burgeoning cottage industry on spirituality at work. They attend conferences and seminars, participate in Bible study and prayer groups, and read books, blogs, and eNewsletters. They see their faith as a resource for ethical guidance and to help find meaning and purpose in their work.
In God at Work, David W. Miller looks at how this Faith at Work movement developed and considers its potential value for business and society. Done well, the integration of faith and work has positive implications at the personal level, as well as for corporate ethics and the broader economic sphere. At the same time, increasing expressions of religion and spiritual practices at work also present the threat of divisiveness and discrimination.
Drawing on the insights of theological ethics as well as the sociology of religion, Miller analyzes the history of the modern day Faith at Work movement from its roots in the late 19th century to its modern formulation and trajectory. He examines the diversity of its members and modes of expression, and constructs a new framework for understanding, interpreting, and critiquing the movement and its future. Miller concludes that workers and professionals have a deep and lasting desire to live a holistic life, to integrate the claims of their faith with the demands of their work. He documents the surprisingabdication of this field by church and theological academy and its embrace, ironically, by the management academy.
Offering compelling new evidence of the depth and breadth of spirituality at work, Miller concludes that faith at work is a bona fide social movement and here to stay. He establishes the importance of this movement, identifies the possibilities and problems, and points toward future research questions. God at Work is essential reading for business scholars and leaders, theologians and clergy, and anyone interested in the integration of faith and work.

Blue Twilight - Nature, Creationism, and American Religion (Paperback): Langdon Gilkey Blue Twilight - Nature, Creationism, and American Religion (Paperback)
Langdon Gilkey
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Gilkey's latest work takes the measure of the current American religious and cultural crisis, assesses recent theological responses to it, and shows how these illumine our understanding of the ongoing creationism controversy. Throughout, Gilkey articulates a faith- stance responsive to the contemporary world of radical pluralism and moral uncertainity - without retreating to simplistic dogmatism. Gilkey's vision of a "blue twilight" in which light fights with dark in religion and culture, stands as a stark reminder of what is at stake in the future of American religious life.

Leaders' Personalities and the Outcomes of Democratic Elections (Hardcover): Anthony King Leaders' Personalities and the Outcomes of Democratic Elections (Hardcover)
Anthony King
R4,381 Discovery Miles 43 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This unique edited volume by some of the leading scholars in the field, examines the importance, or non-importance, of the personalities of political leaders in determining the outcomes of democratic elections. The book argues, contrary to conventional wisdom, that relatively few voters are swayed by candidates' personal characteristics. Their findings imply that modern democratic pointers is not nearly as candidate-cent red and personality-orientated as is often supposed. They also suggest that parties' policies and their performance in office usually count for far more than the men and women they chose as their leaders.

Culture - Beacon of the Future (Hardcover, New): D.Paul Schafer Culture - Beacon of the Future (Hardcover, New)
D.Paul Schafer
R2,807 R2,541 Discovery Miles 25 410 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Culture is essential to everything we do and is going to play a very significant role in the world of the future. In spite of this, most of us have only a hazy understanding of culture and do not realize how it will affect individual, institutional, community, national, and international affairs. This volume delves into the domain of culture--both as a concept and as a reality--and proposes a formulation of the world system of the future according to culture's highest and most enduring principles. The author draws on many disciplines--anthropology, sociology, philosophy, cosmology, history, economics, and the arts--to make his case that culture and cultures should be accorded a central position in global development and human affairs in the future.

Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 1 (Hardcover): Anthony B. Atkinson, F. Bourguignon Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Anthony B. Atkinson, F. Bourguignon
R2,808 Discovery Miles 28 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Distributional issues may not have always been among the main concerns of the economic profession. Today, in the beginning of the 2000s, the position is different. During the last quarter of a century, economic growth proved to be unsteady and rather slow on average. The situation of those at the bottom ceased to improve regularly as in the preceding fast growth and full-employment period. Europe has seen prolonged unemployment and there has been widening wage dispersion in a number of OECD countries. Rising affluence in rich countries coexists, in a number of such countries, with the persistence of poverty. As a consequence, it is difficult nowadays to think of an issue ranking high in the public economic debate without some strong explicit distributive implications. Monetary policy, fiscal policy, taxes, monetary or trade union, privatisation, price and competition regulation, the future of the Welfare State are all issues which are now often perceived as conflictual because of their strong redistributive content.


Economists have responded quickly to the renewed general interest in distribution, and the contents of this Handbook are very different from those which would have been included had it been written ten or twenty years ago. It has now become common to have income distribution variables playing a pivotal role in economic models. The recent interest in the relationship between growth and distribution is a good example of this. The surge of political economy in the contemporary literature is also a route by which distribution is coming to re-occupy the place it deserves. Within economics itself, the development of models of imperfect information and informational asymmetries have not only provided a means of resolving the puzzle as to why identical workers get paid different amounts, but have also caused reconsideration of the efficiency of market outcomes. These models indicate that there may not necessarily be an efficiency/equity trade-off; it may be possible to make progress on both fronts.


The introduction and subsequent 14 chapters of this Handbook cover in detail all these new developments, insisting at the same time on how they tie with the previous literature on income distribution. The overall perspective is intentionally broad. As with landscapes, adopting various points of view on a given issue may often be the only way of perceiving its essence or reality. Accordingly, income distribution issues in the various chapters of this volume are considered under their theoretical or their empirical side, under a normative or a positive angle, in connection with redistribution policy, in a micro or macro-economic context, in different institutional settings, at various point of space, in a historical or contemporaneous perspective. Specialized readers will go directly to the chapter dealing with the issue or using the approach they are interested in. For them, this Handbook will be a clear and sure reference. To more patient readers who will go through various chapters of this volume, this Handbook should provide the multi-faceted view that seems necessary for a deep understanding of most issues in the field of distribution.

For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http: //www.elsevier.nl/locate/hes

Making a Living between Crises and Ceremonies in Tana Toraja - The Practice of Everyday Life of a South Sulawesi Highland... Making a Living between Crises and Ceremonies in Tana Toraja - The Practice of Everyday Life of a South Sulawesi Highland Community in Indonesia (Hardcover)
Edwin B P Jong
R3,283 Discovery Miles 32 830 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The practice of everyday life in Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi, Indonesia) is structured by a series of public events, of which funerals are the most important. Even after Indonesia was hit by an economic crisis in the late 1990s, thousands of extravagant funeral ceremonies, requiring huge expenditures, were still organized each year. To understand the paradoxes and complexities of Torajan livelihoods, Edwin de Jong develops an approach that goes beyond existing economically biased perspectives on livelihoods by including both the cultural and the economic realm, positioned in the socio-political world with a transnational perspective, placed against a historical background, while not losing sight of diversity and individual creativity. It also advances the ethnography of Tana Toraja and the comparative study between numerous similar societies.

The Political Centrist (Paperback): John Lawrence Hill The Political Centrist (Paperback)
John Lawrence Hill
R1,181 Discovery Miles 11 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Today almost half of all Americans decline to define themselves as either "liberal" or "conservative." In fact, modern liberalism and conservatism seem hopelessly fragmented ideologies. Liberals claim to believe in individual freedom yet advocate a more collectivistic approach to government and an increasingly paternalistic role for the state. Conservatives are hopelessly divided between two incompatible ideals--the highly individualistic, limited-state philosophy of classical liberalism and an older, more collectivistic tradition of cultural conservatism that holds government responsible for shaping social morality. As a result, modern liberals are economic collectivists and moral individualists, while conservatives are economic individualists and moral collectivists.


Centrists reject each of these fragmented and polarized approaches to politics. We believe that government has a role to play in structuring social and economic opportunities and in reinforcing basic moral norms, yet we are deeply troubled by ever-expanding government. We reject libertarianism, left-liberalism, and the various schools of conservatism as a model for government.


Part I of "The Political Centrist" briefly traces the trajectory of the liberal and conservative traditions. It argues that modern liberalism is an unprincipled fusion of classical liberal and socialist ideals while modern conservatism is an untenable hybrid of economic liberalism and social conservatism. Part II offers a centrist approach to many of the most contentious contemporary political and social issues. Those include:


-- abortion

-- affirmative action

-- the death penalty

-- gay marriage

-- illegal immigration

-- judicial activism

-- the relationship of religion and politics

-- the role of government in the economy

The Internet and Health in Brazil - Challenges and Trends (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Andre Pereira Neto, Matthew B. Flynn The Internet and Health in Brazil - Challenges and Trends (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Andre Pereira Neto, Matthew B. Flynn
R4,094 Discovery Miles 40 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The popularization of the Internet, due in larger part to the advent of multifunctional cell phones, poses new challenges for health professionals, patients, and caregivers as well as creates new possibilities for all of us. This comprehensive volume analyzes how this social phenomenon is transforming long-established healthcare practices and perceptions in a country with one of the highest numbers of Internet users: Brazil. After an opening text that analyzes the Internet and E-Health Care as a field of study, the book comprises six parts. The first part introduces the emergence and development of the internet in Brazil, its pioneering experience in internet governance, digital inclusion, and online citizen participation. The second part is dedicated to internet health audiences by analyzing the cases of patients, the young, and the elderly seeking and sharing health information online, especially in virtual communities. The third part is dedicated to the challenges that the expansion of the internet in healthcare poses to all of us, such as the evaluation of the quality of health information available online and the prevention of the risks involved with online sales, cyberbullying, and consumption of prescription medicines. The fourth presents some innovative e-learning experiences carried out with different groups in Brazil, while the fifth part analyses some practical applications involving the Internet and health, including studies on M-Health, the Internet of things, serious games and the use of new information and communication technologies in health promotion. The last chapter analyses the future of healthcare in the Internet Age. The authors establish a critical and creative debate with international scholarship on the subject. This book is written in a direct and comprehensible way for professionals, researchers, students of communication and health, as well as for stakeholders and others interested in better understanding the trends and the different challenges related to the social phenomenon of the internet in health.

Evaluations for Sustainable Development Experiences and Learning (Hardcover): Aniruddha & Agrawal Rashmi Brahmachari Evaluations for Sustainable Development Experiences and Learning (Hardcover)
Aniruddha & Agrawal Rashmi Brahmachari
R2,063 Discovery Miles 20 630 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Evolution and Everyday Practice of Collective Patient Involvement in Europe - An Examination of Policy Processes,... The Evolution and Everyday Practice of Collective Patient Involvement in Europe - An Examination of Policy Processes, Motivations, and Implementations in Four Countries (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Alexander Haarmann
R4,559 R3,488 Discovery Miles 34 880 Save R1,071 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This timely study analyzes social, economic, political, provider, and patient factors shaping collective patient involvement in European health care from the postwar period to the present day. Examining representative countries England, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden, it documents the roles of providers and legislatures in facilitating consumer involvement, and the varied forms of patient input into hospital operations. These findings are compared and contrasted against the intent and ideals behind patient involvement to assess the effectiveness of implementation policy, strengths and drawbacks of patient participation, and patient satisfaction and outcomes. The book's conclusions identify emerging forms of patient participation and predict the impact of health policy on the future of European collective patient involvement. Included in the coverage: * Patient involvement: who, what for, and in what way? * The Netherlands: the legislative process to collective patient involvement * England: formal means of public involvement-a continuous story of discontinuity * Germany: Joint Federal Committee-the "Little Legislator" * Sweden: reasons for a late emergence of patient involvement * Lessons to be learned from implementing patient involvement The Evolution and Everyday Practice of Collective Patient Involvement in Europe will interest and inspire scholars and researchers in diverse fields, including social policy, sociology, political sciences, and nursing studies, as well as patient organizations, policymakers, and healthcare providers.

Neighbor Networks - Competitive Advantage Local and Personal (Hardcover): Ronald S Burt Neighbor Networks - Competitive Advantage Local and Personal (Hardcover)
Ronald S Burt
R2,367 Discovery Miles 23 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

There is a moral to this book, a bit of Confucian wisdom often ignored in social network analysis: "Worry not that no one knows you, seek to be worth knowing."
This advice is contrary to the usual social network emphasis on securing relations with well-connected people. Neighbor Networks examines the cases of analysts, bankers, and managers, and finds that rewards, in fact, do go to people with well-connected colleagues. Look around your organization. The individuals doing well tend to be affiliated with well-connected colleagues.
However, the advantage obvious to the naked eye is misleading. It disappears when an individual's own characteristics are held constant. Well-connected people do not have to affiliate with people who have nothing to offer. This book shows that affiliation with well-connected people adds stability but no advantage to a person's own connections. Advantage is concentrated in people who are themselves well connected.
This book is a trail of argument and evidence that leads to the conclusion that individuals make a lot of their own network advantage. The social psychology of networks moves to center stage and personal responsibility emerges as a key theme. In the end, the social is affirmed, but with an emphasis on individual agency and the social psychology of networks. The research gives new emphasis to Coleman's initial image of social capital as a forcing function for human capital.
This book is for academics and researchers of organizational and network studies interested in a new angle on familiar data, and as a supplemental reading in graduate courses on social networks, stratification, or organizations. A variety of research settings are studied, and diverse theoretical perspectives are taken. The book's argument and evidence are supported by ample appendices for readers interested in background details.

Dictionary of Multicultural Education (Hardcover, New): Carl A. Grant, Gloria Ladson-Billings Dictionary of Multicultural Education (Hardcover, New)
Carl A. Grant, Gloria Ladson-Billings
R2,923 R2,709 Discovery Miles 27 090 Save R214 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Multicultural education has become one of the most widely discussed concepts in education today. Yet, at the same time, it is also one of the most misunderstood. Now, teachers, students and other interested parties can turn to the Dictionary of Multicultural Education to further their knowledge and understanding of this increasingly popular educational practice. As the authoritative reference work on this subject, the Dictionary includes detailed descriptions of more than 100 key words and phrases that are commonly used in the discussion of multicultural education at both the local school and national levels. Each entry begins with a simple, clear description of a concept or term and moves to a more in-depth discussion, using illustrative examples to bring the concept alive. Also included are brief biographical profiles of scholars, theoreticians and practitioners who have emerged as leaders in this field.

The Bauman Reader (Hardcover): P Beilharz The Bauman Reader (Hardcover)
P Beilharz
R4,095 Discovery Miles 40 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The remarkably diverse writings of Zygmunt Bauman range across a large number of issues in sociology, politics, history, and cultural studies. This is the first collection of Bauman's writings to cover the entire breadth of his work, and includes a summarizing essay and commentary by editor Peter Beilharz.


Beginning with Bauman's early English-language work on socialism, the "Reader" proceeds through "Legislators and Interpreters" to Bauman's defense of a sociology of the postmodern. The editor has also selected essays from Bauman's preeminent works on the Holocaust and on globalization. The book includes a new extensive interview, anticipating some of Bauman's forthcoming work.

Toward an American Sociology - Questioning the European Construct (Hardcover): Gordon Morgan Toward an American Sociology - Questioning the European Construct (Hardcover)
Gordon Morgan
R2,797 R2,531 Discovery Miles 25 310 Save R266 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The theories behind contemporary sociology were imported from Europe and first taught in American colleges in the late 1880s. Rooted in the soil of late feudal society, the received theories of current academic sociology simply cannot flourish in the democratic environment of modern America. This volume represents the author's effort to rethink the way sociologists approach both their discipline and the study of society and culture in the United States. The end product of this exercise is a distinctly American sociology.

Humble Analysis - The Practice of Joint Fact-Finding (Hardcover): Clinton J. Andrews Humble Analysis - The Practice of Joint Fact-Finding (Hardcover)
Clinton J. Andrews
R1,930 R1,729 Discovery Miles 17 290 Save R201 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Joint fact-finding is a cooperative venture and communication among the participants is critical to success. Analysts have begun to recognize this and have started to adjust their craft to reflect the communicative character of their work. Non-analysts usually judge experts' opinions by their value, effectiveness, and legitimacy rather than soundness of the conclusions. Accordingly, experts must recognize the importance of these non-scientific criteria, and learn to communicate better with their non-expert colleagues. Practically, this means explaining the rationale and implications behind their findings in an easily digestible way. Andrews uses real cases to illustrate his argument that analysts should marry process to analysis, spread information, reason inductively, broaden their analytic scope, put analytic results into lay terms, and constantly seek out feedback on their work.

Technical specialists who perform analysis in public settings can turn to Andrews's book for ideas about how to do their jobs more effectively. Scholars interested in the connection between expertise and the process of social learning will find his case study approach useful. Beginning with an analysis of the motivations and concepts at work in the process of joint fact finding, Andrews assesses the challenges analysts face from those who hire them and from their non-expert colleagues. He then illustrates his remarks with case studies of projects that have failed and succeeded. The book concludes by summing up the mistakes learned and elements that make for successful joint fact finding.

Medical Circumcision and HIV/AIDS Policy (Hardcover): James Kityo Medical Circumcision and HIV/AIDS Policy (Hardcover)
James Kityo
R4,900 Discovery Miles 49 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Since the first randomized controlled studies were conducted on medical circumcision to assess their effectiveness on reducing HIV transmission, health systems have made considerable progress in adopting this practice in their HIV/AIDS and sexual reproductive health policies. As such, medical circumcision is being adopted as an additional intervention measure to support previous practices for reducing HIV infections in various countries or settings. James Kityo's pioneering book examines contexts, processes, policy projections, and likely engagements by reviewing sexual reproductive health policies or practices, and literature on medical circumcision, and identifies existing opportunities and challenges. His book also explores the medical, gender, ethical, socio-economic, and human rights dimensions of medical circumcision as an HIV/AIDS prevention method. Following peer-reviewed studies, Kityo found compelling evidence documenting the effectiveness of medical circumcision in reducing HIV transmission, and discusses this evidence in the context of HIV/AIDS in a developing health system in Sub-Saharan Africa. The author concludes that there is a range of opportunities from research and current practice to enable policy makers to adopt medical circumcision and other interventions at their disposal in order to reduce infections from HIV and AIDS-related deaths. The author suggests feasible recommendations for implementing successful HIV/AIDS prevention programs in developing nations' health systems, including medical circumcision's gradual inclusion in health practices; stakeholder support; an elaborate review of this intervention by women, politicians, religious communities, and funding agencies. The author introduces a guided action plan, which can be used as a launch pad to enhance the learning process in the integration of medical circumcision in existing health practices.

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