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The Women of Totagadde - Broken Silence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Helen E. Ullrich The Women of Totagadde - Broken Silence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Helen E. Ullrich
R3,529 Discovery Miles 35 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book depicts one South Indian village during the fifty-year period when women's education became a possibility-and then a reality. Despite illiteracy, religious ritual marking them as inferior, and pre-pubertal marriages, the daughters and granddaughters of the silent, passive women of the 1960s have morphed into assertive, self-confident millennial women. Helen E. Ullrich considers the following questions: can education alter the perception of women as inferior and forever childlike? What happens when women refuse the mantle of socialized passivity? Throughout The Women of Totagadde, Helen Ullrich pushes us to consider how women's lives and society at large have been altered through education.

Black Genders and Sexualities (Hardcover): S. McGlotten, D. Davis Black Genders and Sexualities (Hardcover)
S. McGlotten, D. Davis
R1,541 Discovery Miles 15 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Black Genders and Sexualities provides a survey of new work by scholars who grapple with the ways gender and sexuality constellate with race. Cutting across the humanities and social sciences, and situated in sites across the black diaspora, the works collectively challenge notions that we are living in a post-racial age and instead argue for the specificity of black cultural experiences as shaped by gender and sex. The volume underscores the ways an array of violence impacts and shapes black life, while also testifying to the resiliency, creativity, and vitality of black people.

Managing Diversity -- The Courage to Lead (Hardcover): Elsie Y. Cross Managing Diversity -- The Courage to Lead (Hardcover)
Elsie Y. Cross
R2,785 Discovery Miles 27 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

White women and people of color now constitute the majority of the U.S. workforce, yet ninety-seven percent of senior managers of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1,000 industrial companies remain white men. It's clear that leaders of American organizations are requited to play key roles in a world that has become strange to them, says Cross. To succeed in an increasingly competitive global environment, our organizational leaders must have the courage to act outside their comfort zones--to try to understand, interact with, motivate, develop, and retain a work force that is alien to them.

Cross' book provides the practical assistance they need. Because racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression are not rational, help cannot be found wholly in rationalism. Such biases arise from emotional and psychological bases. Our leaders are thus forced to confront their barriers within barriers that exist at every level of their organization. Cross uses her own experiences as an African American woman and as an experienced, and recognized management consultant to demonstrate how oppression functions at the individual, group, and systems levels, but her book is not a memoir. Rather, it is a sophisticated explication of a complex and complete system of organizational change, with case studies and other useful aids, which, if fully grasped, will enable courageous leaders to succeed in understanding and dealing effectively with the urgent crosscultural and gender issues in the workplace.

Insights from Film into Violence and Oppression - Shattered Dreams of the Good Life (Hardcover, New): John P. Lovell Insights from Film into Violence and Oppression - Shattered Dreams of the Good Life (Hardcover, New)
John P. Lovell
R2,205 Discovery Miles 22 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book brings specialists in religious studies, African-American studies, history, and political science, together with a media librarian to examine violence as it is presented in films and how instructors can use films to teach about violence. The object of inquiry is the vulnerability of socially oppressed people to physical violence and to institutionalized patterns of discrimination, herein termed structural violence. The susceptibility of women to violence provides an example that is discussed in detail, revealing both merits and weaknesses in film treatment of gender. The full effect of violence is considered, from the abuse of the individual to the wartime mobilization of entire societies. Chapters also look at the benefits and problems of using films in the classroom and provide resources helpful to instructors, such as sample discussion and study guides, a bibliography, and a filmography.

Narratives of Difference in an Age of Austerity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Irene Gedalof Narratives of Difference in an Age of Austerity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Irene Gedalof
R3,147 Discovery Miles 31 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book traces the narrative strategies framing austerity policies through an illuminating analysis of policy documents and political discourses, exposing the political consequences for women, racialized minorities and disabled people. While many have critiqued the ways in which austerity has captured the contemporary political narrative, this is the first book to systematically examine how these narratives work to shift the terms within which policy debates about inequality and difference play out. Gedalof's exceptional readings of these texts pay close attention to the formal qualities of these narratives: the chronologies they impose, their articulation of crisis and resolution, the points of view they construct and the affective registers they deploy. In this manner she argues persuasively that the differences of gender, race, ethnicity and disability have been stitched into the fabric of austerity as excesses that must be disavowed, as reproductive burdens that are too great for the austere state to bear. This innovative, intersectional analysis will appeal to students and scholars of social policy, gender studies, politics and public policy.

Working with Sharks - A Pakistani Woman's Story of Sexual Harassment in the United Nations - From Personal Grievance to... Working with Sharks - A Pakistani Woman's Story of Sexual Harassment in the United Nations - From Personal Grievance to Public Law (Hardcover)
Fouzia Saeed
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Little did I know that my intimidation by senior officers in the UNDP had only just begun." Fouzia Saeed dreamed of bringing social change to the women of Pakistan and was thrilled to land her dream job at the world's ethical compass and institutional tour de force: The United Nations. As expected, the UN was a gathering place for passionate minds devoted to human rights and justice for all. Shockingly, at the UN mission in Pakistan it was also a breeding ground for powerful men who viewed women as sexual objects rather than professional equals. Refusing her boss's advances didn't stop the harassment. Reporting him to superiors didn't either. In her years-long struggle with torment and humiliation at the UN, Fouzia held strong, knowing her fight for women's rights was the only thing that could keep her going. But how do you fight for others' rights when you cannot even take hold of your own? Can you ever change a culture that views sexual harassment by a man as a woman's crime? Fouzia and a group of female colleagues, who similarly suffered in the workplace, gained the courage to risk their reputations. They filed a joint compliant and promptly found themselves under attack by their managers who aligned with the perpetrator in an effort to crush their case. Working with Sharks follows eleven indestructible women and the case that sparked a national movement and culminated in the passage of legislation that made sexual harassment a crime in Pakistan in 2010. Inspirational and poignant, Working with Sharks encourages women in any part of the world to find their voice and stand up to sexual harassment.

Distance Relationships - Intimacy and Emotions Amongst Academics and their Partners In Dual-Locations (Hardcover): Mary Holmes Distance Relationships - Intimacy and Emotions Amongst Academics and their Partners In Dual-Locations (Hardcover)
Mary Holmes
R2,599 R1,923 Discovery Miles 19 230 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and human perspective on how bodies, emotions and connections to others are key in maintaining intimate relationships.

Local Power and Female Political Pathways in Turkey - Cycles of Exclusion (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Lucie G. Drechselova Local Power and Female Political Pathways in Turkey - Cycles of Exclusion (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Lucie G. Drechselova
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the "Turkish paradox" - women's lower representation in local politics than in parliament. By analyzing life stories of 200 female municipal councilors and party representatives, it offers a comprehensive assessment of what makes local politics in Turkey particularly inaccessible to women. It places women's pathways within the cycles of exclusion, starting by political socialization, going through the candidate recruitment process and continuing after the election. The research presented here brings together gender studies and political sociology and offers novel applications of concepts including intersectionality and biographical availability. It covers all major political parties and diverse local configurations in Turkey, and reveals political strategies of women in conservative parties as well as the reasons behind the exceptionally high representation of women within the pro-Kurdish political parties. The book further sheds some light on the intricate relationship between women's political activity and regime change in the context of democratic backsliding.

Love the Sin - Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance (Hardcover): Janet R. Jakobsen, Ann Pellegrini Love the Sin - Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance (Hardcover)
Janet R. Jakobsen, Ann Pellegrini
R2,583 Discovery Miles 25 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction.In this dynamic legal context the publication of Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini''s Love the Sin offers a smart, but controversial, intervention. -- Journal of the American Academy of ReligionImportant... a fresh way to argue for gay rights and sexual freedom.--Boston PhoenixLove the Sin is a progressive contribution to discussions about sexual and religious freedom in a country where we find less of both than most politicians, religious thinkers, media moralists, and average Americans want to admit.--Gay TodayA brilliant book, one that can move public conversations about sexual, racial, and religious difference beyond present assumptions and impasses. Love the Sin suggests that religion can become the ground for sexual freedom rather than the justification for sexual repression.--Margaret R. Miles, author of Seeing and Believing: Religion and Values in the MoviesThis impressive book provides analytical and strategic insights on the central obstacle to gay and lesbian freedom today: sexuality''s treatment by religion. The authors'' accessible voice, wide-ranging and original synthesis, and deep knowledge make the experience of reading this book a pleasure.--Urvashi Vaid, former director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy InstituteJakobsen and Pellegrini argue convincingly that movements for ethnic, racial, gender, and sexual justice would be well served by using the paradigm of religious freedom instead of biological determinism to make the case for social change. Love the Sin is required reading for all the sinners to whom the title euphemistically refers, and for everyone who dreams of a more just society.--RabbiRebecca Alpert, author of Like Bread on the Seder PlateGives us vital language to escape both the trap of toleration and the seduction of assimilation. Not afraid to challenge the certainties of the secular left on religion, nor willing to settle for a narrow version of gay and lesbian rights, Love the Sin presents a new vision of American sexual and religious freedom.--Laura Levitt, Director of Jewish Studies, Temple UniversityAs ambitious, feisty, and exciting as any new passion, Love the Sin takes its readers on a compelling ride across the volatile landscape of religion and sex in American public life. The authors not only provoke and stimulate, guide and elucidate, but they redefine freedom and democracy as values for our sex lives as well as our sexual politics.--Lisa Duggan, coauthor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political CultureJakobsen and Pellegrini do a nice job of showing how the love-the-sinner/hate-the- sin tradition falls dramatically short of the higher aspiration to tolerance.--Stephen Pomper, Washington MonthlyThe authors of this short but succinct study explore the connection between the traditions of Christianity and the political and social regulation of sexuality in America.-- Library JournalLike any trumpet call to pull down the walls, this book serves its purpose by giving the GLBT community a new focus and even a renewed idealism.--The Gay & Lesbian ReviewWe cannot afford to lose the battle for nonpartisan sex education in the schools, sexual freedom for all citizens or a host of other endangered human rights. Love the Sin is essential reading for anyone who cares about these issues.--Women''s Review of BooksLove the Sin is a book that is relevant for anyoneinterested in sexology, religion, and politics. It has the potential to provoke and important dialogue amoung religious institutions, politicians at every level of government, community leader, and families about what it means to live up to the American ideal. -- Journal of History of SexualitySex. Religion. There is no denying that these two subjects are among the most provocative in American public life. Even the constitutional principle of church-state separation seems to give way when it comes to sex: the Supreme Court draws on theology as readily as it draws on cas

Sartre, Jews, and the Other - Rethinking Antisemitism, Race, and Gender (Hardcover): Manuela Consonni, Vivian Liska Sartre, Jews, and the Other - Rethinking Antisemitism, Race, and Gender (Hardcover)
Manuela Consonni, Vivian Liska
R2,510 Discovery Miles 25 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The starting point for this compilation is the wish to rethink the concept of antisemitism, race and gender in light of Sartre's pioneering Reflexions sur la Question Juive seventy years after its publication. The book gathers texts by prestigious scholars from different disciplines in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, with the objective or revisiting this work locating it within the setting of two other pioneering - and we argue, related - publications, namely Simone De Beauvoir's Le deuxieme sexe of 1949 and Franz Fanon's Peau noire et masques blancs of 1952. This particular and original standpoint sheds new light on the different meanings and political functions of the concept of antisemitism in a political and historical context marked by the post-modern concepts of multi-ethnicity and multiculturalism.

Gender and the Nuclear Family in Twenty-First-Century Horror (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Kimberly Jackson Gender and the Nuclear Family in Twenty-First-Century Horror (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Kimberly Jackson
R3,474 Discovery Miles 34 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gender and the Nuclear Family in Twenty-First-Century Horror is the first book-length project to focus specifically on the ways that patriarchal decline and post-feminist ideology are portrayed in popular American horror films of the twenty-first century. Through analyses of such films as Orphan, Insidious, and Carrie, Kimberly Jackson reveals how the destruction of male figures and depictions of female monstrosity in twenty-first-century horror cinema suggest that contemporary American culture finds itself at a cultural standstill between a post-patriarchal society and post-feminist ideology.

Gender, Science Fiction Television, and the American Security State - 1958-Present (Hardcover): M. Wildermuth Gender, Science Fiction Television, and the American Security State - 1958-Present (Hardcover)
M. Wildermuth
R1,942 Discovery Miles 19 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As American security became increasingly dependent on technology to shape the consciousness of its populace and to defend them, science fiction shows like The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The X-Files both promoted the regime's gendered logic and raised significant questions about that logic and its gendered roles. By charting the interaction between political developments in the security state and the evolution of feminist ideology in the culture from the end of WWII to the present, Wildermuth shows how these shows reflected and helped catalyze an evolving feminist consciousness in American culture and explores where they may yet take us in the future.

Politicizing Rape and Pornography - 1970s Feminist Movements in France and Norway (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Trine Rogg Korsvik Politicizing Rape and Pornography - 1970s Feminist Movements in France and Norway (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Trine Rogg Korsvik; Translated by Elisabet Rogg
R1,537 Discovery Miles 15 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines how feminist movements in Norway and France have politicized rape, pornography and sexual exploitation of women from the 1970s to the present. Through a cross-national comparison, it provides insights into why the fight against rape became top priority for French feminists in the 1970s; what kind of strategies the feminist movements used when politicizing sex and violence; who the opponents of the feminist mobilizations were, and who the allies were; as well as what the feminist movements achieved and what the costs of the battles were. This book provides historical context for contemporary and contentious debates about the tension between feminism and sexual freedom, about sexual liberation and abuse, and about the limits of freedom of expression. This text is relevant for students in history, sociology, health, political science, comparative politics and interdisciplinary gender studies. It is also relevant for researchers and activists who are concerned with the history of feminism, feminist politics and sexual politics.

Exploring the Toxicity of Lateral Violence and Microaggressions - Poison in the Water Cooler (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018):... Exploring the Toxicity of Lateral Violence and Microaggressions - Poison in the Water Cooler (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Christine L. Cho, Julie K. Corkett, Astrid Steele
R3,627 Discovery Miles 36 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Examining the subtle forms of aggression, violence, and harassment that occur in our society and manifest in institutions and places of work, the expert contributors collected here describe the experience of social marginalization and expose how vulnerable individuals work to navigate exclusionary climates. This volume explores how bodies disrupt the status quo in multiple contexts and locations; provides insights into how institutions are structured and how practices that may cause harm are maintained; and, finally, considers progressive and proactive alternatives. This book will be a key resource for academics and professionals in education, sociology, nursing, law, business and political science, as well as organizations and policymakers grappling with aggression in the workplace.

Sexuality and the Elderly - A Research Guide (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Bonnie L. Walker Sexuality and the Elderly - A Research Guide (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Bonnie L. Walker
R2,473 Discovery Miles 24 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This literature review was undertaken in order to determine what caregivers needed to know about elderly sexuality, to determine the needs of elderly people related to their sexuality, and to determine how caregivers could best assist them in meeting those needs. In selecting materials to be annotated for this book, the first priority was given to empirical studies. Also included were articles by prominent practitioners and researchers interested in elderly sexuality, literature reviews, and books written for the lay population which are often cited in the professional literature. In addition to seeking knowledge about elderly sexuality and understanding attitudes about sexuality, this literature review sought information about measurement issues and measurement instruments frequently used in research within elderly populations. Also of interest were investigations of educational and training programs involving caregivers.

The Sexual Life of Children (Hardcover): Floyd M. Martinson The Sexual Life of Children (Hardcover)
Floyd M. Martinson
R2,750 Discovery Miles 27 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book traces the development of sexuality in the child from the prenatal, through birth and up to puberty and adolescence. Very little has been written about children's sexuality in spite of a large literature on child abuse. Western society has been slow to recognize sexual experiences and conceptualizations as an important part of a child's development. This is the only work that has been written in a frank and open manner about the many sexual encounters that children have on a daily basis as part of their normal psychological development. Martinson's study is unique in that children speak for themselves in telling about their explorations, confusions, fears, and satisfactions. The book traces the life of children in their day-to-day encounters as they grow and develop. It complements and rounds out Robert Coles's important works on "The Moral Life of Children," "The Political Life of Children," and "The Spiritual Life of Children."

Gender Diversity, Recognition and Citizenship - Towards a Politics of Difference (Hardcover): S Hines Gender Diversity, Recognition and Citizenship - Towards a Politics of Difference (Hardcover)
S Hines
R1,866 Discovery Miles 18 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The question of 'recognition' motivates a range of contemporary social movements and forms the backdrop to legal and policy change, and theoretical and political debate. This timely book draws on original research to examine the meanings and significance of, and contestations around, recognition in relation to the aptly named UK 'Gender Recognition Act'. Gender Diversity, Recognition and Citizenship: Towards a Politics of Difference considers changing UK law and policy around gender diversity within the context of broader social, cultural, legal, political, theoretical, and policy shifts concerning gender and sexuality. In bringing together a wide range of critical interdisciplinary perspectives, and by addressing key debates about inclusion, equality, diversity, human rights and citizenship, the book examines gaps between law and policy, and everyday experiences and understandings of social justice. Through a critical engagement with a politics of recognition, Gender Diversity, Recognition and Citizenship instates the value of a 'politics of difference'.

The Entrepreneurial University - Engaging Publics, Intersecting Impacts (Hardcover): Y Taylor The Entrepreneurial University - Engaging Publics, Intersecting Impacts (Hardcover)
Y Taylor
R3,539 Discovery Miles 35 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The entrepreneurial university has been tasked with making an impact. This collection presents professional-personal reflections on research experience and interpretative accounts of navigating fieldwork and broader publics, politics and practices of (dis)engagement primarily through a feminist, queer and gender studies lens.

Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality - Fathers on Leave Alone (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Margaret... Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality - Fathers on Leave Alone (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Margaret O'Brien, Karin Wall
R2,047 Discovery Miles 20 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book portrays men's experiences of home alone leave and how it affects their lives and family gender roles in different policy contexts and explores how this unique parental leave design is implemented in these contrasting policy regimes. The book brings together three major theoretical strands: social policy, in particular the literature on comparative leave policy developments; family and gender studies, in particular the analysis of gendered divisions of work and care and recent shifts in parenting and work-family balance; critical studies of men and masculinities, with a specific focus on fathers and fathering in contemporary western societies and life-courses. Drawing on empirical data from in-depth interviews with fathers across eleven countries, the book shows that the experiences and social processes associated with fathers' home alone leave involve a diversity of trends, revealing both innovations and absence of change, including pluralization as well as the constraining influence of policy, gender, and social context. As a theoretical and empirical book it raises important issues on modernization of the life course and the family in contemporary societies. The book will be of particular interest to scholars in comparing western societies and welfare states as well as to scholars seeking to understand changing work-life policies and family life in societies with different social and historical pathways.

Sexual Harassment - A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Lynne Eisaguirre Sexual Harassment - A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Lynne Eisaguirre
R1,969 Discovery Miles 19 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This work addresses the ongoing focus on sexual harassment in the United States, an issue that remains at the forefront of contemporary American society. In the 2nd edition of Sexual Harassment, compelling cases of sexual harassment in the 1990s are examined, including the highly publicized lawsuit against President Bill Clinton brought by Paula Jones, a former employee of the state of Arkansas. Conversely, readers are asked to assess a recent national debate over whether grade school children should be disciplined for "sexual harassment" when they kiss a playmate. Sexual Harassment contains an overview, a detailed chronology, biographical sketches, primary source material, lists of print and nonprint resources, and a directory of organizations and agencies. Includes a detailed chronology of the history of sexual harassment Provides biographical sketches of key figures

The Evolution of Sexuality (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Todd K. Shackelford, Ranald D. Hansen The Evolution of Sexuality (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Todd K. Shackelford, Ranald D. Hansen
R4,207 R3,614 Discovery Miles 36 140 Save R593 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Attraction, mating, reproduction: it is a given that as a species, human beings are concerned with sex. And whether the study compares sexual behaviors of men and women or considers the proportions between nature and nurture, most roads lead back to our distant ancestors and/or our fellow animals. The Evolution of Sexuality collects stimulating new empirical findings and theoretical concepts regarding both familiar themes and emerging areas of interest. Following earlier titles in this series, an interdisciplinary panel of contributors examines topics specific to the whys of male and female sex-related behavior, here ranging from biological bases for male same-sex attraction to the seemingly elusive purpose of the female orgasm. This vantage point between biology and psychology gives readers profound insights not just into human differences and similarities, but also why they continue to matter despite our vast understanding of culture and socialization. And intriguing dispatches from the humanities review sexual themes in classic works of literature and explore the role of parent-offspring conflict in the English Revolution of the seventeenth century. Among the topics covered: Sexual conflict and evolutionary psychology: toward a unified framework. Assortative mating, caste, and class. The functional design and phylogeny of female sexuality. Is oral sex a form of mate retention behavior? Two behavioral hypotheses for the evolution or male homosexuality in humans. Sperm competition and the evolution of human sexuality. The Evolution of Sexuality will attract evolutionary scientists across a variety of disciplines. Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and researchers interested in sexuality will find it a springboard for discussion, debate, and further study.

Economic Development and Women in the World Community (Hardcover, New): Hans C. Blomqvist, Kartik Roy, Clement A. Tisdell Economic Development and Women in the World Community (Hardcover, New)
Hans C. Blomqvist, Kartik Roy, Clement A. Tisdell
R2,781 Discovery Miles 27 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After reviewing theories about how women are likely to fare as a result of economic development, the editors and their contributors focus on the socioeconomic status of women and changes in it as a result of processes of economic development in individual countries in five continents. Economic development is supposed to remove impediments to the improvement in women's status. In some developing countries researchers have found that instead of lessening the forces of restrictions, economic development may, in fact, have strengthened them. The editors call for a greater involvement of women as active participants in the process of dismantling social, legal, and institutional barriers to women's development.

Couples' Transitions to Parenthood - Analysing Gender and Work in Europe (Hardcover): Daniela Grunow, Marie Evertsson Couples' Transitions to Parenthood - Analysing Gender and Work in Europe (Hardcover)
Daniela Grunow, Marie Evertsson
R3,874 Discovery Miles 38 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It is common for European couples living fairly egalitarian lives to adopt a traditional division of labour at the transition to parenthood. Based on in-depth interviews with 332 parents-to-be in eight European countries, this book explores the implications of family policies and gender culture from the perspective of couples who are expecting their first child. Couples' Transitions to Parenthood: Analysing Gender and Work in Europe is the first comparative, qualitative study that explicitly locates couples' parenting ideals and plans in the wider context of national institutions. This unique analysis of transitions to parenthood in contemporary Europe focuses on Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and Poland. It explores how parents' agency varies along with policy-culture gaps in their countries and provides evidence of their struggle to adapt to, or resist, socially desired paths and patterns of change. In fact, the ways in which institutional structures limit possible choices and beliefs about motherhood and fatherhood are linked in ways that often go unnoticed by social scientists, policy makers and parents themselves. This cutting-edge book will be of interest to social scientists, political scientists, journalists and policy-makers. Parents-to-be will also find value in this analysis of gender in parenthood. Contributors include: P. Abril, J. Alsarve, P. Amigot, S. Bertolini, C. Botia-Morillas, K. Boye, F. Buhlmann, A. Dechant, M. Dominguez Folgueras, M. Evertsson, N. Girardin, D. Grunow, M.J. Gonzalez, D. Hanappi, T. Jurado-Guerrero, I. Lapuerta, J.-M. Le Goff, T. Martin-Garcia, J. Monferrer, R. Musumeci, M. Naldini, O. Nesporova, M. Reimann, A. Rinklake, C. Roman, M. Seiz, R. Stuchla, P.M. Torrioni, I. Valarino, G. Veltkamp, M. Verweij

Male Homosexualities and World Religions (Hardcover): P. Hurteau Male Homosexualities and World Religions (Hardcover)
P. Hurteau
R2,024 Discovery Miles 20 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

During the last 25 years, homosexuality has played an important role in public debates in Western societies. With globalization, the civil protection of gay rights is spreading rapidly outside the Northern hemisphere and many non-Christian religious traditions are taking public positions on the issues. Favoring a dialogue among various religious systems and an in-depth review of their positions, Pierre Hurteau offers readers new insights into how each of the traditions studied - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Afro-American religions - articulates its own regulatory mechanisms of male sexuality in general, and homosexuality. Moving away from a Eurocentric view, this book reminds readers that sites of non-heterosexual identity are multiple.

Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Dan A Peterson, Vanessa R. Panfil Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Dan A Peterson, Vanessa R. Panfil
R8,754 R6,960 Discovery Miles 69 600 Save R1,794 (20%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Contemporary scholars have begun to explore non-normative sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in a growing victimization literature, but very little research is focused on LGBTQ communities' patterns of offending (beyond sex work) and their experiences with police, the courts, and correctional institutions. This Handbook, the first of its kind in Criminology and Criminal Justice, will break new ground by presenting a thorough treatment of all of these under-explored issues in one interdisciplinary volume that features current empirical work.

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