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The Aftermath of Rape - Survivors Speak (Hardcover): Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Sangeeta Rege, Sanjida Arora The Aftermath of Rape - Survivors Speak (Hardcover)
Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Sangeeta Rege, Sanjida Arora
R1,659 Discovery Miles 16 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book documents the journey of the survivors of sexual violence as they navigate the gruelling criminal justice and health care systems and the stigma and hostility in their communities in the aftermath of the incident. Through personal narratives of survivors and their family members, the book examines critical gaps in the existing networks of criminal procedure, health, and rehabilitation for survivors of sexual violence and rape. Using qualitative research, it distills the narratives gathered through interviews with survivors and their family members to understand their experiences and offers. The book contributes to the corpus of literature on different forms of violence against women in India with an emphasis on understanding the effectiveness of institutions, both formal and informal, in responding to sexual violence, and offering suggestions for changes in the health and support systems available to them. It documents post-incident interactions of survivors with family, community, the police, courts, lawyers, and hospitals and highlights the impact of rape on physical and mental health, work, relationships, education and housing for survivors and their families. This book will be of interest to those engaged in providing support to survivors of sexual violence as well as students and researchers of social work and social policy, health and social care, law, gender studies, human rights and civil liberties, gender and sexuality, social welfare, and mental health.

Children, Family and the State - A Critical Introduction (Paperback): Rob Creasy, Fiona Corby Children, Family and the State - A Critical Introduction (Paperback)
Rob Creasy, Fiona Corby
R870 R763 Discovery Miles 7 630 Save R107 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For anyone studying childhood or families a consideration of the state may not always seem obvious, yet a good critical knowledge of politics, social policy and social theory is vital to understanding their impacts upon families' everyday lives. Accessibly written and assuming no prior understanding, it shows how key concepts, including vulnerability, risk, resilience, safeguarding and wellbeing are socially constructed. Carefully designed to support learning, it provides students with clear guidance on how to use what they have read when writing academic assignments alongside questions designed to support the develop of critical thinking skills. Covering issues from what the family is within a multicultural society, through issues around poverty, social mobility and life-chances, this book gives students an excellent grounding in matters relating to work with children and families. It features: * 'using this chapter' sections showing how the content can be used in assignments; * tips on applying critical thinking to books and articles - and how to make use of such thinking in essays; * further reading.

Towards a Professional Model of Surrogate Motherhood (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Ruth Walker, Liezl Van Zyl Towards a Professional Model of Surrogate Motherhood (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Ruth Walker, Liezl Van Zyl
R3,120 Discovery Miles 31 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book delves deeply into modern surrogacy arrangements, responding to both practical and ethical critiques by offering a radically new model for surrogate motherhood. Current practice distinguishes between two models of surrogacy - the altruistic (unpaid) model and the commercial (paid) model, both of which present social, ethical, and conceptual challenges. This book proposes a novel arrangement for surrogate motherhood - the professional model. Inspired by professions, such as nursing, teaching, and social work, the professional model acknowledges the caring motives that surrogate mothers have while at the same time compensating them for their work. Walker and Van Zyl adopt an evidence-based approach to explain that the professional model enables trust between intended parents and surrogates, provides professional support at every stage of the relationship, affords legal protections against exploitation and commodification, and recognizes the rights and interests of all parties, including the intended baby. The model applies to both transnational and domestic surrogacy and will be of great interest to policy makers, social researchers, bioethicists, legal scholars, fertility professionals, clinicians, and graduate students in psychology, philosophy, medicine and ethics.

The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education - Does Equal Access Matter? (Hardcover): Katja Repo, Maarit Alasuutari,... The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education - Does Equal Access Matter? (Hardcover)
Katja Repo, Maarit Alasuutari, Kirsti Karila, Johanna Lammi-Taskula
R2,994 Discovery Miles 29 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely book reveals how policies of childcare and early childhood education influence children's circumstances and the daily lives of families with children. Examining how these policies are approached, it focuses particularly on the issues and pitfalls related to equal access. Chapters explore early childhood education and care policies in different social and geographical contexts, highlighting the different ways in which stakeholders - including parents, administrators and policy makers - approach issues of equality. The book further analyses what is meant by, and expected of, early childhood education and care in society and how this varies between nations. Key case studies in the context of liberal, conservative and universal approaches to welfare are used to show the broad differences between them, problematizing the notion of equal access. Social policy, family studies and sociology scholars will appreciate the new insights into the question of the equality of societies offered in this book. It will also prove incisive for researchers looking at the family and early childhood education, as well as for politicians and administrators working in the field.

Postmigrant Club Cultures in Urban Europe (Hardcover, New edition): Kira Kosnick Postmigrant Club Cultures in Urban Europe (Hardcover, New edition)
Kira Kosnick
R1,076 Discovery Miles 10 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How do young people with migration backgrounds take part in and shape urban leisure socialities in European cities? Presenting results of a long-term ethnographic research project carried out in ethnic club scenes in Paris, London and Berlin, this book challenges assumptions about migrant community dynamics and ethnic segregation. Examining both heteronormative and "queer" scenes, the contributors to this volume give insights into how clubbing socialities are related to the wider life contexts of different postmigrant groups and the challenges they face in metropolitan centres. Far from simply celebrating ethnic community, British Asian, German Turkish and French Caribbean club scenes respond to intersecting dynamics of racism, gentrification, sexism, homophobia and class stratification.

Handbook of Marriage and the Family (Hardcover, 3rd ed. 2013): Gary W. Peterson, Kevin R. Bush Handbook of Marriage and the Family (Hardcover, 3rd ed. 2013)
Gary W. Peterson, Kevin R. Bush
R3,660 Discovery Miles 36 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The third edition of Handbook of Marriage and the Family describes, analyzes, synthesizes, and critiques the current research and theory about family relationships, family structural variations, and the role of families in society. This updated Handbook provides the most comprehensive state-of-the art assessment of the existing knowledge of family life, with particular attention to variations due to gender, socioeconomic, race, ethnic, cultural, and life-style diversity. The Handbook also aims to provide the best synthesis of our existing scholarship on families that will be a primary source for scholars and professionals but also serve as the primary graduate text for graduate courses on family relationships and the roles of families in society. In addition, the involvement of chapter authors from a variety of fields including family psychology, family sociology, child development, family studies, public health, and family therapy, gives the Handbook a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary framework.

Family and Jihadism - A Socio-Anthropological Approach to the French Experience (Hardcover): Jerome Ferret, Farhad Khosrokhavar Family and Jihadism - A Socio-Anthropological Approach to the French Experience (Hardcover)
Jerome Ferret, Farhad Khosrokhavar
R4,490 Discovery Miles 44 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume explores the paramount importance of family to jihadism in France, Spain and in Europe more generally. In France, special focus is given to the Mohammed Merah paradigmatic case study in the Toulouse region. In Spain, attention is given to the North and to Catalonia. With attention to both the concrete family - often in crisis - and the imaginary family invented by radicalized youth to substitute, this book shows the fundamental need among many jihadists to reconstitute the family, whether in the form of a clan or the imagined Caliphate (or neo-Ummah): a form of shared existence that offers escape from societies in which jihadists feel ill-at-ease. Demonstrating the failure of an emphasis on the individual actor to capture the meaning of jihadism, Family and Jihadism reveals the fundamental importance to our understanding of jihadist activity of the family (in an extended anthropological sense) - real or imagined - into which the individual is inserted. A study of the crisis of family and the re-creation of a new, enlarged family in the lives of young jihadists, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, politics and security studies with interests in radicalisation, political violence, social movements and religious violence.

Family and Jihadism - A Socio-Anthropological Approach to the French Experience (Paperback): Jerome Ferret, Farhad Khosrokhavar Family and Jihadism - A Socio-Anthropological Approach to the French Experience (Paperback)
Jerome Ferret, Farhad Khosrokhavar
R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume explores the paramount importance of family to jihadism in France, Spain and in Europe more generally. In France, special focus is given to the Mohammed Merah paradigmatic case study in the Toulouse region. In Spain, attention is given to the North and to Catalonia. With attention to both the concrete family - often in crisis - and the imaginary family invented by radicalized youth to substitute, this book shows the fundamental need among many jihadists to reconstitute the family, whether in the form of a clan or the imagined Caliphate (or neo-Ummah): a form of shared existence that offers escape from societies in which jihadists feel ill-at-ease. Demonstrating the failure of an emphasis on the individual actor to capture the meaning of jihadism, Family and Jihadism reveals the fundamental importance to our understanding of jihadist activity of the family (in an extended anthropological sense) - real or imagined - into which the individual is inserted. A study of the crisis of family and the re-creation of a new, enlarged family in the lives of young jihadists, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, politics and security studies with interests in radicalisation, political violence, social movements and religious violence.

Sustainable Family Farming and Yeoman Ideals - 1860 to 2000 in North-West Tasmania (Hardcover): Rena R. Henderson Sustainable Family Farming and Yeoman Ideals - 1860 to 2000 in North-West Tasmania (Hardcover)
Rena R. Henderson
R5,087 Discovery Miles 50 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

- Even though the case study seems narrow, establishing yeoman farmers was a global endeavour in the nineteenth century, giving this book a broader dimension that just Australia. - Taps into previously unused/little used archival content, like the printed valuable records and oral histories. - The material is timely because small farms are facing new threats (rising price of water in mainland Australia).

Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century - Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities (Hardcover):... Negotiating Families and Personal Lives in the 21st Century - Exploring Diversity, Social Change and Inequalities (Hardcover)
Sheila Quaid, Catriona Hugman, Angela Wilcock
R4,476 Discovery Miles 44 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a vital new resource in the sociological study of family life in the 21st century. The chapters in this volume explore a diverse range of family and intimate life experiences, such as personal choices about reproduction and how life choices and family forms are mediated by factors including geographical location, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, income and government policy. Through a series of evidence-based chapters, leading sociologists explore a diverse range of family and intimate life experiences and the contexts within which they are lived and experienced. Each chapter delves into the lives and experiences of people whose choices in some way seem to disrupt normative and traditional ideas of family, parenting and childhood. Family patterns and experiences of living apart together, troubled families, children in care, culture, coupledom, same-sex families and digital technology are covered and examined innovatively through theoretical engagement. Chapters also incorporate innovative technologies and their use within family spaces that shape the nature of human relationships and interactions. These negotiations within the family are globally contextualised within the political and ideological frameworks of societies at any given moment in time. The work recognises the sensitivity of family and personal lives and incorporates the increasing need of the impact of emotionality that forms part of knowledge production. Additionally, innovative methods are showcased in chapters on researching the family through socially just methods, researcher emotionality and visual data. By bringing together thought-provoking research findings and innovative methodological and theoretical approaches, this collection of essays raises and articulates relevant, timely and future thinking for its readers. This book will therefore be indispensable for students and researchers as well as professionals and policymakers interested in understanding family life in the 21st century.

The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage - LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality (Hardcover):... The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage - LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality (Hardcover)
Aaron Hoy
R4,491 Discovery Miles 44 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Showcasing research from across the social sciences, this edited volume seeks to provide readers with an empirically grounded sense of how many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people marry in the US and Canada, what their marriages look like, and how LGBT people themselves are impacted by marriage and marriage equality. Prior to marriage equality, lawmakers and activists across the political spectrum debated whether same-sex couples should have the legal right to marry, and likewise, academic research to date has focused mostly on the politics of same-sex marriage. However, this edited volume focuses on LGBT people themselves and their intimate relationships in the era of marriage equality. Including both quantitative and qualitative social science research, it features 14 primary chapters that examine a diverse set of topics, including demographic patterns in same-sex marriage and cohabitation, marital aspirations and motivations among LGBT people, arrangements and dynamics within same-sex relationships, and the legal benefits and informal privileges associated with marriage. The edited volume will be of interest to scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, child and family studies, communications, social work, and economics, while also offering valuable information for laypeople generally interested in families and/or LGBT studies.

Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England - Share and Share Alike (Paperback): Amy Harris Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England - Share and Share Alike (Paperback)
Amy Harris
R662 Discovery Miles 6 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the impact sisters and brothers had on eighteenth-century English families and society. Using evidence from letters, diaries, probate disputes, court transcripts, prescriptive literature and portraiture, it argues that although parents' wills often recommended their children 'share and share alike', siblings had to constantly negotiate between prescribed equality and practiced inequalities. Siblinghood and social relations in Georgian England, which will be the first monograph-length analysis of early modern siblings in England, is primed to be at the forefront of sibling studies. The book is intended for a broad audience of scholars - particularly those interested in families, women, children and eighteenth-century social and cultural history. -- .

Women and Reproductive Technologies - The Socio-Economic Development of Technologies Changing the World (Paperback): Annette... Women and Reproductive Technologies - The Socio-Economic Development of Technologies Changing the World (Paperback)
Annette Burfoot, Derya Gungoer
R1,275 Discovery Miles 12 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. A sociological and historical study of the development of reproductive technologies, this book focuses on key technological developments through a biomedicalization lens with special attention to gender. Using in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a hub, it critically examines the main areas of related socio-technical developments: reproductive science, birth control, animal husbandry, genetics and reproductive medicine. Employing a critical framework to illuminate dominant discourses, the book also highlights examples of social resistance, as well as contradictory responses to new reproductive technologies. Over eight chapters, the author examines the social history of reproduction and sexuality, reproductive technologies from old to new and debates surrounding new reproductive technologies and genetic engineering. Women and Reproductive Technologies pays close attention to the interconnections between the business of reproduction (and replication industries), the sociality of reproduction (including reproductive justice) and what are considered the technologies themselves. As such, it constitutes essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of sociology, health studies and gender studies interested in the current state of human reproduction.

Heritage in the Home - Domestic Prehabitation and Inheritance (Paperback): Caron Lipman Heritage in the Home - Domestic Prehabitation and Inheritance (Paperback)
Caron Lipman
R1,376 Discovery Miles 13 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores how people encounter the pasts of their homes, offering insights into the affective, emotional and embodied geographies of domestic heritage. For many people, the intimacy of dwelling is tempered by levels of awareness that their home has been previously occupied by other people whose traces remain in the objects, decor, spaces, stories, memories and atmospheres they leave behind. This book frames home as a site of historical encounter, knowledge and imagination, exploring how different forms of domestic 'inheritance' - material, felt, imagined, known - inform or challenge people's homemaking practices and feelings of belonging, and how the meanings and experiences of domestic space and dwelling are shaped by residents' awareness of their home's history. The domestic home becomes an important site for heritage work, an intimate space of memories and histories - both our own but also not our own - a place of real and imagined encounters with a range of selves and others. This book will be of interest to academics, students and professionals in the fields of heritage studies, cultural geography, contemporary archaeology, public history, museum studies, sociology and anthropology.

Kinship and Social Organisation - Together with 'The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Enquiry' (Paperback): W.... Kinship and Social Organisation - Together with 'The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Enquiry' (Paperback)
W. H. R. Rivers
R1,269 Discovery Miles 12 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

W. H. R. Rivers, who has been called 'the founder of the modern study of social organization', exerted an immense influence on his contemporaries and successors. This volume reprints three of his lectures, delivered in 1913 and first published in 1914, which provide a short and brilliant exposition of his theoretical approach, and are exemplary of his handling of ethnographic evidence. His theme is the relationship between kinship terminologies and social organization, more particularly forms of marriage, a subject still of lively theoretical interest. Also included is the same author's The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Enquiry, first published in 1910, a classic of anthropological methodology, and Professor Raymond Firth of the London School of Economics and Professor David Schneider of the University of Chicago provide commentaries estimating the past and present importance of Rivers in British and American Anthropology respectively.

Publishing in Journals on the Family - A Survey and Guide for Scholars, Practitioners, and Students (Paperback): Roma S. Hanks,... Publishing in Journals on the Family - A Survey and Guide for Scholars, Practitioners, and Students (Paperback)
Roma S. Hanks, Marvin B Sussman, Linda M Matocha
R1,111 Discovery Miles 11 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book, first published in 1992, is a comprehensive guide to publishing articles and research on the family in social science journals. It includes listings for over two hundred social science journals whose editors have expressed an interest in publishing empirical research and theoretical articles about the family. It presents in a single source, detailed publication information for a multitude of journals.

The Perplexity of a Muslim Woman - Over Inheritance, Marriage, and Homosexuality (Paperback): Olfa Youssef The Perplexity of a Muslim Woman - Over Inheritance, Marriage, and Homosexuality (Paperback)
Olfa Youssef; Translated by Lamia Benyoussef
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Using the methodology of modern scholars in the fields of Arabic lexicography, linguistics, and psychoanalysis, Tunisian feminist scholar Olfa Youssef investigates the rulings about inheritance, marriage, and homosexuality in the Qur'anic text itself and compares them with the interpretations provided by male Muslim theologians and legal scholars from medieval times to the present. In this book, she makes five central arguments: (1) There is a discrepancy between the layered signification in the Qur'anic text itself and the sutured explanations by religious scholars which have been enacted into law in many Muslim countries today; (2) the plurality of meanings is the quintessential essence of the Qur'an as evidenced in the absence of any sura over which there was unanimous agreement among Muslim scholars; (3) when male privilege was at stake, male legal scholars, to protect their own interests, ignored the divine text and based their rulings on human consensus; (4) Muslim medieval views on gender and homosexuality were more tolerant than contemporary ones; and finally (5), preferring indetermination and perplexity over the finality and certainties found in the judgements of male theologians, Youssef argues that only God knows the Qur'an's true meaning. Her job as a Muslim female scholar is only to raise questions over those human interpretations that many Muslim societies mistake for divine will.

Challenging the Politics of Early Intervention - Who's 'Saving' Children and Why (Hardcover): Val Gillies,... Challenging the Politics of Early Intervention - Who's 'Saving' Children and Why (Hardcover)
Val Gillies, Rosalind Edwards, Nicola Horsley
R2,297 Discovery Miles 22 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A vital interrogation of the internationally accepted policy and practice consensus that intervention to shape parenting in the early years is the way to prevent disadvantage. Given the divisive assumptions and essentialist ideas behind early years intervention, in whose interests does it really serve? This book critically assesses assertions that the 'wrong type of parenting' has biological and cultural effects, stunting babies' brain development and leading to a life of poverty and under-achievement. It shows how early intervention policies underpinned by interpretations of brain science perpetuate gendered, classed and raced inequalities. The exploration of future directions will be welcomed by those looking for a positive, collectivist vision of the future that addresses the real underlying issues in the creation of disadvantage.

Chinese Transnational Families - Care Circulation and Children's Life Paths (Hardcover): Laura Lamas-Abraira Chinese Transnational Families - Care Circulation and Children's Life Paths (Hardcover)
Laura Lamas-Abraira
R4,479 Discovery Miles 44 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The research presented in this book explores care and its circulation in Chinese transnational families that are split between China and Spain, and the paths these families' children have taken through their lives so far: from their early years to their current position as young adults, with care, in its multiple dimensions and timescales - past, present and future - as the unifying thread. In doing so, it provides a contribution to the emerging body of research about care and transnational families and it posits the need to question hegemonic models of family, childhood and care, and to give voice and visibility to other actors, moving beyond the adult-centred perspective that dominates migration research. The ethnographic approach together with the focus on the day-to-day lives of these families, in which care is the core concept, as it permeates people's lives and traverses society generationally, makes this book appealing to both scholars and general public.

Migration and Marriage in Asian Contexts (Hardcover): Zheng Mu, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung Migration and Marriage in Asian Contexts (Hardcover)
Zheng Mu, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
R4,479 Discovery Miles 44 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book analyses how Asian migrants adapt and assimilate into their host societies, and how this assimilation differs across their sociodemographic backgrounds, ethnic profiles, and political contexts. The diversities in Asian migrants' assimilation trajectories challenge the assumption that given time, migrants will eventually integrate holistically into their host societies. This book captures the diverse patterns and trajectories of assimilation by going beyond marriage migration to look at how family formation processes are shaped by migration driven by reasons other than marriage. Using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method analyses, not only does this book uncover the nuances of the link between marriage and migration, but it also widens methodological repertoires in research on marriage and migration. It also captures various social outcomes that may have been influenced by migration, including migrants' economic well-being, cultural assimilation, subjective well-being, and gender inequality vis-a-vis marriages. This book further embeds the studies in the Asian contexts by drawing on individual countries' unique policies relevant to cross-cultural marriages, the persistent impacts of extended families, the patriarchal traditions, and systems of religion and caste. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Challenging Parental Alienation - New Directions for Professionals and Parents (Paperback): Jean Mercer, Margaret Drew Challenging Parental Alienation - New Directions for Professionals and Parents (Paperback)
Jean Mercer, Margaret Drew
R1,112 Discovery Miles 11 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The editors and chapter authors argue against the unquestioning use of "parental alienation" concepts in child custody conflicts. As such, this is the first book to support arguments against court orders that would prohibit contact with a child and force the child into potentially harmful parental alienation treatment. Of interest to any professional who may encounter parental alienation: mental health professionals, children's services workers, lawyers, judges, domestic relations and child protection court staff as well as Children's Advocacy Center interviewers. Parents and professionals involved in parental alienation cases can find in this book the materials they need to support arguments against court orders that would prohibit contact with a child and force the child into potentially harmful parental alienation treatment. No other book provides this help, even at this time when the use of parental alienation concepts is increasing.

Challenging Parental Alienation - New Directions for Professionals and Parents (Hardcover): Jean Mercer, Margaret Drew Challenging Parental Alienation - New Directions for Professionals and Parents (Hardcover)
Jean Mercer, Margaret Drew
R4,463 Discovery Miles 44 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The editors and chapter authors argue against the unquestioning use of "parental alienation" concepts in child custody conflicts. As such, this is the first book to support arguments against court orders that would prohibit contact with a child and force the child into potentially harmful parental alienation treatment. Of interest to any professional who may encounter parental alienation: mental health professionals, children's services workers, lawyers, judges, domestic relations and child protection court staff as well as Children's Advocacy Center interviewers. Parents and professionals involved in parental alienation cases can find in this book the materials they need to support arguments against court orders that would prohibit contact with a child and force the child into potentially harmful parental alienation treatment. No other book provides this help, even at this time when the use of parental alienation concepts is increasing.

The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Marie Hutton, Dominique Moran The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Marie Hutton, Dominique Moran
R5,682 Discovery Miles 56 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This handbook brings together the international research focussing on prisoners' families and the impact of imprisonment on them. Under-researched and under-theorised in the realm of scholarship on imprisonment, this handbook encompasses a broad range of original, interdisciplinary and cross-national research. This volume includes the experiences of those from countries often unrepresented in the prisoner's families' literature such as Russia, Australia, Israel and Canada. This broad coverage allows readers to consider how prisoners' families are affected by imprisonment in countries embracing very different penal philosophies; ranging from the hyper-incarceration being experienced in the USA to the less punitive, more welfare-orientated practices under Scandinavian 'exceptionalism'. Chapters are contributed by scholars from numerous and diverse disciplines ranging from law, nursing, criminology, psychology, human geography, and education studies. Furthermore, contributions span various methodological and epistemological approaches with important contributions from NGOs working in this area at a national and supranational level. The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family makes a significant contribution to knowledge about who prisoners' families are and what this status means in practice. It also recognises the autonomy and value of prisoners' families as a research subject in their own right.

How Families Matter - Simply Complicated Intersections of Race, Gender, and Work (Paperback): Pamela Braboy Jackson, Rashawn Ray How Families Matter - Simply Complicated Intersections of Race, Gender, and Work (Paperback)
Pamela Braboy Jackson, Rashawn Ray
R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The family remains the most contested institution in American society. How Families Matter: Simply Complicated Intersections of Race, Gender, and Work explores the ways adults make sense of their family lives in the midst of the complicated debates generated by politicians and social scientists. Given the rhetoric about the family, this book is a well overdue account of family life from the perspective of families themselves. The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a whole view of different types of families. The chapters focus on contemporary issues such as who do we consider to be a part of our family, can anyone achieve family-life balance, and how do families celebrate when they get together? Relying on stories shared by a racially/ethnically diverse group of forty-six families, this book finds that parents and siblings cultivate a family identity that both defines who they are and influences who they become. It is a welcomed installment to conversations about the family, as families are finally viewed within a single study from a multicultural lens.

ISE Marriage and Family: The Quest for Intimacy (Paperback, 10th edition): Robert Lauer, Jeanette Lauer ISE Marriage and Family: The Quest for Intimacy (Paperback, 10th edition)
Robert Lauer, Jeanette Lauer
R1,823 Discovery Miles 18 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Marriage & Family: The Quest for Intimacy is the essential textbook and practical guide to marriage and family life that explores the context and meaning of intimate relationships and how they are formed, the dynamics of marriage, and the nature and challenges of family relationships in all their stages.

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