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The Child and the Outside World - Studies in developing relationships (Hardcover): D. W. Winnicott The Child and the Outside World - Studies in developing relationships (Hardcover)
D. W. Winnicott
R5,956 Discovery Miles 59 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1957 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Family and Social Network - Roles, Norms and External Relationships in Ordinary Urban Families (Hardcover, 2nd edition):... Family and Social Network - Roles, Norms and External Relationships in Ordinary Urban Families (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Elizabeth Bott Spillius, Elizabeth Bott
R5,391 Discovery Miles 53 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1957 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Family Foster Care in the Next Century (Paperback): Kathy Barbell, Lois Wright Family Foster Care in the Next Century (Paperback)
Kathy Barbell, Lois Wright
R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Family foster care is supposed to provide temporary protection and nurturing for children experiencing maltreatment. Although it has long been a critical service for millions of children in the United States, the increased attention given to this service in the last two decades has focused more on its inability to achieve its intended outcomes than on its successes. However, as social and political trends and new legislation reshape child welfare, policymakers and service providers continue to offer innovative policy and practice options for this child welfare service. Though use of the service has changed, family foster care remains important.
Responding to a widespread sense of the "drifting" of children in care, Congress passed the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980. This legislation became a key factor shaping the current status of family foster care. Its goal was to reduce reliance on out-of-home care and encourage use of preventive and reunification services; it also mandated that agencies engage in planning efforts for permanent solutions for foster children. Yet, despite federal mandates and funding, the child welfare system has continued to struggle to provide the level of services needed for children to reduce the amount of time children remain in temporary foster care. The latest response to these problems, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, established unequivocally that safety, permanency, and well-being were national goals for children in the child welfare system. To comply with the law, public and private agencies are required to initiate significant program and practice changes in the coming years to improve permanency outcomes and child well-being in family foster care.
The central theme of the volume is accountability for outcomes, certainly a current driving force in child welfare as well as in other public and private service fields. This volume will be of interest to all concerned with the social welfare of children and families at the end of the twentieth century.
Kathy Barbell is director of Foster Care of the Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC.
Lois Wright is assistant dean at the College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

The Child and the Family - First relationships (Hardcover): D. W. Winnicott The Child and the Family - First relationships (Hardcover)
D. W. Winnicott
R5,951 R4,191 Discovery Miles 41 910 Save R1,760 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1957 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.

Growing Up Fast - Transitions To Early Adulthood of Inner-city Adolescent Mothers (Hardcover): Bonnie J.Ross Leadbeater, Niobe... Growing Up Fast - Transitions To Early Adulthood of Inner-city Adolescent Mothers (Hardcover)
Bonnie J.Ross Leadbeater, Niobe Way
R2,602 Discovery Miles 26 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this book the authors examine in depth the lives of inner-city adolescent mothers, going beyond stereotypes to illuminate the diverse pathways to young adulthood taken by these young women. The different ways they respond to becoming a parent reflect a range of abilities, aspirations, and supports. Their often-creative solutions to living in poverty, the intensity of their desires to make their children's lives better, the height of their youthful ambition when they succeed, and the depth of their pain when they fail, all show a surprising range. The authors argue that adolescent mothers who enter young adulthood with the skills and desires to care for themselves and their children are "not" the resilient few and present a lengthy analysis of the multidimensional processes that lead to and characterize this resilience.
In making constructive suggestions for social welfare policies and reforms, this book serves as an ideal model of the important uses of qualitative research for understanding the adolescent experience. More than that, the book stands out among others by this social policy perspective and its focus on encouraging adolescent mothers to reach their potentials.
This volume aims to attract those who wish to learn more about the adolescent experience without getting lost in the detail of the methods and analyses. To this end, the main body of the text presents general methods and results. Scholarly details of the work are placed in appendices to which the interested reader can refer. A second highlight is the inclusion of impressionistic material, such as quotes from the adolescent mothers who were participants in this research. Such material brings to life the real issues of very real adolescents--their triumphs and struggles, their riches and poverty, their strengths and weaknesses.

Family Systems/Family Therapy - Applications for Clinical Practice (Hardcover): Joan D. Atwood Family Systems/Family Therapy - Applications for Clinical Practice (Hardcover)
Joan D. Atwood
R1,159 R1,036 Discovery Miles 10 360 Save R123 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Use your family therapy skills to coordinate multidisciplinary teams This comprehensive book examines family therapy issues in the context of the larger systems of health, law, and education. Family Systems/Family Therapy shows how family therapists can bring their skills to bear on a broad range of problems, both by considering the effects of larger social systems and by cooperating with professionals in other disciplines. Because family therapists are trained to understand how systems operate, they can offer wise guidance whether the dysfunction is occurring within the family system or between the individual and the larger systems of society. The studies and projects reported in Family Systems/Family Therapy demonstrate the ways in which family therapists can help create dialogues of inclusion to develop innovative, effective solution plans. The PEACE project, for example, brings together judges, attorneys, divorcing parents, and therapists to help children deal with the strains of divorce. Family Systems/Family Therapy includes both practical case histories and theoretical considerations. This thought-provoking book suggests areas in which an intersystems approach can be especially effective, including: preventing substance abuse in adolescent girls enhancing awareness of adolescent dating violence managing geriatric care, not just for the identified patient, but for the family as a whole doing court-ordered therapy for divorcing couples working with children labeled as difficult and their teachersFamily Systems/Family Therapy will give family therapists a new vision of what they can achieve when working in the context of individuals, families, or the broader system.

Vanity Economics - An Economic Exploration of Sex, Marriage and Family (Paperback): C. Simon Fan Vanity Economics - An Economic Exploration of Sex, Marriage and Family (Paperback)
C. Simon Fan
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents an accessible and sometimes controversial economic exploration of numerous issues surrounding sex, marriage and family. It analyses the role of 'vanity', defined as social status and self-esteem, in social and economic behaviors.In Veblen's theory of conspicuous consumption, vanity is associated with the consumption of luxuries such as expensive handbags and cars. In this book, C. Simon Fan provocatively argues that vanity is obtained by having a spouse and children with perceived 'high-quality' values, for example, a beautiful wife, a tall husband or intelligent offspring. He demonstrates from various perspectives that vanity plays a crucial role in male-female relationships and intergenerational relationships. In doing so, he challenges the conventional frontier of economics and contributes to other social sciences. This unique book will appeal to the educated general reader and interested academic alike. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Vanity Economics: A Survey and an Extension 3. Vanity and the Consumption of Material Goods/Services 4. Marriage Markets 5. Vanity in Romance and Marriage 6. Vanity and Virginity 7. Sexual Liberation 8. Prostitution and Commercial Sex 9. Extramarital Affairs 10. Homosexuality 11. Classical Population Theory 12. Gary Becker, Vanity Economics and Modern Population Theory 13. The Cost of Children in Population Theory 14. Child Labour, 'Working Daughters' and Population Theory 15. Old-Age Support, Family Protection and Population Theory 16. Gender Bias, Gender Gaps and Population Theory 19. A 'Population Problem': Theory and Policy 20. Vanity and Divorce 21. Development and Divorce 22. Family Background and Children's Education 23. Parental Behaviours and the Quality of Children 24. Intergenerational Transfers of Wealth 25. Family, Vanity and Consumption Puzzles 26. Vanity and Social Interactions 27. Vanity, Family and Migration 28. Epilogue Index

Time and Intimacy - A New Science of Personal Relationships (Paperback): Joel B. Bennett Time and Intimacy - A New Science of Personal Relationships (Paperback)
Joel B. Bennett
R1,786 Discovery Miles 17 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is a mysterious connection between our experiences of intimacy--of love, the longing to feel connected, and sexual embrace--and the human sense of time--eternity, impermanence, and rhythm. In this critical analysis of the time-intimacy equation, Bennett shows how the scientific study of personal relationships can address this mystery. As a study of transpersonal science, this book points to the possible evolution of intimacy and of our consciousness of time, and how the two evolutionary paths weave together.
Dr. Bennett draws from a wide array of resources to advance and marry two compelling themes: first, the social and clinical science of personal relationships should integrate the spiritual or transpersonal dimension of intimacy, and second, science can contribute to lay understandings by describing the richly temporal aspects of relationships. In blending popular literature, transpersonal psychology, and scientific research and theory, this work also attempts to address the lack of dialogue between academics who study personal intimacy and those writers in the popular press who give advice and guidelines for building intimacy.
"Time and Intimacy" is written for a broad audience, intended for those with a general interest in relationships, as well as for students, counselors, and psychologists. It can be used as a text in courses on personal relationships, as well as to supplement courses in humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, interpersonal communication, relationships, marital and family counseling, human relations, and related areas. Because it advances an interdisciplinary understanding of personal relationships, this book is certain to challenge prevailing views about the meaning of intimacy in both the academic and popular literatures.

Children and Material Culture (Hardcover): Joanna Sofaer-Derevenski Children and Material Culture (Hardcover)
Joanna Sofaer-Derevenski
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume focuses entirely on children and material culture. The contributors ask: what is the relationship between children and the material world?; is the material culture of children the same across all times and cultures, or does it vary?; and how can we access the actions and identities of children in the material records? The collection spans a period from the Palaeolithic to the late-20th century, and uses data from across Europe, Scandinavia, the Americas and Asia. The international contributors are from a range of disciplines including archaeology, cultural and biological anthropology, psychology and museum studies. All integrate theory and data to illustrate the significance and potential of studying children.

Mothering the Self - Mothers, Daughters, Subjects (Hardcover): Stephanie Lawler Mothering the Self - Mothers, Daughters, Subjects (Hardcover)
Stephanie Lawler
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The mother-daughter relationship has preoccupied feminist writers for decades, but typically it has been the daughter's story at centre-stage. Mothering the Self brings together these maternal and daughterly stories by drawing on in-depth interviews with women who speak both as mothers and as daughters.

This study examines the ways in which these mothers and daughters participate in their understanding of class, gender, and race locations, both using and resisting them. The result is a fresh start from which to consider the far-reaching implications of this relationship - not simply for mothers and daughters, but in terms of how we understand the shaping of the self and its place within the social world.

Becoming A Family - Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research (Hardcover): Rena D.... Becoming A Family - Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research (Hardcover)
Rena D. Harold, Patricia Stow Bolea, Lisa G Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier, Carol R. Freedman-Doan
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The movement from young adulthood through coupling and the transition to parenthood may be among the most universal adult developmental transitions. These passages hold interest for all of us, but especially for those who study the psychological, familial, and sociocultural components of development, all of which interact and influence each other. This book enhances understanding of family-life development by shedding light on the meanings that family members ascribe to the developmental process of becoming a family. This is achieved through qualitative analysis of narratives through which individuals and families explain themselves, their thinking, and their behavior. These family narratives are windows into individual and family identity, as well as descriptions of connections to others. The book addresses issues including identity, child characteristics, social support, and work. Each chapter includes a review of seminal literature, parents' comments and ideas about the topic, and a discussion of practice, policy, and research implications.

Becoming A Family - Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research (Paperback): Rena D.... Becoming A Family - Parents' Stories and Their Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research (Paperback)
Rena D. Harold, Patricia Stow Bolea, Lisa G Colarossi, Lucy R. Mercier, Carol R. Freedman-Doan
R1,356 Discovery Miles 13 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The movement from young adulthood through coupling and the transition to parenthood may be among the most universal adult developmental transitions. These passages hold interest for all of us, but especially for those who study the psychological, familial, and sociocultural components of development, all of which interact and influence each other. This book enhances understanding of family-life development by shedding light on the meanings that family members ascribe to the developmental process of becoming a family. This is achieved through qualitative analysis of narratives through which individuals and families explain themselves, their thinking, and their behavior. These family narratives are windows into individual and family identity, as well as descriptions of connections to others. The book addresses issues including identity, child characteristics, social support, and work. Each chapter includes a review of seminal literature, parents' comments and ideas about the topic, and a discussion of practice, policy, and research implications.

Family Systems/Family Therapy - Applications for Clinical Practice (Paperback): Joan D. Atwood Family Systems/Family Therapy - Applications for Clinical Practice (Paperback)
Joan D. Atwood
R737 R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Save R104 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Use your family therapy skills to coordinate multidisciplinary teams!This comprehensive book examines family therapy issues in the context of the larger systems of health, law, and education. Family Systems/Family Therapy shows how family therapists can bring their skills to bear on a broad range of problems, both by considering the effects of larger social systems and by cooperating with professionals in other disciplines. Because family therapists are trained to understand how systems operate, they can offer wise guidance whether the dysfunction is occurring within the family system or between the individual and the larger systems of society. The studies and projects reported in Family Systems/Family Therapy demonstrate the ways in which family therapists can help create dialogues of inclusion to develop innovative, effective solution plans. The PEACE project, for example, brings together judges, attorneys, divorcing parents, and therapists to help children deal with the strains of divorce. Family Systems/Family Therapy includes both practical case histories and theoretical considerations. This thought-provoking book suggests areas in which an intersystems approach can be especially effective, including: preventing substance abuse in adolescent girls enhancing awareness of adolescent dating violence managing geriatric care, not just for the identified patient, but for the family as a whole doing court-ordered therapy for divorcing couples working with children labeled as difficult and their teachersFamily Systems/Family Therapy will give family therapists a new vision of what they can achieve when working in the context of individuals, families, or the broader system.

Basic Concepts in Family Therapy - An Introductory Text, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Linda Berg-Cross Basic Concepts in Family Therapy - An Introductory Text, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Linda Berg-Cross
R3,977 Discovery Miles 39 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gain confidence and creativity in your family therapy interventions with new, up-to-date research Basic Concepts in Family Therapy: An Introductory Text, Second Edition, presents twenty-two basic psychological concepts that therapists may use to understand clients and provide successful services to them. Each chapter focuses on a single concept using material from family therapy literature, basic psychological and clinical research studies, and cross-cultural research studies. Basic Concepts in Family Therapy is particularly useful to therapists working in a family context with child- or adolescent-referred problems, and for students and clinicians treating the problems they see every day in their community. The book builds on the strengths of the first edition, incorporating ideas and articles that have become worthy of investigating since 1990 into the original text. This new edition also introduces five new chapters on resiliency and poverty, adoption, chronic illness, spirituality and religion, and parenting strategies. The new chapters make the book far more relevant for students and clinicians try ing to use family theory and technique in response to the problems they see in their communities. Basic Concepts in Family Therapy will assist you in offering clients better services by providing a deeper understanding of the contemporary family in its various forms, the psychological bonds that shape all families, and the developmental stages of the family life cycle. This exploration of how family demography, stages and life cycles affect family functions is a solid foundation from which all of the therapeutic concepts in this book can be explored. Some of the facets of family therapy you will explore in Basic Concepts in Family Therapy are: the importance of spirituality and religion in family therapy generational boundaries, closeness, and role behaviors managing a family's emotions defining problems and generating and evaluating possible solutions teaching children specific attitudes, values, social skills, and norms transracial adoptions and normative processes and developmental issues of adoptive parents strategies for reducing conflict . . . and much more Basic Concepts in Family Therapy will help to broaden your understanding of the ways families function in general. You can use the effective concepts explored in this text to make a thorough assessment of the impact of a disorder on a child and on the rest of his or her family, as well as how family dynamics might have shaped or exacerbated the problems. The concepts described in this text can be customized to clients'cultural values to avoid unnecessary resistance. As a new therapist, you will gain confidence in your assessments, and if you are already a seasoned professional, you will gain creativity in your interventions.

Field-Based Learning in Family Life Education - Facilitating High-Impact Experiences in Undergraduate Family Science Programs... Field-Based Learning in Family Life Education - Facilitating High-Impact Experiences in Undergraduate Family Science Programs (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Tara Newman, Ashley Schmitt
R4,352 Discovery Miles 43 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides successful models for field-based learning experiences in Family Life Education. Each chapter provides an overview of the implementation details, including key points that others developing a plan could use to guide their thinking. Each chapter is grounded in previous scholarship and identifies how the elements of high-impact practices are addressed in the "real world". Contributors share their experiences implementing service learning, internships, and other educational platforms outside the classroom walls. This book also addresses both specific content areas within family life education, as well as general course management strategies.

Resilience Across Contexts - Family, Work, Culture, and Community (Hardcover): Ronald D. Taylor, Margaret C. Wang Resilience Across Contexts - Family, Work, Culture, and Community (Hardcover)
Ronald D. Taylor, Margaret C. Wang
R3,925 Discovery Miles 39 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A number of societal risks pose serious challenges to families' well-being, many of which cut across divisions of class and race. These challenges include: changes in the labor market and economy; the increasing participation of mothers in the labor force; the changing nature of family structure and the composition of households; and the increase in the number of immigrant families. Key institutions in the lives of families, including places of employment and schools, can play a significant role in fostering families' capacity to adapt to the potential challenges they face. "Resilience Across Contexts: Family, Work, Culture, and Community" presents papers--written by leading scholars in varied disciplines including economics, developmental and educational psychology, education, and sociology--discussing factors that influence resilience development. The authors' research focuses on emerging issues that have significant implications for policy and practice in such areas as employment and new technologies; maternal employment and family development; family structure and family life; immigration, migration, acculturation, and education of children and youth; and social and human services delivery. The book's overall goal is to take stock of what is known from research and practice on some of the challenges facing children and families for policy development and improvement of practices.

Interpersonal Relationships (Paperback): Diana Dwyer Interpersonal Relationships (Paperback)
Diana Dwyer
R1,114 Discovery Miles 11 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


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The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology (Hardcover): JM Stanlaw The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology (Hardcover)
JM Stanlaw
R19,424 Discovery Miles 194 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ein einzigartiges Referenzwerk in vier Banden, das die Erkenntnisse fuhrender Experten in der linguistischen Anthropologie vereint. The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology von Wiley-Blackwell ist ein wegweisendes wissenschaftliches Referenzwerk fur Forscher aus den Bereichen linguistische Anthropologie, Kommunikationswissenschaften, Padagogik, Psychologie und Soziologie. Es richtet sich ebenfalls an Wissenschaftler, die sich mit der Wiederbelebung von Sprachen, mit Sprachgemeinschaften und angewandter Linguistik beschaftigen. Diese einzigartige interdisziplinare Enzyklopadie ist ein wichtiges Nachschlagewerk zu Geschichte, Entwicklung und modernen Ansatzen in allen Bereichen der linguistischen Anthropologie. Sie deckt nicht nur die Themen ab, die auch in vergleichbaren Publikationen zu finden sind, sondern wirft einen Blick in die Zukunft der Fachrichtung. Dabei werden auch die neuesten und zuweilen kontroversen Standpunkte und Ansatze behandelt. Die Eintrage stammen von fuhrenden internationalen Anthropologen und konzentrieren sich unter anderem auf Sprache, Gedankenwelt und Kultur, Sprachentwicklung, Spracherwerb und Sozialisation, Sprachideologien, Sprechergemeinschaften, Sprache, Rasse und Ethnizitat, Mehrsprachigkeit und Globalisierung, Aktionskunst, Sprache als kunstlerisches Ausdrucksmittel, Alphabetisierung und Unterricht. Dieses massgebliche Nachschlagwerk - deckt samtliche Bereiche der linguistischen Anthropologie ab. - beschaftigt sich mit neuen und alten Themen. - enthalt mehr als 400 Eintrage internationaler Fachexperten. - ist die einzige Enzyklopadie, die einen UEberblick uber die Ziele und wissenschaftlichen Verfahren des Fachgebiets bietet, und ein wichtiges Referenzwerk fur linguistische Anthropologen, Linguisten und Sozialwissenschaftler. Diese vierbandige Enzyklopadie mit uber 400 Eintragen beschaftigt sich mit fuhrenden Persoenlichkeiten und wichtigen Meilensteinen in der Entwicklung der linguistischen Anthropologie, mit den theoretischen Grundlagen heutiger Forschung, den Methodiken und Verfahren der Arbeit vor Ort sowie massgeblichen Entwicklungen in der jungsten Forschung.

Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century (Hardcover): Barbara H. Settles, Suzanne Steinmetz Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
Barbara H. Settles, Suzanne Steinmetz
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Explore the breakdown of the universal family form into new living arrangements and the political and social implications of how they influence the definition of family today Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century views families from a US perspective and from many different cultures and societies. You will examine the family as it has evolved from the 1950s traditional family to today's family structures. The controversial question, "What is family?" is thoroughly examined as it has become an increasingly important social policy concern because of the recent change in the traditional family. Scholars and researchers in family studies and sociology will be intrigued by these thought-provoking articles that analyze the definition of the family from a multitude of perspectives.Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century looks at family in terms of its social construction, variations and the diversity in families, among others. You will examine the negative implications of using the term "The Family" as it implies "The Nuclear Family," which many powerful lobbies (politics, morality, religion) claim to support and revere. You will also explore family ideology and identity from many different social and cultural contexts. Some of the family issues you will explore in Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century include: marrying, procreating, and divorcing in a traditional Jewish family redefining western families by taking into consideration the legal factors, history, tradition and the continued expansion of the definition of family in the US addressing family issues in Lithuania, a country amidst many political changes challenging and complicating the definition of family with stepfamilies exploring the question "What are families after divorce?" examining multicultural motives for marriage and how these motives effect courting behavior in Lithuania defining families through caregiving patternsConcepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century goes in-depth to broaden and interpret the meaning of family in today's society. Through the exploration of legal implications, professional and personal needs this text takes into account the large variety of groups that have close living relationships. Concepts and Definitions of Family for the 21st Century will assist you in answering the difficult and complex question "What is family?"

The Child and His Family (Hardcover, New edition): Buhler Charlotte The Child and His Family (Hardcover, New edition)
Buhler Charlotte
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the "International Library of Psychology" series is available upon request.

Fathers Or Sons? - A STUDY IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (Hardcover): Hopkins Prynce Fathers Or Sons? - A STUDY IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (Hardcover)
Hopkins Prynce
R8,028 Discovery Miles 80 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the "International Library of Psychology" series is available upon request.

Personal Relationships Across Cultures (Paperback): Robin Goodwin Personal Relationships Across Cultures (Paperback)
Robin Goodwin
R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days




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Families and Communities Responding to AIDS (Hardcover): Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart Families and Communities Responding to AIDS (Hardcover)
Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart
R5,232 Discovery Miles 52 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

All over the world, families and communities are key providers of care and support. This is particularly true in relation to serious illnesses such as HIV and AIDS. Yet families and communities can also stigmatise their members, leaving people to die in the most appalling conditions. This book examines the diversity of family and community responses to HIV and AIDS. By examining contexts such as nuclear, extended and refugee family households, and gay community networks and structures, it offers insight into the factors which lead to positive responses and those which trigger negative ones.

Families (Paperback): Jane Howard Families (Paperback)
Jane Howard
R1,357 Discovery Miles 13 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In "Families" Jane Howard informally visits many dozens of families and tries to discover what makes the best ones work so well. Families are not dying, she finds, although they are evolving in various ways. From the tightest-knit nuclear family or extended clan to the most fragile new commune, the family in one guise or another remains everybody's most basic hold on reality. We may run away from our families as many do, but no sooner do we escape than we find another one, often very much like it. Sympathetically, with immense thrust, she crosses the continent to discover families' myths, jokes, and rituals. She leafs through their scrapbooks, sits on their porches, and takes part, when she can, in their feasts and celebrations. She talks to a father of eighteen, several double first cousins, stepchildren, multiple godmothers, an honorary relative of an Indian tribe, and a nine-year-old boy who has no family but his mother. She sits with a matriarch on the front stoop of a ghetto house, goes camping with a family in Mexico, has Thanksgiving with another in Iowa, and orders pizza with a Greek clan in Massachusetts. Howard reports on visits to conventional Southern and Jewish households and to innovative ones whose members, lacking a common history, plan on building common futures as if water were after all as thick as blood. She examines the notion that "there are ways and ways of achieving kinship, of which birth and marriage are only the most obvious." Millions of clans and families all over the United States continue to celebrate, quarrel, disband, reunite, and endure. Jane Howard makes us realize how our lives are interwoven both with the families we are born into and with those we invent as we go through life. "Families" is compassionate, provocative, and profound. The paperback edition of this important work will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the study of familial bonds, particularly sociologists, anthropologists, and psychologists.

The Politics of the Family and Other Essays - and Other Essays (Hardcover, New edition): R.D. Laing The Politics of the Family and Other Essays - and Other Essays (Hardcover, New edition)
R.D. Laing
R8,003 Discovery Miles 80 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1969, based on the talks R. D. Laing gave in 1967 and 68, this book was intended by the author to evoke questions rather than provide answers. Using concepts of schizophrenia, R.D. Laing demonstrates that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential and accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family.

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