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Posthuman Community Psychology - A Psychology for Marginalised People (Hardcover): Michael Richards Posthuman Community Psychology - A Psychology for Marginalised People (Hardcover)
Michael Richards
R4,004 Discovery Miles 40 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Posthuman Community Psychology is an exploration of mainstream psychology through a critical posthumanity perspective, examining psychology’s place in the world and its relationship with marginalised people, with a focus on people with disabilities. The book argues that the history of modern psychology is underpinned by reductionism and individualism, which is embedded within the contemporary psychology that we know today despite the challenges from critical and community psychologists who seek a more empowering, inclusive, and activist psychology. The posthuman community psychology ideas that emerge in this book examine and intersect with mainstream psychology, critical and community psychologies, critical posthumanities and disability studies to propose an imaginative, reflective, and relational new psychology that represents a collection of possibilities that do not remain entrenched in older ways of thinking about humans and human connections. Richards proposes that psychology has the potential to evolve and make a powerful and profound difference for marginalised people, but a genuine desire for change from psychologists is essential for this to happen. Illustrating the important considerations needed when examining the relationship between the discipline of psychology and marginalised people, this book is fascinating reading for community psychology students and academics, aspiring professional psychologists, community workers, and policy makers.

Posthuman Community Psychology - A Psychology for Marginalised People (Paperback): Michael Richards Posthuman Community Psychology - A Psychology for Marginalised People (Paperback)
Michael Richards
R1,212 Discovery Miles 12 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Posthuman Community Psychology is an exploration of mainstream psychology through a critical posthumanity perspective, examining psychology’s place in the world and its relationship with marginalised people, with a focus on people with disabilities. The book argues that the history of modern psychology is underpinned by reductionism and individualism, which is embedded within the contemporary psychology that we know today despite the challenges from critical and community psychologists who seek a more empowering, inclusive, and activist psychology. The posthuman community psychology ideas that emerge in this book examine and intersect with mainstream psychology, critical and community psychologies, critical posthumanities and disability studies to propose an imaginative, reflective, and relational new psychology that represents a collection of possibilities that do not remain entrenched in older ways of thinking about humans and human connections. Richards proposes that psychology has the potential to evolve and make a powerful and profound difference for marginalised people, but a genuine desire for change from psychologists is essential for this to happen. Illustrating the important considerations needed when examining the relationship between the discipline of psychology and marginalised people, this book is fascinating reading for community psychology students and academics, aspiring professional psychologists, community workers, and policy makers.

Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences (Hardcover): Yafeng Shan, Jon Williamson Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences (Hardcover)
Yafeng Shan, Jon Williamson
R4,457 Discovery Miles 44 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume contends that Evidential Pluralism—an account of the epistemology of causation, which maintains that in order to establish a causal claim one needs to establish the existence of a correlation and the existence of a mechanism—can be fruitfully applied to the social sciences. Through case studies in sociology, economics, political science and law, it advances new philosophical foundations for causal enquiry in the social sciences. The book provides an account of how to establish and evaluate causal claims and it offers a new way of thinking about evidence-based policy, basic social science research and mixed methods research. As such, it will appeal to scholars with interests in social science research and methodology, the philosophy of science and evidence-based policy.

Narrative Inquiry of Displacement - Stories of Challenge, Change and Resilience (Paperback): Lynn Butler-Kisber, Kelly Clark... Narrative Inquiry of Displacement - Stories of Challenge, Change and Resilience (Paperback)
Lynn Butler-Kisber, Kelly Clark Keefe, Maggi Savin-Baden
R1,377 Discovery Miles 13 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Narrative Inquiry of Displacement: Stories of Challenges, Change and Resilience describes a variety of displacement experiences in different cultures and contexts. The text uses narrative methodologies to share participant stories and explore the nature and effects of displacement. Each chapter examines and theorises the narrative approach used to show the link between the data collection and the story, illustrating research decisions and analysis in action. The book presents a range of displacement stories, including migration, immigration, social and political displacement. The chapters also provide stories of adoptions, diaspora communities and people affected by apartheid and the Holocaust. This volume is recommended for those working in qualitative inquiry and scholars of migration and refugee studies, providing immediate and theoretically nuanced accounts of displacement experiences globally.

Class, Trauma, Identity - Psychosocial Encounters (Hardcover): Giorgos Bithymitris Class, Trauma, Identity - Psychosocial Encounters (Hardcover)
Giorgos Bithymitris
R4,194 Discovery Miles 41 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a dialectic and multi-perspective examination of classed traumas in late modernity. The primary anchoring question is whether and how class becomes a condition of possibility for coping with traumas. What does it mean to experience deindustrialization, crises, or domestic violence from a specific class position? Do the coping mechanisms differ along the lines of class, gender, race, age, or ethnicity? The text negotiates such questions, travelling back and forth from psychoanalysis to sociology and from the global to the local, while critically engaging with memories, narratives, and myths engraved into social and personal histories. Through a dialogic quest for what is silenced, and what is salient within oral, written, and visual testimonies, it foregrounds what the upper classes prefer to neglect: the traumatizing core of the new class divide. Rather than idealizing or vilifying the dominated, this study calls for an exploration of practices, narrations, and spaces whereby alienation and integration co-exist antagonistically, producing hybrid and fragmented, but also potentially transformative, subjectivities. This book will be of interest to scholars of humanities and social sciences, primarily for those studying social stratification and inequalities, sociology of emotions, identity theory, trauma and memory, political psychoanalysis, labour history, and ethnography.

The Concept of Tragedy - Its Importance for the Social Sciences in Unsettled Times (Paperback): Sam Han The Concept of Tragedy - Its Importance for the Social Sciences in Unsettled Times (Paperback)
Sam Han
R1,276 Discovery Miles 12 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Events in the world today appear to be increasingly uncontrollable and unknowable. Climate change, refugee crises, and global pandemics seem to demonstrate the limits of human reason, science, and technology. In light of this, the terms "tragedy" and "tragic" have come into greater use. What does the register of the tragic do? What does its deployment in the contemporary context and other times of crisis mean? In addressing such questions, this book also argues for a "tragic vision" embedded in the history of social thought, demonstrating the relevance of the ancient tragedians and Aristotle as well as Shakespeare and modern dramatists to the most pressing questions of agency and collectivity in the social sciences. Developing a theory of "tragic social science," which is applied to topics including global inequality, celebrity culture, pandemics, and climate change, The Concept of Tragedy aims to restore "tragedy" as a productive analytic in the social sciences. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, social theory, media and communications, and literary criticism with interests in tragedy, suffering, and modernity.

The Concept of Tragedy - Its Importance for the Social Sciences in Unsettled Times (Hardcover): Sam Han The Concept of Tragedy - Its Importance for the Social Sciences in Unsettled Times (Hardcover)
Sam Han
R4,170 Discovery Miles 41 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Events in the world today appear to be increasingly uncontrollable and unknowable. Climate change, refugee crises, and global pandemics seem to demonstrate the limits of human reason, science, and technology. In light of this, the terms "tragedy" and "tragic" have come into greater use. What does the register of the tragic do? What does its deployment in the contemporary context and other times of crisis mean? In addressing such questions, this book also argues for a "tragic vision" embedded in the history of social thought, demonstrating the relevance of the ancient tragedians and Aristotle as well as Shakespeare and modern dramatists to the most pressing questions of agency and collectivity in the social sciences. Developing a theory of "tragic social science," which is applied to topics including global inequality, celebrity culture, pandemics, and climate change, The Concept of Tragedy aims to restore "tragedy" as a productive analytic in the social sciences. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, social theory, media and communications, and literary criticism with interests in tragedy, suffering, and modernity.

Difficult Conversations - A Feminist Dialogue (Hardcover): Róisín Ryan-Flood, Isabel Crowhurst, Laurie James-Hawkins Difficult Conversations - A Feminist Dialogue (Hardcover)
Róisín Ryan-Flood, Isabel Crowhurst, Laurie James-Hawkins
R4,036 Discovery Miles 40 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores ‘difficult conversations’ in feminist theory as an integral part of social and theoretical transformations. Focusing on intersectionality within feminist theory, the book critically addresses questions of power and difference as a central feminist concern. It presents ethical, political, social, and emotional dilemmas while negotiating difficult conversations, particularly in terms of sexuality, class, ‘race’, ethnicity and cross-identification between the researcher and researched. Topics covered include challenging cultural relativism; queer marginalisation; research and affect; and feminism and the digital realm. This book is aimed primarily at students, lecturers and researchers interested in epistemology, research methodology, gender, identity, and social theory. The interdisciplinary nature of the book is aimed at reaching the broadest possible audience, including those engaged with feminist theory, anthropology, social policy, sociology, psychology and geography.

Industrial Reliability and Safety Engineering - Applications and Practices (Hardcover): Dilbagh Panchal, Mangey Ram, Prasenjit... Industrial Reliability and Safety Engineering - Applications and Practices (Hardcover)
Dilbagh Panchal, Mangey Ram, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Anish Kumar Sachdeva
R2,967 Discovery Miles 29 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Provides real-life reliability studies on industrial operations along with solutions Discusses modelling and optimization of reliability and safety aspects in industry Covers reliability and maintenance issues in process industries Presents cost optimization and life-cycle costing analysis Offers MCDM application for risk and Safety analysis

Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies (Paperback): Christopher Adair-toteff Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies (Paperback)
Christopher Adair-toteff
R1,271 Discovery Miles 12 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Exploring, clarifying, and moving beyond the distinction between ‘community’ and ‘society’ for which he is best known, this book rediscovers the work of Ferdinand Tönnies, providing fresh insights into his thought, which are often overlooked for want of a grasp of his background in philosophy. With attention to the fact that Tönnies always wrote from a sociological perspective, it considers the importance of the breadth of his writing on a range of subjects, including politics, philosophy, economics, and ethics, these being the foundations of social policy - a field with which Tönnies was concerned as a scholar who sought not only to understand the world but also to change it for the better. The first book to provide an accessible overview of Tönnies' work that places his thought in context, explores his key concepts, and demonstrates his continuing relevance in sociology - a discipline he helped to establish - Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies will appeal to scholars and students with interests in social theory, the history of sociology, and the sociology of Ferdinand Tönnies.

Sexual Orientation and School Policy - A Practical Guide for Teachers, Administrators, and Community Activists (Paperback,... Sexual Orientation and School Policy - A Practical Guide for Teachers, Administrators, and Community Activists (Paperback, New)
Ian K. MacGillivray
R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book helps the reader to understand and mediate the debates that arise when gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, and queer/questioning students and their families ask for equal treatment from the schools and are opposed by conservative parents. Sexual Orientation and School Policy is a case study of one school districts' attempt to adopt and implement policies that include sexual orientation. This book describes the work of the Safe Schools Coalition who advocate and educate for equal rights for gay lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, and queer/questioning (GLBTIQ) students. Concerned Citizens, a group of conservative parents, opposed the inclusion of sexual orientation in the policies. Factors that either facilitated or impeded the implementation of the policies are highlighted, as are the strategies employed by the Safe Schools Coalition in educating opponents.

Fault Diagnosis and Detection (Hardcover): Mustafa Demetgul, Muhammet U?nal Fault Diagnosis and Detection (Hardcover)
Mustafa Demetgul, Muhammet Ünal
R3,892 Discovery Miles 38 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Textbook of Biosystematics Theory and Practicals (Hardcover): T. Pullaiah Textbook of Biosystematics Theory and Practicals (Hardcover)
T. Pullaiah
R1,316 Discovery Miles 13 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Witness of the Gospels (Hardcover): Steven R McMurray Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Witness of the Gospels (Hardcover)
Steven R McMurray; Edited by Suzy Bills, Christina Crosland
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Quick Guide to Research Methods for Dissertations in Education (Hardcover): Abigail Parrish, Ghazal Shaikh A Quick Guide to Research Methods for Dissertations in Education (Hardcover)
Abigail Parrish, Ghazal Shaikh
R2,327 Discovery Miles 23 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Are you about to start your dissertation in education? Not sure what methods to use? Providing you with an invaluable starting point, this book gives practical information about a variety of research methods, including their pros and cons, things you need to consider before using each method and crucially, what they are not suitable for. It looks at the most commonly used methods as well as some you might not have come across before. Each chapter features examples and activities, and will help you answer these questions: - What can this method tell me? - When might I use it? - What ethical issues do I need to consider? - What is the key terminology I need to know? - How can I design a dissertation project with this method? - How do I analyse my data? - What is this method not suitable for? Written in uncomplicated language, it is a student-friendly resource to dip into, with links to further reading for more in-depth exploration of any particular method.

Connections Over Compliance - Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline (Hardcover): Lori L Desautels Connections Over Compliance - Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline (Hardcover)
Lori L Desautels
R975 Discovery Miles 9 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Key Notes on Entomology, Plant Pathology and Microbiology (Hardcover): U. D. Chavan Key Notes on Entomology, Plant Pathology and Microbiology (Hardcover)
U. D. Chavan
R2,238 Discovery Miles 22 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Systems Structure and Control (Hardcover): Petr Husek Systems Structure and Control (Hardcover)
Petr Husek
R3,376 Discovery Miles 33 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Public Sociology - An Introduction to Australian Society (Paperback, 5th edition): John Germov, Marilyn Poole Public Sociology - An Introduction to Australian Society (Paperback, 5th edition)
John Germov, Marilyn Poole
R1,464 Discovery Miles 14 640 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Public Sociology highlights the relevance of sociological perspectives to Australian social life and encourages students to apply a sociological gaze to their own lives and the communities in which they live. This fully revised and updated fifth edition adds new chapters and material on a wide range of contemporary issues, from the COVID-19 pandemic and ‘fake news’ to Iindigenous issues and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Public Sociology presents a wide range of topics in a user-friendly and accessible way, introducing key theories and research methods, and exploring core themes, including youth, families and intimate relationships, class and inequality, and race and ethnic relations. All chapters have been extensively revised to bring them up to date in a fast-changing social world, reflecting the latest sociological debates in response to changing lifestyles and evolving political landscapes. In addition to updated statistics and research findings, an expanded glossary and the latest citations to the scholarly literature, each chapter includes numerous learning features for students and instructors, including definitions of key terms, concise summaries of main points, discussion questions and guides to further reading and additional resources. This is the essential sociological reference to help students in the social sciences make sense of a complex and challenging world. New to the Fifth Edition: New chapters on the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous issues, youth and identity, and sport Exploration of the latest social issues including the pandemic, BLM, expanded discussion of gender, #MeToo, LGBTIQ+ and intersectionality, rising inequality and the ‘post-truth’ age All chapters thoroughly revised and updated with the latest research Updated design, images, and chapter opening vignettes to engage the reader

Banking Analytics - How to Survive and Thrive (Hardcover): George Marcus Haylett Banking Analytics - How to Survive and Thrive (Hardcover)
George Marcus Haylett
R970 R832 Discovery Miles 8 320 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Key Notes on Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Hardcover): J V Patil U D Chavan Key Notes on Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Hardcover)
J V Patil U D Chavan
R1,626 Discovery Miles 16 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Lightning Science and Lightning Protection Some Selected Topics (Hardcover): Nam S&t Lightning Science and Lightning Protection Some Selected Topics (Hardcover)
Nam S&t
R1,142 Discovery Miles 11 420 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Growing Your Leadership - Scenarios from Practicing K-12 Principals (Paperback): Wanda S. Maulding Green, Edward E. Leonard Growing Your Leadership - Scenarios from Practicing K-12 Principals (Paperback)
Wanda S. Maulding Green, Edward E. Leonard
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As in Improving Your Leadership Intelligence A Field Book for K-12 Leaders, Maulding Green and Leonard have in, Improving Your Leadership Intelligence: Volume 2 Scenarios in K-12 Leadership, provided the reader with an ongoing series of situational judgement test (SJT) scenarios, used in a process that assists both novice and experienced leaders to grow their Leadership Intelligence. The main change in the content in this second edition is that all of the scenarios are based on the experiences of practicing and/or recently retired K-12 educational leaders. As in the volume 1, supporting readings are provided from recent literature to further develop the Leadership Intelligence imperatives of credibility, competence, ability to inspire, vision, and emotional intelligence. The book is based on the foundational books setting forth Leadership Intelligence theory: Leadership Intelligence: Navigating to Your True North and Leadership Intelligence: Navigating with Confidence and Humility (forth coming in the fall of 2019).

Sharing Mindsets - Where Classrooms and Businesses Meet (Hardcover): Joy Rosser, Anthony P. Barber Sharing Mindsets - Where Classrooms and Businesses Meet (Hardcover)
Joy Rosser, Anthony P. Barber
R1,314 Discovery Miles 13 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Could a mindset that works for a former NFL player work for a teacher? How could the CEO of a successful snack food company inspire a teacher? If the dedication of a teacher works for students, can it work for a city-based construction company? Discover the seemingly unparalleled connections between classrooms and Greater Philadelphia businesses! Leaders in both arenas find common ground and identify the approaches that best serve the game plan of success. In this unique collection of classroom-business mindsets for personal growth, relational growth, and service growth, you will be powerfully encouraged to maximize who you are so you can be and give your best to others. Teachers improving classrooms and influencing students; business leaders stimulating companies and motivating employees . . . with the same strategies and the same perspectives! The two realms have finally merged in a book that will ignite your heart to live with fire, passion, and purpose. As if there is any other way!

Handbook of Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies, Volume 3 (Hardcover): Vikas Mittal Handbook of Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies, Volume 3 (Hardcover)
Vikas Mittal
R4,512 R3,500 Discovery Miles 35 000 Save R1,012 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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