The approach the United States has taken to addressing teen pregnancy—a ubiquitous concern in teen education and perennial topic in popular culture—has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Specifically since the radical overhaul of welfare policy in 1996, Clare Daniel argues, teen pregnancy, previously regarded as a social problem requiring public solutions, is seen as an individual failure on the part of the teens involved.Daniel investigates coordinated teen pregnancy ...

Winner of the 2020 OSCLG Outstanding Book AwardThis new book for scholars and university administrators offers a provocative critique of sexual justice language and policy in higher education around the concept of consent. Complicating the idea that consent is plain common sense, Campuses of Consent shows how normative and inaccurate concepts about gender, gender identity, and sexuality erase queer or trans students' experiences and perpetuate narrow, regre...

Back Pain: The Facts is aimed at people who want to help themselves. Affecting nearly everyone at some time in their lives, 40% of people will have experienced some form of back pain within the last year, with around 5% of sufferers taking time off work within the last month. Long-term back pain causes a great deal of distress and unhappiness, affecting work life, income, home life, relationships, fitness and mood. Back Pain: The Facts uses clear, succinct chapters to give advice ...

Healthcare for older people tends to focus on physical limitations and cognitive decline, and the person's own perspective and strengths are often overlooked. Narrative therapy centres a person as the expert in their own story, and is particularly effective when combined with an older person's wealth of life experience. It highlights the way their views have been shaped by their cultural and personal contexts, which allows better understanding and communication, and improves people's lives...

Danger, betrayal, and enchantment abound in the “exhilarating” (Booklist) conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy—now with a gorgeous new cover, a new foreword, and exclusive bonus content! Clockwork Princess is a Shadowhunters novel.THE INFERNAL DEVICES WILL NEVER STOP COMINGA net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. Mortmain plans to use his Infernal Devi...

Dans la conquête de l’Ouest, il n’existe qu’une règle pour les pionniers : survivre à tout prix. Veuve et enceinte, Bethie vit seule à la lisière d’une forêt où rôdent les menaces. Elle doit se protéger. Aussi, quand un cavalier se présente chez elle, la jeune femme ne prend aucun risque : elle désarme l’inconnu et le ligote à son lit avant de soigner ses blessures. Si les cicatrices de Nicholas Kenleigh évoquent un passé tortueux, son regard de braise est plus redoutable encore. Cet homme...

Lights, camera, passion! A collection of steamy celebrity romances filled with glitz, glamour and games of desire…Contains 18 titles!Fame's TemptationRunning from the spotlight and into his armsContains:Beauty and the Reclusive Millionaire by Rachael StewartSlow Dance with the Best Man by Sophie PembrokeWhen Da Silva Breaks the Rules

What might the world look like in the aftermath of COVID-19?Almost every aspect of society will change after the pandemic, but if we learn lessons then life can be better. Featuring expert authors from across academia and civil society, this book offers ideas that might put us on alternative paths for positive social change.A rapid intervention into current commentary and debate, Life After COVID-19 looks at a wide range of topical issues including the state, co-operation, ...

Rhetoric of Masculinity: Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict lends depth and global nuance to discourse associated with the masculinity concept as it brings to bear on males' self-image, role in society, media representations of them, and the gender role stress/conflict experienced when they fail to measure up to social standards associated with what it means to be manly. Even though the concept of masculine gender role stress/conflict has received substantial scholarly...

Gaining access is a critical part of doing research, not only because one must 'get in' in order to gain information, but also because the quality of access affects what information is available to the researcher. Despite its importance, the literature on qualitative methods has not yet provided an extensive treatment of this issue. Gaining Access fills the void by offering useful, prescriptive advice on how to successfully enter different field settings for interviewing and observation. T...

La peripecia vital e intelectual de cuatro mujeres que dejaron huella en la filosofía, en unos tiempos en que estaba dominada por los hombres.Oxford, 1 de mayo de 1956. En la solemnidad de la Biblioteca Bodleiana, el claustro de la universidad se ha reunido para decidir si se le concede un honoris causa al expresidente de los Estados Unidos Harry S. Truman. Una de las personas presentes, la filósofa Elizabeth Anscombe, se opone con vehemencia, poque consid...

Este libro aborda el problema del espacio-territorio, simbolización y representación, reforzando el vínculo existente entre el quehacer geográfico y el antropológico. La relación de ambos campos disciplinarios resulta primordial, pues todo lo que acontece sucede en una temporalidad y espacialidad determinadas. Así, los mapas, croquis, dibujos y pintura murales están cargados gran sentido social.