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Transformations eBook Series

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  • Consent

    Gender, Power and Subjectivity

    Edited by Laurie James-Hawkins, Róisín Ryan-Flood ...
    Series series Transformations
    This book considers the concept of consent in different contexts with the aim of exploring the nuances of what consent means to different people and in different situations. While it is generally agreed that consent is a fluid concept, legal and social attempts to explain its meaning often centre on overly simplistic, narrow and binary definitions, viewing consent as something that occurs at a ... Read more

    €48.24

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  • Social Work Theories in Context

    Creating Frameworks for Practice

    by Karen Healy ...
    This popular and innovative core text book explores contemporary social work theories and perspectives in a systematic way, using an integrated and flexible framework to link context, theory, and practice approaches. Healy expertly provides an applied guide to social work theory across a range of organisational contexts, showing social work as a diverse activity that is profoundly shaped by ... Read more

    €33.69

  • Gender-Critical Feminism

    by Holly Lawford-Smith ...
    The expectation used to be that men would be masculine and women would be feminine, and this was assumed to come naturally to them in virtue of their biology. That orthodoxy persists today in many parts of society. On this view, sex is gender and gender is sex. A new view of gender has emerged in recent years, a view on which gender is an 'identity', a way that people feel about themselves in ... Read more

    €36.18

  • Gender Hurts

    A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism

    by Sheila Jeffreys ...
    It is only recently that transgenderism has been accepted as a disorder for which treatment is available. In the 1990s, a political movement of transgender activism coalesced to campaign for transgender rights. Considerable social, political and legal changes are occurring in response and there is increasing acceptance by governments and many other organisations and actors of the legitimacy of ... Read more

    €60.87

  • Sex and Gender

    A Contemporary Reader

    Edited by Alice Sullivan, Selina Todd ...
    Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader is a much-needed exploration of the relationship between sex, gender and gender identity. Its multidisciplinary approach provides fascinating perspectives from the sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as biology, neuroscience, medicine, law, sociology and English literature. The 15 chapters are original contributions, authored by scholars who are ... Read more

    €48.24

  • Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences

    by Mike J. McNamee, Stephen Olivier, Paul Wainwright ...
    Series series Ethics and Sport
    Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences puts ethics at the centre of research in these rapidly expanding fields of knowledge. Placing the issues in historical context, and using informative case studies, the authors examine how moral theory can guide research design, education, and governance. As well as theoretical analysis, key practical concerns are critically discussed, ... Read more

    €60.87

  • Ageing, Diversity and Equality

    Social Justice Perspectives

    Edited by Sue Westwood ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Current understandings of ageing and diversity are impoverished in three main ways. Firstly, with regards to thinking about what inequalities operate in later life there has been an excessive preoccupation with economic resources. On the other hand, less attention has been paid to cultural norms and values, other resources, wider social processes, political participation and community engagement. ... Read more

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  • Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education

    Edited by Caragh Brosnan, Bryan S. Turner ...
    The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century.Beginning with reflections on the historical and theoretical foundations of the sociology of medical education, ... Read more

    €56.28

  • Gender & Sexuality For Beginners

    by Jaimee Garbacik ...
    Series series For Beginners
    What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society’s definitions of “male” and “female” leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a “real” man or woman is, where one’s sex begins and ends, or what purpose the categories of masculine and feminine traits serve. While significant strides have been made ... Read more

    €11.49

  • The Limits of Consent

    Sexual Assault and Affirmative Consent

    by Lisa Featherstone, Cassandra Byrnes, Jenny Maturi, Kiara Minto, Renée Mickelburgh, Paige Donaghy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book examines the ways that consent operates in contemporary culture, suggesting it is a useful starting point to respectful relationships. This work, however, seeks to delve deeper, into the more complicated aspects of sexual consent. It examines the ways meaningful consent is difficult, if not impossible, in relationships that involve intimate partner violence or family violence ... Read more

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  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice

    Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People

    Edited by Deana Morrow, , Ph.D., Lori Messinger, , Ph.D. ...
    This volume offers an invaluable resource for both social work educators and practitioners working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) clients and their families. It is the first such work to specifically address issues affecting bisexual and transgender people as well as the larger concerns of the GLBT community.Contributors present specific, practical suggestions for effective ... Read more

    €46.28

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work and Sexualities

    Edited by SJ Dodd ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This Handbook is the first volume to address the dynamic issues related to sexuality from a social work perspective by providing a comprehensive, current and international overview of issues related to sexuality.It explains how each issue is important and critically discusses the leading views in the area, providing diverse and inclusive perspectives from leading scholars in the field. Divided ... Read more

    €53.98