This book explores how intersectionality theory can be applied to social work practice with children and families, older people and mental health service users, and used to engage with diversity and difference in social work education and research.With case-study examples and practice questions throughout, the book provides a model for integrating intersectionality theory into social work practice. It highlights the ways intersectional theory helps us to understand the complexities...

This title was first published in 2001. Employing a black feminist standpoint, Claudia Bernard offers an in-depth study of black mothers’ responses to the abuse of their children and of the factors which shape their reactions and help-seeking behaviour.

Providing an exploration of the key issues, this book offers practical advice on how to improve the safeguarding and welfare of black children and young people in need.With contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners, it promotes an understanding of the particular cultural and social issues that affect black children in relation to child protection. It highlights how race and racism, as well as culture, faith and gender, can influence the ways need and risk are inte...

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families. It explores the challenges that practitioners face routinely - with suggestions as to how to address them - as well as the established areas for assessment, of children's developmental needs, parenting ability and motivation, and socio-economic factors.This new edition has been extended substantially to include recent practice, p...

The issue of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is firmly in the public spotlight internationally and in the UK, but just how well is it understood?To date, many CSE-related services have been developed in reaction to high profile cases rather than being designed more strategically. This much-needed book breaks new ground by considering how psychosocial, feminist and geo-environmental theories, amongst others, can improve practice understanding and interventions.Edited by one ...

In this unique volume, some of today's most eminent political philosophers examine the thought of John Rawls, focusing in particular on his most recent work. These original essays explore diverse issues, including the problem of pluralism, the relationship between constitutive commitment and liberal institutions, just treatment of dissident minorities, the constitutional implications of liberalism, international relations, and the structure of international law. The first comprehensive stu...

Esta obra representa el esfuerzo y trabajo de un grupo de profesores del Centro Universitario de Tonalá (CUT), quienes, a través de la Academia de Historia del entonces Departamento de Ciencias Sociales del CUT, organizaron en abril de 2016 el Primer Coloquio de Historia de la Ciencia en México. Este evento logró reunir a más de cuarenta investigadores nacionales con diversas formaciones académicas y un objetivo común: el estudio de la historia de la ciencia, que fue posible mediante la pr...

This book provides both evidence-based scientific studies and practical guidance to enhance the welfare of cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry at slaughter. Temple Grandin and Michael Cockram have brought together a range of international experts to prepare chapters on philosophical and ethical views on the slaughter of farmed animals. These include welfare issues and their assessment, the condition of animals on arrival and their management during lairage, animal handling, methods of humane s...

O Anuário Todavia é um registro periódico do diálogo que uma jovem editora brasileira quer manter com a cultura e o pensamento de sua época. O ponto de interrogação no tema Apocalipse? indica tanto o horror de certos impasses quanto a beleza de alguns dos caminhos abertos. Mais do que profecias desalentadoras sobre as mudanças climáticas e sociais do Antropoceno, a ideia é discutir respostas possíveis a crises como as da democracia, da arte e de noções de indivíduo que não parecem caber ma...

After World War II, some 12 million Germans, 3 million Poles and Ukrainians, and tens of thousands of Hungarians were expelled from their homes and forced to migrate to their supposed countries of origin. Using freshly available materials from Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Czechoslovak, German, British, and American archives, the contributors to this book provide a sweeping, detailed account of the turmoil caused by the huge wave of forced migration during the nascent Cold War. The book also...

Ce dictionnaire des concepts, techniques et champs d'application de la sophrologie recense près de 400 termes. Son objectif est d'apporter une connaissance à la fois immédiate, délimitée et pointue des termes fondamentaux de la sophrologie.Chaque définition étant très développée, cet ouvrage fournit un état des lieux des savoirs actuels de la sophrologie, ses fondements, ses différentes techniques et méthodes, sans pour autant privilégier ou ignorer aucun des courants légitimes de la sophr...

Das umfassendste Nachschlagewerk der Physiotherapie – das "Handbuch Physiotherapie" – liegt jetzt in vollständiger Neubearbeitung vor. Ausgewiesene Expertinnen und Experten ihres Gebiets haben das im Werk dargebotene physiotherapeutische Fachwissen auf den neuesten Stand gebracht. Damit stellen sie den Praktizierenden und Lernenden die aktuellen Erkenntnisse zu den Grundlagen, den physiotherapeutischen Behandlungstechniken und ihren Bezug zu allen relevanten medizinischen Fachgebieten bere...