Race, Culture and Media is a critical, impassioned and accessible exploration of this complex relationship. Anamik Saha outlines the theories, concepts and research you need to know in order to make sense of race, culture and media today - moving beyond simplistic notions of ‘diversity’ to really engage with issues of both power and participation.

The accessible and student-friendly 'how to' for anyone using R for the first time to analyse location-based data.

Taking an approach that celebrates the individual identity of all learners, and underpinned by an awareness of the complexity of language around the topics of Sex and Gender, this book offers a careful evaluation of the 2020 Relationship and Sex Education policy for schools in England, and how schools can offer intelligent, socially responsible, sex education that goes beyond simply meeting statutory requirements.

As one of the few teaching textbooks in the market about longitudinal research and data, this book provides a strong foundation in the fundamentals of longitudinal research, discussing core issues such as study design, sampling, attrition and missing data.

If there were ever a time for environmental sociology, it is now. As COVID-19 is spreading across our communities, our countries, our world, we have all become too familiar with maintaining that awful term of "social distance." Yet there can be no true distance from that which is always with us and within us: our social ecology An Invitation to Environmental Sociology invites students to delve into this rapidly changing field. Written in a lively, engaging style, the authors cover a broad ran...

The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.

In Mass Starvation, world-renowned expert on humanitarian crisis and response Alex de Waal provides an authoritative history of modern famines: their causes, dimensions and why they ended. He analyses starvati...

Over 30 landmark legal cases, from 1973 to 2023, that mark the most impactful and significant milestones in LGBTQ history

In this book, the famous Russian scientist, Sergei Kapitsa, explains complicated theories in an uncomplicated manner that is easily accessible to readers with no specialist knowledge. The author focuses on the processes taking place inside the global demographic revolution and on the destinies of nations, mankind and our planet as a whole.The author cites a number of facts and assessments concerning not only projections for population growth, but also a common view on the causes of the curren...

Bestselling authors Cooper and McLeod present a groundbreaking new approach to counselling, outlining a flexible framework for practice applicable to all modalities of therapy at all levels.

Interactieve kennismaking met sociale vaardigheden in het sociale domein; behandelt o.a. pesten, kindermishandeling, racisme en grensoverschrijdend gedrag op de werkvloer; praktische benadering met vele opdrachten en casuïstiek.

Sociale veiligheid in het sociaal domein - Signaleren en handelen bij sociale onveiligheid en grensoverschrijdend gedrag is een nieuw studieboek voor (toekomstige) professionals binnen de domeinen zorg en welzijn, gezondheidsstudies, onderwijs en sport.

Studenten leren met dit boek signalen van sociale onveiligheid te herkennen én wat je als professional nodig hebt om gericht te kunnen handelen wanneer er sprake is van sociale onveiligheid. In de zeven hoofdstukken van dit boek wordt ingegaan op sociale veiligheid en grensoverschrijdend gedrag in het algemeen en worden verschillende vormen van grensoverschrijdend gedrag behandeld: pesten, huiselijk geweld, kindermishandeling, seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag, discriminatie en racisme en grensoverschrijdend gedrag op de werkvloer. Elk hoofdstuk sluit af met opdrachten.