An astounding 25% of offenders have ADHD, and treatment can reduce their criminal behavior. Yet this is virtually ignored by the justice system. This is the first book for professionals to understand and work with this population effectively.
This tome summarises contemporary issues in education and society, including narrative explorations, various models of education and learning, study techniques, and leadership. It considers how these issues affect society, reflecting on the causes of the functioning of the world.
Experiences of Academics from a Working-Class Heritage
While higher education welcomes diverse students, it predominantly employs middle-class academics. Based on candid interviews, this book explores the experiences of academics from working-class backgrounds, as both students and staff, from their early careers to the present day.
New Ritual Society
Consumerism has established itself as a dominant lifestyle, but the reasons for this are often unclear. This study revisits a large amount of research, arguing that consumerism is a powerful ritual “machine” that can make up for the modern lack of values with new symbols.
Unfashionable Objections to Islamophobic Cartoons
Byrd critiques the political philosophy of Stéphane Charbonnier of Charlie Hebdo, showing how the new “Enlightenment Fundamentalism” of the political left contributes to the Islamophobic politics of Europe’s neo-fascist right.
This collection sets out the needs of social services for dealing with disadvantaged groups, and specifies the social services required for these communities and the role played by religious institutions in providing services to disadvantaged individuals.
This work offers a cross-analysis of the development of tourism in Bali, combining international and intercultural and inter-generational research. It questions the capacity of tourism, to be a vector of sustainable development.
An International Humanitarian Organisation
Parker discusses the current approach to the climate crisis and gives a clear view of the history of the failed protocols and promises. He studies why solutions only emerge by changing the international structure of governance, a structure now conditioned by out-dated modes.
Financialisation, Capital Accumulation and Economic Development in Nigeria
Udeogu adds to the field of Nigeria studies by filling gaps in research on the country’s development, deviating from the general approach of analysing the nation’s problems purely based on internal factors. Rather, he explores Nigeria’s issues in connection with the world system.
Islamic Sisterhood
In a hostile post-9/11 America, why do young Muslim women choose to wear a headscarf? This book finds it’s not just devotion, but a way to cope with sexism, racism, and patriarchy from both their own ethnic community and the larger Western society.
This publication explores what is new and valued about the digital media environment. Investigating a range of key questions, it is accessible to scholars in a range of academic disciplines, including communication and media studies, sociology, cultural studies and the arts.
This study highlights the attitudes of the residents of Mytilene, Lesvos, regarding the recent massive migration flow towards Europe and how it has affected the island. It will act as a useful tool for better policy implementation and is of great contemporary relevance.
Catching Terrorists in America
Hewitt presents a detailed examination of terrorist acts in America from the late 1960s to the Boston Marathon bombing, focusing on such aspects as responses of law enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security to block terrorism attacks from abroad.
The Welfare System and the Social Lifeworld
Is social welfare a mechanism for promoting altruism, or a self-reproducing system of law and politics? This book questions if our understanding can keep pace with the changing economic and political conditions of a neo-liberal global world.
Media Theory and Cultural Technologies
Media theory is now one of the most influential trends in contemporary thinking, namely within cultural studies, the arts and humanities. This anthology examines recent developments in the field brought about by concepts such as “cultural techniques” and “operative ontologies”.
This book explores our spiritual and emotional connection to trees. It challenges the historical view of trees as resources to be used, calling for a shift from domination and irreverence to respect, care, and even kinship.
Inspired by a pantheist worldview, this text advocates an alternative globalization based not on the economy and politics, but on humanity’s transcendence to a collective consciousness, presenting a counter-trend against nationalism, religious extremism, xenophobia, and racism.
This volume explores the social, historical and cultural dimensions of medicine. It covers medical knowledge, public health, and the experience of illness, raising ethical and philosophical questions that will open up new vistas of study for the reader.
Sociothermodynamics
Why do social groups segregate in hard times and mix in affluent ones? This book uses game theory and thermodynamics to show that segregation can be beneficial for all—like sugar separating in cold water. In the long run, however, social evolution leads to a homogeneous mix.
Since the “cultural turn” in the 1990s, increasing attention has been paid to ideological concerns and gender issues in translation studies. This volume is a further illustration of this trend, offering insights into various cross-cultural, geographical and historical contexts.
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