Deconstructing Development Discourse

Deconstructing Development Discourse
Author: Andrea Cornwall
Publisher: Practical Action Pub
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2010
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781853397066

Andrea Cornwall is Professor of Anthropology and Development in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. --

Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities

Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities
Author: Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2005
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780761923695

The handbook provides a broad view of masculinities primarily across the social sciences, but including important debates in areas of the humanities & natural sciences.

More Than a Scenic Mountain Landscape

More Than a Scenic Mountain Landscape
Author: Thomas Merlan
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-06-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781511517393

This study focuses on the cultural-historical environment of the 88,900-acre (35,560-ha) Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) over the past four centuries of Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. governance. It includes a review and synthesis of available published and unpublished historical, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic literature about the human occupation of the area now contained within the VCNP. Documents include historical maps, texts, letters, diaries, business records, photographs, land and mineral patents, and court testimony.

Anti-ageing Medicine

Anti-ageing Medicine
Author: Astrid Stuckelberger
Publisher: vdf Hochschulverlag AG
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2008
Genre: Aging
ISBN: 3728131954

The 21st century technological development is revolutionizing medicine and health care, bringing new hopes to human suffering by offering cures and treatments which were unthinkable a few decades ago. This is where anti-ageing medicine finds its niche. Anti-ageing medicine aims at slowing, arresting, and reversing phenomena associated with ageing by merging biotechnological innovation and engineered solutions. Ideally, by means of the newest medical technology, the "body machinery" should be kept fit and at peak performance all life long. Early detection of age-related dysfunction should thus be "fixed" at any age with interventions such as metabolic fine tuning, enhancement, regeneration, restoration or replacement of "body parts" (i.e. organs, skin, bone or muscle). It covers a vast array of domains: from cell therapy to pharmaceutical interventions, from bio-surgery to aesthetic surgery, from human enhancement to fortified food, from smart housing and robots to toxic-free environments. Anti-ageing medicine holds promises but also significant risks and safety issues which are addressesd in this book. It presents the latest scientific evidence on what works or does not work. It also provides public policy recommendations to ensure the protection of consumers and their rights while encouraging research and development. This book is intended for academics, health professionals, business persons, consumers and policy-makers interested in the latest evidence and ethical issues about anti-ageing medicine.

Native Americans and the Christian Right

Native Americans and the Christian Right
Author: Andrea Smith
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2008-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822341635

DIVArgues that previous accounts of religious and political activism in the Native American community fail to account for the variety of positions held by this community./div

Origins and Originality in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice

Origins and Originality in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice
Author: Maria Borcsa
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3319390619

The founding volume of the European Family Therapy Association book series presents new ideas confirming the crucial importance of systemic family therapy for family practice. Spanning paradigms, models, concepts, applications, and implications for families as they develop, experts in the field demonstrate the translatability of session insights into real-world contexts, bolstering therapeutic gains outside the treatment setting. Chapters emphasize the potential for systemic family therapy as integrative across theories, healing disciplines, modes of treatment, while contributors’ personal perspectives provide unique takes on the therapist’s role. Together, these papers promote best practices not only for therapy, but also research and training as professionals delve deeper into understanding the complexity and diversity of families and family systems. “div>Included in the coverage:• The story of an encounter: the systemic approach at the heart of innovative clinical practice. • Steps to an ultramodern family therapy.• From networks to resonance: the life journey of a family therapist.• How to give a voice to children in family therapy.• Systemic theory and narratives of attachment: integration, formulation, and development over time.• Virtual relations and globalized families: the Genogram 4.0 interview. Origins and Originality in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice offers practitioners and other professionals particularly interested in family therapy practice timely, ethical tools for enhancing their work./div

The Family in Question

The Family in Question
Author: R. D. Grillo
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2008
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9053568697

The family lives of immigrants and ethnic minority populations have become central to arguments about the right and wrong ways of living in multicultural societies. While the characteristic cultural practices of such families have long been scrutinized by the media and policy makers, these groups themselves are beginning to reflect on how to manage their family relationships. Exploring case studies from Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Australia, The Family in Question explores how those in public policy often dangerously reflect the popular imagination, rather than recognizing the complex changes taking place within the global immigrant community. In hoeverre allochtonen vrij zijn hun cultuur te uiten in de multiculturele samenleving staat bijna dagelijks ter discussie in de media en politiek. Vaak wordt vergeten dat ook migrantenfamilies zelf worstelen om hun tradities en gebruiken vorm te geven in een pluriforme samenleving waarin relaties met familie zeer complex kunnen zijn. In The Family Question worden migrantenfamilies in onder andere Nederland, Oostenrijk en Noorwegen onderzocht. Hieruit blijkt dat spelers op het vlak van beleidsvorming vaak toegeven aan populaire misverstanden over allochtonen en zo bijdragen aan de heersende xenofobie en stereotypering van immigranten.