Social Science - General

Traditional teacher education has ignored the realities of teachers' lives both inside and outside the classroom, failing to consider their existence within broader socio-cultural circumstances. This study examines the professional development and transformation of four women teachers including my mother and myself in China...

Tolerance is important for every society, yet it gains special urgency in nations that undergo the transition from authoritarian to democratic regimes. This book examines attitudes toward social, political, and moral diversity of future educators from Russia, a country which entered the 21st century...

To deepen the understanding of menopause and its role in women's lives was the general aim of this thesis. Between 1995 and 2003, all women in two Swedish primary health care districts received a postal questionnaire, when they were 45, 50, 55 or 60....

Throughout world history, some military personnel have committed crimes. However, many times this social phenomenon has been ignored by scholars. To add to the study of military crime, this study investigates crimes committed by U.S. military personnel stationed in different countries. This study utilizes...

This book examines how the current day tuberculosis discourse in South Africa is shaped by ideological factors that have led to a dominant focus on biomedical and HIV/AIDS issues. These dominant issues have resulted in the undermining of previously held perceptions surrounding the social...

The "Homeless Etiquette" Social Interaction and Behavior Among the Homeless Living in Taito Ward, Tokyo is based on ethnographic field research carried out in the autumn of 2003 in certain parts of Tokyo. The author of this MA thesis followed the daily lives of...

Author: Kelli SchutteISBN-10: 3639086112ISBN-13: 9783639086119Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2008Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Japan has been a popular topic for at least the last three decades. The Japanese Economical Miracle awoke a real boom in the Western literature at the end of 1970s, and in the 1980s. The Japanese Miracle became a fashionable topic in the Western...

The exercise of including women on the criminological agenda is still in its early stages. Within the field of criminology, the absence of research on female offenders is accounted for by traditional studies in terms of both women's lower crime rates and the perception...

Author: Annie AhnISBN-10: 3639084330ISBN-13: 9783639084337Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2008Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d

Empirical studies on credit rationing in rural markets have typically been silent on the way women's constraints differ from men's, implicitly suggesting that credit constraints are gender neutral or that any gender-based differences in access to credit can be smoothed within the family. These...

Prior to this study, there were no scientific data examining specific psychological effects of sexual abuse by priests on adults who were victimized as children. This study addresses that void. A group of 29 males who were abused by a Catholic priest and a...

What do you call a lesbian couple who chooses to conceive and raise a child together?-A Planned Two-Mother Family. This book focuses on six lesbian couples who have grown a family by having a child within their relationship. By focusing exclusively on planned two-mother...

Caring in Nursing is complex, multi-faceted, and not easily explicated in the whole of its component parts. This theory describes the bi-directional communication that occurs between nurse and patient. The nurse consists of personal and professional selves, and the patient personal and illness selves....

The consequences of substance misuse in adolescence are profound. Teens that start using drugs early in life are more likely to have a number of problems in adulthood, including difficulties in school, careers and relationships. Additionally, Substance use among adolescents has repercussions felt throughout...

Intersectoral groups are often formed with the intention of collaborating as equal partners to create desired changes within communities. The research described in this book explores decision-making power as experienced by members of a provincial working group as they engage in the occupation of...

Author: Donna ValloneISBN-10: 3639079027ISBN-13: 9783639079029Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2008Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d

This study describes the practice of Obuntu-a communitarian worldview of the unity of all existence among the Abaluyia of Western Kenya. Obuntu regulates all relationships between the person and the community including all elements of the universe, visible and invisible. The study demonstrates how...

Dialogues between Buddhism and Psychotherapy link philosophical con-cepts from each tradition as both systems offer insights into the psychology of the mind and promote emotional well-being through self-awareness; in Buddhism this is fostered through meditation practice. Recent advances in neuroscience research have led to...

In contemporary societies poverty and crime victimization are viewed as major concern. However, poverty seldom has content but is understood as. just poverty, and for the public and among politicians crime represents the continuous breakdown of the society, even though statistics clearly show that...

Managing knowledge and advancing innovation in science involves the partnering of geographically dispersed and institutionally distinct actors. However, the capacity to evaluate performance of these research networks is lagging the adoption of the collaborative model. This book presents a novel framework that combines social...

The Moral Order of Supported Care offers an insight into the everyday ways in which intellectual disability is contextually dependent on the relationship between client and support worker. Using Sacks' (1974) Membership Categorisation Analysis, this book exposes the practical reasoning used during a meeting...

Author: Maureen AndersonISBN-10: 3639069021ISBN-13: 9783639069020Publisher: VDM VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2008Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d

Science and civilization are Siamese twins. Energy grids, transport infrastructure, the financial system, all the structures that allow civilization to exist are based on scientific research; nuclear particle accelerators, genome depositories, space telescopes, all the tools of modern science can only be provided by...

It is commonly believed that children are naive and 'colour blind'. However, research demonstrates that children not only notice differences in skin colour and facial features, but they also start making value judgements about these characteristics from an early age. Drawing on the data...

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic with critical demographic, economic, and social implications. This book outlines a vicious circle between HIV/AIDS, poverty and high-risk behaviour. In this vicious circle (the poverty-HIV/AIDS cycle), people living with HIV/AIDS are especially vulnerable to poverty, the poor are more...

The United States has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy among developed countries. In 2002, almost 800,000 teenagers became preg-nant in the U.S. (National Center for Health Statistics). Teenage preg-nancy is associated with social and psychological suffering, and is also a cause for school...

Author: Kandie Allen-KellyISBN-10: 3639053664ISBN-13: 9783639053661Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2008Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Today the global economy is changing the fundamental nature of governments, businesses, organizations and populations. In short, we are no longer constrained by national boundaries, but have all be-come part of an interdependent international network. One of the key changes this has triggered is...

Christiania is a so called 'Fristad', a self-ruling community situated on the edge of the centre of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Deve-loped during the student revolution and hippy movement, people started to squat in an abandoned military area in autumn 1971. The 34...

Recognising the inadequacy of romantically premised relatedness, this book is part of a growing body of literature exploring the contours of what love and relatedness 'beyond romance' might look like. Its particular contribution lies in the depth psychological perspective it brings to these discussions....

Until the early 90s, Chinese Koreans maintained their Korean culture, language, traditions, and lineage based on kinship relations. Contrary to many scholars' predictions that the growing interaction with South Koreans would help Korean ethnics develop a minority community in China while preserving their own...

Modern amateurs can be found throughout art, science, sport and entertainment. When examining amateurs in sport most of the re-search has predominantly focussed on amateur players and little attention has been given to amateur coaches. The goal of this book was to explore the...

With the ongoing diversification of American society, 'diversity' has become a buzzword in managerial literature and a major topic on business agendas throughout Corporate America. Diversity consultants are busy publishing advice books, major companies have added diversity statements to their web pages and corporate...

Author: Christopher UdellISBN-10: 3639040783ISBN-13: 9783639040784Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2008Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d

Do you want to know why women are rarely found at the top levels of professional accountancy careers? This book presents a doctoral research study undertaken in New Zea-land that investigates the causes, consequences and complexities of gender inequity in professional accountancy careers. Career...

Rent-to-Own housing programs offer a promising possibility that leverages public and private funds and encourages nonprofit and market cooperation, to develop home ownership and wealth accumulation opportunities for low-income residents while providing tools and local control for the revitalization process in distressed communities. Their...

This timely book presents a new way of working with abusive men, to challenge and support them to take responsibility for behaviour they use against women and children. This book clearly outlines a model of engaging in men's behaviour change, together with an explanation...

Author: Remy SietchipingISBN-10: 3639036263ISBN-13: 9783639036268Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 07/03/2008Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d

E-government initiatives are in their infancy in many developing countries. The success of these initiatives is dependent on government support as well as citizens' adoption of e-government services. To date, there has been little research exploring the adoption of e-government services by citizens in...

The Australian High Court's 1992 Mabo decision was hailed as a turning point in relations with its Indigenous peoples as this was the first occasion when a claim to traditional connections to lands or waters was recognised by its legal system. Intense debate and...

Author: Maria LeppäkariISBN-10: 3639031911ISBN-13: 9783639031911Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 09/11/2008Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d

This book studies Theodore Dreiser's autobiography of youth, por-traying a fascinating American novelist of the beginning 20th century. Dreiser's story is a true success story of a German immigrant in the "New World", working his way from the poor and shy boy to the...

Australia has the highest proportion of overseas born immigrants of any Western country, with over 200 language backgrounds. This book examines how the working patterns of immigrant workers have changed through the 1980s to the 21st century in response to globalisation, economic restructuring, industrial...

Dear Reader, I do not recommend this book to get you interested in American holidays. Since you have found it, you are obviously interested in them. However, I do recommend you my book if you want to deepen your knowledge about American holidays and...

Although there have been studies examining the current low employment rates of older workers, the identification of negative stereotypes associated with older workers, and related problems and challenges (such as age discrimination), no study of the working intentions of older Australian workers has been...

Despite the efforts of the government, Botswana continues to face one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates. The common approaches to address HIV prevalence based on medical and behaviour models have not been effective. Particularly in rural areas, people avoid facing the reality of...

Letters to Alexander Hamilton - King of the Feds is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...

Arrangement of the Families of Mollusks is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a...

A Memorial Discourse is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1865. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus...