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Featuring detailed student cases, this book provides proven ways to teach all students academic and lifetime learning skills. Informal assessments and sample IEPs are included.

A state-of-the art compilation of the research, practice and application of best practices in the field of youth mentoring

A guide for pre and in-service secondary teachers on how to successfully teach young adult contemporary literature in the classroom.

Exploring the concept that leadership is not about leaders or even leaders and followers, but about a much more dynamic and nuanced process, this is a compelling and unique text examining leadership as a dynamic and nuanced process.

The author shows the reader how to obtain, categorize, and analyze different media documents in this entry in the Qualitative Research Methods series

Brenda Smith Myles provides important strategies for teaching children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and presents research-based, instructional, behavioral, and environmental strategies for teachers.

Offers an engaging journey through the process of conducting research in psychology.

Profiling the ten most populous cities in the United States during ten critical eras of political development, this title presents a singular focus on American cities, their government and politics, industry, commerce, labor, and race and ethnicity.

Looking at the changes in criminal justice that have taken place since World War II, this book uses a variety of sources such as law reviews, press editorials and police manuals to introduce students to the High Court's impact of criminal procedure.

Helps students and scholars trace topics from the "Congress and the Nation" series dating back to 1945.

A reference for students studying the Court, this title presents an overview of the history, traditions, and people of the highest court in the land.

Provides objective analysis and comprehensive data on American's attitudes about key health-care issue. This title brings together findings from more than 200 national opinion surveys conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard University's School of Public Health, and other institutes and polling and media organizations.

This collection of original essays from leaders in the profession comments on the current state of social work in the United States, and how it ought to change, in light of social change in the US and the world as a whole.

In Schools and Societies the author demonstrates that more than any other major institution, schooling and schools are political, and virtually everyone has opinions to voice and interests to promote. Steven Brint musters a wealth of comparative material to show how schooling around the world is shaped by social forces even as it tries to shape the societies of the future.

This study of the relations between gender, power and culture in organizations introduces two metaphors: the sexual contract, focusing on the sexuality of organizations and "static" gender difference; and the alchemic wedding, highlighting a plurality of cultural models of femaleness.

Presenting a comparative analysis of affirmative action in different countries, this study argues that proponents of affirmative action need to direct more attention to the political uses of categories than to theorizing the content of the category "women".

Examining the social epidemiology of HIV transmission, Bloor looks at heterosexual and homosexual transmission, sex tourism and prostitution, injecting drug users, haemophiliacs and transfusion recipients. Bloor presents a critical examination of the different theoretical models of risk and considers their implications for disease prevention.

This text explores the nature of woman abuse and contributes to a key issue for feminist campaigning and theory. The author sheds light on both the dynamics of abuse which afford abusers control over women, and the resources and knowledge women draw upon to re-empower themselves.

This collection deals with the central questions which have emerged from the break-up of the postwar political consensus around the welfare state. A series of distinguished contributors, including exponents of alternative positions on welfare from the right, left and centre, examine key issues in the disputes over the relationship between the state and welfare.

Demonstrates that conception and birth are as much social as biological events. The authors stress the importance of viewing human reproduction not only as a biological event but also as social reproduction.

These challenging essays have their roots in the fertile convergence of feminism, sociology and cultural studies. Themes include the assessment of feminist theory, its transformations and ability to illuminate issues and practices. The complex relationship between objects of study, their political implications and their historical context is a recurring theme.

This text examines the theoretical basis of role play and the range of approaches involved. It enables the reader to develop: a strategy for conducting valid role plays; an idea of the questions to be asked when planning a role play; and an understanding of the issues that must be addressed.

Explores the magnitude, causes and consequences of the economic crisis, and the responses of governments in different industrial countries. This book focuses on the relationship between the policy process and institutional structures. It looks at the implementation and outcomes of policy strategies designed to cope with the crisis.

The abortion issue is not easily integrated into party doctrines and consequently has been marginalized except where effective pressure groups have intervened. This title compares the reactions of eight Western political systems to demands for abortion legislation.

Individuals using commons at the global or local level may find themselves in a similar situation. This title offers a synthesis of what is known about very large and very small common-pool resources.

This study presents theoretical and practical perspectives on how society intervenes in the lives of people with disabilities, demonstrating ways in which such interventions can be ineffective and often counter-productive. Topics include care and counselling, legislation, and future developments.

`Cees J Hamelink... knowledgeably describes and examines world communication politics.... and provides a treasure-trove of facts and data on political processes, political actors and decisions that determine the global communication environment' - The Journal of International Communication

This work looks at the sociology of medical knowledge, including the construction of medical opinion, the fabric of medical discourse and the medical construction of the body. Issues covered include interaction among doctors and the social production of clinical opinion.

In this book, the author offers an analytical account of how counselling, as a process, is dynamically constructed through the interaction of counsellor and client. Silverman draws on research on counselling of clients undergoing an HIV test.