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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “gameela samarasinghe”
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  • Family Systems and Global Humanitarian Mental Health

    Approaches in the Field

    Edited by Laurie L. Charlés, Gameela Samarasinghe ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This powerful reference explores the processes and practices of family systems therapy as conducted in humanitarian situations across the globe. It follows the editors’ previous volume Family Therapy in Global Humanitarian Contexts: Voices and Issues from the Field in defining systemic therapy as multidisciplinary, portable, and universal, regardless of how far from traditional clinical settings ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Family Therapy in Global Humanitarian Contexts

    Voices and Issues from the Field

    Edited by Laurie L. Charlés, Gameela Samarasinghe ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book brings together a diverse set of clinicians, scholars, and researchers actively using systemic family therapy ideas within the context of ongoing or recent humanitarian intervention. The contributions focus on critical issues specific to the practice of family therapy within global mental health contexts, with a particular attention to the humanitarian sphere. Issues covered include ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

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  • The Law of Refugee Status

    by James C. Hathaway, Michelle Foster ...
    The first edition of The Law of Refugee Status (published in 1991) is generally regarded as the seminal text on interpreting the refugee definition set by the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention. Its groundbreaking analysis served as the bedrock for not only much judicial reasoning, but also for a burgeoning academic literature in law and related fields. This second edition builds on the strong critical ... Read more

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  • Captive Genders

    Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex

    Edited by Nat Smith, Eric A. Stanley ...
    While other titles have explored gender in the context of the American prison population, Captive Genders is the first book to explicitly examine self-identified trans-folk and gender-queer individuals inside US prisons.Composed largely of first-hand accounts of the policing of trans and gender-queer folks, this book is suitable for readers in the GLBTQ community, as well as for readers who are ... Read more

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    by Michael Löwy ...
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  • Freedom in Entangled Worlds

    West Papua and the Architecture of Global Power

    by Eben Kirksey ...
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  • Crossing the Thinnest Line

    How Embracing Diversity-from the Office to the Oscars-Makes America Stronger

    by Lauren Leader-Chivee ...
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