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  • Race, Racism and Social Work

    Contemporary issues and debates

    Edited by Michael Lavalette, Laura Penketh ...
    Without a doubt, structural and institutionalised racism is still present in Britain and Europe, a factor that social work education and training has been slow to acknowledge.In this timely new book, Lavalette and Penketh reveal that racism towards Britain’s minority ethnic groups has undergone a process of change. They affirm the importance of social work to address issues of ‘race’ and racism in ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Anti-racism and Social Welfare

    Edited by Micheal Lavalette, Laura Penketh, Chris Jones ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1998 , this book is a compendium of writings in regards to racism in 1990s Britain and the social impact racism have on black communities in Britain in regards to unemployment , working conditions , housing and health. Aiming to create a mode to provide a platform for a discourse on British black experience; by assessing the success and failures of various ant-racist strategies ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

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  • Multiculturalism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Ali Rattansi ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Multiculturalism appears to be in terminal crisis. It has been blamed for undermining national identity, diluting social cohesion, creating ethnic ghettos and cultural fragmentation, providing fertile ground for Islamic radicalism, encouraging perverse 'political correctness', and restricting liberal freedoms of expression, amongst other things. The public debate over multiculturalism has ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Fractured Identities

    Changing Patterns of Inequality

    by Harriet Bradley ...
    The gap between rich and poor, included and excluded, advantaged and disadvantaged is steadily growing as inequality becomes one of the most pressing issues of our times. The new edition of this popular text explores current patterns of inequality in the context of increasing globalization, world recession and neoliberal policies of austerity. Within a framework of intersectionality, Bradley ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The New Extremism in 21st Century Britain

    Edited by Roger Eatwell, Matthew Goodwin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy
    Since the 1990s, there has been a growing concern about the resurgence of extremist and radical movements in the Western world. Although a variety of challenges to the liberal democratic order have emerged, the main focus of concern among academics, policy-makers and practitioners within Europe and beyond has been on the growth and activities of Islamists and to a lesser extent the extreme right. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts

    Edited by Mark Baildon, Kah Seng Loh, Ivy Maria Lim, Gül İnanç, Junaidah Jaffar ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
    This book examines both history textbook controversies AND teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts. The different perspectives provided by the book’s authors offer numerous insights, examples, and approaches for understanding historical controversy to provide a practical gold mine for scholars and practitioners. The book provides case studies of history textbook controversies ranging ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Global Civil Society

    An Answer to War

    by Mary Kaldor ...
    The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues that this is no coincidence and that the reinvention of civil society has to be understood in the context of globalization. The concept of civil society is no longer confined to the borders of the territorial state. Whether one considers dissidents in ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Crime, Social Control and Human Rights

    From Moral Panics to States of Denial, Essays in Honour of Stanley Cohen

    Edited by David Downes, Paul Rock, Christine Chinkin, Conor Gearty ...
    The work of Stanley Cohen over four decades has come to acquire a classical status in the fields of criminology, sociology and human rights. His writing, research, teaching and practical engagement in these fields have been at once rigorously analytical and intellectually inspiring. It amounts to a unique contribution, immensely varied yet with several unifying themes, and it has made, and ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Nationalism, Ethnicity and Boundaries

    Conceptualising and understanding identity through boundary approaches

    Edited by Jennifer Jackson, Lina Molokotos-Liederman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
    Nationalism and ethnicity have become, across time and space, a force in the construction of boundaries. This book analyses geographical and physical borders and symbolic, political and socio-economic boundaries, and how they impact upon nationalism and ethnic identity.Geographic and other tangible borders are critical components in the making and unmaking of boundaries. However, symbolic or ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Cultural Chaos

    Journalism and Power in a Globalised World

    by Brian McNair ...
    With examples drawn from media coverage of the War on Terror, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the London underground bombings, Cultural Chaos explores the changing relationship between journalism and power in an increasingly globalised news culture.In this new text, Brian McNair examines the processes of cultural, geographic and political dissolution in the post-Cold War era and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • European Social Problems

    Edited by Stuart Isaacs ...
    European Social Problems is the first book to examine social issues in Europe from the perspective of the social sciences. It considers many of these social problems following the UK’s ‘leave’ vote. Key topics examined here include:immigration;multiculturalism and religion;health;inequalities;education;riots and protest;drugs and crime;</l... ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Migration and Security in the Global Age

    Diaspora Communities and Conflict

    by Feargal Cochrane ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
    This book is an interdisciplinary examination of several interconnecting aspects of migrant communities in the context of contemporary conflict and security.The book illustrates that within this globalised world, migrants have become key actors, living in the spaces between states, as well as within them. Arguing that migrants and their descendants are vital and complex constituencies for the ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD