Contests the association of care with women as empirically and historically inaccurate, as well as politically unwise. Tronto presents care as one of the central activites of human life and illustrates the ways in which society degrades the importance of caring in order to maintain the power of those who are privileged.

"Designing research is about making decisions to transform an idea into a plan that can provide answers to a research problem or question. Thinking about, and then making these decisions results in the research design – the plan that will be followed to conduct the research and answer the question. This text engages in a dialogue with the reader, providing a serious but accessible introduction to research design, for use as a guide when designing your own research or when reading the resear...

With a new chapter on the literature review, this accessible step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. The prior edition's user-friendly features are augmented by a new companion website with worksheets keyed to each chapter. For each approach, the text presents a template for a research proposal and explains how to conceptualize and fill in every section.

Interdisciplinary research examples draw on current events a...

The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with an understanding of the history and theory of community development, as well as practical guidance on how to do it. This is a key text for all students and practitioners working with communities.

It includes:* a broad overview of core themes, ...

Delving into the real issues of policing, and fully updated to cover recent changes in the field, this is the introduction to your Police Studies course.

Dit rapport onderzoekt de opkomst van child en family influencers in Nederland. Het richt zich op het ontwikkelen van wetenschappelijke methoden om deze influencers te identificeren, hun bedrijfsmodellen te onderzoeken en geautomatiseerde benaderingen voor monitoring voor te stellen. Het rapport benadrukt de complexiteit van het onderwerp en biedt geen uitgebreide juridische analyse, maar richt zich eerst op het begrijpen van de online dynamiek, activiteiten en verdienmodellen van influencers...

Milieucriminaliteit is een vorm van criminaliteit met verstrekkende gevolgen voor mens, natuur en maatschappij. In wetenschap en beleid is er vooral aandacht voor de betrokken bedrijven. Over de individuele daders van milieucriminaliteit is nog weinig bekend. De huidige studie is de eerste studie in Nederland, en wereldwijd, waarin een grote groep milieudaders systematisch in beeld wordt gebracht, met aandacht voor het soort milieudelicten, hun criminele ontwikkelingspaden over de levensloop,...

In Van woorden naar daden deelt het IDEA Center (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access Center) van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam kennis, ervaringen en praktische handvatten om je organisatie te veranderen naar een meer inclusieve, diverse, rechtvaardige en toegankelijke – en uiteindelijk een prettigere – plek voor iedereen.

De auteurs willen werkgevers, werknemers en organisaties als geheel op een toegankelijke manier inspireren om aan de slag te gaan. Het boek biedt concrete hulp bij...

Leta Hong Fincher's landmark book Leftover Women shone a light on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China. Ten years on, women in China continue to experience a dramatic rolling back of rights and gains in the increasingly patriarchal political climate of the Xi Jinping era.

Leftover Women explores the structural discrimination against women and the broader problems with China's economy, politics, and development that lie behind them. This updated edition includes a new pre...

This succinct and insightful guide to reflective practice is designed for students and practitioners across a range of professions in the human services - social work, healthcare and related fields. In seven compact chapters, it takes the reader through the main theories and principles of reflective practice, drawing on concepts and findings from across the associated literature. Its clear and careful integration of both the 'thinking' and 'doing' elements of the complex and often challenging...