The first edition of "Family Relationships in Later Life" marked the beginning of a serious interest in the intersection of family scholarship and study of the aged. It outlined the nature of interpersonal relationships within the family of the aged, some major issues concerning families of the elderly and some policy and intervention issues. This second edition carries on the tradition of its predecessor. Each chapter synthesizes the present knowledge on the topic. Each also presents the author's most recent empirical work on the subject or suggests applications of this knowledge to policy or practice. Contributors come from a variety of disciplines. The new edition of "Family Relationships in Later Life" ia a tool for research, practice and instruction for family professionals and gerontologists.
A practical guide for practitioners who work with chemically dependent people, this volume reviews the major issues relevant to addiction and recovery from the perspectives of the addict, the addict's family and the professional. Numerous case studies are used throughout the book, which discusses the consequences of addiction, assessment of addiction problems, recovery issues, treatment resources, effects on addicts' families and family recovery issues.
A comprehensive overview and analysis of one of the most influential theories in psychology is offered in this volume. Based on the pioneering work of social psychologist Kurt Lewin, it outlines the work of several generations of international field theorists and attests to the durability and utility of Lewin's work. Essays trace the history and development of field theory and discuss its various applications in a number of settings. Topics addressed include managing social conflict, self-help groups, field theory and the construction of social problems and academic sex discrimination.
Economic Development and Public Housing in Hong Kong and Singapore
In one of the most striking paradoxes of urban policy in the world, Hong Kong and Singapore, the two market economies with the highest rates of economic growth in the last twenty-five years, are also those with the largest public housing programmes in the capitalist world (about 46% and 86% respectively). Such experience shatters the ideological ......
The effects of social and environmental conditions on mental health, and the need to understand ethnic values and attitudes when developing helping strategies are the major themes of this volume, which is aimed at raising awareness of the effects of ethnicity on adolescent mental health.
In this collection of original articles, three new strategies for doing research - postpositivism, critical theory and constructivism - challenge scientific positivism, long the reigning paradigm. In more than 30 chapters, these new strategies are examined and compared on issues such as: whether research can be conducted between paradigms; whether each paradigm is equally useful in answering questions of applied research; what constitutes good or ethical wotk within each paradigm. Unsurprisingly, there is no agreement on a 'best paradigm', but the significant issues in selecting the proper paradigm for a variety of research questions are fully aired.
The author, Timothy Luke combines the analytical techniques of political theory and comparative politics as a method of innovative inquiry and research in political science. The focus of political theory presents new issues for historical and cross-national comparative analysis, whereas comparative analysis provides new parameters in political theory for analyzing the ideology of social institutions. Luke elaborates upon Rousseau's discursive style and critical methods, Marx's historical materialism, Marcuse's instrumental rationality, Weber's interpretive method, Gramsci's theoretical tactics, Cabral's theories of critique and revolution, and Foucault's system of political and social analysis. The book concludes by offering an analysis of the moral and ideological influence of behaviour and the link between ideology and political economy, especially in modern society.
With increasing numbers of elderly people in our society, the importance of issues of health, illness, disability and health services for the elderly looms ever larger. The research literature has correspondingly expanded to examine these issues. In this volume, leading researchers in social gerontology present the current state of knowledge about health and ageing. Topics covered range from conceptual and measurement issues, to social factors in health and illness, to use of services, financing of health care, caregiving and medical consumerism amongst the elderly.
The impact of the environment on disease causation and control has become a key item on the political agenda. Each contributor to this book addresses one of the contemporary debates concerning issues such as the interpretation of cancer clusters, the provision of care for the mentally ill and the likely progress of the AIDS epidemic. The book will ......
