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Diverse Transnational Care: Ageing and Migration in Bolivia (Ageing in a Global Context)
by Tanja Bastia Claudia CalsinaAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Transnational care practices differ and are not available to everyone in equal measure. Drawing on interviews with migrants’ parents in Bolivia, this book considers the conditions that older people navigate in one of the poorest countries in Latin America and analyses the diverse transnational care practices that migrants and their parents engage in. The findings highlight how socio-economic differences, migration regimes, provision of health and social services mediate transnational care practices. The authors argue that socio-economic differences matter in the ways in which transnational care is practised. The book reveals how some parents can capitalise and further secure their position through their children’s migrations, while others experience extreme levels of vulnerability.
Belief in Marriage: The Evidence for Reforming Weddings Law
by Rebecca Probert Rajnaara C. Akhtar Sharon BlakeEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. In principle, couples getting married in England and Wales can choose to do so in a way that reflects their beliefs. In practice, the possibility of doing so varies considerably depending on the religious or non-religious beliefs they hold. To demonstrate this divergence, this book draws on the accounts of 170 individuals who had, or led, a wedding ceremony outside the legal framework. The authors examine what these ceremonies can tell us about how couples want to marry, and what aspects of the current law preclude them from doing so. This new evidence shows how the current law does not reflect social understandings of what makes a wedding meaningful. As recommended by the Law Commission, reform is urgently needed.
Discrimination, Equality and Health Care Rationing (Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice)
by Rachel HortonAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. When deciding who to treat, those engaged in priority-setting and resource allocation in health care need to comply with their obligations under the Equality Act 2010. This book provides an in-depth examination of how anti-discrimination laws intersect with health care rationing in the UK. It critiques how existing legal frameworks apply to resource allocation, questioning whether and when utilitarian principles should be adjusted to incorporate anti-discrimination norms. The author offers detailed cases studies in the contexts of fertility treatment, public health and intensive care, highlighting practical implications and real-world challenges. This is a timely legal analysis, providing crucial policy insights in the wake of recent global health crises.
The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
by Eben KirkseyLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2021 An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine, and technology to ask: whose values are guiding gene-editing experiments, and what are the implications for humanity? At a conference in Hong Kong in November 2018, Dr. Jiankui He announced that he had created the first genetically modified babies—twin girls named Lulu and Nana—sending shockwaves around the world. A year later, a Chinese court sentenced Dr. He to three years in prison for “illegal medical practice.” As scientists elsewhere start to catch up with China’s vast genetic research programme, gene editing is fuelling an innovation economy that threatens to widen racial and economic inequality. Fundamental questions about science, health, and social justice are at stake. Who gets access to gene-editing technologies? As countries loosen regulations around the globe, can we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society? Professor Eben Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet the key scientists, lobbyists, and entrepreneurs who are bringing cutting-edge genetic modification tools like CRISPR to your local clinic. He also ventures beyond the scientific echo chamber, talking to doctors, hackers, chronically ill patients, disabled scholars, and activists and who have alternative visions of a genetically modified future for humanity. The Mutant Project empowers us to ask the right questions, uncover the truth, and navigate this new era of scientific enquiry.
Food Banks in Schools and Nurseries: The Education Sector’s Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis
by Alice Bradbury Sharon VinceAvailable Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. During the cost-of-living crisis, schools and nurseries have had to step beyond their educational purpose to offer free food to families through food banks. This book explores how these food banks operate, why families use them and how they affect children’s participation and wellbeing. Drawing on case studies of 12 primary schools and early years settings across England, it examines the impact on family wellbeing, home-school relationships and staff. The authors argue that the situation will remain unsustainable if this welfare work continues to be unfunded and unrecognised, raising a significant question of who should and who can be responsible for alleviating child poverty.
Using Participatory Methods to Explore Freedom of Religion and Belief: Whose Reality Counts?
by Jo Howard and Mariz TadrosEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Examining countries where religious pluralism is in decline, including Iraq, India, Pakistan and Nigeria, this book brings together reflections, knowledge and learning about the daily experiences of religiously marginalized groups, generated using participatory research methods. It also showcases the participatory methodologies implemented by its international team of contributors and highlights the importance of using non-extractive methods for engaging with participants. Including a careful consideration of the ethics and limitations of participatory research with marginalized groups, the book reflects on the implications for people’s agency when research creates space for them to reflect on their realities in a group setting and uses methods which put their own experience and analysis at the centre of the process.
Magic Misoprostol: Reproductive Justice and Abortion Liberation in Latin America
by Cordelia FreemanAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can a stomach ulcer drug transform abortion access? This book tells the story of misoprostol, a medication that was ‘discovered’ as a cheap and safe method for abortion in Latin America. This book develops three conceptual lenses: reproductive justice, mobility politics and geographies of knowledge, to explore the emergence and success of misoprostol for abortions. Chapters cover the experimentation process, activist groups, the challenges of moving the pill in clandestine contexts and how the pill interacts with the law. The book demonstrates how misoprostol, and the people who have mobilized it, have transformed abortion safety, knowledge and practices with global effects.
Civil Society and Intergovernmental Negotiations at the United Nations: Exclusion Despite Inclusion
by Leah R. KimberEPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-governmental organizations have increased at the United Nations (UN) since the 1990s. Yet few studies discuss the notion of inclusion and what it entails in intergovernmental negotiations. This book delves into the UN’s relationship with CSOs, exploring who participates in negotiations and how their input is integrated into ratified documents. Drawing on ethnographic research, the author uncovers the complexities of accreditation, participation, and the interpretation of CSOs’ contributions. Offering a sociological analysis, she highlights the increased exclusion of CSOs despite their apparent inclusion in institutions of global governance unbounded to public accountability. Leah R. Kimber examines the practices of exclusion CSOs are subjected to in UN negotiations by opening the machinery of intergovernmental negotiations in light of the UN’s future and legitimacy.
Paradoxes of PrEP for HIV Prevention
by Morten SkovdalAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY licence. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a drug taken by HIV-negative people that reduces the risk of getting HIV. Comparing two case studies in Denmark and Zimbabwe, this book demonstrates six paradoxes that users often encounter in navigating their PrEP journey. These paradoxes lead to contentions, uncertainties, dilemmas and ambiguities that need to be carefully and pensively responded to through what the author terms ‘everyday PrEP negotiations’. The social nature and need for such everyday PrEP negotiations help explain why PrEP works for some people and not for others. This book argues that such insight is critical to make PrEP work for more people and to inform social public health responses.
Dialogues in Data Power: Shifting Response-abilities in a Datafied World
by Juliane Jarke and Jo BatesAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book presents emerging themes and future directions in the interdisciplinary field of critical data studies, loosely themed around the notion of shifting response-abilities in a datafied world. In each chapter an interdisciplinary group of scholars discuss a specific theme, ranging from questions around data power and the configuring of data subjects to the intersection of technology and the environment. The book is an invaluable dialogue between disciplines that introduces readers to cutting edge arguments within the field. It will be a key resource for scholars and students who require a guide to this rapidly evolving area of research.
Feminism in Public Debt: A Human Rights Approach (Business, Finance and International Development)
by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Mariana RulliEPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As many developing countries are facing increasingly higher levels of debt and economic instability, this interdisciplinary volume explores the intersection of sovereign debt and women's human rights. Through contributions from leading voices in academia, civil society, international organizations and national governments, it shows how debt-related economic policies are widening gender inequalities and argues for a systematic feminist approach to debt issues. Offering a new perspective on the global debt crisis, this is an invaluable resource for readers who seek to understand the complex relationship between economics and gender.
Education Systems and Inequalities: International comparisons
by Andreas Hadjar and Christiane GrossEPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How do education systems shape educational inequalities and differences in educational outcomes? And how do advantages and disadvantages in educational attainment translate into privileges and shortcomings in labour market and general life chances? Education systems and inequalities compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities. The book considers key questions such as how education systems impact educational inequalities along such variables as social origin, gender, ethnicity, migration background or ability and what social mechanisms are behind the links between education system and educational inequalities and provides vital evidence to inform debates in policy and reform.
Knights of Cinema: The Story of the Palestine Film Unit (Palgrave Studies in Arab Cinema)
by Khadijeh HabashnehThis book consists of an account of the creation of the Palestine Film Unit (PFU) and its founding members, from the photography department in the early years of the Palestinian revolution (1967-1968), to its evolution in the mid-1970’s into the Palestinian Cinema Institution. Khadijeh Habashneh weaves her own memories into excerpts from letters and other communications of survivors, friends and PFU family members, with writings by scholars who analyzed the work and the contributions of this remarkable film movement (from the late 1960’s to early 1980’s). As such it offers a unique perspective on this aspect of Palestine film history that ended in the loss of its archive in the mid 1980’s, providing details that have not been previously published in English.
A First Course in Boundary Element Methods (Mathematical Engineering)
by Steven L. Crouch Sofia G. MogilevskayaThis textbook delves into the theory and practical application of boundary integral equation techniques, focusing on their numerical solution for boundary value problems within potential theory and linear elasticity. Drawing parallels between single and double layer potentials in potential theory and their counterparts in elasticity, the book introduces various numerical procedures, namely boundary element methods, where unknown quantities reside on the boundaries of the region of interest. Through the approximation of boundary value problems into systems of algebraic equations, solvable by standard numerical methods, the text elucidates both indirect and direct approaches. While indirect methods involve single or double layer potentials separately, yielding physically ambiguous results, direct methods combine potentials using Green’s or Somigliana’s formulas, providing physically meaningful solutions. Tailored for beginning graduate students, this self-contained textbook offers detailed analytical and numerical derivations for isotropic and anisotropic materials, prioritizing simplicity in presentation while progressively advancing towards more intricate mathematical concepts, particularly focusing on two-dimensional problems within potential theory and linear elasticity.
Cognitive Athletic Training in Handball: Training Strength, Endurance, Speed, Coordination, and Cognitive Abilities (Cognitive Athletic Training #2)
by Daniel Memmert Stefan KönigThis volume on Cognitive Athletic Training in Team Handball tackles the question of which game and exercise forms can train cognitive abilities alongside athleticism and endurance of soccer players. As the second book in the series &‘Cognitive Athletic Training,&’ it stands out with its clear structure, divided into theoretical and practical parts. With essential theory provided in the first part, the practical section illustrates exercises and games with numerous photos and graphs, allowing easy understanding and implementation in a training routine. It provides advice and exercises to train athleticism, endurance, and cognitive abilities. Particular focus is on perception, creativity, anticipation, and attention, as well as physical abilities such as strength, endurance, speed, and coordination. This book is structured with a clear didactic and methodological approach, featuring numerous examples and offering a concise, well-organized presentation in the theoretical section. Countless photos and illustrations support the implementation of the various games and exercises in the practical section, which makes up the main part of the book. With a foreword by Markus Gaugisch, who is the head coach of the German women&’s national handball team since 2022, has won the German Cup twice, the German Supercup once, two German Championships, and the 2022 EHF European League title with SG BBM Bietigheim. &“The connection between cognitive skills and physical abilities discussed in this book offers coaches the opportunity to motivate learners and to create training conditions that prepare them for the diverse game situations in handball.&” This volume will serve as a great reference for all team handball trainers and athletes seeking guidance on cognitive athletic training The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content
Translating Healthcare Through Intelligent Computational Methods (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by C. Ram Kumar S. KarthikThis book provides information on interdependencies of medicine and telecommunications engineering and how Covid exemplifies how the two must rely on each other to effectively function in this era. The book discusses new techniques for medical service improvisation such as clear cut views on medical technologies. The authors provide chapters on processing of medical amenities using medical images, the importance of data and information technology in medicine, and machine learning and artificial intelligence in healthcare. Authors include researchers, academics, and professionals in the field of communications engineering with a variety of perspectives.
Leerboek oncologie
by J.H.J.M. van Krieken R.G.H. Beets-Tan A. J. Gelderblom M.J.J. Olofsen H.J.T. Rutten M.C. van Dijk - de Haan J. R. Kroep R.S. van der Post L.J.A. Stalpers I.H.J.Th. De HinghDit leerboek is al vele jaren een vaste waarde in het onderwijs voor medische beroepen. Met het Leerboek oncologie verkrijgen studenten geneeskunde en verpleegkunde inzicht in de nieuwste ontwikkelingen in de multidisciplinaire aanpak van kanker. Ook is het een handig naslagwerk voor (huis)artsen en verpleegkundigen die met oncologische vraagstukken te maken hebben en onderdeel zijn van een multidisciplinair team. Het Leerboek oncologie biedt een helder inzicht in de diversiteit van oncologische problematiek: er zijn hoofdstukken over algemene aspecten van kanker, over specifieke orgaangebonden vormen van kanker en hoofdstukken over de organisatie van de zorg en begeleiding van specifieke patiëntengroepen. Het uitgangspunt is dat de patiënt door een multidisciplinair team besproken en behandeld wordt. Daarbij leidt precisiediagnostiek tot precisiebehandeling, optimaal gericht op de individuele patiënt met specifieke tumoreigenschappen. Deze elfde druk heeft zijn unieke karakter behouden, multidisciplinair en toegesneden op de Nederlandse situatie. Nieuw is het hoofdstuk over Primaire tumor onbekend (PTO). Op basis van feedback van studenten is deze editie uitgebreid met rijk en divers online materiaal dat een inkijk geeft in de praktijk; van casuistiek en interviews tot video’s. De redactie is uitgebreid met 5 leden uit verschillende disciplines en met als speciaal aandachtsgebied de online content. De auteurs zijn topexpert binnen hun vakgebied, zowel in Nederland als internationaal.
Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future: Money Commons (Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century)
by Ester Barinaga MartínEPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Money is central to capitalism and to our many sustainability crises. Could we remake money so as to advance sustainable economies and fair societies? A growing number of scholars, politicians and activists think we can, and they are doing it from the bottom up. This book examines how grassroots groups, municipalities and radical crypto-entrepreneurs are remaking money by designing and organising complementary currencies. It argues that in their novel ideas and governance practices lie the key for building green and inclusive economies. Engaging imaginatively with the future of money, this accessible book will appeal to anyone interested in constructing a more sustainable and just world.
Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis: Findings from the Evidence for Equality National Survey
by Nissa Finney, James Nazroo, Laia Bécares, Dharmi Kapadia and Natalie ShlomoePUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines how and why experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Britain varied according to ethnicity. Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), the book compares the experiences of ethnic and religious minority groups and White British people in work and finances, housing and communities, health and wellbeing, policing and politics, and racism and discrimination in Britain. Using unrivalled data in terms of population and topic coverage and complete with bespoke graphics, contributors present new evidence of ethnic inequalities and racism, opening them up to debate as crucial social concerns. Written by leading international experts in the field, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary ethnic inequalities and racism, from academics and policymakers to voluntary and community sector organisations.
Domestic Violence and Sexuality: What's Love Got to Do with It?
by Marianne Hester Catherine DonovanAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This book provides the first detailed discussion of domestic violence and abuse in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison between this and domestic violence and abuse experienced by heterosexual women and men. It examines how experiences of domestic violence and abuse may be shaped by gender, sexuality and age, including whether and how victims/survivors seek help, and asks, what’s love got to do with it? A pioneering methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative research, provides a reliable and valid approach that challenges the heteronormative model in domestic violence research, policy and practice. The authors develops a new framework of analysis – practices of love – to explore empirical data. Outlining the implications of the research for practice and service development, the book will be of interest to policy makers and practitioners in the field of domestic violence, especially those who provide services for sexual minorities, as well as students and academics interested in issues of domestic and interpersonal violence.
Social Movements and Politics During COVID-19: Crisis, Solidarity and Change in a Global Pandemic
by Breno Bringel and Geoffrey PleyersEPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply shaken societies and lives around the world. This powerful book reveals how the pandemic has intensified socio-economic problems and inequalities across the world whilst offering visions for a better future informed by social movements and public sociology. Bringing together experts from 27 countries, the authors explore the global echoes of the pandemic and the different responses adopted by governments, policy makers and activists. The new expressions of social action, and forms of solidarity and protest, are discussed in detail, from the Black Lives Matter protests to the French Strike Movement and the Lebanese Uprising. This is a unique global analysis on the current crisis and the contemporary world and its outcomes.
Children’s Voices, Family Disputes and Child-Inclusive Mediation: The Right to Be Heard (Law, Society, Policy)
by Anne Barlow Jan EwingePDF and ePUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have eroded children’s ability to exercise their article 12 UNCRC rights to information, consultation and representation when parents separate. However, children’s voices may be heard through child-inclusive mediation (CIM). Considered from a children’s rights perspective, this book provides a critical socio-legal account of CIM practice. It draws on in-depth interviews with relationship professionals, mediators, parents and children, to consider the experiences, risks and benefits of CIM. It investigates obstacles to greater uptake of CIM and its role in improving children’s wellbeing and agency. Exploring the culture and practice changes necessary for a more routine application of CIM, the book demonstrates how reconceptualising CIM through a children’s rights framework could help to address barriers and improve outcomes for children.
The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
by Crystal A. Ennis and Nicolas BlarelEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The Gulf is a major global destination for migrant workers, with a majority of these workers coming from South Asia. In this book, a team of international contributors examine the often-overlooked complex governance of this migration corridor. Going beyond state-centric analysis, the contributors present a multi-layered account of the ‘migration governance complex.’ They offer insights not only into the actors involved in the different components of migration governance, but also into the varying ways of interpreting and explaining the meaning and value of these interactions. Together, they enable readers to better understand migration in this important region, while also providing a model for analyzing global migration governance in practice in different parts of the world.
Recalibrating Stigma: Sociologies of Health and Illness
by Gareth M. Thomas, Oli Williams, Tanisha Spratt, and Amy ChandlerAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Stigma has long been a central concern for social scientists studying health and illness. Yet, in existing work, stigma often escapes definition and clarification, is treated as universal and constant, and becomes a vague catch-all term for a range of conditions and situations. This book initiates a process of recalibrating the conceptualisation of stigma. The book features original analyses from early- and mid-career scholars focusing on diverse issues, including mental health, racism, sex, HIV, reproduction, obesity, eating disorders, self-harm, exercise, drug use, COVID-19, and disability. This ambitious book offers new perspectives to stimulate and intensify conversations around stigma, and highlights the valuable contributions of sociological approaches to understanding health and illness.
Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy: Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK (Global Migration and Social Change)
by Gwyneth LonerganAvailable open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Using the analytical framework of reproductive justice, this book examines migrant women’s experiences of pregnancy and maternity care within the broader context of gendered and racialised discourses and policies around health, reproduction and citizenship, austerity and an expanding border regime. Based on interviews and focus groups with migrant mothers, third sector workers and NHS staff, it explores how immigration policies impact reproductive practices and unevenly distribute access to essential resources and support. The book provides valuable insights into the underlying social causes behind migrant women’s relatively poor maternal outcomes and contributes significantly to scholarship on the intersections of citizenship, reproduction and expanding border controls.