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This volume provides a theoretically and experientially informed overview and discussion of resexualisation. It covers a range of sexual identities and ageing populations, blending cultural representations and current research to highlight the possible forms and practices that can lead to the creative enabling of pleasure.

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How do we engage with the threat of social and environmental degradation while creating and maintaining liveable and just worlds Researchers from diverse backgrounds unpack this question through a series of original and committed contributions to this wide-ranging volume.

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How do we engage with the threat of social and environmental degradation while creating and maintaining liveable and just worlds Researchers from diverse backgrounds unpack this question through a series of original and committed contributions to this wide-ranging volume.

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Readers of this evidence-informed, practical guide will learn how to understand and identify online risks, critically evaluate relevant online safeguarding issues on a case-by-case basis and develop practical and effective online safeguarding plans.

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An examination of some of the most relevant challenges and topics relating to social media and its use and implications for mental health social work.

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This timely book explores the widespread involvement of private companies in UK detention and removal policies. Based on original empirical data, the author pulls back the curtain on the day-to-day practices of the Home Office and private service providers, offering critical insights about the inner workings and failings of their processes.

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Comparing developments across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, this textbook enables students to discover, understand and identify the scope and use of social policy over the last decade by the devolved administrations.

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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

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Packed full of images, case studies, reflection points, this accessibly written textbook is designed to introduce undergraduate students on social science courses to the science behind the brain.

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Led by the disability movement's concern with the employment choices faced by disabled people, this controversial book uses sociological and philosophical approaches, as well as international examples, to critically engage with possible alternatives to paid work for disabled people.

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This book tells the story of changing patterns of food provision in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the pandemic to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, the authors discuss the food systems winners and losers in a time of rapid social change.

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This book provides the first in-depth overview of research and practice in GBV in universities. It sets out the international context of ideologies, politics and institutional structures that underlie responses to GBV in elsewhere in Europe, in the US, and in Australia, and consider the implications of implementing related policy and practice.

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Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women's experiences of austerity measures in France and Britain. They demonstrate how they use their race, class, gender and legal status for collective action in the face of the neoliberal colonisation.

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This accessible book features the diverse voices of scholars and activists working towards climate justice. The collection explores the politics and practices of moving towards solidarity and flourishing in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and extinction.

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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light on the extraordinary resolve of street and working children and redefines the street as a resource on which they build their lives.

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Drawing from the stories of survival within the cities of the Global South like Accra, Ghana, this book sheds light on the extraordinary resolve of street and working children and redefines the street as a resource on which they build their lives.

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This compelling book underscores the significance of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, making a significant contribution to the literature and proposing recommendations on how it could enhance both its efficiency and its reputation.

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Our obsession with speed is deeply entrenched in our cultures, politics and interaction with technology. Critically appraising the existing literature on the notion of speed, this book sheds light on the contemporary challenges associated with the 21st century and offers a unique map of multiple socio-technical and human dimensions of speed.

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Demonstrating the relevance of theory to political and policy debates and practice, this dynamic and fully updated second edition helps students to grasp the real-life implications of social policy theory. It includes a new chapter featuring debates around disability, sexuality and the environment.

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Drawing on case studies from voluntary and community activities in England, this book challenges existing academic, policy and practice conceptions about voluntary action and develops a realistic understanding of how voluntary action works in practice.