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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Setting the Scene-Theory, Context, Method -- Conceptual Underpinnings -- Parenting, Education and Middle-Class Advantage -- School Choice -- Parental Involvement in Schooling -- Enrichment Activities -- Inculcating Habitus -- 'Intensive Mothering' as a Cultural Model -- The Israeli Context -- Women, Family and Employment -- Child Care, Early Childhood Education and School -- The Study -- The Mothers in Our Study -- Interviews and Analysis -- Reading the Book -- Chapter 3 En Route -- Intensive Development -- The Birth of the Child and Immigrant Parents' Deliberations -- First Steps in the Intensive Development Project -- On the Lookout: The Encounter with the Formal Education System -- Supplementary Schools and Private Tutors -- After-School Enrichment Activities as a Realm of Intensive Development -- The Piano in the Corner -- Spaces of Intimacy and Joy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The 'Well-Invested' Child -- The Mothers-A New Generation -- The 'Well-Invested Child' with a 'Strong Personality' -- Mothering Practices -- Knowledge-Guided Involvement in Education -- School Choice, Class and Civil Belonging -- Making Middle-Class Palestinian Israeli Families -- Managing Difference Across Spaces -- The Accomplishment of National Belonging -- Relentless, Restless Mothering -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Homing In -- A Job Well Done -- Creating Intimacy -- A Homely Home -- The Outer Circle of School -- Longing for Community -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 A Comparative Look -- Cultural Visions of Middle-Class Belonging and Educating -- Resources -- Educational Strategies -- Encounters with Formal Education -- Concerted Cultivation and Natural Growth -- The Emotional Texture of Mothering -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: Envisioning Possibilities -- Appendix: Group Sketches

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editor -- Contributors -- Section I : Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Textbook Overview -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Volunteers in Policing in the United States -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Guidance and Program Development -- 2.3 Examples of Impressive Police Volunteer Programs in the United States -- 2.3.1 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (North Carolina) -- 2.3.2 Fresno Police Department (California) -- 2.3.3 Grapevine Police Department (Texas) -- 2.4 Disaster Response -- 2.5 Specialized Programs -- 2.5.1 Volunteer Chaplaincy -- 2.5.2 Sex Offender Monitoring -- 2.5.3 Domestic Violence Victim Assistance -- 2.6 Multiculturalism and Volunteerism in Policing -- 2.6.1 Bilingual Volunteer Assistance -- 2.6.2 Cultural Liaisons and Cultural Committees -- 2.6.3 Immigrant Communities and Ethnic-Specific Responses -- 2.7 Global Examples of Successful Police Volunteer Programs -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Rewards and Challenges of Using Volunteers in Policing -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Issues Unique to Volunteer Police -- 3.2.1 No National Standard of Volunteer Law Enforcement -- 3.2.2 Treated Differently by State Codes -- 3.2.3 Roles Are Different within Departments for Volunteers -- 3.2.4 Different Levels of Volunteers -- 3.2.5 Two Chains of Command -- 3.2.6 Us versus Them, Part One: At Work -- 3.2.7 Us versus Them, Part Two: General, Off Duty -- 3.2.8 Us versus Them, Part Three: On Duty -- 3.2.9 Normal Stressors -- 3.2.10 Primary Job Does Not Offer Support Inherent in Police Departments -- 3.2.11 Volunteer Police Programs Are Often Unknown to Many -- 3.2.12 Volunteer Police Are Volunteers -- 3.3 Conclusion -- References

"It is tempting to think of liberal democracy in terms of immortality. Democracies have survived wars and depressions, Nazis and communists. At the end of the Cold War Francis Fukuyama famously declared the "end of history." The Culturalist Challenge to Liberal Republicanism questions the robustness of liberal democracy. While it does not conclude that regime mortality is imminent, it is does seek to assess the risks posed by multiculturalism and other forms of "culturalism." The book is divided into two parts. The first establishes the nature of the current regime, and explores the emergence of a cogent theory of justice grounded in both liberal and republican theory. The second demonstrates the inconsistencies between this "liberal republicanism" and culturalist theories of justice. It concludes that the narrowness of liberal republican justice is ameliorated by multiculturalism, but the hidden danger is that multiculturalism can serve as a stalking horse for more pernicious agendas. The book explores both the institutional and cultural implications for the tension between culturalism and liberal republicanism. It seeks a balanced view that falls somewhere between Fukuyama's general optimism for regime mortality and the pessimism inherent in the work of more conservative theorists like Samuel Huntington. Given the increasing cultural diversity faced by North American and European nations, the book has important implications for political stability in the 21st century."--

Dedication -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Preface and Overview -- Culture, Desire, Fantasy -- Outline of Chapters -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Popular Religion, a Chinese Superboy, and "The Investiture of the Gods" -- Introduction -- Nezha, "Numinous Pearl" -- Summarizing -- The Multivocality of "Divinity" -- The Imperial Metaphor: Gods as Supernatural Governors -- Territorial Cults -- Nezha's Ritual Personae -- Fengshen Yanyi -- Scholarship -- Fengshen Yanyi, History, and Local Religion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: "Filial Piety" and Cultural Difference -- Cultural Difference, Human Commonalities -- Desire -- Production -- Chinese Patriliny: A Case in Point -- Filial Piety -- Chinese Patriliny -- The Chinese Family System -- Patriliny as Instituted Fantasy -- Accommodating Marx and Freud -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Spirit Possession, Family Issues, and the Revelation of Gods' Biographies -- Introduction -- Varieties of Myth Analysis: Methodological and Interpretive Issues -- Interpretivist and Structuralist Approaches: The Idealist Fallacy -- Psychoanalytic Approaches: Fantasy, Desire, Symptom -- Native Exegetes: Fate, Allegory, Chan Philosophy -- Audience Reception -- (Additional) Methodological Issues -- Myths, Miracles, and Multivocality -- Spirit Possession as Family Therapy -- A Spirit-Healing Session -- Recurring Themes -- Popular Religion, Revelation, and Healing -- The Role of the Medium -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Filial Piety: Fathers, Real and Ideal -- Introduction -- Filial Piety and Its Discontents -- Li Jing and Taiyi: The Splitting of Fatherly Personae -- Nezha's Filiality: A Paragon of Filial Self-Sacrifice or a Monstrous Transgressor? -- Alter Father Figures in Rites of Passage and Myth: Comparative Considerations -- Nezha's Appeal

Cover -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Transformative Power of European Union in the Area of Gender Equality Policy -- 2.1 Europeanization in old and new Member States -- 2.2 The theoretical pillars of the European Union's transformative power -- 2.2.1 Theories on Europeanization -- 2.2.2 Sociological discourse on the agency and structure -- 2.2.3 Neo-institutionalism -- 2.3 The theoretical model of the European Union transformative power -- 3. The Methodological Basis of the Analysis -- 4. The Regime of Gender Equality Policy and Gender Regime in Poland -- 4.1 Gender regime in Poland in the years 2004 - 2012 -- 4.2 Gender equality policy in Poland at the time of accession to the European Union and after 2004 -- 4.2.1 Polish road to the European Union -- 4.3 The regime of gender equality policy in Poland after 2004 -- 4.3.1 Agents of the Polish regime of gender equality policy -- 4.3.2 International agents, shaping the gender policy regime in Poland -- 4.3.3 The socio-cultural interaction in Poland -- 5. The Gender Regime and the Regime of Gender Equality Policy in Germany -- 5.1 Gender regime in Germany in the years 2004 - 2012. -- 5.2 Gender equality policy in Germany until May 2004 -- 5.3 The regime of gender equality policy in Germany after 2004 -- 5.3.1 Agents of the German regime of gender equality policy -- 5.3.2 International agents shaping the regime of gender equality policy in Germany -- 5.3.3 The socio - cultural interaction in Germany -- 6. Comparison of the Transformative Power of the European Union -- References

Cover -- Title Page -- Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Seven Concepts for Developing and Sustaining Positive Family-Professional Partnerships -- The Family-Professional Partnership as the Essential Relationship in Early Intervention -- Individualization as the Essential Ingredient of Family-Professional Partnerships -- Reflection as the Essential Component of Professional Growth and Development -- Organization of the Book -- About the Contributing Reflections -- Chapter 1: Ways of Knowing and Making Decisions -- Parenting Decisions and Cultural Lens -- Evidence-Based Practices -- Professional Reflection: Merging Evidence-Based Practices with the Family's Cultural Lens -- Lessons Learned: Ways of Knowing and Making Decisions -- Conclusion: Ways of Knowing and Making Decisions -- Chapter 2: Family Priorities, Values, and Culture -- Parenting within Family Priorities, Values, and Culture -- Partnering within Family Priorities, Values, and Culture -- Family-Professional Reflection -- Lessons Learned: Family Priorities, Values, and Culture-Parenting and Partnership -- Conclusion: Family Priorities, Values, and Culture -- Chapter 3: Family Engagement Dimensions and Practices -- The Importance of Family Engagement -- Recognizing Engagement -- Ways to Promote Family Engagement in Early Intervention -- Paired Reflections and Lessons Learned: Development of Engagement -- Conclusion: Family Engagement Dimensions and Practices -- Chapter 4: Family and Professional Power Players -- Power in Partnerships -- Power of the Family -- Power of the Professional -- Sharing Power -- Professional Reflections: Valuing the Power of All Partners -- Family Reflections: Sharing Power for Empowerment -- Lessons Learned: Power Players -- Conclusion: Family and Professional Power Players

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share Direct Practice Skills for Evidence-Based Social Work: A Strengths-Based Text and Workbook -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Direct Practice Social Work -- Direct Social Work Practice -- Roles of the Social Worker -- Advocate -- Broker -- Case Manager -- Counselor -- Educator -- Supporter -- Facilitator -- Program Coordinator -- Outreach Worker -- Direct Practice Social Work Settings -- Qualities of a Professional Social Worker -- Cultural Competency in Social Work -- Case Scenarios -- Case 1.1 -- Case 1.2 -- Case 1.3 -- Class Activities -- Individual Assignments and Personal Reflections -- References -- Chapter 2: Values and Ethical Foundations of Social Work Practice -- The Six Core Values of the Social Work Profession -- Social Work Ethics -- Ethical Dilemmas -- Emerging Ethical Concerns -- Resolving Ethical Dilemmas -- Case Scenarios -- Case 2.1 -- Case 2.2 -- Class Activities -- Individual Assignments and Personal Reflections -- References -- Chapter 3: Social Work Theories, Practice Models, and the Strengths-Based Direct Practice Framework -- Systems Theory -- Ecosystems Theory -- P-I-E Perspective -- Attachment Theory -- Cognitive Behavioral Theory -- Social Constructivism -- Solution-Focused Practice -- Crisis Theory -- Empowerment Approach in Social Work -- The Strengths-Based Perspective -- Strengths-Based Direct Practice Framework -- Case Scenario -- Case 3.1 -- Class Activities -- Individual Assignments and Personal Reflections -- References -- Chapter 4: The Engagement Process -- The Strengths-Based Direct Practice Framework in the Engagement Process -- Building Rapport -- Rapport Building in a Cultural Context -- African Americans -- Hispanics -- Asians and Pacific Islander Americans -- Native Americans -- Demonstrating Empathy -- The Mechanics of Empathy

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Global Intimate Economies: Discontents and Debates -- Gifts and Commodities -- Discontents with Commercial Intimacy Spelled Out -- Globalized Intimate Labor a Commodity? -- Bodies as Commodities -- The Value of Living Matter -- Intimate Labor and Alienation -- Intimate Economies and Economic Justice -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part I: Commodifying Affects, Emotions and Selves -- Chapter 2: The "Authentic Cybertariat"? Commodifying Feeling, Accents, and Cultural Identities in the Global South -- Introduction -- The Cybertariat and the Absent-Present Body -- Emotional Labor and Commercialization of Human Feeling -- "Authenticity Work" and Commodification of Identity -- Racialization and Aesthetic Labor -- Methodology -- The Alien and the Familiar: The Paradox of the Call Center -- Image Management and Cultural Immersion -- Performativity and Imaginaries of the "Western Worker" -- Emotional Labor and Regulation of Feeling on the Shop Floor -- Conclusion -- Note -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Regulating Sexy Subjects: The Case of Brazilian Fashion Retail and Its Affective Workforce -- Introduction -- Commodities, Desires and Diversity -- Self-commodification and Affective Labor -- Limited Freedom, New Controls -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Emotional Labor and Ethical Practice: Professionalism Among Sex Workers in Tijuana -- Introduction -- Sex Work and Emotional Labor -- Selling the "Girlfriend Experience" or Onda Novia -- Sex Work, Emotion Management and Capitalism -- Managing Negative Emotions -- Achieving Calmness -- Dealing with Abusive Behavior -- Emotional Labor and Estrangement -- Emotion Management, Professionalism and Sex Work Ethics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part II: Sexualized Bodies on the Market

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Culture, Traditional Culture and Tradition-Style Culture -- Protection, Preservation and Conservation of Heritage -- Heritage Authorization, Heritage Experts, and Tourism-Driven Heritage Authorization -- Chapter 2 -- Theoretical Framework on Heritage, Tourism and Modernity -- 2.1. Modernity and Tradition -- Modernity -- Tradition -- 2.2. Modernity, Tourism and Heritage -- Modernity and Tourist Destinations -- Tourist Destinations as a Socio-spatial Concept -- Interaction between External Tourists and Local Agents in Tourist Destinations -- Modernity, Cultural Heritage and Authenticity -- Modernity and Cultural Heritage -- Modernity and Authenticity -- Modernity and Heritage-protected Tourist Destinations -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- Westernization of Chinese Heritage and Its Connection with Tourism Development -- 3.1. Early Westernization of Chinese Heritage and Beginning of Modern Tourism in China (1911-1949) -- Tradition and the Emergence of Anti-Tradition -- KMT's Attitudes to Recognizable Heritage and Emerging Westernization of Chinese Heritage -- The Beginning of Modern Tourism -- 3.2. Mao's Era: Radical Socialist Construction of Chinese Heritage and Tourism (1949-1978) -- Socialist Construction, Traditional Culture and Chinese Heritage (1949-1978) -- Tourism under Socialist Construction (1949-1978) -- 3.3. Pragmatic Socialist Construction of Chinese Heritage and Its Connection to Tourism (1978-1997) -- Further Westernization of Chinese Heritage -- The Boom in Inbound Tourists -- The Connection of Heritage to Tourism -- 3.4. Further Internationalization of Chinese Heritage and Its Connection to Tourism after 1997 -- Further Internationalization of Chinese Heritage -- Development of Mass Domestic Tourism

The book examines the transformation of the life-world in the context of the rapidly changing Estonian society. The authors pose three main questions to be discussed throughout the book: What has happened in the Estonian society during the last decade? How to describe the present society? Who shapes the social developments and in which direction? The authors formulate three main theses: (1) the great transformation occurring on the macro level is reflected in the life-world as changes in the temporal and spatial dimensions and the multiplicity of individuals' social identifications in the context of new opportunities. This brings about social and cultural fragmentation of the society and a clear differentiation and polarisation of mental structures; (2) the inherently conflictual nature of transformation is expressed in socially differentiating self-positioning, dependent on the resources individuals possess for coping with changes, and leading to the re-stratification of the society (re-structuration); (3) the acceleration of social and personal time and the opening of social space, on one hand, and social stratification, on the other hand, perform as mutual amplifiers. The authors conclude that the first wave of transitional controversies between more and less capitalised social groups is receding due to increasing general welfare. At the same time, global technological and cultural changes, migration crises, and increasing violence and terrorism have brought about new controversies and challenges in Estonian society.

Introduces key ideas and offers a sense of the new frontiers and questions in the emerging field of disability media studies Disability Media Studies articulates the formation of a new field of study, based in the rich traditions of media, cultural, and disability studies. Necessarily interdisciplinary and diverse, this collection weaves together work from scholars from a variety of disciplinary homes, into a broader conversation about exploring media artifacts in relation to disability. The book provides a comprehensive overview for anyone interested in the study of disability and media today. Case studies include familiar contemporary examples--such as Iron Man 3, Lady Gaga, and Oscar Pistorius--as well as historical media, independent disability media, reality television, and media technologies. The contributors consider disability representation, the role of media in forming cultural assumptions about ability, the construction of disability via media technologies, and how disabled audiences respond to particular media artifacts. The volume concludes with afterwords from two different perspectives on the field--one by disability scholar Rachel Adams, the other by media scholars Mara Mills and Jonathan Sterne--that reflect upon the collection, the ongoing conversations, and the future of disability media studies. Disability Media Studies is a crucial text for those interested in this flourishing field, and will pave the way for a greater understanding of disability media studies and its critical concepts and conversations.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrative Material -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Comparative Health Policy: An Introduction -- Health care as public policy -- Comparative health policy -- Classifications of health care systems -- Countries selected for study -- Growing problems in health policy -- Ageing populations -- Medical technology and health policy -- Rising public expectations and demands -- Policy convergence? -- Conclusions -- 2 The Context of Health Care -- Institutionalist explanations: contrasting political systems -- Legal systems -- Cultural explanations: cultural/historical factors shaping health care -- Different approaches to defining health -- Culture and traditional medicine -- Functionalist explanations: population, wealth and economics -- Social and economic determinants of health -- The context of health care -- 3 Funding, Provision and Governance -- Comparing funding of health systems -- Models of funding health services -- Control of funding and pressures for reform -- Health care settings and patient choice -- Welfare mixes in the provision of health care -- Medical payment and governance -- Health governance between centre and locality -- Health systems, governance and policy -- 4 Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources -- The goals of health policy -- Equity and access: continuing problems -- Quality care: what is it? -- Cost containment: strategies of constraint -- Demand-side strategies -- Supply-side strategies -- The government and the marketplace -- Allocation and rationing: the need to set priorities -- Rationing by lifestyle and age -- Efforts to control new technologies -- Information technologies in medical practice -- Trends in priority setting -- 5 The Health Workforce -- Who doctors are -- Doctors as health policy players -- Professional self-regulation of medical work.

"Across America today, conservatism is being hotly debated both across the political spectrum and within the conservative movement itself. Much of the public debate is without definition or historical context. This history of conservatism by renowned historian, social critic, and poet Peter Viereck aims to meet the need for a concise, balanced picture of conservative thought in all its different shadings and cultural contexts. The analytical portion of the book provides a succinct but thorough critical overview of conservatism's most representative figures. Viereck begins with chapters defining conservatism itself, its special technical terms, and its changing historical circumstances. The rest deals with its actual thinkers and statesmen. After each main conservative thesis, the anti-conservative rebuttal is summarized, and the reader is allowed to reach his own conclusions. Though the first stress is on conservative political philosophy (from John Adams to Churchill), key sections also stress non-political conservatism: in religion (Cardinal Newman) and in the primarily cultural protest against material progress (Coleridge, Dostoyevsky, Melville, Henry Adams). Every major point is concretely illustrated by an appended cross-reference to a primary source in the second half, a well-chosen anthology of key conservative documents. Criteria for inclusion are three, representativeness, depth of perception, importance of influence. The result is not uniformity but a gamut: from extreme intolerant reaction to an evolutionary moderate spirit. The former passes imperceptibly into authoritarianism; the latter, into liberalism."--Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Diversity of Feminist Thinking -- 1 Liberal Feminism -- Conceptual Roots -- Before the "First Wave": Equal Education -- "First Wave" Liberal Feminism: Equal Liberty and the Suffrage -- "Second Wave" Liberal Feminism: Equal Rights -- Toward "Third-Wave" Liberal Feminism: Sameness Versus Difference and Egalitarianism -- "Third-Wave" Liberal Feminism: Intersectionality -- Critiques of Liberal Feminism -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 2 Radical Feminism -- Radical-Libertarian Feminism in General -- Radical-Cultural Feminism in General -- Controversies Between Radical-Libertarian and Radical-Cultural Feminists -- Critiques of Radical Feminism -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 3 Marxist and Socialist Feminisms -- Some Traditional Marxist Concepts and Theories -- Classical Marxist Feminism: General Reflections -- Contemporary Socialist Feminism: General Reflections -- Contemporary Women's Labor Issues -- Critiques of Marxist and Socialist Feminisms -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 4 Women-of-Color Feminism(s) in the United States -- Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the "First Wave" -- Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the "Second Wave" -- Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the "Third Wave" -- Distinct Women-of-Color Feminism(s) -- Critiques of Women-of-Color Feminism(s) in the United States -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 5 Women-of-Color Feminism(s) on the World Stage: Global, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminisms -- Global Feminism in General -- Postcolonial Feminism in General -- Transnational Feminism in General -- Critiques of Global, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminisms -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 6 Psychoanalytic Feminism

Dedication -- Foreword to The Secular Landscape -- Taking Religion Seriously -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: The Secular Landscape -- Religious America -- The Longue Durée -- Nonreligious America -- The West in Context -- American Exceptionalism? -- References -- Chapter 2: Religion Explained -- Durkheim's Theory of Religion as Collective Effervescence -- Beyond Durkheim -- Integrative Definitions of Religion -- The Origins of Religion -- Mind-Body Dualism -- Religion as a By-product of Evolved Cognition -- Religion in Human Society -- The Perception of Order, Purpose and Control -- Framework for Conduct and Punishment -- Costly Beliefs and Practices Denoting Community Belonging -- Religion as a Social-Psychological System -- References -- Chapter 3: Religious America -- Protestantism Before the American Revolution -- The Religious Cosmopolitanism of American History -- Early Twentieth-Century Challenges to Church Authority and the Mid-Twentieth-Century Religious Revival -- The Sixties Effect -- The US Transition from Industrial to Postindustrial Society -- Institutional Skepticism and Civil Rights -- An Extended Youth of Intellectual Openness and Sexual Exploration -- The Rise of the Religious Right -- "New Atheism" and the Spark of Religious Nonaffiliation from 1990 to Present -- The Modern American Religious Landscape -- Religious Altruism -- A Short Note on American Cocooning -- Is the United States an Exception to the Modernization-Secularization Thesis? -- References -- Chapter 4: Shades of the Secular -- Secularity: Continuums and Dimensions -- Secularization -- The Multidimensionality of Modern Secularization Theory -- Secularization Theory: A Contemporary Synthesis -- Defining Culture -- Cultural Tightness-Looseness -- Increasing Self-Dimensionality -- Cultural Tightness-Looseness and Self-Dimensionality