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The article represents results of empirical research of the interrelation between Russian immigrants' personal self-actualization and subjective well-being. Detailed results based on a sample of Russians who migrated, and Russians who live in Russia are provided. Common and particular interrelations between personal self-actualization and subjective well-being are highlighted. Also the features typical for persons living in Russia, Germany, USA and Spain are considered.

Crisis or the media? Some preliminary reflections / Marianna Patrona -- Crisis? What crisis? Theoretical perspectives. Rehearsing the crisis / Stephen Coleman -- Reconceptualizing crisis: "doing crisis" as a (recontextualized) social practice / Antoon De Rycker -- Constructions of crisis and responsibility in the print and broadcast media. Expressions of blame for the Global Financial Crisis in US, UK and Australian opinion texts / Jennifer Cope -- We-will-go-bank-rupt: Interactionally constructing the Greek Debt Crisis on the news / Marianna Patrona -- "All good people have debts": framing the Greek Crisis in television fiction / Georgia Aitaki -- The image of the empty hands: politics and journalism in neoliberal times / Diane Jacobsson -- The visual construction of political crises: a news values approach / Nuria Lorenzo-Dus and Philippa Smith -- Impending crisis in Scotland: Political discourse in interesting times / Michael Higgins -- Crisis constructions in the on-line and social media. Civic voice in multimodal news narratives / Yrjö Tuunanen and Heidi Hirsto -- Gender in "crisis", everyday sexism and the Twittersphere / Angela Smith -- Epilogue -- Redefining crisis reporting / Stuart Allan

Drawing on the real-life experiences of front-line behavioral care providers as well as those they work with, this book confronts the harsh emotional realities of health and social care and includes material on child abuse, racism, refugee status and poverty.

Abstract. Australian immigration detention has been criticized both domestically and internationally for the harm that it creates and promotes and for violating human rights and international law. Psychologists have worked within centers and have thus been central to their operation, but have also long called for reform of these policies. Despite this and despite broader criticism from all corners of Australian society, the government has continued to consolidate power in relation to the administration of these policies and has actively attempted to shut down dissent. How should Psychologists respond? This article will argue that current approaches are inadequate and more adversarial action is needed. Supporting such an approach, social movement theory will be introduced and applied to examine how it may inform future action. Psychologists have an obligation to protect human rights and health, and while more adversarial action may not typically fit in traditional repertoires, there are few other professionals who are better skilled to begin to deal with these questions. In light of this, Psychologists in Australia and across the globe should carefully consider their roles in social change and whether they can do more in the face of major human rights abuses.

Bayesian methods are increasingly being used in the social sciences, as the problems encountered lend themselves so naturally to the subjective qualities of Bayesian methodology. This book provides an accessible introduction to Bayesian methods, tailored specifically for social science students. It contains lots of real examples from political science, psychology, sociology, and economics, exercises in all chapters, and detailed descriptions of all the key concepts, without assuming any background in statistics beyond a first course. It features examples of how to implement the methods using W