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Citation: Alexander, Kate. Causes of fall of Rome. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1906. ; Morse Department of Special Collections ; Introduction: Though 476 A.D. is the date recognized by historians, as the date of the downfall of Rome, it is not to be considered as arbitrary. The forces that undermined that great power, which had dominated the civilized world for centuries, had been constantly at work since the Antonines; and even before, for was not the mere fact of the change in the form of government, from a republic to a monarchy, significant of a decline? It is conceded by historians that in many respects the accession of the Caesars was a decided benefit, though it undeniably was an unwarranted usurpation of power; and if the Romans of that time had possessed the virtues and intellectual qualities of their forefathers, would they not have clung tenaciously to their old liberties, and have yielded them up only after a desperate struggle? Though the decline in character was evident before, the decline in power was first noticeable in the second century of the Empire, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. While he was one of the best of the Emperors, he had difficulty in maintaining the frontiers against the Germans, thus disclosing the weakness of that once invincible organization, the Roman army. Commodus, the much indulged son of Marcus Aurelius, brought disgrace upon the name of the Antonines.

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- References -- Feminism(s) Reconceptualising Histories -- 2 Feminism and the Development of Early Childhood Education in Australia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Maternalism and the Early Childhood Movement in Late Nineteenth Century -- Training of Preschool Teachers -- A New Education? -- A New Education for All Citizens? -- Disabling Divisions -- Second Wave Feminism in Australia -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Didgeridoo, an Instrument of Oppression or Decolonisation? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Didgeridoo Within an Indigenous Specific Early Childhood Space -- Ramifications for Daring Girls and the Didgeridoo -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Celebrating Pioneering and Contemporary Feminist Approaches to Studying Gender in Early Childhood -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Feminist Challenges to Biological Determinist Discourses in Sex Role Theory: The Rise of Socialization in Gender Differences -- Children's Subjectivity and Agency-From Gender Sex Role Theory and Socialization to Feminist Post-structuralism -- Feminism and Queer Theory: The Relationship Between Gender and Sexuality -- What Does Postfeminism Mean for Understanding Gender in Early Childhood? -- Posthumanist and New Materialist Feminist Approaches for the Study of Gender in Early Childhood -- Implications for Early Childhood Education -- References -- 5 Black Feminist Thought in Early Childhood Studies: (Re)Centering Marginalized Feminist Perspectives -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Why Black Feminist Thought? -- Black Feminist Perspectives -- Black Feminist Thought -- Black Feminist Thought and Early Childhood Studies -- Expression of Lived Experiences -- Theorizing Power -- Addressing Systemic (Re)Productions of Power

AbstractIn Australia, like other developed countries, there has been an increase in reports to child protection services about children experiencing domestic violence. While there is research on the importance of the skills and knowledge of the child protection workforce for this growing problem, little is available about practitioner attitudes and beliefs. This paper presents findings on research undertaken in New South Wales, which is the most populated state in Australia. The research considered the attitudes and beliefs of the statutory child protection workforce about domestic violence. It relied on a large‐scale survey of 1041 child protection practitioners. In order to compare the attitudes and beliefs of child protection workforce with those of the general community, the survey replicated questions from the Australian National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Surveys. Overall, the attitudes and beliefs of the workforce more closely reflected contemporary theory and evidence about domestic violence than those of the community. The research also examined variations in the attitudes and beliefs of the child protection workforce according to practitioner characteristics, finding variations by gender. The implications for the fields of child protection and social work are discussed.

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Fear dominates women and children's experience of domestic violence. Fear of harm, and the consequences of others finding out, can mean mothers are reluctant to seek help. Ironically, these survival behaviours can be understood as non-protective by child protection practitioners. This article describes research undertaken in New South Wales (NSW) Australia to determine the impact on child protection practitioner perceptions of child safety when Response-Based Practice (RBP) questions are combined with the standard NSW Structured Decision Making (SDM) safety assessment. RBP reflects core social work values through questions that explore how victims respond to, resist and manage violence. A vignette experiment with a between-subjects design was used to compare child safety assessments by practitioners who watched an interview guided by SDM alone and practitioners who watched an interview using the combined 'treatment' (SDM+RBP) approach. Participants (N = 1,041) were randomly assigned to SDM and treatment groups. Participants who watched the treatment approach were significantly more likely to assess the mother as cooperative and protective and significantly less likely to indicate that the children would be taken from her care. Thus, the results demonstrate that understanding how women manage violence changes practitioner views about maternal protectiveness and child safety.

This review for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has been carried out while government departments, local statutory authorities, provider organisations and voluntary and service user groups are still working up to the introduction of Supporting People in 2003. There is concern that the involvement of social services and health agencies in planning and service commissioning could lead to resources going into mainstream community care and health programmes, leaving less available to support those who come into Supporting People by a homelessness, housing or probation/prison route.

EPUB 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

La pandemia del coronavirus ha dejado el mundo en suspenso en 2020. Nuestras vidas y rutinas se han visto trastocadas. La incertidumbre se convirtió en regla. A la gravedad de la crisis sanitaria, se suma la urgencia de afrontar los retrocesos democráticos y de derechos, la emergencia climática, la crisis ecosocial, las asimetrías globales y las profundas desigualdades. Frente al momento dramático de nuestra humanidad, los pasos que demos podrán ser decisivos. El futuro está en disputa y los escenarios posibles son múltiples. Alerta global reunió los análisis de 48 autoras y autores de 28 países y de todos los continentes para discutir las múltiples implicaciones sociopolíticas de la pandemia. En sus páginas hay una mirada global sobre la crisis actual y el mundo contemporáneo, la forma en la que se exacerban las desigualdades y se diversifican las formas de control social, pero también sobre cómo se abren nuevas solidaridades, movimientos sociales, vías para renovar el pensamiento crítico y posibilidades de otros mundos posibles.