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This paper explores feminist writings on mothering, highlighting recent writings which argue that it is important for children's well‐being that mothers are subjects in their own right and that mothers should not just be looked at in terms of how they impact upon children. It argues that exploring how children impact upon mothers allows a fuller understanding of mothers' stories today and could be helpful for social work practices where particular children are in danger. It calls for fuller debates within social work generally about the complexities of mothering and offers evidence that such debates are being urgently requested by workers and service users alike.

Offers comprehensive information about "1992", presented in a clear and readily accessible format. In an extensive introduction, it explains how policy programmes emerged and discusses the implications for the future.

Introduction: Dichter's egg -- The birth of the focus group -- "The snowball interview": the focus group comes to Madison Avenue -- "King Consumer": market research is attacked--and industry responds -- Viper, fool, or expert?: the consumer as a woman -- "We ask them": focus groups in the age of women's liberation -- Entertaining Joe Sixpack -- "Where is the emotion?": the emergence of the focus group in electoral politics -- "God and Coca-Cola": the story of New Coke -- "A faster horse?": the entrepreneur strikes back -- "The decider" -- Bartender in a Lamborghini: the professional respondent -- "Who are these appalling people?" -- Conclusion: Are focus groups dead?

Title Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: THE DIE IS CAST -- CHAPTER 2: ELEMENTAL -- CHAPTER 3: FRIENDS IN NEED -- CHAPTER 4: HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION -- CHAPTER 5: ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS -- CHAPTER 6: NO. 10 GETS IN A SPIN, DAVID CAMERON BECOMES MY BEST AND WORST FRIEND, AND THE TORIES GO TO WAR! -- CHAPTER 7: BOMBSHELL -- CHAPTER 8: TELL ME WHAT YOU REALLY THINK! -- CHAPTER 9: THE BIGGEST GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION IN UK HISTORY -- CHAPTER 10: THE CRUSADES -- CHAPTER 11: THE DEVIL HIDES IN YOUR ANUS! -- CHAPTER 12: THE COMMONS HAS ITS SAY -- CHAPTER 13: LORDY, LORDY -- CHAPTER 14: EQUAL EVER AFTER -- EPILOGUE -- Copyright

"Despite the frequency with which the word 'solidarity' is invoked the concept itself has rarely been subjected to close scrutiny. In this original and stereotype-busting work, David Featherstone helps redress this imbalance through an innovative combination of archival research, activist testimonies and first-hand involvement with political movements. Solidarity presents a variety of case studies, from anti-slavery and anti-fascist organizing to climate change activism and the boycotts of Coca-Cola. It unearths international forms of solidarity that are all too often marginalized by nation-centred histories of the left and social movements. Timely and wide-ranging, Solidarity is a fascinating investigation of an increasingly vital subject."--Publisher's website

From the start of the new Australian nation in 1901, to the use of the female contraceptive pill in 1961, Let's Talk About Sex explores the ways sexuality has been constructed, understood and experienced in Australia. Far from being something hidden and private, this work brings sexuality out into the open, and explains why sex is of social, cultural, political and economic importance. Let's Talk About Sex is an inclusive history, surveying multiple and interwoven forms of sexuality, desire