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15 produkter
Regulation of Sexuality
Experiences of Family Planning Workers
Av Carole Joffe
Häftad, 1987
357 kr
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Takes us from the most private aspects of sexuality into the arena of public policy and state regulation
Schooling Without Labels
Parents, Educators, and Inclusive Education
Häftad, 1992
374 kr
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Douglas Biklen closely examines the experiences of six families in which children with disabilities are full participants in family life in order to understand how people who have been labeled disabled might become full participants in the other areas of society as well. He focuses on the …
Cocaine Changes
The Experience of Using and Quitting
Av Dan Waldorf
Häftad, 1992
370 kr
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Over 200 in-depth interviews with heavy users document the dangers of cocaine, but the authors contend that the national hysteria over it is largely unfounded
World Without Words
The Social Construction of Children Born Deaf and Blind
Av David Goode
Häftad, 1994
412 kr
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During the Rubella Syndrome epidemic of the 1960s, many children were born deaf, blind, and mentally disabled. David Goode has devoted his life and career to understanding such people's world, a world without words, but not, the author confirms, one without communication. This book is the result of …
Disabled State
Häftad, 1986
331 kr
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The defining assumptions and assumed definition of the welfare state
Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities
Inbunden, 1994
997 kr
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This rich collection of essays presents a new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. The contributors consider the full range of …
Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities
Häftad, 1994
359 kr
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This rich collection of essays presents a new vision of adolescent sexuality shaped by a variety of social factors: race and ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, physical ability, and cultural messages propagated in films, books, and within families. The contributors consider the full range of …
Women Resisting AIDS
Feminist Strategies of Empowerment
Inbunden, 1995
1056 kr
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Beth E. Schneider is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the co-editor of "The Social Context of AIDS". Nancy E. Stoller is Professor of Sociology and Community Studies and Director of the Women's Health Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Women Resisting AIDS
Feminist Strategies of Empowerment
Häftad, 1995
453 kr
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Beth E. Schneider is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the co-editor of "The Social Context of AIDS". Nancy E. Stoller is Professor of Sociology and Community Studies and Director of the Women's Health Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Feel of Silence
Häftad, 1995
378 kr
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A memoir of the author's experience as a profoundly deaf infant who became an expert lipreader, and who never learned sign language or met another deaf person until her mid-thirties. It follows her story as she made it through college, to become a corporate litigator.
Case About Amy
Inbunden, 1996
942 kr
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The Rowley family's struggle began when Amy entered kindergarten and culminated five years later in a pivotal decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. In effect, the Court majority concluded that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act did not mandate equal opportunity for children with …
Case About Amy
Häftad, 1996
373 kr
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An inspirational and telling story about a family's struggle to get equal educational opportunity for their deaf daughter
From Good Will to Civil Rights
Transforming Federal Disability Policy
Inbunden, 2001
858 kr
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Now that curb cuts, braille elevator buttons, and closed caption television are commonplace, many people assume that disabled people are now full participants in American society. This book tells a rather different story. It tells how America's disabled mobilized to effect sweeping changes in …
From Good Will to Civil Rights
Transforming Federal Disability Policy
Häftad, 2001
314 kr
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Now that curb cuts, braille elevator buttons, and closed caption television are commonplace, many people assume that disabled people are now full participants in American society. This book tells a rather different story. It tells how America's disabled mobilized to effect sweeping changes in …
Managing Sickle Cell Disease
In Low-Income Families
Av Shirley Hill
Häftad, 2003
395 kr
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As many as 30,000 African Americans have sickle cell disease (SCD). Though the political activism of the 1960s and a major 1970s health campaign spurred demands for testing, treatment, and education programs, little attention has been given to how families cope with SCD. This first study to give …
