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Canadian Perspectives, Second Edition
Edited by Vivian Shalla
Published:
October 2011
ISBN-10:
1-55130-396-5
ISBN-13:
978-1-55130-396-3
Format:
375pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Canadian Scholars' Press
Product Description:
Working in a Global Era is a unique reader that examines the world of work from a critical, Canadian perspective. Thoroughly updated and revamped to reflect current issues and debates, this second edition brings together 14 cutting-edge readings.
The book is divided into seven sections that cover a wide range of topics: globalization and neo-liberalism; the reorganization of the manufacturing and service sectors; precariousness and flexibilization; racialization and migration; labour market restructuring; informal care work; and union renewal. Each section contains two chapters, giving students a diversity of voices on each issue.
This is an ideal text for courses in the sociology of work and labour and will also be of interest to instructors and students in labour studies and industrial relations programs.
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International Perspectives
Edited by Katharine Dill and Wes Shera
Published:
January 2012
ISBN-10:
1-55130-401-5
ISBN-13:
978-1-55130-401-4
Format:
242pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Product Description:
Implementing Evidence-Informed Practice: International Perspectives is comprised of sixteen original articles about developing strategies to integrate knowledge into policy and practice in order to:
- Determine if interventions will have the desired effect,
- Ensure that public money is spent efficiently, and
- Increase the likelihood that practitioners are intervening in the lives of others on the basis of the best available evidence.
Treatment outcomes, knowledge sharing, outcome evaluation methodology, early intervention, prevention, the development and sustaining of implementation teams, and the creation of instruments to measure implementation capacities across local, regional, and state/provincial levels are all addressed.
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Critical Perspectives on Practice, Third Edition
Edited by Irving Rootman, Sophie Dupéré, Ann Pederson and Michel O'Neill
Published:
April 2012
ISBN-10:
1-55130-409-0
ISBN-13:
978-1-55130-409-0
Format:
320pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Product Description:
Health Promotion in Canada is a comprehensive profile of the history and future of health promotion in Canada. Now in its third edition, it maintains the critical, sociological, and historical perspective of the previous two editions and adds a greater focus on health promotion practice. Thoroughly updated and reorganized, the book now contains 18 chapters by prominent academics, researchers, and practitioners. The authors cover a broad range of topics, including key theories and concepts in health promotion; ecological approaches; Aboriginal approaches; health inequalities; reflexive practice; ethics; issues, populations, and settings as entry points for intervention; and the Canadian health promotion experience in a global context. Each chapter concludes with thought-provoking discussion questions and carefully chosen resources for further study, making this an ideal text for courses in health sciences, nursing, and related disciplines.
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Published:
February 2012
ISBN-10:
0-88961-485-7
ISBN-13:
978-0-88961-485-7
Format:
333pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Women's Press
Product Description:
Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada explores why health care is a woman's issue and seeks to address gender equity in health services. Written by members of Women and Health Care Reform (WHCR), this collection establishes the importance of including gender in discussions and decisions surrounding health sector reform. In twelve concise chapters, Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada addresses a wide range of issues, including obesity, maternity care, mental health of health care workers, and private health insurance. This thought-provoking collection is an essential read for students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, health sciences, sociology, and nursing, as well as for anyone who is looking for a new picture of health care in Canada.
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Critical Readings in Sociology, Third Edition
Edited by Michelle Webber and Kate Bezanson
Published:
May 2012
ISBN-10:
1-55130-408-2
ISBN-13:
978-1-55130-408-3
Format:
440pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Product Description:
Rethinking Society in the 21st Century is a unique collection of readings that fills a critical void in introductory sociology in Canada. The third edition has been thoroughly updated with 24 new chapters that complement the chapters retained from previous editions. Rethinking Society introduces students to the foundational elements of sociology with a balance of classical theory--Marx, Webber, Durkheim, Mills--and more contemporary approaches found in the work of Michel Foucault, Dorothy Smith, and George Sefa Dei. Building on this theoretical grounding, the text outlines core concepts in sociology--socialization, social interaction, and culture--as well as major social institutions such as families, the economy and labour, education, and health care. Later sections address crime, moral regulation, race, class, age, gender, sexuality, and issues of population and globalization with relevant and engaging chapters chosen to provoke thought and discussion. With a diverse selection of authors and a pronounced emphasis on Canadian content, Rethinking Society in the 21st Century is the ideal reader for Canadian students.
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Canadian Perspectives on Culture and Society
By Edward Hedican
Published:
January 2012
ISBN-10:
1-55130-407-4
ISBN-13:
978-1-55130-407-6
Format:
310pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Product Description:
Test bank available! Please contact CSPI to receive this free instructor's resource.
This is the first introductory text that focuses on social anthropological research using Canadian examples and perspectives. In this groundbreaking new book, Edward Hedican provides undergraduate students with a solid background on the theoretical and applied aspects of anthropology, while exploring the rich history of the discipline in a Canadian context. In ten concise chapters, readers are introduced to the basic conceptual building blocks of introductory anthropology in a refreshingly succinct and engaging way. With a strong focus on Canadian theory, this book includes discussion of evolutionism, feminism, anthropology, marriage and the family, and political economy.
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Challenges, Experiences, and Opportunities
Edited by Harald Bauder
Published:
January 2012
ISBN-10:
1-55130-405-8
ISBN-13:
978-1-55130-405-2
Format:
300pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Canadian Scholars' Press
Product Description:
Immigration and Settlement: Challenges, Experiences, and Opportunities draws on a selection of papers that were presented at the international conference "Migration & the Global City" at Ryerson University, Toronto, in October of 2010. Through the use of international and Canadian perspectives, this book examines the contemporary challenges, experiences, and opportunities of immigration and settlement in global, Canadian, and Torontonian contexts.
In seventeen comprehensive chapters, this text approaches immigration and settlement from various thematic angles, including: rights, state, and citizenship; immigrants as labour; communities and identities; housing and residential contexts; and emerging opportunities. Immigration and Settlement will be of interest to academics, researchers and students, policy-makers, NGOs and settlement practitioners, and activists and community organizers.
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Contexts, Identities, and Strategies, Second Edition
Edited by Lori G. Beaman
Published:
January 2012
ISBN-10:
1-55130-406-6
ISBN-13:
978-1-55130-406-9
Format:
400pp, Paperback
Publisher:
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Product Description:
This text offers an outstanding selection of readings that represent an overview of the key issues in the sociology of religion from a uniquely Canadian perspective. Masterfully planned and united by clearly articulated themes, the second edition moves through three thematic cornerstones: contexts, identities, and strategies. Recurring sub-themes include the definition of religion, the secularization debate, the challenge of diversity, and the gendered aspects of religious experience. Key additions to this edition include a discussion on cultural diversity, an exploration of religion and sexuality, and a thorough historical overview of religion in Canada.
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