What do social workers need to know in order to practise skilfully and effectively? Edited by
three Social Work's leading scholars, the second edition of this highly respected textbook …

This volume presents a series of illustrative and critical perspectives upon the developing
study of men and masculinities and its importance for sociological theory. The contributions …

Page 1 JON BERNARDES family STUDIES AN INTRODUCTION Page 2 Page 3 Family Studies
Family Studies: An Introduction provides a comprehensive understanding of contemporary …

This chapter is an exploratory and tentative attempt to grapple with some of the issues raised
by the current discussions of masculinity. I did not set out to research masculinity in a …

Social work education has recently undergone major changes, with anti-discriminatory
practice being a high priority area in professional training. Psychology for Social Workers …

Abstract Recent UK Labour Force Survey data are used to investigate marriage and family
formation among the white and ethnic minority populations in Britain. The different age‐sex …

First published in 1999, this volume took part in the emerging sociological debate on gender
in the workplace by studying men's work, lives, gender roles and psychological health …

The subject of this paper is part of a larger study which investigated the delivery of maternity
care to women of South Asian descent in Britain (Bowler, 1990). An ethnographic approach …

Diversity is a feature of family life which those who speak of the importance of family values
should not ignore. The diversity is seen not only in the structure of families, but also in the …

Hanif Kureishi has referred to writers like himself as' cultural translators' and to writing about
contemporary British communities as involving'the psychological loosening of the idea of …