Melissa Atkins Wardy 
Redefining Girly [PDF ebook] 
How Parents Can Fight the Stereotyping and Sexualizing of Girlhood, from Birth to Tween

The relationship between gender and nationalism is a compelling issue that is receiving increasing coverage in the scholarly literature. With case studies covering Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia and Mex …

There is a widespread concern about young people”s disengagement from politics, and a widespread assumption that part of the explanation for this disengagement is mass media in general and popular c …

Many people are shocked upon discovering that tens of thousands of innocent persons in the United States were involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated within the c …

In light of the innumerable interventions that characterise the transformation of Ireland over the last two decades, Spacing Ireland: Place, society and culture in a post-boom era explores questions …

Arguing that an inter-generational war is brewing in the United States, this book paints a picture of the ‘ageing of America’ and what it means for politics and policy questions, including social sec …

Originally published in 1989. Management styles in developed western countries are undergoing a crisis phase. Increased levels of international competition and volatile trading conditions are creatin …

This book examines the key debates relating to the rights, responsibilities, policies and practices of the higher education sector when dealing with students from refugee backgrounds. Exploring the p …

This book demonstrates that mobility in Europe is not a synonym for European mobility, showing how certain mobile individuals are more likely to develop an explicitly European identity than others. T …

Violence directed at victimized groups because of their real or imagined characteristics is as old as humankind. Why, then, have ‘hate crimes’ only recently become recog-nized as a serious social pro …