Matthias Mahlmann 
Mind and Rights [PDF ebook] 
The History, Ethics, Law and Psychology of Human Rights

Older People in Modern Society is an established classic text in its field and through subsequent editions its reputation and that of its author has grown. In this fourth and renamed edition, Anthea …

This book is concerned with the legal system as it operates for ordinary citizens on a day-to-day basis. It emphasizes that the impact of law on behavior is based on social and institutional influenc …

Nursing in the European Union demonstrates how the European Union (EU) has refashioned the nursing world throughout the Member States via its power in many other policy domains. Volume 1 focused on t …

In most societies, of the world, including in Africa, responsibility for the material support of older people, unable to sustain themselves through work or investments, has originally resided with th …

‘Not then, men and their moments. Rather, moment and their men, ‘ writes Erving Goffman in the introduction to his groundbreaking 1967 Interaction Ritual, a study of face-to-face interaction in natur …

Humor and laughter play a vital part in our everyday social encounters. This book is concerned with the exploration of the psychology of humor and laughter by the foremost professional researchers in …

Control theories have dominated criminological theory and research since the 1969 publication of Hirschi”s seminal work on the social bond. Social control and self-control theorists are unique in su …

In Philip K. Dick’s short story Minority Report, the institution of Precrime punishes people with imprisonment for crimes they would have committed had they not been prevented. With Dick’s allegorica …

This title was first published in 2001. This work examines four post-Cold War interventions launched on behalf of people on the move: international action in Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda. Because …

This title was first published in 2001: Family centre practice is one of the success stories of the past twenty years. As well as contributing creative ideas to centre practice this important edited …