In this new volume from the International Food Policy Research Institute, economists, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists collaborate in the study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it matters from a policy perspective. S…
"Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professional…
Los niños y jóvenes discapacitados tiene mayor riego de sufrir todo tipo de abusos incluidos los abusos sexuales que en muchos casos se cree que son producto de la fantasia del niño etc. Los autores de este libro combinan las experiencias de algunos de estos niños con la teoría …
Es un error común creer que los niños de preescolar no son capaces de experimentar dolor y sufrimiento de la misma manera que lo hacen los niños mayores. El autor analiza las reacciones de los niños pequeños ante la muerte y la pérdida, tanto inmediatamente después del suceso co…
Discusses the 1989 UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and how the participation of infants and young children can be facilitated and encouraged in the implementation of these rights.
En los últimos cincuenta años se han incrementado los conflictos armados en el mundo, una de cuyas consecuencias son las numerosas personas refugiadas, asiladas o desplazadas. El disponer de servicios de salud mental apropiados para estos individuso se ha convertido en un motivo…
by Driver, Rosalind, Tiberghein, Andrée, Tiberghien, Guesne
"Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implici…
Introduction to emotion in education / Paul A. Schutz and Reinhard Pekrun -- The control-value theory of achievement emotions: an integrative approach to emotions in education / Reinhard Pekrun ... [et al.] -- Understanding students' affective processes in the classroom / Moniqu…
"The book explores and explains how children have been excluded from our conceptualization of the world and our research about globalization. The contributors represent a variety of perspectives from different disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, politics, …
Focalizado en la atención temprana, este libro muestra cómo niños con disfunciones sensoriales pueden aumentar su potencial en casa, en la escuela y en la sociedad. Las autoras explican los síntomas, causas, factores que contribuyen y conductas asociadas a la disfunción sensoria…
Anyone interested in or concerned about the impact of tourism on society, particularly in the developing world, should read this book. It explores a subject that, of interest to academics over the last decade, has long remained ignored, almost a taboo area for many governments, …
There is a growing interest in understanding how early years care and education is organized and experienced internationally. This book examines key influential approaches to early years cara as well as some less well-know systems from around the world.
