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Prenatal screening for genetic disorders is becoming an increasingly widespread phenomenon across the globe. While studies have highlighted the importance of women s experiences of such screening, little is known about men s roles and direct involvement in this process. With a focus on the experiences of both women and men, this text offers an innovative and passionate account of the gendered nature of prenatal screening.

Drawing on interview data with pregnant women and their male partners in a UK city, Reed provides a compelling analysis of maternal and paternal roles in prenatal...

Who makes up the canon' of sociology - and who doesn't? And does sociology need a canon in the first place? Beyond Social Theory offers an innovative and passionate contribution to current debates on the history and development of sociology and the exclusion of theorists - who are female, black, or both - from...

In this era of globalization we are faced witha plethora of health goods and services on the local and global marketplace. Faced with such variety and availability, how do we choose? This volume examines the influence of ethnicity, gender, and generation on our helath choices, focusing in particular on the choices of British Asian mothers: Asian women who are born and raised in Britain but are members of a globally dispersed ethnic group. Other factors (such as family, religion, community, and space) are also taken into account by the author, who uses original empirical research to explore...

»Wir müssen es als erfunden hinstellen, klar (wir wissen ja beide, wie gefährlich es ist, die Erzählung einer Frau als wahr zu verkaufen).«

Nach einer Highschool-Party fahren zwei Sportler ein Mädchen, Alice, nach Hause. Sie ist betrunken und hat das Bewusstsein verloren. Bald breiten sich in der Kleinstadt Gerüchte aus. Die beiden Sportler brüsten sich mit ihrer »Eroberung«, beteuern dann aber ihre Unschuld, als die Polizei zu ermitteln beginnt. Irgendwann glätten sich die Wogen wieder, aber bei einigen Menschen haben die Ereignisse unwiderrufliche...

"In writing The Intelligent School, Second Edition, the authors offer a practical resource to schools to help them maximise their improvement efforts. The aim is to help schools to be intelligent organizations; to be the type of school that can synthesise different kinds of knowledge, experience and ideas in order to be confident about current achievements; and to...