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The situation of children abandoned by adults, in foundling homes, sleeping rough in the streets, in refugee camps, and in other circumstances, attracts much political and journalistic attention, but surprisingly little from social scientists. As the editors of this volume point out, there is therefore not enough said about the varieties of experiences summarized as "abandonment." Nor has enough effort been put into studying the perspectives of children themselves on their situation. Situating the discourse on child abandonment in the more general field of debate on children, both historical...

Whistleblowing is a type of ethical decision-making behaviour, and it has been one of the positive outcome behaviours investigated in the ethical decision-making literature. The issue has garnered widespread attention since the collapse of global multinational companies which lead to the passage of the renowned Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Since then a vast amount of research has been conducted in the whistleblowing stream, though it is still predominantly taking place largely in western countries. Such studies as have been undertaken in Asian countries neglect to consider how Malaysian...

This volume looks at the relationship between specific aspects of Third World cities and human health. Rapid and extensive urbanization of the less developed nations is perhaps the most dramatic demographic phenomenon of our times, but its impact on human biology is not well understood. Here, a cross-section of work is presented on this subject allowing human biologists, urban planners, public health workers, and other specialists to assess our knowledge and the current approaches available to increase it. Contributions fall into two groups: studies of urban ecology including the social,...