Changes in agricultural land use, such as increased arable farming and forestation in the last half of the 20th century, have led to a drastic decrease in the amount of grassland and heathland habitat in Britain. Lowland herb-rich grasslands, chalk and limestone grasslands, lowland heaths and limestone pavements have all been affected. Furthermore, the areas that are left are being degraded by the use of fertilizers and herbicides in agriculture and by pollution and climate change. It is important that grassland and heathland ecosystems are understood, so that they can be properly managed and...
Changes in agricultural land use, such as increased arable farming and forestation in the last half of the 20th century, have led to a drastic decreas...
Whilst the body has recently assumed greater sociological significance, there has been less engagement in social work and social care on the bodily experience of health, illness and disease. This innovative volume redresses the balance by exploring chronic illness and social work, through the specific lens of autoimmunity, engaging in wider debates around vulnerability, resistance and the lived experience of ongoing ill-health.
Moving beyond existing conceptualisations of vulnerability as an issue of mental distress, ageing, child protection and poverty, Price and Walker demonstrate...
Whilst the body has recently assumed greater sociological significance, there has been less engagement in social work and social care on the bodily...
