Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Wolf-Meyer, Matthew J. (ed.), Proposals for a Caring Economy. (Forerunners: Ideas First) 106 pp. 2024:11 (U. Minnesota Pr., US) <740-203>
ISBN 978-1-5179-1847-7 paper ¥2,211.- (税込) US$ 10.00

Offers much-needed care models beyond capitalist constraints For too long, questions of care provision and inclusion have been shaped by economic justifications. This has led to the deprivation of care to individuals and communities based on capitalist assumptions about what and who can be cared for. Proposals for a Caring Economy takes these assumptions to task. Moving between examples focused on immigration and agriculture, patients and art audiences, green energy transitions and unhoused people, prison abolitionists and clients of domestic violence services, the contributors here argue that we need new ways to conceptualize care and its applications. Proposals for a Caring Economy articulates an economy that situates care at the forefront; that sees the preservation of individual, community, and environmental wellbeing as the primary good; and that focuses attention on building a sustainable economy of caring that will radically transform social connections and possibilities. Contributors: Chelsey R. Carter, Yale U; David McDermott Hughes, Rutgers U; Stephanie Delise Jones, U of California, Riverside; Sameena Mulla, Emory U; Katy Overstreet, Saxo Institute, U of Copenhagen; Michelle Parsons, Northern Arizona U; Adair Rounthwaite, U of Washington; Damien M. Sojoyner, U of California, Irvine; Emily Yates-Doerr, Oregon State U.

Getrich, Christina M., Everyday Activists: Undocumented Immigrants' Quest for Justice and Well-Being. 296 pp. 2025:4 (New York U. Pr., US) <740-264>
ISBN 978-1-4798-3222-4 hard ¥19,677.- (税込) US$ 89.00
ISBN 978-1-4798-3223-1 paper ¥6,633.- (税込) US$ 30.00

Strategies of resistance by undocumented young adults About 825,000 of the more than two million undocumented young adults in the United States benefited from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program started by President Obama in 2012. Through DACA, these young adults are able to work legally in the United States and have been insulated from deportation. However, since President Trump's attempted termination of the program in 2017, DACA recipients have endured a rollercoaster of legal battles that have left them in an unimaginable state of prolonged limbo. Amid this rapidly shifting political climate, many undocumented young adults have joined the large-scale, high-visibility social movement to fight for policy change and immigrant justice. Yet often overlooked are the thousands more DACA recipients nationwide who have never participated in immigration-related activism. As Christina M. Getrich argues, in less publicly visible ways, they are nonetheless fighting for immigrant well-being and justice in their everyday adult lives, and their more private forms of action should be considered political activism. Drawing from five years of rich ethnographic research with a diverse population of thirty DACA recipients living in the Washington, D.C., area, Everyday Activists portrays the alternative political engagement strategies they enact in their daily lives as they leverage their unique knowledge bases and skill sets and make a meaningful impact in their communities. The volume reveals how these young activists' strategies are instructive for thinking creatively about how to show up in our everyday lives for immigrants and others who are systematically subjected to social exclusion.

Vitterso, Joar, Humanistic Wellbeing: Toward a Value-Based Science of the Good Life. 275 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <739-192>
ISBN 978-3-031-69291-8 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

ソーシャルワークとソーシャル・ケアにおいて研究を行う　第2版
Flynn, Catherine / McDermott, Fiona, Doing Research in Social Work and Social Care: The Journey from Student to Practitioner Researcher. 2nd ed. 296 pp. 2024:12 (Sage, UK) <738-257>
ISBN 978-1-5296-2901-9 hard ¥28,380.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5296-2900-2 paper ¥9,645.- (税込) GB￡ 33.99 *

Do you want to understand how best to embrace the challenges, surprises, and successes of research? This book acts as a journey through research to empower you to make the necessary connections between research and professional practice. From understanding the concepts of research and gathering data, to guiding you in writing it up and achieving positive change, this book will give you: ? a confident start with clarity on core concepts and getting it right ethically. ? an insight into diversity in approaches, the impact of context, and how to overcome problems. ? A better understanding of the realities of social work and social care practice. ? Step-by-step guidance at each point in the research process Equipped with a wealth of case studies and real-world examples to help you put your knowledge into practice, this book is the perfect companion for students who want to transition to successful practitioner researchers.

B.グリーヴ著　社会政策の将来
Greve, Bent, The Future of Social Policy. 148 pp. 2025:4 (Routledge, UK) <738-258>
ISBN 978-1-032-85076-4 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-84728-3 paper ¥11,348.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book analyses trends and data relating to issues affecting social policy in mature welfare states in Europe, and uses these elements to further our understanding of, and ability to try to say something about, the future of social policy, its direction and content.Looking at the financial crisis of 2008, the refugee crisis in Europe, COVID-19, the climate crisis, ageing populations and the rise of artificial intelligence, it shows how these may also have an impact on future social policy, including what kind of social policy might be needed because of changes in living conditions across the continent.Written by one of Europe's more prominent social policy experts, this book, the first of its kind, will be required reading for all scholars and students of social policy, social welfare, public policy, sociology and social work.

Jonek-Kowalska, Izabela / Wolniak, Radoslaw, Exclusion in Smart Cities: Assessment and Strategy for Strengthening Resilience. (Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design) 200 pp. 2025:3 (Routledge, UK) <738-259>
ISBN 978-1-032-81460-5 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Smart Cities are fascinating, but they also have a dark side that little is said or written about. One issue is the possibility of generating various types of exclusion. For this reason, this book will develop principles for assessing the inclusiveness of Smart Cities and outline strategies for strengthening urban resistance to exclusion.The book will consider the essence, scale and types of exclusion and include analysis of inclusiveness in practice in the assessment and activities of Smart Cities. The research assesses Smart City literature, with particular emphasis on criticism of the Smart City concept and exclusion generated in smart urban structures, critically analyses the principles and indicators used in international inclusive Smart City rankings, highlights case studies on best practices for preventing exclusions in Smart Cities, and uses trend analysis to assess the scale and intensity of exclusion threats.This book can be used as a compendium of knowledge about exclusions in Smart Cities by both researchers and students, as well as all urban stakeholders, in particular city decision-makers.

Miarkowska, Deborah, How to Write Brilliantly: A Guide for Nursing, Health & Social Care Students. 112 pp. 2024:12 (Sage, UK) <738-260>
ISBN 978-1-5296-7243-5 hard ¥14,190.- (税込) GB￡ 50.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5296-7242-8 paper ¥3,686.- (税込) GB￡ 12.99 *

As a nursing or health and social care student, academic writing is one of the main ways you're assessed. However, how to approach your assignments can be a challenge. This is a short, simple guide to the academic writing process, helping you to grow in confidence, to write critically and engagingly, and to develop your voice. Whether you are just starting your course, returning to study or looking to improve your style, you'll find out how to: ? Get into the mindset for independent study and reflection ? Source and evaluate literature and evidence ? Develop your critical writing skills ? Structure your work

Loue, Sana, From Public Policy to Family Dynamics: A Case Study of the Impact of Public Policy on Two 20th Century Jewish Immigrant Families. (SpringerBriefs in Social Policy) 88 pp. 2024:9 (Springer, GW) <737-361>
ISBN 978-3-031-71817-5 paper ¥11,601.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This compact book relies on the story of two intertwined Jewish immigrant families to tell a multigenerational Jewish story about the interplay between public/social policy, cultural categories, and the lived experience of working class immigrant Jews from Eastern Europe, including trans-/intergenerational trauma. Importantly, it focuses on the impacts of pre-Holocaust public policy, a significant departure from the Holocaust and post-Holocaust focus of much of the published literature relating to Jewish intergenerational trauma. As such, it offers the possibility of better understanding the far-reaching and perhaps unforeseen impacts of public policy. This book addresses events on both the micro and macro levels and is biographical, autobiographical, and historical in its scope. Sources for this work include archival materials, census records, maps, military records, birth and death certificates, congressional materials, newspaper articles, films, images, interviews with living family members, and secondary sources. Among the topics covered are: Russian, Soviet, and U.S. Eugenics: Family Internalization of Policy and RhetoricThe Intertwined Impact of Economics, Eugenic Policy, and Immigration RestrictionsThe Present Past: Policy, Identity, and Progeny From Public Policy to Family Dynamics: A Case Study of the Impact of Public Policy on Two 20th Century Jewish Immigrant Families adds a human face to writings related to public/social policy. As the book integrates understandings from diverse fields of study, students of public policy, social work, psychology, history, Jewish studies, immigration studies, bioethics, and public health, as well as social workers, bioethicists, and historians, would be most interested in reading this unique work.

Santilli, Cecilia / Scaramuzzino, Roberto, Civil Society Elites in the Italian Third Sector: A Comparative Perspective. (Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research) 152 pp. 2024:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <737-362>
ISBN 978-3-031-71443-6 hard ¥9,280.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book unveils the hidden elite of Italy's third sector, offering a rare glimpse into the lives and minds of civil society's most influential leaders. Bridging elite and civil society studies, it presents pioneering research on these powerful yet understudied figures. Through in-depth analysis, the chapters reveal surprising insights about the elite's composition, attitudes, career trajectories, and views on power. Essential reading for scholars of democracy, civil society, and social policy, this volume challenges conventional wisdom about leadership in the nonprofit world. By illuminating the dynamics of Italy's third sector elite, it reshapes our understanding of civil society's role in modern democracies.

Ahrweiler, Petra (ed.), Participatory Artificial Intelligence in Public Social Services: From Bias to Fairness in Assessing Beneficiaries. (Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Society) 312 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-371>
ISBN 978-3-031-71677-5 hard ¥11,601.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access edited volume focuses on fairness issues concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for social service provision in national welfare systems. With this, it touches upon important questions in the innovation agenda of countries across continents about the ethics, justice, quality, responsibility, accountability, and transparency to use AI for state functions. The volume shows that in many countries, AI, or at least data analytics methods, are already in place to support the assessment of beneficiaries for deciding on the value criteria to distinguish between legal /fraudulent, deserving/non-deserving, or needy/non-needy recipients. The book provides a cross-cultural comparison of AI-based social assessment among national welfare systems of 9 countries across 4 continents: Spain, Estonia, Germany, Iran, India, Nigeria, Ukraine, China and USA. Based on participatory research results from multi-stakeholder inputs, especially those from vulnerable groups, the chapters in this volume show that value criteria for fairness and social justice are context-bound and vary across the globe. Furthermore, they are in constant flux, aligned to social change. Thus, the volume looks at pathways to developing culture-sensitive, responsive and participatory AI for social assessment in public service provision. The contributions are interdisciplinary and introduce perspectives from the fields of sociology, computational social science, computer science and public policy. This topical volume is of interest to a wide readership.

福祉政治・政策・サービスの社会的価値
Klenk, Tanja / Noordegraaf, Mirko / Notarnicola, E. (eds.), Societal Value of Welfare Politics, Policies and Services. 272 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-372>
ISBN 978-3-031-70968-5 hard ¥32,490.- (税込) EUR 139.99

Welfare state governance is about tackling social issues, empowering citizens, and adding societal value. It is also about improving public health and quality of life, alleviating inequality, and reducing social polarization. Bringing together researchers from around the world, this volume examines how politics, policies and services contribute to the strengthening of societal value. It assesses the societal impact of policies and professional actions, the ways in which social inequalities and dependencies are traced, and how policies and professional services respond to new societal challenges. It also considers what arrangements enable policies and services to generate more value, and the ways in which politicians, policymakers, public executives, public managers, professionals and employees prepare for this. Comparative and interdisciplinary in nature, this volume will appeal to all those interested in public administration, political science and sociology.

Linares, Santiago / Mikkelsen, C. A. et al (eds.), Quality of Life in Argentinian Cities in 2010. (The Latin American Studies Book Series) 345 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <736-373>
ISBN 978-3-031-74461-7 hard ¥27,848.- (税込) EUR 119.99

This book introduces a quality of life index that compares the intra-urban particularities of 23 cities in the Argentine Republic. Integrating demographic size, functional specialization, and regional location, the chapters employ a standard set of variables to assess socioeconomic and environmental inequality and wellbeing. A result of collaboration between 33 contributors from institutions around the country, the book provides a rich assessment of the mechanisms and processes by which the residential areas of Argentinian cities form, change, develop, and decline. Consistent measures of education, health, housing, and environmental wellbeing allow for deep examinations of each area and meaningful comparisons between them. The book also explores patterns that recur in multiple cases. Redevelopment and renewal processes in central and old areas of cities can lead to the creation or reenergization of modern, high-density neighborhoods that, benefitting from new construction and integrated commercial and service areas, exhibit high quality of life indices. Urban expansion stands out as a process that often results in or reinforces socio-spatial segregation: New, exclusive, low-density residential neighborhoods with single-family homes and green areas tend to have a high level of quality of life, thanks to good education, health services, housing, and natural amenities. In contrast, low-income neighborhoods with precarious housing, limited access to health and education services, and unfavorable environments exhibit lower quality of life measures. Increasingly common gated communities-with private security, exclusive services, and (internally) shared recreational spaces-reinforce this pattern of segregation. Analyzing the quality of life in different Argentinian cities is important to understanding the living conditions of the inhabitants, identifying areas for improvement, and supporting the development of inclusive and sustainable policies. These measurements can facilitate more just and prosperous environments for all citizens.

Santos, Felipe G., Social Movements that Care: Empathy, Solidarity, and Empowerment in the Fight Against Evictions. 203 pp. 2025:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <736-374>
ISBN 978-3-031-74295-8 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The Platform of Those Affected by Mortgages (PAH) has left a crucial mark in the history of Spanish social movements by advocating for the over 700,000 families that have been evicted since its inception in 2009. This book explores how the PAH has blocked thousands of evictions through civil resistance, prevented many more through negotiations with banks, and rehoused thousands of evicted families in apartments recuperated from banks and vulture funds. Through the framework of the Politics of Care, Felipe G. Santos explores the emotional, identity, and participatory challenges that hindered the mobilization of those affected by mortgages. The book also reveals how empathy from a group of people unaffected by mortgage issues sparked mobilization, and how care relationships empowered those facing eviction to lead the fight for housing rights.

医療・ソーシャルケアの政策・実践における現代の諸問題－比較的入門
Morgan, Julia / La Placa, Vincent (eds.), Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. 348 pp. 2025:2 (Routledge, UK) <735-237>
ISBN 978-1-032-38124-4 hard ¥41,151.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-38123-7 paper ¥11,348.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This accessible text presents a comparative analysis of health and social care policy and practice from around the world, with learning points drawn out for the UK. It supports readers to improve practice by reflecting on differences and similarities in the policies of other OECD countries.Divided into two parts, the book opens with a focus on core concepts in health and social care policy and practice such as service user involvement, the promotion of wellbeing, health inequalities, funding, and integrated care. The differing philosophical, socio-political, and historical perspectives that underpin these key areas in different countries are explored, in order to develop a greater understanding of the UK system. The second part of the book takes a close look at a range of specific contemporary issues, such as end-of-life care, long-term conditions, homelessness, refugee and migrant health, disability, domestic abuse, substance use, and women in prison. These in-depth case study chapters enable readers to identify best practices and challenges in relation to specific areas of health and social care policy and practice.Ideal for undergraduate students studying health and social care policy from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, this practical text provides a deeper understanding of complex health and social care issues, and supports the development of a global and comparative skill set.

Chen, Sheying / Wei, Leidong (eds.), Interdisciplinary Research on Healthcare and Social Service: Chinese and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. (International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice) 234 pp. 2024:9 (Springer, GW) <734-319>
ISBN 978-3-031-69601-5 hard ¥37,132.- (税込) EUR 159.99

Research on healthcare and social service including professional social work is inherently an international subject. Each nation has a story of coping with the recent pandemic in the context of its political economy and cultural-historical settings. A study of various (especially non-Western) cases is essential to an adequate understanding of the undertaking. China is undoubtedly an important case with one of the largest populations on earth. It's unique in view of so-called Chinese characteristics/style/model, sometimes fundamentally different from Western societies. Any lessons learned from the Chinese experiences would help with a better understanding of healthcare and social welfare provisions on a global scale. The book is written by a scholarly team who are experts in healthcare, social work, and related fields. Its primary audiences are scholars and students in Health/Mental Health, Social Work/Welfare/Services, Public/Social Policy, Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations, International/Cross-Cultural Studies, and Chinese/China research.

Lutz, Helma, The Backstage of the Care Economy: Transnational Perspectives on the Commercialization of Care. 240 pp. 2025:5 (Pluto Pr., UK) <734-320>
ISBN 978-0-7453-4536-9 paper ¥7,091.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

What is it like to care for another family, while yours remains in a different country? In today's capitalist society, migrant women performing care work in private households experience the painful tension of caring for both, often under precarious conditions. Characterised as the 'backstage' family, the carer's remote relationship with their loved ones at home is often purely digital, with the double dilemmas of migrant motherhood and stay-behind fathers - exposing the pitfalls of transnational employment relations and the growth of social inequality. Here, Helma Lutz explores the debates around this issue, focusing on carers from Eastern Europe working in the West. She unpacks questions around feminist critiques of capitalism and the commodification of emotional labour, exploring how gender justice and the search for socialist feminist utopias can shape how we see a future - not only for the improvement of the carers' working and living conditions but also for a new way of dealing with care work.

Selin, Helaine / Davey, Gareth (eds.), Happiness Across Cultures: Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures. 2nd ed. (Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science 6) 391 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <734-321>
ISBN 978-94-024-2257-3 hard ¥39,453.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This second edition of Happiness Across Cultures contains 8 brand new chapters on previously uncovered topics, such as Covid19, refugees, and violence. Different cultures experience happiness differently. Traditionally, the West is considered materialistic, and happiness is said to come from achievement and acquisition. The East is said to be more people-oriented, where happiness is a result of deep personal interactions. Thus, poor people can be happier in the East than the West, because they are not so concerned with possession and more with society. This new edition considers happiness and quality of life in non-Western countries and cultures. Its coverage is now more diverse and spans the breadth of the non-Western world, revealing unique perspectives of happiness and life quality embedded in rich cultural traditions and histories.

社会政策－自由、平等、正義の探求
Timonen, Virpi, Social Policy: The Quest for Freedom, Equality and Justice. 222 pp. 2024:12 (Polity Pr., UK) <734-322>
ISBN 978-1-5095-6603-7 hard ¥14,359.- (税込) US$ 64.95
ISBN 978-1-5095-6604-4 paper ¥5,073.- (税込) US$ 22.95

Concepts like freedom, equality and justice have many uses - and even more misuses. In seeking to manage an increasingly complex world, it is more important than ever to think carefully about the meaning of such concepts which are central to policy debates and integral to implementing effective social policy around the world. This concise and readable book is a guide to those essential social policy concepts. In addition to freedom, equality and justice, the book covers concepts like social risks and rights that are critical for understanding welfare states, and examines social policies through the lenses of power, recognition and investment. It also reflects on the role of social policy in addressing the biggest challenges that humanity faces in the twenty-first century, including the megatrends of inequality and climate change. Drawing on key works and examples from diverse contexts, this book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of social policy, sociology, social work and other social sciences, as well as researchers, policymakers, practitioners and activists looking for an accessible introduction to the heart of social policy.

デジタル経済における不平等－ベーシックインカム擁護論
White, Andrew, Inequality in the Digital Economy: The Case for a Universal Basic Income. (Palgrave Studies in Digital Inequalities) 165 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-323>
ISBN 978-3-031-69717-3 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book will make the case for the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI). The structural logic of the digital economy as presently constituted widens inequality and, through its use of automation for increasingly complex, as well as mundane, tasks, threatens jobs. The book will investigate the extent of this disruption to traditional labour markets and of individual livelihoods, and argue that alternative means of supporting people financially, like UBI, can mitigate the digital economy's most baleful impacts. The book will also highlight the positive social and environmental benefits that would accrue from the introduction of UBI, as unconditional financial support would reduce workers' anxiety in insecure labour markets, and the expending of valuable resources would be lessened if energy consumption was determined by society's needs rather than by the requirements of labour markets tasked primarily with maximising employment. An explanation as to why arguments against its introduction on the grounds of cost and its supposed encouraging of idleness, are, while superficially compelling, ultimately without foundation, will form the centrepiece of the concluding political argument for UBI.

Guemruekcue, Harun / Beck, Patricia / Guemruekcue, Malike (Hrsg.), Internationale Gesundheitsfachkraefte: Globale Migration in Pflege und Medizin. (Migration & Integration 14) 194 S. 2024:8 (Nomos, GW) <733-351>
ISBN 978-3-7560-1818-5 paper ¥11,372.- (税込) EUR 49.00 *

Der Sammelband analysiert die globale Migration von internationalen Gesundheitsfachkraeften und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheitswirtschaft, insbesondere im Kontext des demografischen Wandels, des Fachkraeftemangels, der Corona-Pandemie und der politischen Rahmenbedingungen. Es beleuchtet den Nutzen fuer die Aufnahmelaender und den ?Brain Drain“ in den Herkunftslaendern mit dem Fokus auf Laendern aus Drittstaaten, untersucht politische Massnahmen, internationale Abkommen und die Rolle von Gesundheitseinrichtungen und Vermittlungsagenturen und betrachtet die persoenlichen Erfahrungen internationaler Gesundheitsfachkraefte. Das Buch richtet sich an Forschung, Politik, internationale Vermittlungsagenturen und die breite Oeffentlichkeit. Mit Beitraegen von Sari Arasil Patricia Beck Ayse Berna Harun Guemruekcue Malike Guemruekcue Sebahat Goezuem Ay?eguel Ilgaz Niluefer Keskin- Akcada? Anna Mratschkowski Ali Oeztuerk Sevim Sen Olgay Seher Yurt

Hutchinson, Linda, Alliance Contracting in Health and Social Care: A Practical Guide to Commissioning for Collaboration. 234 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <733-352>
ISBN 978-1-032-84231-8 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-83474-0 paper ¥9,362.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

Alliance Contracting in Health and Social Care is a ground-breaking and practical guide to collaborating and co-ordinating service provision across different providers, taking readers through each step from initial concept to launch and operation.Responding to the need for more joined up services, the book explains how alliancing and alliance contracting can tackle the system issues which often stymie collaboration between different agencies. It takes a people-centred approach providing guidance for the legal, financial and governance frameworks needed for organisations to work together, ultimately providing better health and social care. Written by a leading expert in the field, it also features detailed examples of where alliancing has already proved successful, including services around mental health and homelessness in different regions of the UK.This important book will be essential reading for anyone commissioning services across the health and social care sector, in both the UK and beyond.

Kurscheid, Clarissa / Maier-Rigaud, R. / Sauer, M. (Hrsg.), Lebenslagen und Gemeinwohl: Festschrift fuer Frank Schulz-Nieswandt. 404 S. 2024:7 (Nomos, GW) <733-353>
ISBN 978-3-7560-0611-3 paper ¥22,977.- (税込) EUR 99.00 *

Die Festschrift anlaesslich der Emeritierung von Frank Schulz-Nieswandt bietet kurze Originalbeitraege zur Sozialpolitik und dem Genossenschaftswesen sowie vielen weiteren Themen, die theoretische und aktuelle Fragen der Gesellschaftspolitik beleuchten. Die Themen spiegeln in ihrer Vielfalt das vom Jubilar in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten bearbeitete Spektrum und fuehren eine Tradition Koelner Sozialpolitik- und Genossenschaftsforschung fort. In den 37 Beitraegen kommen neben akademischen Schueler:innen Schulz-Nieswandts auch weitere Weggefaehrt:innen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis zu Wort. Mit Beitraegen von Julia Beideck Johannes Blome-Drees Hermann Brandenburg Anne Bruns Erwin Carigiet Benjamin Chardey Philipp Degens Marie-Luise Dierks Susanne Elsen Juergen Elvert Benjamin Friedlaender Martina Fuchs Amiran Gelantia Ingeborg German Markus Gmuer Benjamin Haas Miriam Haller Marlene Haupt Michael Heister Ute Klammer Thomas Klie Winfried Kluth Ursula Koestler Christopher Kofahl Andreas Kruse Ludwig Kuntz Clarissa Kurscheid Wolfgang Leidhold Ueli Loeffel Elisabeth Mackscheidt Klaus Mackscheidt Philipp Maehner Remi Maier-Rigaud Kristina Mann Jens Martignoni Mathias Maucher Simon Micken Desdemona Moeller Joschka Moldenhauer Laurenz Muelheims Ines Niehaus Zino Manuel Roos Oliver Rottmann Michael Sauer Christina Schaefer Michaela-Maria Schaffhauser-Linzatti Ingrid Schmale Werner Sesselmeier Philipp Thimm Dieter Tscheulin Ulf Papenfuss Holger Pfaff Rainer Plassmann Wolfgang Wessels

Vidal, Carol, Status and Social Comparisons Among Adolescents: Popularity in the Age of Social Media. 202 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <733-354>
ISBN 978-1-032-88036-5 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-88034-1 paper ¥7,659.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99 *

This insightful book examines the differences in the perception of social status and how they impact youth mental health and well-being. Looking at social status from a developmental perspective, the author explores the expansion of opportunities for social comparison and complex social hierarchies driven by social media use.Focusing on how social status is ever-present across species in the animal world, the book begins by exploring the biology of social status, the biological mechanisms by which it affects health, and how it presents in the spaces in which children and adolescents live e.g., schools, neighbourhoods, and cultures. Case studies of adolescents interviewed about social status are included, as well as a final chapter detailing specific steps to help minimise the effects of hierarchies on health and ways to approach social status differences.Bridging anthropological, economic, developmental, and psychological literature on children and adolescent social hierarchies, this book is an invaluable guide for parents, educators, and clinicians such as school counsellors, psychologists, pediatricians, pediatric psychiatrists, and other health care providers to better understand and support youth's behaviour. This will also be of interest for students studying Adolescent Health and Adolescent Development.

Nawaz, Faraha / Saha, Dabjani, Accessibility, Gender, and Social Safety Net Program: Unveiling the Unspoken Reality. 123 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-236>
ISBN 978-981-9752-14-0 hard ¥25,527.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book offers an extensive research work to explore the accessibility of women with disabilities and financial insolvency to social safety net program in rural Bangladesh. The book examines the impact of intersectional identities in accessibility to the human rights in a contextual setting. The authors have also scrutinized the existing policies to identify policy gaps and provide some policy recommendations from this insightful study. Apart from narrower view of the targeting method or implementation of social safety net program on targeting beneficiaries, this research has combined gender and disability in a study framework with making a focus on the Allowances Program for Insolvent Persons with Disabilities provided by Government of Bangladesh. They have argued that intersectional identities (gender, disability, financial insolvency) have influenced over the accessibility to social safety net program as well as identified the challenges of accessibility which provides a broader view of practices of public administration of Bangladesh and enlightens on social and cultural context creating barriers in accessibility to human rights of women with disabilities. The authors argue for bringing changes of the service delivery of the program by bringing change in policies according to human right-based treaties. This book is useful to policy makers, international donor agencies, government officials, and NGOs.

Pattanaik, P. K. / Xu, Yongsheng, Multidimensional Well-Being, Deprivation and Inequality: Conceptual Issues and Measurement. (Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being) 179 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-237>
ISBN 978-3-031-62045-4 hard ¥23,206.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

This volume explores several aspects of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum's framework for thinking about individual well-being. Called the functioning and capability approach (FCA), this framework radically departs from the conventional approach to the concept of individual well-being in welfare economics insofar as it identifies an individual's well-being as the value attached to the individual's achievements along certain dimensions of life and her freedom to choose a vector of such achievements rather than as the individual's happiness or desire fulfillment. The volume consists of two main parts. Part I outlines and studies the basic conceptual and analytical framework and its major features in detail. Part II of the book is devoted to application of the analytical structure of the FCA to practical problems of measuring well-being, deprivation, and inequality in a society. The book concludes with a discussion of the main conclusions of earlier chapters and the role of social scientists and philosophers in the FCA. This volume will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners studying multidimensional well-being, deprivation and inequality.

Ricciardelli, Rosemary / C. MacDermid, Joy et al. (eds.), Occupational Stress Injuries: Operational and Organizational Stressors among Public Safety Personnel. (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice) 380 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-219>
ISBN 978-1-032-54308-6 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-54296-6 paper ¥10,497.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This book explores the stress faced by public safety professionals across an array of occupational fields, such as police, correctional officers, paramedics, and firefighters.Bringing together leading scholars from around the world, it showcases cutting-edge quantitative and qualitative research from across three continents and multiple regions within six countries, introduces key concepts related to occupational and organizational stressors, and provides an overview of the state of current research in key topic areas. Those who have yet to be exposed to the concepts associated with occupational stress injuries, or to the range of theories and methodologies, will be provided with an informative introduction to this topic. It explores the state of current literature on this topic, identifies gaps in our knowledge and approaches to understanding the relationship between occupational stressors and different outcomes, and provides potential responses for reducing or ameliorating occupational stressors experienced by public safety personnel.Aimed at students, academic researchers, public safety practitioners, law enforcement analysts, and public policy-makers, this book will appeal to readers who have some knowledge in this area and are interested in learning more about new and emerging research, as well as those who are well-versed on this topic.

有償ケア・ワークにおける脆弱性
Bowlby, Sophie / Jyrkinen, M. / Malinga, M. et al. (eds.), Vulnerabilities in Paid Care Work: Transnational Experiences, Insights and Voices. (Policy Press Shorts Research) 192 pp. 2025:1 (Policy Pr., UK) <731-222>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7303-2 hard ¥12,771.- (税込) GB￡ 45.00 *

The need for paid care workers to provide professional, good quality care for those needing daily support continues to grow throughout the world. This book explores the recent experiences of diverse paid care workers in four very different national contexts - Finland, Canada, South Africa and England - to learn from their experiences during COVID-19 and its aftermath. Drawing on care workers' own perspectives, this book shows how recruitment and retention of paid care workers remains challenging due to the pandemic and demographic changes, their precarious labour market position, low pay and the difficulties of delivering care.

ジェンダー、ツーリズムの企業家精神、社会政策
de Jong, Anna / Ngoasong, M. Z. / Kimbu, A. N. (eds.), Gender, Tourism Entrepreneurship and Social Policy. (Current Developments in the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism) 160 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-223>
ISBN 978-1-032-32613-9 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This timely volume is a novel and important contribution to scholarly literature on gender and tourism entrepreneurship, utilising feminist and post-colonial frameworks to interrogate the role of social policies in facilitating inclusive tourism entrepreneurship.Drawing on contributions and case studies from across the Global South and Global North, this multi-disciplinary collection identifies how regional variations in governance and policy influence the experiences and potentialities of tourism entrepreneurship as a promised avenue for inclusive growth for marginalised identities. Problematizing universalised constructions of entrepreneurs as necessarily masculine, western, and driven only by economic imperatives that seek to fix and dislocate entrepreneurial support, this volume takes focus with place-based approaches to explore the intersections between identity, tourism entrepreneurship and social policy. It is this geographically informed perspective that seeks to account for the complexity of entrepreneurial experience, and the role of social policy within this, that constitutes an original contribution to the field. The focus on gender and social policy reflects the increasing importance of tourism entrepreneurship within the context of the UNWTOs Sustainable Development Goals.This book will be a pivotal resource for students, researchers, academics and policy makers in tourism, gender studies, development studies, sustainability and business.

H.ディーン著　社会権と人間の福祉　第2版
Dean, Hartley, Sociality: Social Rights and Human Welfare. 2nd ed. 302 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-224>
ISBN 978-1-032-58791-2 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-58790-5 paper ¥10,497.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This book develops a very particular concept of sociality: a holistic way of understanding how human beings have come to care about and collectively provide for their welfare as a species and to recognise each other's needs in terms of shared social rights. It tells not so much a success story as a hopeful story. It provides a new way of looking at how our rights to life's essentials have been in the past, are now and can in the future be understood. It is, potentially, a book for anyone interested in the human condition but will be especially interesting for those engaged in human service provision, community action, social development, welfare law and political debate, and particularly useful to students of social policy and human rights.It is a radically revised edition of Social Rights and Human Welfare, first published in 2015. It provides modified, re-organised and updated versions of chapters from that book while offering a wholly new underlying narrative through which further to develop and apply the author's alternative theory of social rights. It is a book about the connections between social rights and human welfare; between theory and practice; between debate and reality in the spheres of human service provision and human livelihoods.

Disney, Tom / Grimshaw, Lucy (eds.), Care and Coronavirus: Perspectives on Childhood, Youth and Family. (Emerald Studies in Child Centred Practice) 296 pp. 2024:12 (Emerald, UK) <731-225>
ISBN 978-1-83797-311-8 hard ¥24,321.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the everyday worlds of children, young people and families. Exploring their experiences and practices of care during this period, Care and Coronavirus: Perspectives on Childhood, Youth and Family brings developments in the field of Childhood Studies into productive dialogue with care to forge new ways of thinking through care and childhood. Split into five sections, each bookended with a practitioner reflection, the chapters discuss how the pandemic engendered and necessitated novel forms of caregiving and experiences of receiving care. Highlighting changes to everyday norms and routines, contributors focus on diverse spaces of care and incorporate perspectives from children, practitioners, policymakers and academics. Investigating early childhood systems of care, children and young people's health and wellbeing, parents as subjects and recipients of care, schooling as care and young people navigating care and control beyond school, authors offer key reflections for thinking through these experiences during the pandemic, challenging the inequalities and commodification of care that was revealed in these times. Arguing that COVID-19 heightened the attention paid to care and the ways in which care is vital for the maintenance of ourselves and the world around us, Care and Coronavirus calls for a reflection on the failures and successes of care during the pandemic and in its aftermath so that we can plan for a more caring future.

Emilsson, Kajsa / Fritz, Martin / Hildingsson, Roger et al., Pathways to Sustainable Welfare: Inertia, Emergence and Transformation in Swedish Cities. (Policy Press Shorts Research) 192 pp. 2025:2 (Policy Pr., UK) <731-226>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7258-5 hard ¥12,771.- (税込) GB￡ 45.00

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Pathways to Sustainable Welfare critically examines how cities can address the dual challenges of climate change and sustainability while ensuring the welfare of their populations. Focused on three Swedish cities, it explores the integration of environmental and welfare concerns in local policies, urban movements and public opinions. Based on theories of inertia, emergence and transformation, it identifies factors driving or obstructing sustainable welfare advancements. This book is a crucial resource for scholars interested in sustainable transformation, urban governance and social policy. It offers frameworks and empirical evidence relevant to academics, policymakers and practitioners seeking to understand and engage in urban sustainable welfare development.

財政福祉の政治－福祉と労働の社会的分業に向けて
Morel, Nathalie, The Politics of Fiscal Welfare: Towards a Social Division of Welfare and Labour. 224 pp. 2025:1 (Policy Pr., UK) <731-227>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7507-4 hard ¥22,704.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

Fiscal welfare (or social tax expenditures) is a policy instrument associated with Liberal welfare states that has been on the rise across many European welfare states. This book sheds light on the use and effects of fiscal welfare in France and Sweden. Focusing on the introduction of a 50% tax deduction on domiciliary care and household services, it explores the politics behind this scheme, its effects on care provision as well as on labour market dualisation, highlighting how fiscal welfare contributes to structuring both a social division of welfare and a social division of labour. This ground-breaking book opens a new field of research by exploring fiscal welfare, the political uses of this policy instrument, the patterns of inequalities it gives rise to and its policy feedback effects.

Pack, Margaret, Women's Disclosure of Childhood Sexual Abuse Across the Life Course: A Narrative Perspective. 232 pp. 2024:12 (Routledge, UK) <731-228>
ISBN 978-1-032-66919-9 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-66915-1 paper ¥8,510.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

Taking a narrative approach, this book explores the role of disclosure in sexual abuse recovery for women survivors of child sexual abuse.Drawing on longitudinal research with sexual abuse therapists and de-identified cases drawn from her clinical practice, Pack emphasises the unique value of both a narrative and life course approach to the topic of sexual abuse recovery. The book explores the ages and stages of life as triggering new challenges to adapt to for adult women survivors, evoking the need to develop new ways of acting and being in the world. Conceptualising disclosure as a process that occurs in relationship with the person disclosed to, it highlights the importance of the quality of the relationship between the survivor and the person confided in and previous disclosure attempts. Further, the chapters outline individual, contextual and environmental factors that impede or facilitate disclosure, as well as different verbal and non-verbal forms that disclosure can take.With a focus on the Australasian context, this book is a resourceful guide for mental health professionals and practitioners who work in the field of sexual abuse recovery, as well as those who work with women in refuge situations and other health and wellbeing services.

Pybus, Katie, Fairer Welfare Systems for Better Mental Health: A New State of Mind. 176 pp. 2025:1 (Policy Pr., UK) <731-229>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7150-2 hard ¥22,704.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

Our knowledge and awareness of mental health has never been greater, but little progress has been made in addressing a key cause of poor mental health: poverty and financial insecurity. This book argues that tackling poverty and financial insecurity through well-designed social security systems could offer a new focus for improving our collective mental health. Focusing on three key areas: prevention, support and investment, it sets out how social security could act as a public mental health intervention with the potential to help stop our current crisis trajectory of worsening poverty and mental health.

Yalkin, Cagri / Oezbilgin, Mustafa F. (eds.), Care and Compassion in Capitalism. (International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 10) 332 pp. 2024:11 (Emerald, UK) <731-231>
ISBN 978-1-83549-149-2 hard ¥30,954.- (税込) US$ 140.00 *

Capitalism and its many manifestations have a marked impact on the way care and compassion are defined and experienced internationally. Addressing a gap in the examination of market-centric and individual-focused aspects of care, this volume of International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion brings together interdisciplinary insights from across the social sciences to enrich the debate in the field of business and management around the treatment of care, compassion and capitalism. Considering different care arrangements such as parental care, elder care, care of youth and community and self-care, chapters investigate how capitalist ideologies impact markets, organisations, relationships and labour. Calling for a 'responsibilisation' to curb the corrosive impact of the current market, Care and Compassion in Capitalism offers not only a critique of the capitalist condition but also interrogates the extent to which it is possible to tame and overcome the power inequities induced in the interplay of care, compassion and capitalism.

Gille, Christoph / Walter, A. / Brombach, H. u. a. (eds.), Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement und Freiwilligendienste: Handbuch fuer Wissenschaft und Praxis. (NomosHandbuch) 850 S. 2024:7 (Nomos, GW) <729-341>
ISBN 978-3-7560-0397-6 hard ¥29,940.- (税込) EUR 129.00 *

Jethwaney, Jaishri, Social Sector Communication: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies. 2nd ed. 210 pp. 2024:7 (Routledge, UK) <729-342>
ISBN 978-1-032-85948-4 hard ¥42,570.- (税込) GB￡ 150.00 *

Communication, advocacy, and outreach are germane to the success of any organisation working in the social sector. This book provides a robust conceptual framework that is required to understand the demands of the sector and suggests strategies and tools for those engaged in social sector communication.This book not only highlights the theoretical underpinnings, practice, and skill of social sector communications in India but also provides an understanding of various skills and approaches required in communication including social marketing, media advocacy, social mobilisation, grassroots communication, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). With the aid of case studies, it offers suggestions on how to plan campaigns; write a concept note, field report, and press release, and effectively use social media to achieve developmental programme goals. This revised edition discusses the different perspectives of NGOs and programme implementers and helps in understanding the corporate-NGO interface vis-a-vis CSR projects.This book will be useful to students of social work, business, and management preparing for roles in social enterprises. It will also be of use to working professionals in the social sector.

Starke, Peter / Elbek, Laust Lund / Wenzelburger, G. (eds.), Unequal Security: Welfare, Crime and Social Inequality. 248 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <729-343>
ISBN 978-1-032-57316-8 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-61125-9 paper ¥11,348.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

We live in an age of insecurity. The Global Financial Crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the climate crisis are just the most evident examples of shocks that have increased the level of insecurity among elites and citizens in recent years. And yet there is ample evidence that insecurity is not equally distributed across populations.Bringing together disciplines such as political science, criminology, sociology, and anthropology and combining quantitative and qualitative studies from a wide range of rich and middle-income countries, this collection presents a new framework for exploring the two key social challenges of our times - insecurity and inequality - together. The volume analyses the nature, causes and distribution of subjective insecurities and how various actors use or respond to unequal security. The essays cover a host of themes including the unequal spatial distribution of (in)security, unequal access to security provision in relation to crime and welfare, the impact of insecurity on political attitudes as well as policy responses and the political exploitation of insecurity.An important contribution to debates across several social scientific disciplines as well as current public debate on insecurity and politics, the volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of criminology, social policy, peace and conflict studies, politics and international relations, sociology, development studies and economics. It will also be of interest to policymakers and government think tanks.

Takle, Marianne, Showing Social Solidarity with Future Generations. (Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy) 188 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <729-344>
ISBN 978-1-032-51033-0 hard ¥38,313.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-032-51038-5 paper ¥11,348.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

Today's generations can affect the future ecosystem more than any previous generations and aggravate the welfare of future people. People who have not yet been born are excluded from political decisions important to their lives. Due to the future generations' lack of influence, current generations have a responsibility to act.The current generation's responsibility for the well-being of future generations has been used as an argument for an increasing number of legislative and policy measures across the world but are rarely followed up in practice.This book examines when commitments to future generations are followed up in practice and in what situations they are not.A concept of solidarity with future generations is developed and applied to four policy areas: the UN 2030 Agenda, national political institutions for future generations, constitutions and climate lawsuits, and regulations of economic debt or savings for future generations. Germany and Norway are selected as cases to evaluate what the commitments might entail in practice.The book highlights where the gaps emerge, and what needs to be done. The failing transition from the global to the national level highlights a need for stronger cosmopolitan elements in the international political system. Institutional bindings are generally weak at the national level. Financial restrictions show it is possible to establish strong institutional constraints, but the focus on financial resources is too narrow. Both national and global institutional bindings must be strengthened to show social solidarity with future generations.

Tesliuc, Emil / Alas, C. R. / Rigolini, J. (eds.), State of Social Protection Report 2024: Missing the Course toward Universal Social Protection. 300 pp. 2024:12 (World Bank, US) <729-345>
ISBN 978-1-4648-2156-1 paper ¥11,302.- (税込) US$ 54.95 *

Curington, Celeste Vaughan, Laboring in the Shadow of Empire: Race, Gender, and Care Work in Portugal. (Inequality at Work: Perspectives on Race, Gender, Class, and Labor) 236 pp. 2024:9 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <728-295>
ISBN 978-1-9788-2796-7 hard ¥26,532.- (税込) US$ 120.00 *
ISBN 978-1-9788-2795-0 paper ¥8,831.- (税込) US$ 39.95 *

Laboring in the Shadow of Empire: Race, Gender, and Care Work in Portugal examines the everyday lives of an African-descendant care service workforce that labors in an ostensibly "anti-racial" Europe and against the backdrop of the Portuguese colonial empire. While much of the literature on global care work has focused on Asian and Latine migrant care workers, there is comparatively less research that explicitly examines African care workers and their migration histories to Europe. Sociologist Celeste Vaughan Curington focuses on Portugal-a European setting with comparatively liberal policies around family settlement and naturalization for migrants. In this setting, rapid urbanization in the late twentieth century, along with a national push to reconcile work and family, has shaped the growth of paid home care and cleaning service industries. Many researchers focus on informal work settings, where immigrant rights are restricted and many workers are undocumented or without permanent residence status. Curington instead examines workers who have accessed citizenship or permanent residence status and also explores African women's experiences laboring in care and service industries in the formal market, revealing how deeply colonial and intersectional logics of a racialized and international division of reproductive labor in Portugal render these women "hyper-invisible" and "hyper-visible" as "appropriate" workers in Lisbon.

Bapna, Ravi / Ghose, Anindya, Thrive: Maximizing Well-Being in the Age of AI. 208 pp. 2024:9 (MIT Pr., US) <728-304>
ISBN 978-0-262-04931-3 hard ¥7,284.- (税込) US$ 32.95 *

How AI can positively impact so many aspects of our daily lives, from health and wellness to work, education, and home life. AI is a powerful general-purpose technology that is reshaping the modern economy, but misperceptions about AI stand in the way of harnessing it for the betterment of humanity. In Thrive, Ravi Bapna and Anindya Ghose counter the backlash by showcasing how AI is positively influencing the aspects of our daily lives that we care most about: our health and wellness, relationships, education, the workplace, and domestic life. In the process the authors help explain the underlying technology and give people the agency they need to shape the debate around how we should regulate AI to maximize its benefits and minimize its risks. Bringing over two decades of experience with cutting-edge research, consulting, executive coaching, and advising to bear on the subject, Bapna and Ghose demystify the technology of AI itself. They offer a novel 'House of AI' framework that encompasses traditional analytics, generative AI, and fair and ethical deployment of AI. Using examples from everyday life they showcase how the modern AI-powered ecosystem fundamentally improves the emotional, physical, and material well-being of regular people across the globe. Thrive s mission is to educate the public about AI, shape realistic expectations and foster informed discussions about a fast-emerging AI shaped society.

Bourgault, Sophie / FitzGerald, Maggie et al. (eds.), Decentering Epistemologies and Challenging Privilege: Critical Care Ethics Perspectives. (Carework in a Changing World) 230 pp. 2024:9 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <728-305>
ISBN 978-1-9788-3503-0 hard ¥28,743.- (税込) US$ 130.00 *
ISBN 978-1-9788-3502-3 paper ¥8,389.- (税込) US$ 37.95 *

Care ethics first emerged as an attempt to decenter ethics; feminist scholars like Carol Gilligan argued that women's moral experiences were not reflected in the dominant, masculinist approaches to ethics, which were centered on a rational, disembodied, atomistic moral subject. Care ethics challenged this model by positing ethics as relational, contextualized, embodied, and realized through practices rather than principles. Over the past decades, many care ethics scholars have sought to further this project by considering care politically and epistemologically, in relation to various intersecting hierarchies of power and knowledge. This book advances this project by discussing the ways care ethics contributes to the decentering of dominant epistemologies and to the challenging of privilege and by considering how to decenter care ethics itself via an encounter with non-Western philosophical traditions and alternative epistemologies. Written by scholars from different countries, disciplines, and intellectual traditions, the volume offers original care ethics contributions on epistemic injustice, privileged irresponsibility, ecofeminism, settler colonialism, social movements such as BLM, and various racialized and gendered inequities tied to care work.

Chiaraluce, Cara A., Becoming an Expert Caregiver: How Structural Flaws Shape Autism Carework and Community. (Carework in a Changing World) 170 pp. 2024:12 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <728-306>
ISBN 978-1-9788-3191-9 hard ¥27,637.- (税込) US$ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-9788-3190-2 paper ¥6,620.- (税込) US$ 29.95 *

"The hardest thing is dealing with the rest of the world. And we kind of accommodate our lives around that. But the rest of the world doesn't." These poignant words were spoken by Charlotte, a mother and primary caregiver of a five-year-old autistic boy, and her words reference the structural arrangements of our world that shape autism carework today. This book features the voices of fifty primary caregivers of autistic and neurodivergent children who illuminate the process through which laywomen become expert caregivers to provide the best care for their children. Expert caregiving captures an intensification of traditional family carework - meeting dependents' financial, emotional, and physical needs - that transcends the walls of one's private home and family and challenges the strict boundaries between many worlds: lay and professional, family and work, private and public, medical and social, and individual and society. The process of becoming an expert caregiver spotlights several interesting paradoxes in sociological literature, particularly regarding gender, family, and medicalization, and often forgotten structural flaws in "the rest of the world." Throughout the chapters in this book, the expert caregiver is one person who faces unbelievably daunting tasks of filling or reforming persistent institutional gaps, primarily in education and health care, and subverting ableist cultural norms. Without institutional support, answers to their questions, or pragmatic avenues to access resources, lay caregivers become the experts. Their trials and tribulations, especially when navigating the boundaries of professional/lay and private/public worlds, illuminate a type of carework that is increasingly relevant to a growing number of young families caring for neurodivergent, disabled, medically fragile, and/or chronically ill children. These stories offer a vivid picture of the often invisible complex challenges and structural forces that drive individuals to become expert caregivers in the first place.

Deeb-Sossa, Natalia / Flores, Y. G. / Chabram, A. (eds.), Testimonios of Care: Feminist Latina/x and Chicana/x Perspectives on Caregiving Praxis. 232 pp. 2024:8 (U. Arizona Pr., US) <728-308>
ISBN 978-0-8165-5322-8 hard ¥22,110.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *
ISBN 978-0-8165-5321-1 paper ¥7,738.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Pearson, Hilary M., A quoi sert la philanthropie: Explorer l'univers des fondations canadiennes. Tr. par G. Tombs. 232 pp. 2024:10 (McGill-Queen's U. Pr., CN) <728-309>
ISBN 978-0-228-02288-6 paper ¥7,284.- (税込) US$ 32.95 *

Pour la plupart des Canadiens et Canadiennes, le monde de la philanthropie et des fondations privees demeure mysterieux. Parfois comparees de facon memorable a des girafes, les fondations sont des creatures qui ne devraient pas exister. Pourtant, elles existent bel et bien, et elles sont meme entourees d'une aura mystique.Dans A quoi sert la philanthropie?, Hilary Pearson demystifie le monde de la philanthropie canadienne en dressant un portrait actuel des fondations et en mettant en lumiere des organisations qui agissent avec determination face a certains des defis sociaux et economiques les plus pressants de notre epoque : les changements climatiques, l'avenir des villes, l'education et l'evolution de la main-d'oeuvre, le logement et le besoin urgent de reparer et d'etablir de nouvelles relations avec les peuples autochtones. Mme Pearson, qui a travaille pendant deux decennies aupres des dirigeants de fondations a travers le Canada, nous offre un regard intime sur la facon dont ces organisations continuent d'evoluer. Par le biais d'entretiens personnels effectues aupres de la direction de fondations privees - grandes ou petites, etablies de longue date ou nouvellement creees - elle decrit les strategies et les efforts deployes par des fondations canadiennes pour rassembler les parties prenantes de la societe, faire le plaidoyer de causes importantes, servir comme intermediaires ou creer des partenariats.A une epoque marquee par des divisions sociales et des inegalites croissantes, A quoi sert la philanthropie? constitue une contribution opportune au debat actuel sur la legitimite de la philanthropie organisee. Mme Pearson defend avec conviction le role primordial joue par la philanthropie privee pour relever les defis d'une epoque en pleine mutation.

Phillips, Tarryn / Araujo, N. / Jones, T. W. et al. (eds.), Narratives of Wellbeing. 239 pp. 2024:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <728-310>
ISBN 978-3-031-59518-9 hard ¥34,811.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book critically interrogates 'wellbeing', a concept that is exploding in popularity across the globe. The collection of essays asks not only how wellbeing can be defined and measured, but what is created and excluded in the process of striving for and articulating wellbeing. The editors propose a narrative framework as a novel and insightful lens through which to analyse wellbeing and understand how the "good life" is sought, experienced and talked about. With case studies from around the world, the contributions explore the tensions and overlaps between various scripts about what it means to live well-historically, socially, culturally, economically, and spiritually. The collection brings together a rich array of disciplinary perspectives, including: sociology, politics, anthropology, history, indigenous studies, religious studies, development studies, paediatric medicine, and gender and sexuality studies. The diversity of chapters make the book accessible and appealing, not only to scholars and students of wellbeing in the health and social science disciplines, but also to a broader public readership intrigued by the rise and impact of a buzzword.

Arafat, S. M. Yasir / Rezaeian, Mohsen / Khan, M. M. (eds.), Suicidal Behavior in Muslim Majority Countries: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Prevention. 352 pp. 2024 (Springer, GW) <728-132>
ISBN 978-981-9725-18-2 hard ¥32,490.- (税込) EUR 139.99

The book is about suicidal behavior in Muslim majority countries. Islam is the second-largest religion in the world. There are also sizable Muslim populations in non-Islamic countries. Suicide is strongly prohibited in Islam and based on this tenet, suicide and self-harm remain criminalized acts in many Islamic countries. When compared to the global estimates for suicide rates and to non-Islamic countries, Muslim majority countries have lower rates, indicating that Islamic faith and practice may be protective against suicidal behaviors. However, several factors such as criminal status, stigma toward suicide, extreme dearth of research, low-quality data, and under-reporting make it difficult to draw any firm conclusions. Hence, this book aims to do a deeper study of suicidal behaviors in Muslim majority countries, covering epidemiology, risk factors, and the challenges of suicide prevention in Muslim majority countries.

Brown, Nicole M., We Are Each Other's Business: Black Women's Intersectional Political Consumerism During the Chicago Welfare Rights Movement. 240 pp. 2024:8 (Columbia U. Pr., US) <727-250>
ISBN 978-0-231-20522-1 hard ¥28,743.- (税込) US$ 130.00 *
ISBN 978-0-231-20523-8 paper ¥7,075.- (税込) US$ 32.00 *

In the 1960s and 1970s, the Welfare Rights Movement organized at both local and national levels, advocating for poor people's inclusion, dignity, and autonomy. We Are Each Other's Business examines Black women's leadership within the Chicago Welfare Rights Movement, recasting their consumer activism as a form of Black feminist technology.Nicole M. Brown calls for understanding the Black women of the Welfare Rights Movement as sophisticated strategists who engaged the tensions among capitalism, consumerism, and economic liberation. She analyzes Black women's engagement with consumer credit, tracing how they linked consumption with citizenship and critiqued the state's treatment of the poor. Brown offers a radical reframing of the struggle between Black women and the state as a battle of technologies, showing how Black women challenged "algorithmic assemblages of race, class, and gender" and "analog algorithms of poverty." She also shows how racism, sexism, and classism stifled opportunities for alliances: although the Welfare Rights Movement converged with consumer and women's rights movements, white and middle-class activists were unwilling to recognize poor Black women as fellow political actors. Bringing together historical sociology, computational methods, and intersectional Black feminist theory, We Are Each Other's Business offers innovative and generative insights into Black women's struggle for political and economic equity.

Fisher, Matthew, How To Create Societies for Human Wellbeing: Through Public Policy and Social Change. 192 pp. 2024:10 (Policy Pr., UK) <727-251>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6946-2 hard ¥22,704.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00
ISBN 978-1-4473-6947-9 paper ¥6,524.- (税込) GB￡ 22.99

Wellbeing is a hot topic: governments, psychologists and a thousand self-appointed 'experts' all claim to promote it and yet our societies are experiencing record levels of mental distress and ill-health. Why? Matthew Fisher presents a compelling new perspective on psychological wellbeing informed by evidence on human stress responses. He shows how our mental health is shaped by the social and cultural conditions in which we all live. Developing arguments and strategies for a society truly committed to wellbeing, this book offers new ways to understand the problems facing modern societies and ways to respond through political and social change.