Restorative justice is an approach to understanding and managing crime that has gained popularity since the 1980s. It has not only been widely adopted in the criminal justice systems of western countries, but it also strongly influences the traditional Retributive Justice systems used throughout…
Hardback – 2019-02-01
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Routledge Studies in Asian Law
Drawing upon the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, this book examines the conditions of care in the changing living environment of the elderly in rural China amid the economic transitions taking place in Chine since the 1970s. China’s development as a national economy is often…
Hardback – 2019-02-01
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Critical Cultural Studies in Global Health Communication
China’s ever-expanding housing market is presenting challenges for policy makers, planners, business people and citizens, not only in Chinese cities, but across the global housing market. With soaring prices and a significant compromise on quality, those who need housing are facing financial…
Hardback – 2019-02-01
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Routledge Studies in International Real Estate
The first of its kind, this book offers ethnomethodological and conversation analytic studies of the social organization and situated local production of children's play and games. Departing from the approach common to educational practice, which asks what play might be for rather than what it is,…
Hardback – 2019-01-31
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Directions in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
Hardback – 2019-01-31
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Trolls, ranters, critics and teasers: the Internet teems with people who insult others. As the Internet has brought about a technological capacity for people to archive discrediting characteristics as though they are collectibles, to mock people with more representative power than has ever been…
Hardback – 2019-01-31
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Interactionist Currents
Paperback – 2019-01-31
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Routledge Research in Gender and Society
Older people face specific vulnerabilities in physical, mental and social well-being in disasters. They are likely to experience socio-economic marginalization, isolation, inaccessible information, and lack of relevant post emergency support services during disasters. On the other hand, older…
Hardback – 2019-01-31
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Routledge Humanitarian Studies
Hurrelmann and Quenzel introduce the concept of developmental tasks to analyse the typical physical, psychological and social requirements of adolescence. The topic of adolescent development in Europe is one which has received little academic attention in recent years. Developmental Tasks in…
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While the concept of social value is not new, recent interest in social value in construction has grown because of new social procurement legislation around the world and an increasing acceptance of the need to ensure construction projects provide social value, rather than simply economic value.…
Paperback – 2019-01-25
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In recent years the idea of civil society has become seen by many as a key route for democracy promotion and solving development 'problems' in poor countries. However, in seeking to promote democratisation, hasten economic development and strengthen civil society, many well-meaning&…
Hardback – 2019-01-22
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Routledge Studies in Development and Society
The gender pay gap (GPG) exists in every European country, but it varies considerably, even in EU member states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality. Part of the variation can be explained by different patterns of social partnership. With current policy pressure to…
Hardback – 2019-01-08
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Routledge Research in Employment Relations