How does a child raised by a community differ from one growing up in a nuclear family? The Spiros revisted the kibbutz twenty-five years after their first study. In a new chapter, Leslie Y. Rabkin and Audrey G. Spiro report on the contemporary adults and...

Social workers in all areas of practice encounter end-of-life care issues. This compendium gives a comprehensive view of end-of-life care as taught in MSW, BSW, continuing education, and post-master's programs. It is a valuable resource for new and...

In troubled societies narratives about the past tend to be partial and explain a conflict from narrow perspectives that justify the national self and condemn, exclude and devalue the 'enemy' and their narrative. Through a detailed analysis, Teaching...

Controversial Supreme Court decisions have barred organized school prayer, but neither the Court nor public policy exclude religion from schools altogether. In this book, one of America's leading constitutional scholars asks what role religion ought to...

Simple but powerful strategies for increasing your success by improving your thinkingThe 5 Elements of Effective Thinking presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: You...

"In the first decade of the twenty-first century, a conservative, bipartisan consensus dominates about what's wrong with our schools and how to fix them. In each case, those solutions scapegoat teachers, vilify our unions, and promise more private...

In this lively book, Janice M. Irvine offers not only the first comprehensive history of the culture wars over sex education but also an important examination of the politics of sexual speech in the United States. Exploring the clash between professional...

A collection of texts that provide the foundation for the University of Chicago’s longstanding tradition of free expression, principles that are at the center of current debates within higher education and society more broadly. Free inquiry and...