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An "Epidemic" of Adolescent Pregnancy?
Oxford University Press 1988; US$ 89.99Adolescent pregnancy is a problem which arouses strong feelings. This book attempts to put the matter as it affects the USA into a historical framework and to discuss the social and policy issues raised. more...
AGEING SOCIETIES
Taylor & Francis Ltd 2005; US$ 49.95Ageing Societies examines the myths, challenges and opportunities behind these figures more...
Abortion
Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 38.95The debate on abortion has tended to avoid the psychological significance of an unwanted pregnancy, dominated istead by the strong emotions the subject excites. Eva Pattis Zoja examines the thoughts that surround a woman's decision to end a pregnancy, and presents the challenging thesis that voluntary abortion can often be a violent and unconscious... more...
Abortion: A Documentary and Reference Guide
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 85.00This thought-provoking reference work explores the evolution of America's heated abortion debate in a selection of over 40 primary documents from the 19th century to the present day. The guide includes not only key laws and court cases that have determined abortion policy, but also political speeches, medical essays, theological writings, newspaper... more...
Abortion, Sin and the State in Thailand
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 44.95This book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 200,000 to 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. more...
Abortion Counseling
Springer Publishing Company 2007; US$ 40.00Takes a look at the political and psychological possibilities and necessity for abortion counseling. This book tackles both sides of this issue to reach an understanding of what women face when they make this choice. It helps understand emotional and cognitive competencies of women and teenage girls facing the decision to terminate a pregnancy. more...
Abortion from the Religious and Moral Perspective:
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 140.00For approximately three decades, the abortion debate has polarized America. Views range from the extreme conservative position that all abortions are morally objectionable to the extreme liberal position that abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy is acceptable. In the middle are those who advocate laws limiting the number of valid reasons... more...
Abortion in the United States
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 55.00Abortion in the United States: A Reference Handbook offers a balanced, objective look at the ultimate ÒwedgeÓ issue in American culture. This volume offers a revealing history of abortion politics and policy from the 1800s to Roe v. Wade to the present, with clear analyses of disputes such as public funding for abortion, the status of the fetus, contraception,... more...
Absent Fathers?
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 59.95Much has been written and debated on lone mothers. However little has been discussed about non-resident fathers. Absent Fathers is part of a growing literature on men and masculinities and takes this debate further. Drawn from one of the best social policy units in the UK and results from the current ESRC Programme on Population and Household Change,... more...
Act Your Age!
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95Are our current ways of talking about "the problem of adolescence" really that different than those of past generations? For the past decade, Act Your Age! has provided a provocative and now classic analysis of the accepted ways of viewing teens. By employing a groundbreaking "history of the present" methodology that resists traditional chronology,... more...









