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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784972803321

Autore

O'Malley Pat

Titolo

Risk, uncertainty, and government [[electronic resource] /] / Pat O'Malley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or., : GlassHouse, 2004

ISBN

1-282-37641-1

1-283-60450-7

9786612376412

9786613916952

1-135-31180-3

1-84314-602-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

361.1

Soggetti

Risk assessment - Government policy

Risk management - Government policy

Uncertainty - Government policy

Political science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Risk, Uncertainty and Government; CopyrightPage; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Risk, Uncertainty and Government; 2.From Independence to Social Security; 3.Enterprising Liberalism; 4.Uncertainty, Liberalism and Contract; 5.Risky Contracts: Gambling, Speculation and Insurance; 6.Insurance, Actuarialism and Thrift; 7.Risk, Crime Control and Criminal Justice; 8.Risking Drug Use; 9.Risk, Uncertainty and Freedom; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Both risk and uncertainty are neo-liberal concepts, which can be viewed as complementary techniques for governing diverse aspects of life, rather than natural states of things. This new book examines the way these constructs govern the production of wealth through 'uncertain' speculation and 'calculable' investment formulae. The way in which risk and uncertainty govern the minimisation of harms through insurance and through the uncertain practices of 'reasonable foresight' is



discussed, and O Malley looks at the way these same techniques were historically forged out of moral and soci

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252721403321

Titolo

The Pedagogy of the Social Sciences Curriculum / / edited by Jamie P. Halsall, Michael Snowden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-33868-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Collana

International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice, , 2625-6983

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Social structure

Equality

Economic sociology

Quality of life

Social Structure

Economic Sociology

Quality of Life Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Developing the curriculum: Issues and challenges for educators -- Teaching Practice: Solution Focused Teaching -- Teaching Practice: Mentor Assisted Learning -- Exploring the issues and identifying the challenge for educators -- Collaborative Working in the Statutory and Voluntary Sectors -- Community Methodologies -- A model for change: sharing ideas and strategies -- Establishing Excellence - accreditation and excellence -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This far-sighted volume describes emerging trends and challenges in university-level social sciences education in an era marked by globalization, austerity, and inequity. It spotlights solution-focused and interdisciplinary methods of teaching, developed to match



influential academic ideas, such as self-directed learning and learning in communities, as students seek to engage with and improve conditions in their immediate environments. Chapters offer real-world applications of foundational concepts in the modern practice of teaching, learning, and curriculum development. Accordingly, the editors emphasize the relationship between pedagogy and curriculum, as both are critical in encouraging student autonomy and promoting optimum academic and societal outcomes. Included in the coverage: · Towards a concept of solution-focused teaching: learning in communities. · Heutagogy and the emerging curriculum. · Collaborative working in the statutory and voluntary sectors. · Delivering a community development curriculum to students with multiple identities. · Photography and teaching in community development. · A model for change: sharing ideas and strategies. The Pedagogy of the Social Sciences Curriculum will inspire sociologists, social workers, and health and sociology educators to take a deeper role in community well-being as students, faculty, and communities collaborate to make lasting contributions to society. .