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Victim Support and the Welfare State

By: Carina Gallo,Kerstin Svensson

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Victim Support and the Welfare State

By: Carina Gallo,Kerstin Svensson

This book provides a rich analysis of the history of Swedish victim support. With the majority of research on victim support centering on the Anglosphere, this book offers a unique case study for considering the role of the victim in the criminal justice system. While Sweden has enacted many laws to support victims, and victim assistance programs have grown rapidly, welfare policy has become more restrictive and crime policy, to some degree, more punitive. Drawing on archival material and interviews with key representatives for the Swedish Association for Victim Support (BOJ), this book examines what role the victim movement has played in a changing welfare state. It argues that BOJ filled a function in the decentralization and privatization of the Swedish welfare state and explores distinctive features of the Swedish victim movement and the form it has taken, as compared to that in other countries. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of criminology, sociology, social policy, civil society studies, and social work, and those engaged in studies of victims and victimology.

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Routledge

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0429013183

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9780429013188

Modernisation and Tradition

European Local and Manorial Societies 1500-1900

By: Kerstin Sundberg

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Modernisation and Tradition

European Local and Manorial Societies 1500-1900

By: Kerstin Sundberg

This anthology is based on a symposium which had as its key issue a critical discussion of different theories of modernisation from the perspective of people's activities in local manorial societies. Modernisation can be studied in terms of changing values, norms and social relationships. From a theoretical point of view the book makes use of the possibility to change main macro-conceptions of the modernisation process, using dichotomies such as feudal/capitalist and individual/collective, and it also tries to integrate tradition and continuity perspective.

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417

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Nordic Academic Press

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9189116402

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9789189116405

Why Oxytocin Matters

By: Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg

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Why Oxytocin Matters

By: Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg

Oxytocin, or 'the hormone of health and life', is a hugely important substance for pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding working in a woman's body and brain to make changes during pregnancy, optimise labour, increase milk production and support bonding. Research has shown that we can encourage the body's oxytocin system by supporting mothers wellbeing through birth practices and postnatal care. We also now know that oxytocin is present in everyone, of any age, directing a whole system of effects that have consequences for family life, including bonding, stress reduction and social interaction. In Why Oxytocin Matters Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, a leading oxytocin researcher, shows how a better understanding of our biology can be immensely helpful for new parents and those who work to support families.

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162

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Pinter & Martin Ltd

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178066608X

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9781780666082

Paths Towards a New World

By: Mats Larsson,Geoffrey Lemdahl,Kerstin Lidén

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Paths Towards a New World

By: Mats Larsson,Geoffrey Lemdahl,Kerstin Lidén

Covering the approximately 6,500 years from the beginning of the Late Mesolithic to the transition to the Bronze Age, Mats Larsson takes the reader on a journey through the development of Swedish prehistoric society and culture set against the backdrop of climatic and landscape change. Using examples selected from a wealth of archaeological sites, artefacts and palaeo-environmental studies he explores a series of chronological themes: such as how the relationship between land and water influenced people’s lives in many ways and the development of often long-distance cultural and exchange networks, as reflected in the occurrence of ‘foreign’ stone axes, flint, copper and pottery. He describes how innovations, such as the introduction of agriculture, spread rapidly during the Neolithic, incorporating characteristics of extensive northern European cultural groups, beginning with the Funnel Beaker Culture with its array of distinctive objects, settlements and burial monuments, while retaining some specific regional and local expressions in material culture. Later, certain characteristics of the Pitted Ware Culture, such as specific types of pottery decoration, were taken up in some areas while the emergence of some regional groups can be seen as a step in the ideological and social changes that led to what we today call the Battle Axe Culture. Towards the end of the Stone Age the battle axe was replaced by the dagger as a symbol of the male warrior as a more stable society emerged in many parts of the country, concentrated around large farms with longhouses. It was only at this late stage that agriculture and the raising of livestock gained a firm hold, and the landscape was opened up permanently.

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167

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Oxbow Books

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1782972587

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9781782972587

Parties, Elections, and Policy Reforms in Western Europe

Voting for Social Pacts

By: Kerstin Hamann,John Kelly

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Parties, Elections, and Policy Reforms in Western Europe

Voting for Social Pacts

By: Kerstin Hamann,John Kelly

Social pacts – policy agreements between governments, labor unions and sometimes employer organizations – began to emerge in many countries in the 1980s. The most common explanations for social pacts tend to focus on economic factors, influenced by industrial relations institutions such as highly coordinated collective bargaining. This book presents, and tests, an alternative and complementary explanation highlighting the electoral calculations made by political parties in choosing pacts. Using a dataset covering 16 European countries for the years 1980-2006, as well as eight in-depth country case studies, the authors argue that governments’ choice of social pacts or legislation is less influenced by economic problems, but is strongly influenced by electoral competition. Social pacts will be attractive when party leaders perceive them to be helpful in reducing the potential electoral costs of economic adjustment and wage restraint policies. Alternatively, parties may forgo negotiations with social partners and seek to impose such policies unilaterally if they believe that approach will yield electoral gain or minimize electoral costs. By combining the separate literatures on political economy and party politics, the book sheds new light on the dynamics of social pacts in Western Europe. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, economics, political economy, European Studies and comparative politics.

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322

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Routledge

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1136949860

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9781136949869

Aboriginal Canada Revisited

By: Kerstin Knopf

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Aboriginal Canada Revisited

By: Kerstin Knopf

Exploring a variety of topics—including health, politics, education, art, literature, media, and film—Aboriginal Canada Revisited draws a portrait of the current political and cultural position of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. While lauding improvements made in the past decades, the contributors draw attention to the systemic problems that continue to marginalize Aboriginal people within Canadian society. From the Introduction: “[This collection helps] to highlight areas where the colonial legacy still takes its toll, to acknowledge the manifold ways of Aboriginal cultural expression, and to demonstrate where Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people are starting to find common ground.” Contributors include Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars from Europe and Canada, including Marlene Atleo, University of Manitoba; Mansell Griffin, Nisga’a Village of Gitwinksihlkw, British Columbia; Robert Harding, University College of the Fraser Valley; Tricia Logan, University of Manitoba; Steffi Retzlaff, McMaster University; Siobhán Smith, University of British Columbia; Barbara Walberg, Confederation College.

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437

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University of Ottawa Press

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0776617761

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9780776617763

Attachment to Pets

An Integrative View of Human-Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice

By: Henri Julius,Andrea Beetz,Kurt Kotrschal,Dennis Turner,Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg

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Attachment to Pets

An Integrative View of Human-Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice

By: Henri Julius,Andrea Beetz,Kurt Kotrschal,Dennis Turner,Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg

The biological and psychological basis of pet therapy / animal-assisted therapy and what this means for practice "A comprehensive, scientific foundation for human-animal therapy." (Judith Solomon) In recent years, the ancient symbiosis between humans and their pets has entered a new phase, marked by the burgeoning clinical specialty of human-animal therapy. This approach uses the relationship between humans and their (mainly) mammalian pets to support the growth of emotion regulation, social skills, and mental health in children, adolescents, and adults. But how are humans and animals able to develop close bonds at all? What makes it possible for animals to have a therapeutic effect on humans? And how can we best use this understanding in animal-assisted therapy? In this unique book, a team of expert biologists and psychologists integrate and combine sophisticated biological and psychological knowledge to answer these questions. Together they have created a comprehensive, scientific foundation for human-animal therapy, a foundation that will facilitate the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective new interventions.

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206

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Hogrefe Publishing GmbH

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1616764422

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9781616764425

Confessions of a Swedish Girl

By: Kerstin Shirokow

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Confessions of a Swedish Girl

By: Kerstin Shirokow

Do you want to sleep with her first or shall I?" So begins this hilarious story of a Swedish girl who travels the world looking for adventures and romance. She works in England, France and Spain to learn those languages. In California she teaches Swedish to American Army soldiers and meets a Russian, marries him and lives with him and their two children in Japan and in Rome. After ten years, they move to Santa Barbara, California and fifteen years later Kerstin divorces her husband and continuous to travel alone to, among many other countries, China, where she risks being arrested for smuggling. This book is fun and makes you laugh.

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iUniverse

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0595453732

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9780595453733

The Oxytocin Factor

Tapping The Hormone Of Calm, Love, And Healing

By: Kerstin Uvnas Moberg,Kerstin Moberg

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The Oxytocin Factor

Tapping The Hormone Of Calm, Love, And Healing

By: Kerstin Uvnas Moberg,Kerstin Moberg

In recent years there have been exciting scientific discoveries about a powerful hormone whose role in the human body has long been neglected. Oxytocin is the hormone involved in bonding, sex, childbirth, and breast-feeding, as well as in relaxation and feelings of calm. It is the mirror image of the stress hormone (adrenaline), which triggers the "fight or flight" systems in the body. Much has been written about the latter but the many-sided importance of oxytocin is currently known only to specialists in obstetrics, physiology, and psychiatry. The Oxytocin Factor, by Dr. Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, is the first book on the subject for a general audience. The new research findings, as well as the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth, are not only fascinating but of great significance to all our lives.

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226

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Da Capo Press

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0786752599

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9780786752591

My World of Bibliophile Binding

By: Kerstin Tini Miura

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My World of Bibliophile Binding

By: Kerstin Tini Miura

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

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Univ of California Press

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0520346661

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9780520346666

Chilis

How to Grow, Harvest, and Cook with Your Favorite Hot Peppers, with 200 Varieties and 50 Spicy Recipes

By: Eva Robild,Kerstin Rosengren

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Chilis

How to Grow, Harvest, and Cook with Your Favorite Hot Peppers, with 200 Varieties and 50 Spicy Recipes

By: Eva Robild,Kerstin Rosengren

Here are more than 200 different varieties of chilis. Eva Robild and Kerstin Rosengren are two devoted chili lovers who show you the basics of growing chili, from planting a seed during the winter months to moving them outdoors during the summer. Interest in growing and eating chilis has increased tremendously in the past few years. Everyone wants to grow chilis. It's easy to understand why since chilis are fun and easy to grow and yield a big harvest. And best of all, there are many varieties to try—from the hottest varieties like Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and Carolina Reaper, to milder varieties like Jimmy Nardello and Padron. You will also learn how to test a chili from the weakest to the strongest heat. But chili is not just about heat. Some varieties may also have notes of lemon or pineapple. The authors also provide tips on how to take care of and store chilis and recipes for hot sauces and dishes.

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440

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Simon and Schuster

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1510740384

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9781510740389

The Expansion of Management Knowledge

Carriers, Flows, and Sources

By: Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson,Lars Engwall

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The Expansion of Management Knowledge

Carriers, Flows, and Sources

By: Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson,Lars Engwall

The past few decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion of management education, consulting, and the formalization of management practice, with a widespread diffusion of management ideas across sectors and continents. This book describes and analyzes this worldwide flow of management ideas and the key carriers of these ideas.

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380

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Stanford University Press

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0804741999

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9780804741996

Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders

By: E. Steve Roach,Kerstin Bettermann,Jose Biller

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Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders

By: E. Steve Roach,Kerstin Bettermann,Jose Biller

Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders was the first modern book devoted to care of the stroke, originally published more than 40 years ago. This is a completely revised and updated sixth edition of the highly respected standard for stroke diagnosis and treatment. Dr James Toole has stayed on as a consultant for the text, and Drs E. Steve Roach, Kerstin Bettermann, and Jose Biller have reworked Dr Toole's book to include chapters on genetics, pregnancy-related stroke, and acute treatments. The practical focus of the book has not changed, retaining its emphasis on bedside diagnosis and treatment. Easily accessible both for stroke specialists and residents, the sixth edition has been modernized to keep pace with the rapid expansion of knowledge in stroke care and includes evidence-based recommendations, the latest technology and imaging, and risk factors. The text is supplemented with more than 200 images, many in color.

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445

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Cambridge University Press

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0521866227

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9780521866224

Victim Support and the Welfare State

By: Carina Gallo,Kerstin Svensson

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Victim Support and the Welfare State

By: Carina Gallo,Kerstin Svensson

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God's Mercy

By: Kerstin Ekman

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God's Mercy

By: Kerstin Ekman

When Hillevi, a young, inexperienced midwife, moves from the university town of Uppsala to the wilderness of Svartvattnet (Blackwater) to be with her unofficial fiancé, she is ill prepared for what awaits her. In this frigid, austere, and isolated territory, she encounters the overwhelming and unpredictable forces of nature and demoralizing poverty and ignorance while also gaining access to the unfamiliar world of nomadic Sami reindeer herders. A single traumatic event, never fully confronted, has devastating and far-reaching repercussions, but Hillevi also finds unexpected warmth and love. Incorporating elements of the jojk oral tradition of Sami culture, God’s Mercy is a thoroughly engrossing story about the capriciousness of memory, the resilience of the human psyche, and the endless wonder of the wild.

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400

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803210744

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9780803210745

Book's by Kerstin Svensson

Victim Support and the Welfare State

Victim Support and the Welfare State

Modernisation and Tradition

Modernisation and Tradition

Why Oxytocin Matters

Why Oxytocin Matters

Paths Towards a New World

Paths Towards a New World

Parties, Elections, and Policy Reforms in Western Europe

Parties, Elections, and Policy Reforms in Western Europe

Aboriginal Canada Revisited

Aboriginal Canada Revisited

Attachment to Pets

Attachment to Pets

Confessions of a Swedish Girl

Confessions of a Swedish Girl

The Oxytocin Factor

The Oxytocin Factor

My World of Bibliophile Binding

My World of Bibliophile Binding

Chilis

Chilis

The Expansion of Management Knowledge

The Expansion of Management Knowledge

Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders

Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders

Victim Support and the Welfare State

Victim Support and the Welfare State

God's Mercy

God's Mercy

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