EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Freedom of religion and belief is crucial to any sustainable development process, yet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pay little attention to religious inequalities. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how efforts to achieve SDGs can be enhanced by paying greater attention to freedom of religion and belief. In particular, it illustrates how poverty is often a direct result of religious prejudice and how religious identity can shape a person's job prospects, their children's education and the quality of public services they receive. Drawing on evidence from Asia, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, the book foregrounds the lived experiences of marginalized communities as well as researchers and action organizations.

Customer service jobs are the fastest growing sector of the economy, and they're filled by women, minorities, and the working poor. American commerce is built on a system which places the most marginalized workers at the mercy of the American public, prioritizes personality over skill, and promises advancement and wage opportunities which don't exist. Customer service employees know they're being exploited, but they've been effectively silenced through decades of injustice. It's time to make some noise.

Sandra L. Barnes helps us sort out why prejudice is unfair, what feeds our prejudices, how to overcome prejudice, and how to avoid being victimized by discrimination. "This holistic book is an essential read for Christians committed to understanding prejudice and making change," says Jenell Paris of Bethel University.

This second book in the Prevention Practice Kit provides counselors, psychologists, and other mental health workers with practical steps that need to be considered by prevention practitioners as they engage with others in developing and delivering prevention projects. A context for engaging in prevention practice is provided, including discussion of how prevention fits with traditional models of psychology, descriptions of theoretical models for doing prevention practice, and examples of empirically-supported prevention interventions. The reader will learn about a new set of Prevention Guidelines being proposed to the American Psychological Association, and why these recommendations are important to consider. The book highlights the essential aspects of collaboration, cultural relevance, social justice, and program dissemination, and addresses knotty ethical issues surrounding confidentiality in prevention and health promotion efforts. In addition, the book provides information on funding and readily available resources for prevention. Finally, examples and activities are provided throughout the book—accompanied by a set of learning exercises—to help readers apply what they learn. This book is part of the Prevention Practice Kit: Action Guides for Mental Health, a collection of eight books each authored by scholars in the specific field of prevention and edited by Dr. Robert K. Conyne and Dr. Arthur M. Horne. The books in the collection conform to the editors′ outline to promote a consistent reading experience. Designed to provide human services practitioners, counselors, psychologists, social workers, instructors, and students with concrete direction for spreading and improving the practice of prevention, the series provides thorough coverage of prevention application including a general overview of prevention, best practices, diversity and cultural relevance, psychoeducational groups, consultation, program development and evaluation, evidence base, and public policy. This book is endorsed by the Prevention Section of the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Fifty percent of all royalties are donated to Division 17 of the APA.

Amerasians are persons of American and Asian ethnic heritage who have appeared as a group mainly in the past forty years. Beginning with the massive involvement of the United States in the Occupation of Japan, thousands of Amerasians have been born from Japan to Vietnam. In the U.S. they are the children of approximately eighty thousand American/Asian couples who have come here since that time. This study sought to examine the lives of Amerasians in the United States. The primary research questions centered around finding the nature of Amerasian issues and concerns which are encountered in growing up in the U.S. How Amerasians attempted to resolve these issues and concerns was a major focus of the thesis. Data was analyzed for themes using grounded theory. Themes of early experience were family issues, race and culture, assimilation, and difference and isolation. These themes articulate concerns of childhood and adolescence around being from an international, interracial, and inte

Ecology Is A Subject Of Prime Importance Before The World Today. Any Variation In Ecological Balance And Environmental Settings Brings Corres¬Ponding Change In The Existing Phy¬Sical Conditions And Behavioral Pattern Too. Since The Environment Is Varied Heretofore The Individual Behavior May Also Not Be Stable. The Social And Environmental Instability Are Responsi¬Ble For Behavioral Changes In Many Ways.Ethnicity Is Another Important Issue Before The Contemporary World. The Indian Society Too Is Not Free From This Virus. For A Good Number Of Sociolo¬Gists In General And Social Psycholo¬Gists In Particular Ethnic Identity Has Been Centre Of Attention For Quite Some Time. Being A Pluralistic State India Too Faces Different Problems Associated With Inter-Group Relation And Social Tension Arousing Due To Religion, Re¬Gion, Language, Caste, Tribe, Etc. Since Indian Society Is Passing Through A Typically Difficult Stage Of Crises It Becomes Very Necessary To Analyse The Factors Behind All These. Ethnic Identity Seems Important Of All.In This Book The Author Highlights The Social Psychological Explanations Of Ethnic Identity And Various Determinants Of Identity And Its Dimensions. The Book Further Discusses The Inter¬Relationships Among Ecological Set¬Tings, Level Of Deprivations, Sex And Identity Of Different Ethnic Groups. Findings Reported In This Book Show That Different Ethnic Groups Like Mus¬Lims, Sikhs, Scheduled Caste And Hindus Possess Different Identity.This Book Is A Trend Setter In The Direction Of Study Of Ethnic Identity. Empirical Facts Embodied Will Be Of Immense Use For Psychologists And Sociologists Interested In The Problems Of Different Ethnic Groups.

Comprises 25 essays which review poverty concepts used in different regions of the world. Discusses hypotheses relating to the causes and effects of poverty. Presents theoretical frameworks for the studies reported and identifies data sources for poverty studies.