Focusing on the spectrum of cannabis use, this book addresses the challenges faced by those struggling to quit. It offers insights and strategies for successful cessation, aiming to transform the reader's perspective on cannabis. With a clear distinction between moderate users and those who cannot control their consumption, it provides guidance for anyone seeking to change their relationship with cannabis.
Focusing on the first group of students to graduate with a Bachelor of Education in English language teaching in the UAE, the book examines how their experiences shape their teaching identities. It theorizes their learning process through the lens of discursive practices within a developing community, highlighting the interplay between personal growth and professional development in a unique educational context.
Policy, Politics and Psychoanalysis
Focusing on the intersection of education and neoliberalism, this book explores the evolving nature and purpose of education amid global challenges related to quality and equity. It addresses broader economic and political anxieties, particularly concerning declining productivity and social inclusion. By revitalizing discussions around these themes, it encourages critical reflection on how educational practices can respond to contemporary societal issues.
With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, human well-being is a core issue for both researchers and policymakers. The Millennium Development Goals are a powerful reminder of this point. We now know more about human well-being and the related concepts of poverty and inequality than ever before, as a result of many conceptual and methodological advances and better data. Yet despite this progress, the vitality of underlying concepts and the quality of data are repeatedly challenged and still leave much to be desired, particularly with regard to the world's poorest countries. This book looks at advances in underlying well-being, poverty, and inequality concepts and corresponding empirical measures and case studies. Traditional monetary concepts and measurements are examined as well as educational achievement, longevity, health, and subjective well-being. Among the measures examined is the Human Development Index, which has done much to refocus attention on the importance of nonmonetary measures of human wellbeing. Chapters review pre-existing concepts and measures, with a view of future developments, while others propose new concepts or measures.