Andrew R Webster
Biographic Data
| ID | 4588924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew R Webster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew R |
| FAMILY NAME | Webster |
| SIGNATURE | WEBSTER A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anglia Ruskin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6915-9560 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Key Stakeholder Priorities for the Review and Update of the Australian Guide to Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Since the 2016 release of the Australian Guide to the Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), considerable progress has been made in the identification and diagnosis of the disorder. As part of a larger process to review and update the Guide, the aim of this study was to identify review priorities from a broad range of stakeholders involved in the assessment and diagnosis of FASD. Sixty-two stakeholders, including healthcare practiti…
Introductory Sociology
Introductory Sociology has established itself as one of the most popular textbooks in its field. The third edition is completely revised, updated and redesigned, to include additional diagrams, charts
Making Our Futures: Sociological Knowledge and Social Change
In this final chapter we argue that there is still a vital role for sociology to play in helping people to shape their own lives and build their own diverse futures. Despite all the doubts about the modernist project of progress through reason, sociology can still claim to offer vital insights to people in society about the possibilities and limits that face them.
Understanding Crime
This chapter examines the diversity of sociological explanations of crime by comparing them along a number of different dimensions. While highlighting key differences between these approaches, we try to show how they have shared a common commitment to the ‘modernist project’ — that is, to a belief in the possibility and legitimacy of constructing a valid explanation of the phenomenon of crime and, hence, of developing strategies for doing somethi…
Gender Relations
This chapter provides an overview of some of the social processes that shape gender relations in contemporary societies. It emphasises that there are many forms of masculinity and femininity. It describes and assesses two major accounts of the individual acquisition of gendered identity, and argues for the necessity of viewing gender as a property of social institutions and of culture as much as of individuals. Therefore, the chapter examines in …
Introductory Sociology
Making Our Futures: Sociological Knowledge and Social Change
In this final chapter we argue that there is still a vital role for sociology to play in helping people to shape their own lives and build their own diverse futures. Despite all the doubts about the modernist project of progress through reason, sociology can still claim to offer vital insights to people in society about the possibilities and limits that face them.
Understanding Crime
This chapter examines the diversity of sociological explanations of crime by comparing them along a number of different dimensions. While highlighting key differences between these approaches, we try to show how they have shared a common commitment to the ‘modernist project’ — that is, to a belief in the possibility and legitimacy of constructing a valid explanation of the phenomenon of crime and, hence, of developing strategies for doing somethi…
Gender Relations
This chapter provides an overview of some of the social processes that shape gender relations in contemporary societies. It emphasises that there are many forms of masculinity and femininity. It describes and assesses two major accounts of the individual acquisition of gendered identity, and argues for the necessity of viewing gender as a property of social institutions and of culture as much as of individuals. Therefore, the chapter examines in …
Introductory Sociology
Introductory Sociology
Introductory Sociology has established itself as one of the most popular textbooks in its field. The third edition is completely revised, updated and redesigned, to include additional diagrams, charts
Key Stakeholder Priorities for the Review and Update of the Australian Guide to Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Since the 2016 release of the Australian Guide to the Diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), considerable progress has been made in the identification and diagnosis of the disorder. As part of a larger process to review and update the Guide, the aim of this study was to identify review priorities from a broad range of stakeholders involved in the assessment and diagnosis of FASD. Sixty-two stakeholders, including healthcare practiti…
Sociology (5 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Art (1 works)