The modern arguments about the apparent emergence of a "new"racism are noted and discussed. While this "new" racism refers to forms of racist talk which lack the crude bigotry often associated with racism, there seems to be an inconsistency between concern about such a development and the recorded levels of crude racism in the community as evidenced by racial attacks and harassment as well as indicators of racial inequality. Research into responses to Black people compared to White people attempting to join an organization is presented and discussed in the light of these modern ideas. The organizations in question were voluntary social service ones who were approached by volunteers, through letters, about the availability of voluntary work with the organization. Some of the letters of enquiry were signed by a person using the name Croft and others using the name Kumari. These were deliberately chosen to represent White and Black applicants. Differences between the replies to the Black and White signed letters were analyzed in order to assess discrimination on the basis of the race of the applicant. While White and Black applicants were just as likely to receive replies, the amount of encouragement given to the two types of applicant differed significantly with White applicants receiving the highest levels of encouragement. Furthermore, there was evidence that there was greater "embarrassment" at refusing a White person work than for a Black person. If the applicant was refused voluntary work, White people were much more likely to be made suggestions of other organizations to approach for work, for example. The work of "excusing" rejection primarily went into replying to White applicants, there seemed to be less of a problem rejecting Black applicants. Contrary to some views about present-day racism, racial discrimination required no special justification in language.

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At the heart of child welfare policy and practice are issues of loss and separation, issues of loss and discontinuity of parent–child or carer–child ties. Consequently, John Bowlby’s ideas concerning attachment have been influential in this field over the past 50 years. This paper argues that the society in which Bowlby originally developed his ideas has altered greatly; in Western societies, family dynamics have changed remarkably, and continue to change. The present paper therefore argues that these ideas may not adequately address the developmental needs of to‐day’s children. Hence, it puts forward the notion of socio‐genealogical connectedness to complement our existing knowledge and understanding of the psycho‐social developmental needs of modern‐day children. The notion's implications for policy and practice are also highlighted.

This study investigated the use of self-modelling in the treatment of obesity or overweight. Thirty-two females enrolled in a private slimming club volunteered to participate in this study which was conducted over a period of 10 weeks. The experimental and control groups were similar as far as their pre-treatment mean weights and desired mean weights were concerned. Analysis of the data indicated that towards the end of the study the experimental group lost significantly more weight than the control groups. At the end of the study, the average weight loss for the experimental group was 4.27 pounds, for the control group I, 2.45 pounds, and for control group II, 3.66 pounds. Analysis of follow-up data collected six weeks after the end of the study confirmed this finding. At follow-up data collected six weeks after the end of the study confirmed this finding. At follow-up the mean weight loss was 8.27 pounds, 2.00 pounds for the experimental group, control group I and control group II, respectively. The data suggest that self-modelling can be used in the control of addictive behaviours.