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Book SynopsisThe second edition of this major textbook clearly shows how sociology can inform professional social work practice in the twenty-first century. It provides an easy-to-follow, jargon-free introduction to sociology for social work students, with crucial links to practice across a comprehensive range of topics.Trade ReviewThis book is an essential read for all social work students and newly-qualified practitioners.Dr Steve Rogowski, Professional Social WorkThis new, updated version will help training and qualified social workers to make links between policy, practice and sociological theory and assist them to identify their role and contribution to challenging structural inequalities evident in society today.Sheila Furness, University of BradfordThis second edition is recommended as core reading for all social work students as it skilfully captures the central relevance of a sociological understanding to the whole social work curriculum. It also demonstrates via the use of carefully selected examples the location of social work as a profession within the social and political context. Never has such a text been more needed.Cath Holmstrom, Middlesex UniversityTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1 What is Sociology?Chapter 2 Social Class, Poverty and Social ExclusionChapter 3 GenderChapter 4 Race and EthnicityChapter 5 DisabilityChapter 6 Sexuality and Sexual ExploitationChapter 7 Deviance and CrimeChapter 8 Family and CommunityChapter 9 Children and Young PeopleChapter 10 Old AgeChapter 11 Health and Mental HealthChapter 12 Social Work and Social ContextUseful Resources

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Book SynopsisEvil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze.Trade Review“In order to overcome moral blindness, we have to break the vicious circle of consumerism: politics has to address, again, real problems, universities have to provide us with ‘intellectual slow food’, but most of all we have to regain our dialogic nature – the ability to tell stories and listen to them. Moral Blindness is definitely a good lesson of that.” European Journal of Cultural and Political SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Towards a Theory of Human Secrecy and Unfathomability, or Exposing Elusive Forms of Evil 1 1. From the Devil to Frighteningly Normal and Sane People 17 2. The Crisis of Politics and the Search for a Language of Sensitivity 50 3. Between Fear and Indifference: The Loss of Sensitivity 94 4. Consuming University: The New Sense of Meaninglessness and the Loss of Criteria 131 5. Rethinking The Decline of the West 168

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Book SynopsisIn the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns of schooling and higher education in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England resembled each other less and less. This new edition of the popular Education in Britain traces and explains this process of divergence, as well as the arguments and conflicts that have accompanied it. With a reach that extends from the primary school to the university, and from culture to politics and economics, Ken Jones explores the achievements and limits of post-war reform and the egalitarian aspirations of the 1960s and 1970s. He registers the impact of the Thatcherite revolution of the 1980s, and of the New Labour governments which were its inheritors. Turning to the twenty-first century, Jones tracks the educational consequences of devolution and austerity. The result is a book which is more attentive than any other to the ever-increasiTrade Review"A fine job has been achieved in expanding the scope of the original book, moving to include not merely developments in the further and higher education sectors - the previous edition mostly centred on secondary schooling - but also those seismic changes fllowing the first term of Tony Blair's landmark administration from 1997- 2001."—John Howelett, University of Keele, History of Education "The second edition of Ken Jones’s book offers an erudite and nuanced analysis of the political economy of education policy in modern Britain. Its balance of insight and detail makes it essential and necessary reading for education policy students and researchers and hopefully for those others who stride boldly and often ill-informed in the 'educational space' - policymakers!"—Stephen Ball, Institute of Education, UCL "Ken Jones' account of the divergence of the education systems of Britain’s four nations is both analytically sophisticated and deeply engaging. Anyone who wants to understand the current state of education in Britain should read this beautifully crafted and highly nuanced history of the struggles and collisions that have taken us to this place. Whilst much of the story is depressing, the book is a pleasure to read."—Sharon Gewirtz, King's College LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction1 Post-War Settlements2 The Golden Age?3 Expansion, Experiment, Conflict4 The Watershed: Conservatism and Educational Change5 New Labour: The Inheritors6 Crisis and OpportunityReferences

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Book SynopsisThe Welfare State Reader has established itself as a vital source of outstanding original research since its original appearance in 2000.Table of ContentsEditors’ Introduction to the Third Edition PART I - APPROACHES TO WELFARE The First Welfare State? Thomas Paine Section 1: ‘Classical’ The Welfare State in Historical Perspective, Asa Briggs Citizenship and Social Class, T.H. Marshall Universalism versus Selection, Richard Titmuss Section 2: Perspectives on the Left What is Social Justice? Commission on Social Justice Some Contradictions of the Modern Welfare State, Claus Offe Section 3: Responses from the Right The Meaning of the Welfare State, Friedrich Hayek The Two Wars against Poverty, Charles Murray The New Politics of the New Poverty, Lawrence M. Mead Section 4: Feminism The Patriarchal Welfare State, Carole Pateman The Welfare State and Women Power, Helga Maria Hernes PART II - WELFARE REGIMES UNDER THREAT Section 1: Trajectories Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Gøsta Esping-Andersen Religion and the Western Welfare State, Philip Manow and Kees van Kersbergen The New Politics of the Welfare State, Paul Pierson Section 2: Constraints Globalization, the Welfare State and Inequality, Duane Swank The Europeanization of Social Protection: Domestic Impacts and National Responses, Jon Kvist and Juho Saari Explaining Convergence of OECD Welfare States: a Conditional Approach, Carina Schmitt and Peter Starke Breaking with the Past? Why the Global Financial Crisis led to Austerity Policies but not to Modernization of the Welfare State, Klaus Armingeon Section 3: Challenges Ageing and the Welfare State: Securing Sustainability, Volker Meier and Martin Werding Very Low Fertility: Consequences, Causes and Policy Approaches, Peter McDonald Migration, Minorities and Welfare States, Carl-Ulrik Schierup and Stephen Castles The Politics of the New Social Policies: Providing Coverage against New Social Risks in Mature Welfare States, Giuliano Bonoli PART III - EMERGING IDEAS, EMERGENT FORMS Section 1: Emerging Ideas The Big Society: A New Policy Environment for the Third Sector? Peter Alcock Diffusing Ideas for After Neoliberalism: The Social Investment Perspective in Europe and Latin America, Jane Jenson The Governance of Economic Uncertainty: Beyond the ‘New Social Risk’ Analysis, Colin Crouch and Maarten Keune How Climate Change will Shape the Social Policy Framework, Zahir Sadeque Basic Income and the Two Dilemmas of the Welfare, State Phillippe van Parijs Section 2: Emergent Forms What Adult Worker Model? A Critical Look at Recent Social Policy Reform in Europe from a Gender and Family Perspective, Mary Daly Beyond Modernization? Social Care and the Transformation of Welfare Governance, Janet Newman, Caroline Glendinning and Michael Hughes Assessing the Welfare State: The Politics of Happiness, Alexander Pacek and Benjamin Radcliff Europe’s Post-Democratic Era, Jürgen Habermas

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Book SynopsisSocial theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes.Trade ReviewWinner of the Theory Award 2017 of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) "This book by Couldry and Hepp might well become a new classic in the theory of the social, on par with Elias and Latour. Theorizing the mediated construction of reality, the authors sketch the new contours of 'a space where order is at stake.' Mandatory reading for everyone who seriously reflects on the implications of contemporary media systems and practices on society."—José van Dijck, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands "A profound and illuminating attempt to bring core traditions of social theory into the study of media in the digital age. An excellent and pathbreaking book."—Anthony Giddens, member of the House of Lords, former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science "In this wide-ranging, ambitious volume, Couldry and Hepp revisit Berger & Luckmann's classic work on social construction. Their theory of 'deep mediatization' resituates digital media systems and networked "figurations" of communicative action as interdependent, constitutive phenomena in contemporary sociality and social worlds. Mediated Construction is an indispensable contribution to social theory in communication research and media sociology."—Leah Lievrouw, University of California, Los Angeles "This is not a book about media, but a book about the world shaped by media. And it is not just about that empirical reality, but about how to understand it. Couldry and Hepp develop insights from phenomenology and integrate these with critical theory in an exciting combination."—Craig Calhoun, London School of Economics and Political Science "The Mediated Construction of Reality is simply an important book for sociology and for media and communication studies alike – maybe as important as The Social Construction of Reality became half a century ago."—Soziopolis "It might seem overly ambitious for communication studies to develop, rather than just draw upon, social theories that may have an enduring cross-disciplinary impact. Yet, as media sociologists Nick Couldry (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Andreas Hepp (University of Bremen) show in The Mediated Construction of Reality, it is time to do just that.... Scholars of interpersonal, organizational, and political communication—or anyone who is concerned about the implications of the digital age—will find insights in this book."—Meng Li, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly "This book is written by a formidable team.... Couldry and Hepp argue convincingly that big data, artificial intelligence and automation intensify the complexity of the social, and its degrees of interdependence... [They] engage in a Herculean struggle to describe the social meaning of data processing in the human lifeworld, and the book is full of sharp observations. I am really glad they took the trouble to write it."—Lars Nyre, New Media & Society "[T]he book…shines with a solid sociological framework, a comprehensive grasp of the relevant literature, and an insightful understanding of the most urgent issues surrounding new media and society. It is simply a must-read for students of the field who seek inspiration for thinking about these issues."—Elaine Yuan, Global Media and CommunicationTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionPart I: Constructing the Social WorldChapter 2: The Social World as Communicative ConstructionChapter 3: History as Waves of MediatizationChapter 4: How We Live With MediaPart II: Dimensions of the Social WorldChapter 5: SpaceChapter 6: TimeChapter 7: DataPart III: Agency in the Social WorldChapter 8: SelfChapter 9: CollectivitiesChapter 10: OrderChapter 11: ConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisPhilosophers have never shied away from interrogating the nature of our obligations beyond borders.Trade Review"This collection, expertly edited by David Held and Pietro Maffettone, includes essays by some of the most prominent contributors to the current debate on global justice. The diversity of viewpoints represented and the real world problems and challenges to which they relate will provide the reader with a critical overview of the state of global justice as a philosophical inquiry, and why it actually matters." Kok-Chor Tan, University of Pennsylvania "Political theory needs to catch up with the fact that many of the problems we face today can only be solved at a global level. Global Political Theory brings together some of the leading thinkers working on the most important issues that the world must face over the coming decades. I hope it will help to set a new agenda for political theory." Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University and author of One World Now "If you want to join the debates about global justice, inequality, just war, territorial rights, and world trade, this is a book you have to read. Held and Maffettone have brought together a stellar group of academics, whose arguments are provocative, engaging, accessible, and important." Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton "The global dimension of political theory is so important these days that, without it, one often cannot understand the application of theoretical ideas, not even within the context of a national state. The essays in this volume make clear why this is the case and highlight the continuity between global and state-level theory." Jeremy Waldron, NYU Law SchoolTable of Contents Preface David Held and Pietro Maffettone Editors� Introduction: Globalization, Global Politics and the Cosmopolitan Plateau David Held and Pietro Maffettone 1. The Nature of Human Rights Reiner Forst 2 Global Distributive Justice (1): The Statist View Michael Blake 3 Global Distributive Justice (2): The Cosmopolitan View Darrell Moellendorf 4 Global Political Justice Terry McDonald 5 The Legitimacy of International Law David Lefkowitz 6 Legitimacy and Global Governance David Held and Pietro Maffettone 7 Just War and Global Justice Laura Valentini 8 The Associativist Account of Killing in War Seth Lazar 9 Territorial Rights David Miller and Margareth Moore 10 Natural Resources Leif Wenar 11 Fairness in Trade Aaron James 12 The Ethical Aspects of International Financial Integration Peter Dietsch 13 Political Theory for the Anthropocene Dale Jamieson and Marcello Di Paola 14 Generations and Global Justice Axel Gosseries and Danielle Zwarthoed

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Book SynopsisA study of new directions and territories for cultural studies, including the status of cultural theory within cultural studies.Trade ReviewJust when even the stodgiest of academics was getting used to the idea of cultural studies as a traditional academic discipline, here comes a book to shake everything up again -- Mikita Brottman Popmatters New Cultural Studies is a rousing call to reinvigorate cultural studies. Presenting and interrogating a range of new theoretical discourses, the book provides a generous and informative look at a new generation of theorists whose work is crucial to understanding the agency of politics within cultural studies. New Cultural Studies is a must read for anyone concerned not just about the future of cultural studies but also about theory's presence in constructing such a future. -- Henry Giroux, McMaster University This is a wonderful book about emergent possibilities within cultural studies. The contributors valuably deconstruct and rearticulate the too-often taken for granted theoretical discourses of cultural studies. Rather than a declaration of generational independence as the title might suggest, it is an important reminder of the need for cultural studies to go on theorizing, in ever-changing contexts of political demands. -- Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hall and Birchall, along with the writers they have included in this volume, breathe fresh intellectual life in the field of Cultural Studies by looking to strands in contemporary philosophy and showing how an animated conversation between Cultural Studies and Philosophy especially in relation to world events, ethics, war, multi-culturalism, technology and the body, is long overdue. The chapters in this collection are erudite and lucid, they are also lively and engaged, and they are highly effective insofar as they bring Cultural Studies into a new era. -- Angela McRobbie, Goldsmiths College London An invaluable resource for both lecturers and students in enhancing the teaching and learning experience. This title offers a diverse selection of really well-written and informative interventions (theoretical and methodological) that will undoubtedly be influential in helping to establish both what cultural studies is, and what it might become, as we move further into the 21st Century. -- Liam French Art, Design, Media Subject Centre Newsletter Just when even the stodgiest of academics was getting used to the idea of cultural studies as a traditional academic discipline, here comes a book to shake everything up again New Cultural Studies is a rousing call to reinvigorate cultural studies. Presenting and interrogating a range of new theoretical discourses, the book provides a generous and informative look at a new generation of theorists whose work is crucial to understanding the agency of politics within cultural studies. New Cultural Studies is a must read for anyone concerned not just about the future of cultural studies but also about theory's presence in constructing such a future. This is a wonderful book about emergent possibilities within cultural studies. The contributors valuably deconstruct and rearticulate the too-often taken for granted theoretical discourses of cultural studies. Rather than a declaration of generational independence as the title might suggest, it is an important reminder of the need for cultural studies to go on theorizing, in ever-changing contexts of political demands. Hall and Birchall, along with the writers they have included in this volume, breathe fresh intellectual life in the field of Cultural Studies by looking to strands in contemporary philosophy and showing how an animated conversation between Cultural Studies and Philosophy especially in relation to world events, ethics, war, multi-culturalism, technology and the body, is long overdue. The chapters in this collection are erudite and lucid, they are also lively and engaged, and they are highly effective insofar as they bring Cultural Studies into a new era. An invaluable resource for both lecturers and students in enhancing the teaching and learning experience. This title offers a diverse selection of really well-written and informative interventions (theoretical and methodological) that will undoubtedly be influential in helping to establish both what cultural studies is, and what it might become, as we move further into the 21st Century.Table of Contents1. Introduction: New Cultural Studies (Clare Birchall and Gary Hall); Part 1: New Adventures in Theory; 2. Cultural Studies and Deconstruction (Gary Hall); 3. Cultural Studies and Post-Marxism (Jeremy Valentine); 4. Cultural Studies and Ethics (Joanna Zylinska); 5. Cultural Studies and German Media Theory (Geoffrey Winthrop-Young); Part 2: New Theorists; 6. Cultural Studies and Gilles Deleuze (Gregory J. Seigworth); 7. Cultural Studies and Giorgio Agamben (Brett Neilson); 8. Cultural Studies and Alain Badiou (Julian Murphet); 9. Cultural Studies and Slavoj Zizek (Paul Bowman); Part 3: New Transformations; 10. Cultural Studies and Anti-Capitalism (Jeremy Gilbert); 11. Cultural Studies and the Transnational (Imre Szeman); 12. Cultural Studies and New Media (Caroline Bassett); Part 4: New Adventures in Cultural Studies; 13. Cultural Studies and Rem Koolhaas' Project on the City (J. McGregor Wise); 14. Cultural Studies and the Post-Human(ities) (Neil Badmington); 15. Cultural Studies and the Extreme (Dave Boothroyd); 16. Cultural Studies and the Secret (Clare Birchall).

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Book SynopsisThis book offers the first critical study of Gilles Deleuze's The Logic of Sense, his most important work on language and ethics.Trade ReviewJames Williams has an amazing talent for extracting simple and important questions out of an apparently abstruse argument. He does so at regular intervals, so that the reader is able to grasp Deleuze's argument as it unfolds. This book will be essential reading for whoever wants to master Deleuze's philosophical project. -- Jean-Jacques LecercleTable of ContentsContentsChapter 1. Introduction to the logic of sense* Event and structure* Life and morals* Reading Logic of Sense* Preliminary critical questionsChapter 2. Language and event* Events as effects* Unfolding the circle of the proposition: denotation, manifestation, signification and sense* Sense and the circle* Series and paradox* Structure and esoteric words* Paradox and nonsenseChapter 3. Philosophy as event* Philosophy and diagrams* Height, depth and surface* Individuals* Singularities and sense* Transcendental deductions* Singularities and series* Problems* The connection of events* The ideal game* Static genesis* Deleuze and HusserlChapter 4. Morals and events* Placing the human* Principles for moral problems* How moral problems are replayed* How to act morally (principles)* How to act morally (examples)* The crack-up* Individuals, solipsism and the communication of events* Time and univocityChapter 5. Thought and the unconscious* The thinker deposed* Thought and problems* Seriation and the phantasm* Thought and sexuality* Dynamic genesisChapter 6. Conclusion: on method and metaphysicsBibliography

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Book SynopsisThis the first dictionary dedicated to the work of Giorgio Agamben, the radical Italian philosopher. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, it provides a unique and comprehensive introduction to his work, offering readers a range of clear and concise entries on all the key topics of Agamben's oeuvre.Trade ReviewThis is not yet another dictionary listing keywords so as to provide quick access to a philosopher's work. Rather it is a dictionary that justifies its form by referring to Giorgio Agamben's own idea of language. -- Alexander Garcia Duttmann, Goldsmiths, University of London This is not yet another dictionary listing keywords so as to provide quick access to a philosopher's work. Rather it is a dictionary that justifies its form by referring to Giorgio Agamben's own idea of language.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Lexicographer and the Sovereign, Alex Murray and Jessica Whyte; Entries A-Z; Bibliography; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors.

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Book SynopsisHow does a dynamic classroom operate? What role does interaction play? This title examines the relationship between language, interaction and learning, and shows how classroom discourse can be applied to develop and improve teaching. It introduces techniques for encouraging effective data collection and analysis. It includes task commentaries.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Classroom discourse: an overview; 3. Classroom interactional competence; 4. SETT: self-evaluation of teacher talk; 5. Researching classroom discourse; 6. Reflective practice revisited; 7. Conclusion; Task commentaries; References; Index; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisWhat sort of interaction is there between, for example, slow-moving objects like climate and comparatively fast-moving objects like governments? Using real-world examples, the author shows how a networked concept of space and time is at the heart of our central political concerns.Trade Review'Bryant's ecological focus on the crucial interaction of the corporeal and incorporeal makes his contribution extremely important ... The sturdiest bridge yet built between post-structuralism and the vibrant new research being conducted under the auspices of a return to materialist thought.'--Los Angeles Review of Books

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides Arabic language learners witha broad range of exercises on reading comprehension, speaking, writing and listening, based on a wide variety of media texts and audio materials. It will alsoequip learners with journalistic skills such as giving presentations and writing media articles.

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Book SynopsisFor decades the high walls of Manchester''s Strangeways Prison have contained some of England''s most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted murderers from all parts of the north west. The history of execution at Manchester began with the hanging of a young Salford man, convicted of murdering a barman on Boxing Day 1868: he was the first of 100 murderers to pay the ultimate penalty here.Over the next ninety-five years many infamous criminals took the short walk to the gallows. They included Dr Buck Ruxton, who butchered his wife and maid; John Jackson, who escaped from Strangeways after murdering a prison warder; Walter Rowland, hanged for the murder of a prostitute and the only man to occupy the condemned cell at Strangeways twice; Chung Yi Miao, who strangled his wife on their honeymoon; and Oldham teenager Ernie Kelly, whose execution almost caused a riot outside the prison. Also included are the stories behind scores of lesser-known criminals: poisoners, spurned lovers, cut-throat killers, and many more.Steve Fielding has fully researched all these cases, and they are collected together here in one volume for the first time. Infamous executioners also played their part in the gaol''s history: Calcraft, Marwood, Binns and Berry all officiated here, as did many local men: Bolton hangman James Billington and his sons, Rochdale barber John Ellis, and Manchester publicans Albert Pierrepoint and Harry Allen. Fully illustrated with rare photographs, documents and news-cuttings, Hanged at Manchester is bound to appeal to anyone interested in the darker side of the north west of England''s history.

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Book SynopsisAn inspirational exploration into the ancient art of storytelling, and a practical guide for anyone wanting to build their skills

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Book SynopsisThe adventures of some sixty pilots and ground crewmen who flew or worked on the Spitfire during World War 2

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Book SynopsisA pictorial celebration of the women's services of the Second World War

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Book SynopsisThe true story of Crabb's colourful life and his mysterious disappearance in 1945.

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Book SynopsisThe definitive, engaging and previously little-known account of the 4,227 soldiers who comprised Force K6 of the British Indian ArmyTrade ReviewGroundbreaking ... On the trail of the Indian Contingent, Ghee Bowman has travelled thousands of miles across Britain, Europe, India and Pakistan. He has tracked down lost family archives and photographs from private albums, and conducted interviews with the descendants of soldiers who thought their family histories had been rendered irrelevant to the greater story of Britain’s involvement in the Second World War. He has also written a riveting and moving account of these men’s lives, which has enabled him to get much closer than any previous writer to understanding the Indian soldier’s experience in Europe in the 1940s ... This book deserves a wide readership and to be in the vanguard of shaping new histories of the Second World War -- Yasmin Khan, author of The Raj at WarThe racist comedian Bernard Manning once remarked that "There were no Pakis at Dunkirk". Ghee Bowman does important and essential work exposing this lie, which itself fuels the myth that Britain's multiculturalism is a modern creation. The story of how our ancestors fought in massive numbers for the country that colonised them needs to be told again and again and again -- Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandThis book is a fitting recognition of the contribution of Dunkirk's forgotten soldiers, including the British Indian Army. At a time of rising division and in the face of the hateful rhetoric of the far-right, now more than ever we need to learn the lessons of our diverse history -- Anas Sarwar MSPA rigorous, meticulously researched and engagingly written challenge to the parochial whiteness of British Second World War memory ... A rich repository of Indian wartime experiences -- Dr Diya GuptaEvocative ... a labour of love -- Neil Drysdale * Press and Journal *Thought-provoking ... Bowman weaves into the history the experiences of a number of the men themselves, not just as soldiers, but as human beings, experiencing British culture and life for the first time ... Bowman does this so well that the reader can almost enter their world -- Hamish Johnston * Northern Times *

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Book SynopsisThis complete history incorporates the voices' of the Holocaust, not only the perspectives of the victims, but also the perpetrators and bystanders. Bergen reveals the common misunderstanding that the Holocaust was aimed solely at Jews. In actual fact the Holocaust claimed the lives of 12 million people and incorporated many different social and ethnic groups. The Nazi program of destruction not only focused on Jews, but the disabled, Gypsies, Poles, Soviet POWs, homosexual men, Afro-Germans and Jehovah's Witnesses. The Second World War enabled this carnage by conquering territories and people, turning soldiers and doctors into trained killers, and creating a veneer of legitimacy around vicious acts of ethnic cleansing' and genocide. Bergen's pathbreaking study uses cutting-edge and original research to reveal how these attacks were linked in a terrifying web of violence and brings to light the real extent of the most notorious and far reaching campaign of genocide in modern

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Book SynopsisThe story of the woman who ensured that Churchill never let state secrets slip

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Book SynopsisThe glittering, poignant and sometimes shocking story of the love affair between two members of the Souls, the group of unconventional aristocrats at the heart of late Victorian societyTrade ReviewWith painstaking skill, Dismore lays bare the double standards of the Souls - a brilliant group who thought themselves superior, in morals and intellect, to the rest of their class -- Artemis Cooper, author of Patrick Leigh Fermor: An AdventureHarry Cust has long needed to emerge from the shadows. A rich tapestry unfolds -- Hugo Vickers, author of The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon – Duchess of MarlboroughBrilliant ... Through original research, Dismore has crafted an upper-class soap opera to rival Downton Abbey and The Crown -- Lyndsy Spence, The Lady

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Book SynopsisThe true story of royal intrigue and a fatal shipwreck on the shores of Restoration BritainTrade ReviewFascinating ... Pickford, a historian who also has experience as a consultant for salvage companies, offers an expert study of the actual circumstances of this shipwreck. At the same time, his narrative is extremely readable and well structured. He weaves in some lesser-known aspects of Stuart life, including horse-racing, yachting, and map-making. His extensive archival research enables him to provide poignant details about members of the doomed crew and to give insights into their private lives ... At a more general level, he shows how the media was manipulated even in the seventeenth century, as the Crown tried to control popular opinion and turn all circumstances to advantage -- Margarette Lincoln, author of London and the Seventeenth Century

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Book SynopsisA unique eyewitness contribution to history on the Falklands conflict and background

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Book SynopsisA unique look at animals in ancient Rome, perfect for fans of Mary Beard and Peter JonesTrade ReviewOne can almost see [the author’s] tears on the page when she describes the Romans’ cruelty to dolphins, lions and horses. - The Spectator

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a photographic record of the service of a distinguished county regiment whose origins go back to the Seven Years'' War, in the middle of the eighteenth century. Formed in 1881, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the KSLI, formerly the 53rd and 85th Regiments, did tours of duty around the world in the days of the Empire - serving in India, the Far East, the West Indies, and the Mediterranean. This book also shows the KSLI on active service which took them to Egypt in 1882, the Sudan in 1885, and South Africa during the Boer War. Much expanded, the KSLI rendered outstanding service during the First World War. The eight battalions that went overseas served on the Western Front (notably in the Ypres Salient, on the Somme, and in the great offensives of 1918), in Palestine and in Salonika. During the Second World War, the KSLI played a major part in engagements in France in 1940, in Tunisia, in Italy and in North West Europe. Post-war campaigning took them back to Palestine, t

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Book SynopsisDescriptions of food in Roman Britain are usually based on the cookery book of Apicius, as if the whole island dined on gourmet food. In contrast Joan Alcock draws on the archaeological evidence, as well as on Classical and Celtic literature, to discover the full range of native and imported foods needed for a growing urban populations as well as a large resident army. In addition to looking at the very varied food and drink available - from meat, fish and dairy products to vegetables, nuts and herbs - Dr Alcock examines the eating, cooking and dining habits of people who inhabited the province. Comparison is made with other parts of the Roman Empire and, where relevant, to modern food practices. Both civilian and military diets are discussed and the nutritional benefits (or otherwise) of these diets are assessed. Complete with almost 130 illustrations (many in full colour) this is a book which will be a revelation to anyone with an interest in Roman Britain - or, indeed, in the his

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Book SynopsisContaining 200 archive images from the NCCL Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, this book is intended for those with an interest in the history of prisons and prison life in Britain from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of William A. Guy''s Principles of Forensic Medicine was published at the start of Victoria''s reign; the final edition, from which these selections derive, was published towards the end, just a few years after the Whitechapel horrors had pushed the emerging science to the forefront of the public''s consciousness. With this guide in hand, a detective could tell whether the victim had suffocated, drowned, been shot, stabbed, or struck by lightning, spontaneously combusted, frozen to death or expired due to starvation - or, as the guide warns, was not dead at all, but simply in a state of ''suspended animation''. Suggestions include examining the face of the deceased for an ''expression of angry resistance'', a clear indication of murder, and studying the demeanour of the nearest and dearest in cases of suspected ''secret poisoning''. With original woodcuts, case studies and notes on identifying the corpse and walking the crime scene, Victorian CSI will fascinate lovers

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Book SynopsisThese traditional stories and local legends have been handed down by storytellers for centuries. As folk tales reveal a lot about the people who invented them, this book provides a link to the ethics and way of life of generations of Kentish people. Herein you will find the intriguing tales of Brave Mary of Mill Hill, King Herla, the Pickpockets of Sturry, the Wantsum Wyrm and the Battle of Sandwich, to name but a few. These captivating stories, brought to life with a collection of unique illustrations, will be enjoyed by readers time and again. Tony Cooper has been a full-time storyteller for the past twenty-five years. He attends regular storytelling events, with a particular favourite being the Winter Tales Festival, ''a dark evening of storytelling and object theatre for adults'' held in his hometown of Sandwich.

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Book SynopsisFarhad Daftary received his early education in Iran, Italy and England, and then undertook his university studies during 1958-1971 in the United States. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Subsequently, he held various academic and governmental posts in Iran, before in 1988 joining the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, where he is currently Director and Head of the Department of Academic Research and Publications. Dr Daftary is a consulting editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor (with W. Madelung) of the Encyclopaedia Islamica, as well as the general editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series, the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series and the Shii Heritage Series. An authority on Ismaili studies, he has written and edited 20 books in this field, including The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines (1990; 2nd ed., 2007); The Assassin Legends (1994); A Short History of the Ismailis (1998); IsmTable of ContentsList of maps and tables Preface I: The Ismaili Imamate in History II: The Early Imams 'Ali b. Abi Talib Husayn b. 'Ali 'Ali b. Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin Muhammad al-Baqir Jafar al-Sadiq Isma'il b. Ja'far al-Sadiq Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Maymun III: The Concealed Imams 'Abd Allah b. Muhammad, also known as Wafi Ahmad Ahmad b. 'Abd Allah, also known as Taqi Muhammad Husayn b. Ahmad, also known as Radi al-Din Abd Allah IV: The Early Fatimid Imam-caliphs al-Mahdi al-Qa'im al-Mansur al-Mu'izz al-'Aziz al-Hakim al-Zahir al-Mustansir Nizar V: The Imams at Alamut Concealed Imams: al-Hadi, al-Muhtadi, al-Qahir Hasan ala dhikrihi’l-salam Nur al-Din Muhammad, also known as A?la Muhammad Jalal al-Din Hasan 'Ala al-Din Muhammad Rukn al-Din Khurshah VI: The Early Imams after Alamut Shams al-Din Muhammad Qasim Shah Islam Shah Muhammad b. Islam Shah VII: The Imams of the Anjudan Period Mustansir bi’llah 'Abd al-Salam Shah Gharib Mirza, also known as Mustansir bi’llah Abu Dharr 'Ali Murad Mirza Dhu’l-Faqar 'Ali Nur al-Din (al-Dahr) 'Ali Khalil Allah 'Ali VIII: The Imams in the Eighteenth Century Shah Nizar Sayyid 'Ali Hasan 'Ali Qasim 'Ali Abu’l-Hasan 'Ali Shah Khalil Allah IX: The Imams in the Modern Age Hasan 'Ali Shah, Aga Khan I Agha 'Ali Shah, Aga Khan II Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III Shah Karim al-Husayni, Aga Khan IV Glossary Select Bibliography Picture credits Index

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Book SynopsisFrom controversial cryptozoologist and explorer Dr. Veronica Wigberht-Blackwater, The Compendium of Magical Beasts is a definitive field guide that explores the history, biology, and anatomy of mythological creatures. Approaching the fantastic with a scientific eye, Dr. Wigberht-Blackwater explains the history, habits, and biology of each creature''s existence with equal attention to detail. Her research is accompanied by stunning scientific illustrations of each specimen''s anatomy, providing a comprehensive view of creatures most often dismissed as pure fantasy. Combining biological fact with folklore, cultural studies, and history, this volume is crucial to science both fringe and mainstream. Locked in a dusty attic for almost a century, Dr. Wigberht-Blackwater''s trailblazing work was recently discovered by writer Melissa Brinks, who spent months transcribing the journals she found. Brinks joined forces with artist Lily Seika Jones to digitize the doctor''s amazingly detailed anatomical diagrams in order to share these revolutionary findings with the world for the first time. The Bestiary: Mermaid, Unicorn, Wild Man, Gnome, Werewolf, Troll, Fairy, Jackalope, Winged Horse, Centaur, Minotaur, Vampire, Dragon, Sea Monsters/Loch Ness/Kraken, Goblin, Sphinx, Phoenix, Harpy, Cyclops, Banshee, Incubus/Succubus, Nymph, Ghoul, Selkie, Kelpie

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Book SynopsisPut on your mini climbing shoes and get ready to practice your climbing skills anywhere you wish with your very own Finger Rock Climbing kit!  Specifications: A 6-1/2-inch rock climbing 'wall' with base, 20 rearrangeable holds to create different paths, in four different colors, and one pair of rock climbing shoes for your fingers Illustrated mini book: Includes a 32-page 2x3-inch miniature book with a brief history of the sport, along with common terminology, and basic do's and dont's Unique gift: Perfect gift for outdoor and indoor climbing enthusiasts of all ages

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Book SynopsisMeet the Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy''s festive cousin: Tube Elf!He''s holly. He''s jolly. He''s perfect for gifting or for adorning your mantle this Christmas. He''s the Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Elf! Box includes:* A 17-inch waving tube elf with fan in base to let him wave, dance, flail, and spread cheer with you all holiday season (batteries not included)*An illustrated mini book exploring the fascinating (imagined) origins of the mini tube elfNever has so much joy come in such a small package.

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Book SynopsisPut your thoughts, dreams, and inspirations to paper in this one-of-a-kind guided journal that serves as a time capsule to record your likes/dislikes and favorite things. Packed with full-color art and inspiring prompts throughout, this officially licensed journal with BuzzFeed uses high-quality materials wrapped in a giftable flexibound package that will be a hit with fans everywhere. Examples of prompts include: What are your favorite shows to stream? Make a playlist that explains your life. What is your favorite book and how has it affected you?The journal also includes a page of BuzzFeed''s iconic yellow badge stickers in the back that you can use to decorate pages, as well as a handful of sidebars, a letter to write to your future self, and other fun features.

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Book SynopsisIn examining how the technologies of museum bureaucracy – the ledger book, the card catalogue, the database – operate through a colonial lens, Cataloguing Culture shines a light on access to and the return of Indigenous cultural heritage.Trade Review"Turner’s work highlights important historical and contemporary considerations about a specific area of museological practice which has often been neglected in the field of museum studies and material culture." -- Heather George, University of Waterloo * Ontario Historical Society Review *Turner has made an important contribution in reminding museum professionals and museum enthusiasts alike that institutional memory in all its physical forms can shape collective memory in unexpected ways: museum collections document not only the lives and cultures of their “subjects,” but also those of museum staff, whose interests and biases underlie even the most mundane of museological practices. -- Forrest Pass, Curator, Exhibitions and Online Content at Library and Archives Canada * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: “The Making of Specimens Eloquent”1 Writing Desiderata: Defining Evidence in the Field2 On the Margins: Paper Systems of Classification3 Ordering Devices and Indian Files: Cataloguing Ethnographic Specimens4 Pragmatic Classification: The Routine Work of Description after 19505 Object, Specimen, Data: Computerization and the Legacy of Dirty DataConclusion: A Museum Data Legacy for the FutureNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisThe paradigm of family has shifted rapidly and dramatically, from nuclear unit to diverse constellations of intimacy. At the same time, some norms resist change, such as women's continuing role as primary care providers despite their increased uptake of paid work. This tension between transformation and stasis in family arrangements has an impact on economic, emotional, and legal aspects of daily life.House Rules critically explores the intertwining of norms and laws that govern familial relationships. The authors in this incisive collection engage with four countries Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan and expose the ingrained and unsettled norms that affect families and the law's role in regulating them. Over recent decades, the law has struggled to adjust to transformations in what typifies the structures and practices of family life. House Rules provides tools to analyze those difficulties and, ultimately, to design laws toTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction / Erez Aloni and Régine TremblayPart 1: Locating Norms1 The Private Lives of High-Wealth Families / Allison Anna Tait2 Identity Choices at the Intersections: The Inequality of Cross-Border Motherhood and What to Do about It / Chao-ju ChenPart 2: Law’s Norms3 Family Law as Expression: Financial Relief in the English Courts / Alison Diduck4 The Complex Interrelationships of Financial and Child-Related Issues in Post-separation Disputes: Gender Matters / Rachel TreloarPart 3: Norms’ Stickiness5 Familial Ideology, Privatization, and Care Arrangements for Children in the Family Law and Child Protection Systems / Wanda Wiegers6 Family, Gender, and the Public/Private Divide in the United Kingdom’s Human Rights Act 1998 / Nicola BarkerPart 4: Measuring Norms7 One Myth Leads to Another: From Ignorance of the Laws to the Presumption of Informed Choice among de Facto Spouses / Hélène Belleau8 “WAR” and Other Reasons People Move In Together: Analyzing Cohabitating Relationship Progressions in British Columbia / Erez Aloni and Adam Vanzella-YangPart 5: Reforming Norms9 Measuring Success of (Family) Law Reforms / Julianna Ivanyi and Régine Tremblay10 Abolishing Family Law (as We Know It) / Brenda CossmanIndex

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Book SynopsisThis innovative collection convincingly argues that modern sport can be characterized by unequal and problematic power relations that are inextricably linked to issues of violence, harm, deviance, and punishment.On the one hand, sport is a mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star player who commits sexual violence, the trans athlete whose achievements are dismissed as fraudulent, or the racist and abusive nationalism of the impassioned sports fan. From drawing connections between head trauma and athletic violence to exploring the social meanings of sport in prison, contributors to this volume reimagine sport as an important unit of analysis for critical criminologists.Messages about crime, violence, and punishment in sport mirror broader relations of power that exist off the field. Situated at the intersections of sport, sporting culture, and crime, Power Played blows

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Book SynopsisThe Political Party in Canada provides a comprehensive exploration of contemporary Canadian political party composition and organization and draws on rich original data to consider where power lies and how it is exercised.Table of Contents1 Political Parties and their Place in Canadian Democratic Life2 The Parties’ Members3 The Parties’ Local Associations4 The Parties’ Candidates5 The Parties’ Donors6 The Party in Central Office7 The Party in Public Office8 Political Parties and the Challenges of Complexity, Representation, and PersonalizationAfterword; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisIf you're stuck in the lie that your past mistakes have limited your future, discover how to break free from shame and let God redeem, repurpose, and rewrite your story.

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Book SynopsisCon el apoyo de la investigación científica y médica actual, la doctora Caroline Leaf expone un "cambio" en tu cerebro que te permitirá tener una vida más feliz, más sana, más agradable, en la que alcances tus objetivos, controles tus pensamientos e incluso seas más inteligente.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Kent Calder's Crisis and Compensation is one of the classic works on Japanese politics—and with Circles of Compensation, he's written another seminal book on Japanese political economy. In reading this new book, one learns everything one needs to know about Japan's economic problems. An absolute tour de force." -- Margarita Estévez-Abe * Syracuse University *"Calder is a scholar and intellectual leader with practical and policy experience. His work is leaving a mark on U.S.–Japan relations." -- John V. Roos * Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan *"Circles of Compensation is a beautifully written breakthrough analysis of how to think about one of the world's most important nations. Its conclusions have powerful implications for anyone interested in global economics and politics. Simply too important to pass up." -- Jeffrey Garten * Yale University *"[T]he author develops the first new paradigm for Japan's fluctuating growth patterns and its prospects for recovery. The reading is essential to students and scholars of Japanese political economy, civil society, and East Asian studies in general." -- X. Li * Choice *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Confronting the Paradox chapter abstractThis chapter begins by noting the dual challenge of newly developing nations: achieving economic development as late developers, and assuring order in changing societies. The chapter contends that although leaders of developing nations, such as Sun Yat-sen and Chandra Bose, once manifested substantial interest in the Japanese model, there has been little systematic consideration of that approach. 1Paradox and Japanese Public Policy chapter abstractThis chapter elaborates on the puzzles in Japanese economic performance and public policy that suggest the need for new analytical paradigms. In the sphere of economic performance, it is puzzling that Japanese growth was distinctively rapid for nearly a century from the late Meiji period until around 1990, slowed down sharply, and then failed to recover, despite massive pump priming and technological strength. Policy puzzles include the slow overall profile of Japan's globalization response, cross-sectoral variance in response profiles, and inconsistencies in governmental responses to specific connected and unconnected firms. 2The Circles-of-Compensation Concept chapter abstractThis chapter defines "circles of compensation" as "networks of regular participants . . . in which members have reciprocal benefits and obligations." Such circles have five specific traits: (1) a clearly defined set of members, (2) expansibility, (3) an iterative character, (4) a propensity to allocate resources internally, and (5) a propensity to externalize costs to nonmembers. After specification of the model, the chapter proceeds to illustrate with examples from both Japanese and international experience, including cartels, industry associations, and agricultural cooperatives. The chapter concludes with comments on the geographical distribution of circles, their heuristic value, and methodological comments on case selection, to provide testable hypotheses on the nature of circles of compensation. 3The Political Economy of Connectedness chapter abstractThis chapter explains the progression of the empirical section of the book, which provides concrete examples of circles of compensation in action, and tests the central hypothesis, which is: Circles of compensation systematically internalize reward and externalize risk, introducing a parochial bias into both policy and corporate behavior that enhances in-group solidarity, and reduces incentives to pursue outside initiatives, thus inhibiting both individual and corporate responsiveness to globalization. 4Finance chapter abstractThis chapter describes the key institutions of Japanese domestic and international finance, as well as their transformation over the past three decades. It chronicles, in particular, the decline of the long-term credit banks and the keiretsu, together with the implications of these developments for cooperative capitalism across the Japanese political economy. It shows how these developments have impeded innovation and structural adjustment and contributed to stagnant growth. The revision of Japan's Foreign Exchange and Investment Law in late 1980 also influenced domestic incentive structures in critical ways that are described and analyzed. 5Land and Housing chapter abstractThis chapter shows the central role that the political economy of land has historically played in crowded, high-growth Japan, and how land policy has encouraged expansionary banking behavior and hence high-speed economic growth. It also shows why the same land policies, in interaction with cooperative capitalism in the finance area, have contributed to the rigidity and stagnation of the Japanese political economy. 6Food Supply chapter abstractThis chapter describes agricultural policies and institutions, stressing the central role of public–private cooperation, and also explains the structural relationships among agricultural policy, political stability, and leveraged high-speed economic growth. It notes that the agriculture policy is slowly liberalizing, but related circles of compensation nevertheless remain salient, especially at the local level, due to persistent human networks at the grassroots level. 7Energy chapter abstractThis chapter shows how cooperative capitalism operates in the energy sector to ensure stable price levels and capital investment. The analysis focuses especially on nuclear power and how circles of compensation have promoted nuclear power and worked to assure local acceptance, both before and after the Fukushima nuclear accident of March 2011. 8Transportation chapter abstractThis chapter shows how circles of compensation can impede Japan's globalization by privileging parochial interests (heavily subsidized local airports) at the expense of potentially competitive cosmopolitan interests (Japan's international airlines and largest airports). The result is a situation where neighboring Korea has become the air and sea shipping hub for East Asia, at Japan's expense, due to perverse, inward-looking Japanese transportation policies. 9Communications chapter abstractThis chapter illustrates the mixed implications of circles of compensation in a rapidly globalizing world, in two parallel dimensions—the "hard" side of communications (telecommunications equipment) and the "soft" side (education and mass media). In the telecommunications sector, the circles have produced an industry focusing on increasingly specialized and arcane applications, largely impractical outside of Japan. In education, there has been a comparable parochial drift. In both areas, Japan is gradually adjusting to long-term global trends, but only slowly, due to the cushioning effect of circles of compensation. 10Japan's Domestic Circles and the Broader World chapter abstractThis chapter addresses the impact of domestic circles of compensation on the incentive structure of Japanese firms and policy makers as they confront globalization. It suggests that the circles encourage them to prioritize stability of domestic corporate relationships at the expense of competitive response to international challenge, to the extent that those contrasting pressures come into conflict. The argument is substantiated by evidence from cases of Japanese firms, such as Rakuten and SoftBank, that are not extensively involved with circles of compensation within Japan, yet are proactive and successful abroad. 11Models for the Future chapter abstractThis chapter documents Japan's difficulties in responding to globalization, principally through comparison with three late-developing political economies with broad similarities to Japan in resource endowment and political structure, which have responded much more smoothly to globalization than has Japan. The chapter then explores where these three countries (Germany, South Korea, and Singapore) provide useful reference points for Japanese policy making. Conclusion: Unraveling the Paradox chapter abstractThis chapter returns to the hypothesis that circles of compensation introduce a parochial, stabilizing bias into working-level incentive structures, inhibiting rapid response to globalization. Sector-specific case studies and national-level data generally confirm this hypothesis. Counterfactual foreign and Japanese cases where circles of compensation do not prevail point to a parallel conclusion. The policy implication is that Japan's "third arrow" structural reforms will be difficult to achieve. Given the complexity and possibly perverse macropolitical implications of dismantling embedded circles of compensation, this research suggests broadening the circles through political leadership within Japan and transnational collaboration to enhance innovative capacity. Privatization and "third arrow" Abenomics structural reforms will likely have limited utility, while broadening efforts such as "womanomics" and use of pension-fund investment criteria may be more effective. Another priority should be transnational private-sector, academic, and governmental linkages, with centers of innovation abroad, such as Silicon Valley.

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Book SynopsisClassic writings from the great Zen master in exquisite versions by Thomas Merton, in a new edition with a preface by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.Trade Review"A most admirable introduction to this less known but important source book of Taoism." -- Alan Watts - The New York Times Book Review"Thomas Merton is the saintly man who caused the Dalai Lama to come to admire Christianity as the equal of his beloved Buddhism." -- Robert Thurman"Merton is an artist, a Zen." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

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Book SynopsisAt once kind and hilarious, this compilation of the Nobel Prize-winning poet’s advice to writers is illustrated with her own marvelous collagesTrade Review"No reader, not even poetry-phobes, should miss the bright revelations of Nobel laureate Szymborska." -- Booklist"Szymborska’s poetry had the gift of creating both the happiness of wisdom felt and the ecstatic happiness of the particulars of life fully imagined. From the experience of armies and dogmas and death that shaped her early life, she found a new commitment to the belief that the poetic impulse, however small its objects, is always saner than the polemical imperative, however passionate its certitudes." -- Adam Gopnik - The New Yorker"Wit, wisdom and warmth are equally important ingredients in the mixture of qualities that makes her so unusual and every poem of hers so unforgettable. We love her poetry because we instinctively feel that its author genuinely (though by no means uncritically) loves us." -- Stanislaw Baranczak - New York Times"More than any poet I can think of, Szymborska not only wants to create a poetic state in her readers, but also to tell them things they didn’t know before or never got around to thinking about." -- Charles Simic"Szymborska’s skepticism, her merry, mischievous irreverence and her thirst for the surprise of fresh perception make her the enemy of all tyrannical certainties. Hers is the best of the Western mind — free, restless, questioning, in every way the opposite." -- Richard Lourie - New York Times Book Review"Glorious distillations of a capacious mind and heart." -- Kirkus"A delightful collection of literary ephemera." -- Publishers Weekly"Her responses may seem harsh, but her criticisms are veiled insights, and her insights unveil depths." -- Minor Literatures"Endlessly witty." -- Paula Erizanu - Calvert Journal"Szymborska’s assessments are refreshing to anyone who has gone through a writer’s “education” at American colleges and universities." -- Josh Christensen - First Things"Rarely do we get the details of what happened to these women in the Donbas; Belorusets smartly conveys the invisibility of their trauma by making it likewise invisible to readers....In these spellbinding stories, Belorusets is more interested in effect than cause. What’s the use of finding out how we got here when we know we’ll be back again?" -- Jennifer Wilson - The New York Times"Published in Ukraine in 2018, these surreal short stories by a noted photographer probe the experiences of women from the Donbas region, many of whom fled the separatist conflict that erupted in 2014 and now live as refugees in Kyiv. The stories, ethnographic in perspective but Gogolian in register, gravitate toward inexplicable disappearances, repressed memories, and phantasmagoria. Belorusets writes of “the deep penetration of traumatic historical events into the fantasies . . . of everyday life” and richly evokes the fatalistic humor of her marginalized characters, one of whom observes, “If you had the luck to be born here, you take things as they come."" -- The New Yorker"These are tales, mostly about women, in which the stressful reality of living under the weight of an ongoing conflict mingles with magic." -- Gal Beckerman - The Atlantic

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Richard M. Freeland tells a compelling story about one of the most truly remarkable transformations of an American university at the turn of the twenty-first century. Given Northeastern's amazing surge in reputation-reflected especially in its U.S. News ranking but also in applications, among other things-this is a story that is of interest to practically every higher educational professional in the country." * Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University *"An excellent institutional history written by an acute inside analyst, Transforming the Urban University evaluates the experiences of Northeastern over almost a half century of dramatic change in the context of developments in Boston, in Massachusetts, and in the United States during an important period in American higher education." * Philip Altbach, Boston College *

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