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Book SynopsisProvides new solutions to the central problems of the philosophy of mathematics by reconstructing Deleuze's metaphysics

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Book SynopsisWith women leading only twenty-four Fortune 500 companies, female founders receiving only 2.2 percent of US venture capital, and the continued presence of sexual harassment and double standards, the gender gap continues to hinder the advancement of women in the professional world.  In Digital Goddess, Montgomery-Brown—founder of Big Think, a collection of experts across all fields and disciplines that are either at the top of their field or disrupting it, shares her story in an entertaining and educational light. Told from the unique, female entrepreneurial perspective that unpacks all the hurdles other female founders may face in their own journey to the top, Montgomery-Brown shares the real-world lessons she’s learned along the way, such as: Never lie to your investors, even when you just gotTrade Review'Funny, fearless, and sometimes raw, Victoria Montgomery Brown's book doesn't pull any punches as she details the successes and setbacks of being a female entrepreneur. It's a delicious read from beginning to end, and I'd encourage any young woman intent on chasing her dreams to use it as a valuable resource.' --Rita McGrath, Professor at Columbia Business School and bestselling author of The End of Competitive Advantage'This book is a must-read for any woman who is looking to grow her career or start a business. Victoria has embraced the volatility of entrepreneurship with unflinching grace and fierce, bring-it-on determination. Anyone who wants to thrive in the age of uncertainty can learn from her example.' --Francis Frei, UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, Harvard Business School'Victoria Brown is a shining example of a modern entrepreneurial leader. She possesses the full start-up toolkit of smarts, competitive drive, and operational focus, together with the vital leadership skill to inspire those around her to achieve a common goal.' --Tom Glocer, Former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Venture Investor

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Book SynopsisA full-color illustrated book filled with friendly and whimsical illustrations, creative prompts, and healing meditations for readers searching for quiet and calm in this loud and overwhelming time.We''re so excited that you are here!In this book of whimsical comics and humorous doodles, the ever-wise and noodle-armed helpers are here to guide you through the most common experiences of being human. You''ll learn to care for your body, emotions, energy, and mental health, and you''ll grow to embrace transitions, forgiveness, and joy. Each chapter offers creative prompts, simple exercises, and practical selfcare advice to help you find peace in these overwhelming times. An antidote to the stressed-out, doom-scrolling habits of the modern world, You''re Doing Great/ serves as a friendly, fun-loving reminder that you are perfectly and wonderfully human-and that together, humans can make the world a kinder place.

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Book SynopsisNew and thoroughly updated, Epistemology: An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge.Trade Review“This carefully conceived collection puts together the key articles in a comprehensive range of topics. With a restructured table of contents and many new articles, the second edition supplies the reader with the full range of recent, cutting edge, developments. An ideal text for teaching contemporary epistemology, it will prove to be an indispensable volume.” Matthias Steup, St Cloud State University “This excellent anthology contains outstanding papers written on both traditional and cutting edge issues in epistemology. Every major topic and every major approach to those topics is covered through selections representing many of the most influential figures in contemporary analytic epistemology. It is without doubt the best text of its kind.” Richard Fumerton, University of IowaTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition. Acknowledgments. Part I: Skepticism:. Introduction. 1. The Problem of the External World: Barry Stroud. 2. Proof of an External World: G. E. Moore. 3. Four Forms of Scepticism: G. E. Moore. 4. Certainty: G. E. Moore. 5. How a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Might Respond to Academic Skepticism: Peter Klein. 6. Epistemological Realism: Michael Williams. Part II: The Structure of Knowledge and Justification:. Introduction. 7. The Myth of the Given: Roderick M. Chisholm. 8. Does Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?: Wilfrid Sellars. 9. Epistemic Principles: Wilfrid Sellars. 10. Can Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?: Laurence BonJour. 11. A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge: Donald Davidson. 12. A Foundherentist Theory of Empirical Justification: Susan Haack. 13. The Raft and the Pyramid: Ernest Sosa. 14. Human Knowledge and the Infinite Regress of Reasons: Peter Klein. Part III: Defining Knowledge:. Introduction. 15. Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?: Edmund Gettier. 16. Thought, Selections: Gilbert Harman. 17. The Inescapability of Gettier Problems: Linda Zagzebski. 18. A State of Mind: Timothy Williamson. Part IV: Epistemic Closure:. Introduction. 19. Epistemic Operators: Fred Dretske. 20. Relevant Alternatives and Deductive Closure: Gail Stine. 21. Knowledge and Skepticism: Robert Nozick. 22. How to Defeat Opposition to Moore: Ernest Sosa. 23. Are There Counterexamples to the Closure Principle?: Jonathan Vogel. Part V: Theories of Epistemic Justification:. Introduction. 24. Evidentialism: Richard Feldman and Earl Conee. 25. Skepticism and Rationality: Richard Foley. 26. What is Justified Belief?: Alvin I. Goldman. 27. Reliabilism Leveled: Jonathan Vogel. 28. Externalist Theories of Justification: Laurence BonJour. 29. Internalism Exposed: Alvin Goldman. 30. Externalism and Skepticism: Richard Fumerton. 31. Internalism Defended: Richard Feldman and Earl Conee. Part VI: Virtue Epistemology and the Value of Knowledge:. Introduction. 32. Warrant: A First Approximation: Alvin Plantinga. 33. Virtues of the Mind, Selections: Linda Zagzebski. 34. Virtues and Vices of Virtue Epistemology: John Greco. 35. Cognitive Responsibility and the Epistemic Virtues: Duncan Pritchard. 36. The Place of Truth in Epistemology: Ernest Sosa. 37. Why Should Enquiring Minds Want to Know? Meno Problems and Epistemological Axiology: Jonathan L. Kvanvig. 38. True Enough: Catherine Z. Elgin. Part VII: Naturalized Epistemology and the A Priori:. Introduction. 39. Epistemology Naturalized: W. V. Quine. 40. What is “Naturalized Epistemology”?: Jaegwon Kim. 41. Quine as Feminist: the Radical Import of Naturalized Epistemology: Louise M. Antony. 42. There is at Least One A Priori Truth: Hilary Putnam. 43. Revisability, Reliabilism, and A Priori Knowledge: Albert Casullo. 44. A Priori Knowledge and the Scope of Philosophy: George Bealer. 45. Normativity and Epistemic Intuitions: Jonathan M. Weinberg, Shaun Nichols, and Stephen Stich. 46. Normativity and Natural Knowledge: Hilary Kornblith. Part VIII: Knowledge and the Pragmatic:. Introduction. 47. Solving the Skeptical Problem: Keith DeRose. 48. Elusive Knowledge: David Lewis. 49. Contextualist Solutions to Epistemological Problems: Scepticism, Gettier, and the Lottery: Stewart Cohen. 50. Knowledge and Practical Interest, Selections: Jason Stanley. 51. Evidence, Pragmatics, and Justification: Jeremy Fantl and Matthew McGrath. 52. Sensitive Moderate Invariantism: John Hawthorne. 53. The Assessment-Sensitivity of Knowledge Attributions: John MacFarlane. Part IX: Testimony, Memory, and Perception:. Introduction. 54. Trust and Rationality: Judith Baker. 55. Against Gullibility: Elizabeth Fricker. 56. Content Preservation: Tyler Burge. 57. Testimonial Knowledge and Transmission: Jennifer Lackey. 58. The Problem of Memory Knowledge: Michael Huemer. 59. Criteria, Defeasibility, and Knowledge: John McDowell. 60. Knowing How to Believe With Justification” Steven L. Reynolds. Index

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Book SynopsisDespite its emergence as one of the most popular and debated areas of cinema research, there is no systematic discussion of cult cinema available. Cult Cinema aims to fill this gap by being the first academic textbook devoted to the subject.Table of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I Receptions and Debates. 1 Cult Reception Contexts. 2 The Cult Cinema Marketplace. 3 Prestige, Awards, and Festivals. 4 Censorship and Criticism. 5 Fandom and Subculture. 6 The Cult Auteur. 7 Cult Stardom. 8 Camp and Paracinema. 9 Transgression and Freakery. 10 Gender and Sexuality. 11 Transnationalism and Orientalism. 12 Religion and Utopia. Part II Themes and Genres. 13 Exploitation and B Movies. 14 Underground and Avant-garde Cinema. 15 Cult Cinema and Drugs. 16 Cult Cinema and Music. 17 Classical Hollywood Cults. 18 Cult Horror Cinema. 19 Cult Science Fiction Cinema. 20 Cult Blockbusters. 21 Intertextuality and Irony. 22 Meta-cult. Filmography. References. Credits and Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisWorlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Describes the new theoretical framework of worlding' Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics Trade Review“I am hopeful that this collection, along with others of its kind, will inspire new lines of research and theorisation that will help arrest the actual realities of cities in an era of planetary urbanisation.” (Urban Studies, 1 February 2015) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Notes on Contributors viii Series Editors’ Preface xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction Worlding Cities, or the Art of Being Global 1 Aihwa Ong Part I Modeling 27 1 Singapore as Model: Planning Innovations, Knowledge Experts 29 Chua Beng Huat 2 Urban Modeling and Contemporary Technologies of City-Building in China: The Production of Regimes of Green Urbanisms 55 Lisa Hoffman 3 Planning Privatopolis: Representation and Contestation in the Development of Urban Integrated Mega-Projects 77 Gavin Shatkin 4 Ecological Urbanization: Calculating Value in an Age of Global Climate Change 98 Shannon May Part II Inter-Referencing 127 5 Retuning a Provincialized Middle Class in Asia's Urban Postmodern: The Case of Hong Kong 129 Helen F. Siu 6 Cracks in the Façade: Landscapes of Hope and Desire in Dubai 160 Chad Haines 7 Asia in the Mix: Urban Form and Global Mobilities – Hong Kong, Vancouver, Dubai 182 Glen Lowry and Eugene McCann 8 Hyperbuilding: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Hyperspace of Sovereignty 205 Aihwa Ong Part III New Solidarities 227 9 Speculating on the Next World City 229 Michael Goldman 10 The Blockade of the World-Class City: Dialectical Images of Indian Urbanism 259 Ananya Roy 11 Rule by Aesthetics: World-Class City Making in Delhi 279 D. Asher Ghertner Conclusion Postcolonial Urbanism: Speed, Hysteria, Mass Dreams 307 Ananya Roy Index 336

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Book SynopsisThis first book in Castells'' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe Trade ReviewReviews of the Second Edition: "We live today in a period of intense and puzzling transformation, signalling perhaps a move beyond the industrial era altogether. Yet where are the great sociological works that chart this transition? Hence the importance of Manuel Castells' multivolume work, in which he seeks to chart the social and economic dynamics of the information age . . . [It] is bound to be a major reference source for years to come." (Anthony Giddens, The Times Higher Education Supplement) "Adam Smith explained how capitalism worked, and Karl Marx explained why it didn't. Now the social and economic relations of the Information Age have been captured by Manuel Castells." (Wall Street Journal) "So far, the person who has straddled the world of social theory and Silicon Valley most successfully is Manuel Castells. Castells enjoys a growing reputation as the first significant philosopher of cyberspace." (The Economist) "A must-read." (Wired) "This book goes a considerable way to helping us make sense of today's global information economy and our place in it." (Financial Times)Table of ContentsList of Figures xii List of Tables xivPreface to the 2010 Edition of The Rise of the Network Society xvii Acknowledgments 2000 Acknowledgments 1996 Prologue: the Net and the Self 1 Technology, Society, and Historical Change 5 Informationalism, Industrialism, Capitalism, Statism: Modes of Development and Modes of Production 13 Informationalism and capitalist perestroika 18 The Self in the Informational Society 21 A Word on Method 25 1 The Information Technology Revolution 28 Which Revolution? 28 Lessons from the Industrial Revolution 33 The Historical Sequence of the Information Technology Revolution 38 Micro-engineering macro-changes: electronics and information 39 The creation of the Internet 45 The 1970s’ technological divide 53 Technologies of life 54 Social context and the dynamics of technological change 59 Models, Actors, and Sites of the Information Technology Revolution 61 The Information Technology Paradigm 69 2 The New Economy: Informationalism, Globalization, Networking 77 Productivity, Competitiveness, and the Informational Economy 78 The productivity enigma 78 Is knowledge-based productivity specific to the informational economy? 80 Informationalism and capitalism, productivity and profitability 94 The historical specificity of informationalism 99 The Global Economy: Structure, Dynamics, and Genesis 101 Global financial markets 102 Globalization of markets for goods and services: growth and transformation of international trade 106 Globalization versus regionalization 110 The internationalization of production: multinational corporations and international production networks 116 Informational production and selective globalization of science and technology 124 Global labor? 130 The geometry of the global economy: segments and networks 132 The political economy of globalization: capitalist restructuring, information technology, and state policies 135 The New Economy 147 3 The Network Enterprise: the Culture, Institutions, and Organizations of the Informational Economy 163 Organizational Trajectories in the Restructuring of Capitalism and in the Transition from Industrialism to Informationalism 164 Network technologies and pervasive computing 51 Small business and the crisis of the large corporation: myth and reality 167 “Toyotism”: management–worker cooperation, multifunctional labor, total quality control, and reduction of uncertainty 169 Inter-firm networking 172 Corporate strategic alliances 174 The horizontal corporation and global business networks 176 The crisis of the vertical corporation model and the rise of business networks 178 Networking the networks: the Cisco model 180 Information Technology and the Network Enterprise 184 Culture, Institutions, and Economic Organization: East Asian Business Networks 188 A typology of East Asian business networks 189 Japan 190 Korea 191 China 193 Culture, organizations, and institutions: Asian business networks and the developmental state 195 Multinational Enterprises, Transnational Corporations,and International Networks 206 The Spirit of Informationalism 210 4 The Transformation of Work and Employment: Networkers, Jobless, and Flex-timers 216 The Historical Evolution of Employment and Occupational Structure in Advanced Capitalist Countries: the G-7, 1920–2005 217 Post-industrialism, the service economy, and the informational society 218 The transformation of employment structure, 1920–1970 and 1970–1990 224 The new occupational structure 232 The maturing of the informational society: employment projections into the twenty-first century 237 Summing up: the evolution of employment structure and its implications for a comparative analysis of the informational society 243 From mass production to flexible production 166 The Work Process in the Informational Paradigm 255 The Effects of Information Technology on Employment: Toward a Jobless Society? 267 Work and the Informational Divide: Flex-timers 281 Information Technology and the Restructuring of Capital–Labor Relations: Social Dualism or Fragmented Societies? 296 Appendix A: Statistical Tables for Chapter 4 303 Appendix B: Methodological Note and Statistical References 338 5 The Culture of Real Virtuality: the Integration of Electronic Communication, the End of the Mass Audience, and the Rise of Interactive Networks 355 From the Gutenberg Galaxy to the McLuhan Galaxy: the Rise of Mass Media Culture 358 The New Media and the Diversification of Mass Audience 365 Computer-mediated Communication, Institutional Control, Social Networks, and Virtual Communities 371 The Minitel story: l’état et l’amour 372 The Internet constellation 375 The interactive society 385 The Grand Fusion: Multimedia as Symbolic Environment 394 The Culture of Real Virtuality 403 6 The Space of Flows 407 Advanced Services, Information Flows, and the Global City 409 The New Industrial Space 417 Everyday Life in the Electronic Cottage: the End of Cities? 424 The Transformation of Urban Form: the Informational City 429 America’s last suburban frontier 429 The fading charm of European cities 431 Third millennium urbanization: mega-cities 434 The Social Theory of Space and the Theory of the Space of Flows 440 The Architecture of the End of History 448 Space of Flows and Space of Places 453 Is There a Global Labor Force? 247 7 The Edge of Forever: Timeless Time 460 Time, History, and Society 461 Time as the Source of Value: the Global Casino 465 Flex-time and the Network Enterprise 467 The Shrinking and Twisting of Life Working Time 468 The Blurring of the Life-cycle: Toward Social Arrhythmia? 475 Death Denied 481 Instant Wars 484 Virtual Time 491 Time, Space, and Society: the Edge of Forever 494 Conclusion: the Network Society 500 Summary of the Contents of Volumes II and III 510 Bibliography 512 Index 566

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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary and dramatic biography of the first modern feminist, who spent her entire life fighting for the principle of equality''Gripping ... Most lives would be overshadowed by such a melodramatic end. But Marx's life was so much more than a murder mystery, as Rachel Holmes's gripping and vividly told biography demonstrates'' Sunday Times''Superb ... The story of this remarkable life is so well told, with a rare combination of pace, verve and scholarship'' Jeanette Winterson, Daily TelegraphUnrestrained by convention, lion-hearted and free, Eleanor Marx (1855-98) was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flaubert's Mme Bovary. She pioneered the theatre of Henrik Ibsen. She was the first woman to lead the British dock workers'' and gas workers' trades unions. For years she worked tirelessly for her father, Karl Marx, as personal secretary and researcher. Later she edited many of his Trade ReviewSuperb ... The story of this remarkable life is so well told, with a rare combination of pace, verve and scholarship, that the reader is soon a daily visitor to the Marx household, with its soot, smoke, books, babies, dinner on the table via the pawnshop, three languages spoken in any combination, and the tiny Eleanor ... I doubt the reader will close this brilliant biography unmoved by this extraordinary woman’s life and untroubled by the inevitable questions it raises about global capitalism now * Jeanette Winterson, Daily Telegraph *Thanks to Holmes’ fresh and vital style – not to mention her endearing partisanship – Eleanor Marx: A Life reads less like a biography than a 19th century novel. Its close might indeed be modelled on Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, translated into English for the first time by Eleanor Marx in 1886 ... The life of one of Britain’s most celebrated intellectuals and activists of the late 19th century came abruptly to an end, to be all but forgotten. Thankfully, however, Holmes has given back to us an unforgettable Eleanor Marx * Lisa Jardine, Financial Times *It is the achievement of this biography . . . that it allows us so large and transcendent a view of its subject. [Holmes] succeeds very ably in highlighting the full reach and contemporary relevance of Eleanor Marx's political contribution to socialist and feminist thinking. -- Kate Soper, Professor Emerita of Philosophy, London Metropolitan University * Marx and Philosophy Review of Books *I got to the end of Rachel Holmes’s Eleanor Marx and wanted to start all over again ... At the centre of it all, the irrepressible daughter of Karl and Jenny Marx, the loving sister, passionate lover, actress, political organiser, fiery speaker, translator and intellect. A giant whose character in all its complexity steps off the page to inspire another generation * Susie Orbach *Gripping ... Most lives would be overshadowed by such a melodramatic end. But Marx’s life was so much more than a murder mystery, as Rachel Holmes’s gripping and vividly told biography demonstrates ... Sympathy for her subject is infectious ... Reading about this generous and far-seeing woman, it is hard not to wish that she had changed the world. How much better would the 20th century have been if it has been Eleanor’s views on the freedom of women that were adopted instead of her father’s communist doctrines * Sunday Times *Gripping ... The story of Eleanor Marx is shot through with the melodrama of the great Victorian novels – a tale of secrets, infidelities, lost letters and legacies, depression, deception and ultimate tragedy * Daily Mail *Rachel Holmes has produced a dazzling account of a woman and her family, an age and a movement, that grips from the first page to the last * Gillian Slovo *Eleanor Marx is both a challenging and a stimulating subject for a biographer. In this widely researched and passionately written book, Rachel Holmes has found an original way of presenting her. She balances Eleanor's political career, centred in the Reading Room of the British Museum among her Victorian Bloomsbury group colleagues, with her sobriquet, the emotional figure of “Tussy”, whose love for Edward Aveling ends in tragedy. It is as if the biographer is conducting string and wind instruments in an orchestra. The result, surprising at first, becomes profoundly satisfying * Michael Holroyd *What makes her a biographer’s dream is the style and passion with which she leaped over the barriers of convention ... How Aveling’s betrayals eventually destroyed Tussy provides a heart-rending finale to this enthralling biography. By then, I’d bet that every reader will be as unashamedly in love with Tussy as Rachel Holmes clearly is * Francis Wheen, Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for The Green Carnation Prize 2014This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.'Clear-eyed, witty and irreverent, Laurie Penny is as ruthless in her dissection of modern feminism and class politics as she is in discussing her own experiences in journalism, activism and underground culture. This is a book about poverty and prejudice, online dating and eating disorders, riots in the streets and lies on the television. The backlash is on against sexual freedom for men and women and social justice and feminism needs to get braver.Penny speaks for a new feminism that takes no prisoners, a feminism that is about justice and equality, but also about freedom for all. It's about the freedom to be who we are, to love who we choose, to invent new gender roles, and to speak out fiercely against those who would deny us those rights. It is a book that gives the silenced a voice a voice that speaks of unspeakable things.Trade ReviewLaurie Penny is such an insightful, provocative and bold commentator. She is always relevant without slavishly following a supposedly 'topical' agenda set by others. Most importantly, she never compromises her compassion and humanity in the myopic pursuit of an idea. It's such qualities that make Unspeakable Things essential for anybody who truly believes in equality and freedom * Irvine Welsh *Full of the rhythm and repetition on oratory and persuasive and unsettling in its view of western society as a damaging dystopia causing untold harm to all but those at the very top. It is angry and challenging, but also full of compassion – including for men, many of whom have also been disenfranchised by systems they did not choose … Unspeakable Things is an impressive, inspiring and, I suspect, important manifesto * Melissa Harrison, Financial Times *Penny thrills in being provocative and dramatic … She writes well about the social pressures they are under to behave with macho “masculinity” at all times * Daisy Wyatt, Independent *Powerfully argued … Penny has a great turn of phrase * Evening Standard *As Penny demonstrates, in a great, defining chapter on the internet, we are dealing with a new world order … This book is funny and cheeky … and refreshingly generous * Observer *A raw, bright, urgent voice … Like Caitlin Moran, another compulsive and essentially self-taught writer, she went to places others didn’t and brought back things they had missed … Dazzling … Penny writes ... with intimacy and insight that smack of real knowledge * Guardian *Laurie Penny can certainly coin a phrase … she writes well, inclusively and cogently with passion ... Let’s hear it for "young, lady writers" behaving badly * Herald *Unflinching ... In Unspeakable Things, Laurie Penny reclaims the word insolent, turning it into a compliment and a call to arms * TLS *The spiky subversiveness of Laurie's journalism is best summed up by her sub-title, 'sex, lies, and revolution'. This is feminism with no apologies given, no compromises surrendered and a sharp-edged radicalism all the better for both. -- Mark Perryman * Philosophical Football *

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Book Synopsis''A beautifully written, eminently readable and uniquely important challenge to conventional wisdom'' J. D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy''A page-turner and revelation, Political Tribes will change the way you think'' Tim Wu, author of The Attention Merchants In Political Tribes, Amy Chua argues that we must rediscover an identity that transcends the tribalism we see in politics today. Enough false slogans of unity, which are just another form of divisiveness. When people are defined by their differences to each other, extremism becomes the common ground. It is time for a more difficult unity that acknowledges the reality of our group differences and fights the deep rifts that divide us.Trade ReviewPolitical Tribes is a beautifully written, eminently readable, and uniquely important challenge to conventional wisdom ... Chua's book is a clarion call, encouraging us to reject the primal pull of identitarianism and return to that most radical of ideas, that Americans share something bigger than race or ethnicity or ideology: common citizenship and purpose -- J. D. Vance, author of 'Hillbilly Elegy'Political Tribes is a punchy book that advances a single idea with admirable clarity. And also with admirable brevity -- Danny Finkelstein * The Times *Amy Chua speaks hard truths that no one can ignore. We are, as Chua makes clear, living in denial about the power of tribalism over our domestic and foreign policy - blinded, it seems, by our own optimism and distaste for essentialism. A page turner and revelation, Political Tribes will change the way you think -- Tim Wu, author of 'The Attention Merchants' and 'The Master Switch'America is now bitterly polarised into rival identities. Amy Chua does a brilliant job of showing how it has happened and why it is a tragedy. In Britain, we need to read Political Tribes as a warning. For Americans, it is too late for that: it will need to be force-fed to them -- Paul Collier, Oxford UniversityAs an explanation of why American politics has become so sectarian and polarised, Chua’s analysis feels spot-on. And it is increasingly relevant to our politics as well * Spectator *Amy Chua confronts the failures of modern liberalism to understand ethnic and group attachments. Anyone who wants to understand the contemporary west, and its foreign policy failures, should read this revealing and important book -- David Goodhart, journalist and think-tanker and author of ‘The British Dream’ and ‘The Road to Somewhere’True to form, Amy Chua presents a provocative prescription to cure our political ills. She challenges us to cross the chasm between groups - not by denying differences, but by celebrating them -- Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of 'Give and Take' and 'Option B' with Sheryl SandbergAnother wonderful book by Amy Chua! In Political Tribes, she demonstrates once again that she ranks with the keenest observers of the contemporary landscape, establishing convincingly that 'Humans are tribal', and that this reality holds significant implications for America if we truly are to achieve a ‘more perfect union' -- General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret), former commander of coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and former Director of the CIABrilliant, timeless and timely. Political Tribes concisely explains the forces that made our experiences in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq so maddeningly difficult to comprehend, and brings that same thoughtful analysis to America today. Amy Chua provokes thought – and we need that -- General Stan McChrystal, US Army (Ret)Amy Chua’s insightful, provocative and deeply troubling book is the place to begin our long overdue national discussion on how to repair the deep divisions in the American political landscape. Political Tribes is a wake-up call to the dangers of surrendering national unity to a fractured landscape of feuding and narrow interests -- Tom Brokaw, author of 'The Greatest Generation'

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Book SynopsisThoroughly updated, the second edition of this highly successful textbook continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in metaphysics. In addition to updated material from the first edition, it presents entirely new sections on ontology and the metaphysics of material objects. One of the most comprehensive and authoritative metaphysics anthologies available now updated and expanded Offers the most important contemporary works on the central issues of metaphysics Includes new sections on ontology and the metaphysics of material objects, as well as readings on the topics of fictionalism, fundamentality, tropes, vague identity, temporary intrinsics, stage theory, and composition Surpasses other anthologies in its combination of contributions from leading metaphysicians and a younger generation of rising-stars Table of ContentsPreface (Jaegwon Kim, Ernest Sosa, Daniel Z. Korman). Part I: Ontology. 1. "On What There Is" (W. V. Quine). 2. "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology" (Rudolf Carnap). 3. "Holes" (David and Stephanie Lewis). 4. "Beyond Being and Nonbeing" (Roderick M. Chisholm). 5. "Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?" (Stephen Yablo). 6. "Fictional Objects" (Amie L. Thomasson). 7. "On What Grounds What" (Jonathan Schaffer). Part II: Identity. 8. "The Identity of Indiscernibles" (Max Black). 9. "Primitive Thisness and Primitive Identity" (Robert M. Adams). 10. "Identity and Necessity" (Saul Kripke). 11. "Contingent Identity" (Allan Gibbard). 12. "Can There Be Vague Objects?" (Gareth Evans). 13. "Vague Identity" (Robert C. Stalnaker). Part III: Modality. 14. "Modalities: Basic Concepts and Distinctions" (Alvin Plantinga). 15. "Actualism and Thisness" (Robert M. Adams). 16. "A Philosopher's Paradise: The Plurality of Worlds" (David Lewis). 17. "Possible Worlds" (Robert C. Stalnaker). 18. "Modal Fictionalism" (Gideon Rosen). 19. "Essence and Modality" (Kit Fine). Part IV: Properties. 20. "Natural Kinds" (W. V. Quine). 21. "Causality and Properties" (Sydney Shoemaker). 22. "The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars" (Keith Campbell). 23. "New Work for a Theory of Universals" (David Lewis). 24. "Universals as Attributes" (D. M. Armstrong). Part V: Causation. 25. "On the Notion of Cause" (Bertrand Russell). 26. "Causes and Conditions" (J.L. Mackie). 27. "Causal Relations" (Donald Davidson). 28. "Causality and Determination" (G.E.M. Anscombe). 29. "Causation" (David Lewis). 30. "Causal Connections" (Wesley C. Salmon). 31. "Causation: Reductionism Versus Realism" (Michael Tooley). 32. "Two Concepts of Causation" (Ned Hall). Part VI: Persistence. 33. "Identity Through Time" (Roderick M. Chisholm). 34. "Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis" (W. V. Quine). 35. "Parthood and Identity Across Time" (Judith Jarvis Thomson). 36. "Temporal Parts of Four-Dimensional Objects" (Mark Heller). 37. "The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics" (David Lewis). 38. "Endurance and Temporary Intrinsics" (Sally Haslanger). 39. "All the World's a Stage" (Theodore Sider). Part VII: Persons. 40. "Persons and Their Pasts" (Sydney Shoemaker). 41. "The Self and the Future" (Bernard Williams). 42. "Personal Identity" (Derek Parfit). 43. "Survival and Identity" (David Lewis). 44. "Lonely Souls: Causality and Substance Dualism" (Jaegwon Kim). 45. "The Ontological Status of Persons" (Lynne Rudder Baker). 46. "An Argument for Animalism" (Eric T. Olson). Part VIII: Objects. 47. "When are Objects Parts?" (Peter van Inwagen). 48. "Many But Almost One" (David Lewis). 49. "Existential Relativity" (Ernest Sosa). 50. "The Argument from Vagueness" (Theodore Sider). 51. "Epiphenomenalism and Eliminativism" (Trenton Merricks). 52. "Against Revisionary Ontology" (Eli Hirsch). 53. "Strange Kinds, Familiar Kinds, and the Charge of Arbitrariness" (Daniel Z. Korman).

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the roots of the current housing crisis in England, critically reviewing the development of policy under successive UK Governments and presenting a specific critique of the current Conservative Government's housing and planning reforms.Trade Review"This timely and accessible book offers an alternative to existing accounts and an authoritative perspective that will stimulate academic and policy debate over how to address the continuing failure of housing supply and housing policy in England." Alan Murie, Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Studies, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsSection 1: The context; Conservative government policy and the Housing and Planning Act 2016; Critiques of the current direction of government policy; The failure of governments since 1979 and the ideological continuities; Section 2: The crisis of housing supply; The housing deficit; Affordable by whom?; The wrong kind of homes; The ineffecient use of the existing stock; The failure of the English planning system; Section 3: There is an alternative; A radical programme for reform; Conclusion: The four key issues.

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Book SynopsisPlacing children’s experiences, needs and concerns at the centre of its examination of contemporary policies and political discourses surrounding poverty in childhood, this book examines a broad range of structural, institutional and ideological factors common across developed nations and forges a radical new pathway for the future.Trade Review“Beautifully written, highly scholarly and well organised. A devastating critique of oppressive government, this book will be used as a source by students from a range of disciplines.” Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York"Child poverty is a national disgrace in the UK. Read this wide-ranging book to understand the facts and to get a new handle on how to address these pressing problems." Jane Millar, University of BathTable of ContentsIntroduction Context Family Lone parenthood Education In and out of work Health Ethnicity and disability Adversity and poverty Conclusions

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Book SynopsisPat Thomson takes on England's muddled education system and exposes fraudulent and unethical practices, including the skewing of the curriculum and manipulation of results. She argues for an urgent review of current practices, leading to a revitalised education system that has the public good at its heart.Trade Review"A well-researched, closely argued and scholarly book, combining theory with vivid contemporary examples, this is a good read that deals with a topic that is extremely timely and relevant." Peter Moss, UCL Institute of Education, University College LondonTable of ContentsA Book About Corruption and Schools A Scandalous Schooling Muddle Reforming Public Infrastructure Costly Measures Market Mentalities and Malpractices The Effects of Effectiveness Secrecy, Lies and Gaming Rebuilding Organisational Infrastructure A Public Good Agenda for Change

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Book SynopsisA photographic ethnography book that features the stories and portraits of individuals across the UK who have been impacted by social issues such as austerity, Brexit, deindustrialisation, nationalism and cuts to public services.Trade Review"This book illustrates a truth we cannot ignore. Class conflict is at the heart of our society, the inevitable consequence of this economic system. This should be the first principle of our politics. Paul Sng also shows another eternal truth: in the end, people always fight back. Our task is to ensure that their resistance is not in vain." Ken Loach, Director"Here are the lives behind the stereotypes and the headlines. Here is the reality of lives lived large and small in marginalised communities all over the country. Lives that are invisible only to those in power but to those of us who’ve tasted disability, poverty, unemployment, illness and criminalisation all too familiar. This is a beautiful collection – not bleak – a portrait of humour, resilience and endurance. It’s brilliant." Kit de Waal"This is a class that have everything taken from them and are then derided for the want of it: denied a functional education they are typified as ignorant, robbed of their jobs they are called benefit scroungers and, while effectively silenced in any cultural or social debate, are seen as inarticulate. This magnificent and very timely book puts the lie to that with its sensitive portraits – some inspiring, some heart-breaking, some both at once – of a diverse, various and above all resilient people who, when given a voice, have stories that urgently need to be listened to. This is a profoundly important human document, haunting for all the right reasons, and must be read." Alan Moore"The images in Invisible Britain, together with each personal testimony, document the reality faced by many today, and give honest representations of the people involved and their communities. Through the validation of the different lives shown; vulnerable people living on the sidelines, alienated and neglected by our current government, will perhaps feel empowered to challenge harmful policies that disregard their well-being. They are no longer invisible. We can see their truth, and we do care." Ella Murtha, The Tish Murtha Archive"This is Britain in the decade of cuts – but these aren’t portraits of despair. They’re stories of defiance, of fight and of faith that a better country awaits us all. These are your friends, neighbours, family – and they’ve got stuff to tell you." Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian"The images in Invisible Britain, together with each personal testimony, document the reality faced by many today, and give honest representations of the people involved and their communities. Through the validation of the different lives shown; vulnerable people living on the sidelines, alienated and neglected by our current government, will perhaps feel empowered to challenge harmful policies that disregard their well-being. They are no longer invisible. We can see their truth, and we do care." Ella Murtha, The Tish Murtha Archive"This project is an important reflection of the reality of austerity measures in the UK. As a US resident, UK born, it is beyond saddening for me to watch the security net not supporting the British, but tightening around people’s necks; we have practically none in the US and I fear the direction in which the UK is heading cos it ain’t pretty over here." Julie Grahame, aCurator"Invisible Britain celebrates Britain in all its diversity, but also puts social justice to the forefront by directly confronting the cruelties of Austerity Rule and putting the forgotten people of Britain at its heart." Colin Pantall, Photographer"This is not just a collection of tender, beautiful photographs that give dignified people their rightful voice, but a record of austerity’s stain on our country. The invisibility of the people in these stories is how the government has got away with the last eight years of destroying our communities, our social security system and our public services. We must amplify their voices at every opportunity. Because when they speak out, they speak for all of us." Ros Wynne-Jones, Daily Mirror"This collection captures both the struggle and survival of the people across the country who have been hit hardest by austerity. In an era when the media frequently fails to show the impacts of government policy this kind of book is particularly important." Caroline Lucas"Photography enables a moment in the state of a nation to be captured and recorded with incisive focus. The portraits within this book offer a visual gateway to the stories of those unheard and invisible in Britain in this moment." Tracy Marshall, Director of Northern Narratives"One of the most shameful legacies of this Government will be the way in which it gave rise to a nasty culture of stigmatising working class communities and looking down on those just struggling to survive, who could be any one of us in different circumstances. These stereotypes don’t just demonise some of Britain’s most deprived communities, they are actively used to justify and excuse the damaging policies that are making people's lives worse. This book powerfully gives voice to the experiences and perspectives of people who we are used to being marginalised and silenced." Jeremy Corbyn"What the eye does not see is what they don’t want you to see, or think over, or act on. Stunning." Danny Dorling, Oxford University"Invisible Britain is an anthology of portraits and testimonials from the grassroots, from the everyday man and woman who have been forced to ride the rollercoaster of austerity. It captures the dignity and defiant spirit of resistance – the crescending voice of the invisible people who demand to be seen and heard." Ishmahil Blagrove, Writer and Filmmaker"Let the ears of those responsible for austerity and its war on the poor ring with the words of these stories of defiant hope. Paul Sng's extraordinary book helps us see and hear the people who have lived through this devastating period in our history on their own terms." Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths College"These are moving and powerful portraits of people up and down the country whose lives have been blighted by social class inequalities. These are human voices bravely fighting for a more equal society." Mike Savage, London School of Economics“… brings sociology to the masses, rather than being confined to a handful of academics… truly unique piece of work and the execution is beautifully done whilst the timing is prescient.” The Sociological Review * The Sociological Review *“A book full of warmth and solidarity, showing how the marginalized have voices that will not be silenced.” The Prisma * The Prisma *"...intimate and powerful, stories of hope and defiance in the face of adversity, of particular relevance at a time of uncertainty and political upheaval in the UK." OtimoTable of ContentsForeword by Michael Sheen; Introduction; Portraits.

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Book SynopsisA fully updated edition of this bestselling textbook offers a radical approach to community development taking theories of Gramsci and Freire into the current context. The focus is on putting theory into action for those training, working or managing any social justice practice.Trade Review“Europe currently faces many challenges: poverty, inequality, migration, increased racism, xenophobia and populism, the democratic deficit and the environmental crisis. Ledwith makes sense of these and promotes critically reflective community development practice.” Alex Downie, European Community Development Network“A passionate and wide-ranging overview of the events and ideas that have brought us to this moment, and a challenge to community development to change the story.” Rebekah Goddard, UK Community Foundations.“With inspiring case studies and provocative questions, this is essential reading for anyone who dreams of creating a more just and equitable society.” Rosemary Moreland, University of Ulster."Neoliberalism desperately needs challenging and this important book provides an incisive and compelling account of how it can be done. Essential reading for all those interested in this vital area of theory and practice." Steve Rogowski, Social WorkerTable of ContentsOpening thoughts: Community development in neoliberal times; Power and the political context; Changing the story; Radical community development and the role of stories; Radical community development in action; Researching with the community; The power of ideas; Critiques of Freire and Gramsci; Taking Freire into intersectionality; Reclaiming the radical agenda.

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Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Using case studies and a strengths-based approach Best puts forward a new recovery and reintegration model for substance users and offenders leaving prison which emphasizes the importance of long-term recovery and the role that communities and peers play in the process.Trade Review“I’ve been waiting for a book like this. Not only does David Best clearly outline the theoretical framework that underpins his approach to addiction and recovery, he gives clear, straightforward examples of how they work in practice. This book is that rare thing; a manual for researchers and practitioners alike.” Rowdy Yates, President of European Federation of Therapeutic Communities''In this remarkable new book, David Best turns his considerable gifts toward developing a full-fledged sociology of "hope" - surely the most important and misunderstood concept in the fields of criminology and addiction studies. My hope is that it starts a revolution of hope studies in recovery work." Shadd Maruna, Queen's University BelfastTable of ContentsForeword ~ William L. White; What we know about recovery, desistance and reintegration; Australian origins: building bridges and community connections; What do you need to recover? Jobs, Friends and Houses; Keep it in the family: the role of families in supporting the rehabilitation of prisoners; Recovery, research and communities: Sheffield Addiction Recovery Research Group (SARRG) and recovery cities; Developing an initiative to support community connections; A visible and accessible recovery community; Overview and conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis timely analysis sets out the full impacts of policy reform, austerity and marketisation on our country's mental health services. Rooted in the experiences of service users and providers, it provides valuable perspectives on our evolving practical and organisational responses to mental distress.Trade Review“This excellent volume is an important theoretically informed contribution that exposes the gap between the progressive narrative of community care, based on the recognition of individual rights as citizens and the current bureaucratic models of service provision.” Critical Social Policy“This book provides an important contribution to the debate about what mental health services should look like, who should provide them and how, and it should be required reading for those engaged in those debates in both academic and practice spheres.” Sociology of Health & Illness“This important book is a must read for mental health nurses and other practitioners who feel immense strain in their everyday work but can struggle to make meaningful sense of their predicament and, hence, identify what to do for the best.” International Journal of Mental Health Nursing“Moth’s work serves as a timely reminder that distress, disorientation and difficulties in living occur in a socio-political context. He is a worthy inheritor of the critical, politically aware tradition which flourishes within the UK.” Journal of Mental HealthTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Socio-Historical Contexts of Policy and Practice Chapter 1: Policy Responses to Mental Distress: From the Asylum to Neoliberal Services Part 2: Lived Experiences of Neoliberal Reform Chapter 2: The Transition from Relational to Informational Practice Chapter 3: Time, Trust and Relational Practice Chapter 4: Risk and Responsibilisation Chapter 5: Defining Mental Distress Chapter 6: Punitive Managerialism Under Austerity Chapter 7: Shifting Contours of Managerial Control Part 3: Theorising Knowledge and Practice Chapter 8: Temporality and Situational Logics in the Labour Process Chapter 9: Biomedical Residualism and its Discontents Conclusion

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Book SynopsisUsing a unique archive spanning the lifetime of twenty council estates in the UK, this book examines what we can learn from council housing’s failings and successes for building sustainable communities in the future.Trade Review"This scholarly and fascinating book combines rigorous statistics and the lived experiences of council estate residents over time to underpin a framework for future solutions to providing affordable and social housing for all who need it." Kate Pickett, University of YorkTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction; Learning from 100 years on 20 less successful estates; The debatable rise and fall of social housing; How neighbourhoods and estates change over time; The 20 estates; The scope of the book; Part 2: The falls and rises of the 20 estates; The fall in housing quality; The rise in housing quality; The fall and rise in safety and order; The fall and rise in popularity; Changes in the mix of residents; The estates’ social environments; Residents’ access to opportunities; The survival of the 20 estates; The fall of council housing tenure; Part 3: Explaining the changes over 100 years in 20 estates; Summarising the changes over 100 years in 20 estates; National and local factors influencing estates’ housing quality; National and estate factors influencing safety and order in estates; National and local factors influencing demand for estates, popularity and resident mix; Conclusions: 100 years on 20 estates and the implications for all social housing.

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Book SynopsisRogowski's 2nd edition of this bestselling textbook responds to the major changes to social work practice since the first edition published. Fully updated with new material, it evaluates social work's development over the last 150 years and calls for critical and radical changes to policy and practice based on social justice and social change.Trade Review“Charts the forces which enabled social work to flourish until the rise of neoliberal politics and managerialist organisation meant that it lost its radical edge. An essential read for students of social policy and social work.” Bill Jordan, University of Plymouth“Anyone seeking to map a socially progressive future for the profession needs to understand what has occurred in social work over recent decades, and this is a reliable and informed guide." Paul Michael Garrett, NUI Galway"This book helps students to understand the recent history of social work in the UK, and how neoliberalism and bureaucracy have created a profession that strains against a lack of resources, relentlessly individualistic social policy and paperwork taking priority over conversations." Carrie Phillips, University of SunderlandTable of ContentsForeword ~ Ray Jones Introduction: The rise and fall of social work? The beginnings of social work to its 1970s zenith Thatcherism and the rise of neoliberalism: opportunities and challenges New Labour, more neoliberalism: new challenges and (fewer) opportunities The professionalisation of social work? Managerialism and the social work business Neoliberalism, austerity and social Work Conclusion: Critical/radical possibilities in ongoing neoliberal times Author's note

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Book SynopsisDrawing on place-based field investigations and new empirical analysis, this original book investigates civil society at local level.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the British Society of Criminology Annual Book Prize 2022. This valuable exploration of work duality calls for recognition of the experiences of sex workers, featuring the accounts of individuals who take extraordinary risks to hold jobs in both sex industries and non-sex work employment.Table of ContentsForeword by John Lowman Introduction “You can’t make a living doing porn”: Laith “I am the same me in bookings as I am out”: Sage “I was an escort on a bike”: Kora “Maybe it will be good for British girls because less Europeans coming into the industry”: Darcy “I was outed in one of the tabloid newspapers”: Anonymous “They are both shitty jobs … because I’m not free”: Sierra “Don't judge us as different from you": Wyatt Postscript

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Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews with journalists and police officers, this is the first ethnographic study of crime news reporting in the UK for over 25 years. It shows the impediments to crime reporting that exist in the aftermath of the Leveson Report and considers the future of investigative journalism non-profits.Trade Review"This book delivers on its promise and will resonate with audiences that have a tradition of policing by consent. Colbran is well situated to respond with research into who makes the opening gambit on an increased reciprocity between police and media producers, and how it plays out." Policing and Society"I can claim without any irony that this book meets the criteria for exemplary investigative journalism so often lacking in legacy media reports. Colbran is completely successful in both identifying a gap in scholarship and filling it – this is a timely and signal contribution to cultural criminology, critical criminology and zemiology." Crime, Media, Culture“This is a valuable publication for journalism scholars and practitioners mainly due to its wide-ranging list of data from empirical research and theoretical resources. Journalists beyond the UK will identify similar structural problems in their relations with police and challenges in accessing data related to criminal investigations.” Communication Today"The book is skilled at reflecting changing relations between the police, press and public relations. It is a valuable resource for scholars, police and media practitioners worldwide on the changing landscapes of crime, policing and reporting." LSE Review of BooksTable of Contents1. Why Study Crime News? 2. The Metropolitan Police 3. Police ‘Control’ and the UK National Press 4. The Phone-Hacking Scandal 5. The Effect of Digital Platforms on the Police and the Media 6. The Rise of the New Investigative Journalism Start-Ups 7. The Changing Face of Crime News 8. How Does the Fourth Estate Work Now in Crime and Investigative Reporting?

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Book SynopsisExperts from around the world review the complex and rapidly changing politics and policies of austerity in this comprehensive collection of essays. The book details the many different means and expressions of austerity since the financial crisis of 2008, as well as backlashes and emerging political alternatives.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The changing politics and policy of austerity - Bryan Evans, Stephen McBride and Dieter Plehwe Part 1: Austerity and the promotion of the private 1. Beyond austerity: pro-public strategies versus public-private partnerships scandals - Heather Whiteside 2. Institutionalizing austerity accounting in Europe: The implementation of European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS) as crisis response - Sebastian Botzem Part 2: Coping and casualties: Labour and the social 3. A fragile triangle: Collective bargaining systems, trade unions and the state in the EU - Steffen Lehndorff 4. Privatizing the sacrifice: Individualized funding, austerity and precarity in the voluntary sector in Australia and Scotland - Donna Baines, Ian Cunningham, Philip James and Chandrima Roy 5. Austerity and the social innovation agenda - Meghan Joy, John Shields, Sharon Broughton and Siu Mee Cheng Part 3: Beyond coping: Protest, pathologies and the development of real alternatives 6. Politics as an alternative to constitutionalization - Stephen McBride and Joy Schnittker 7. There could be alternatives! German economic advisory councils and the institutional reproduction of austerity economics - Dieter Plehwe and Moritz Neujeffski 8. Negotiated austerity? A comparative survey of social concertation in Canada, Denmark, Ireland and Spain - Bryan Evans, Stephen McBride and James Watson 9. Market populism, its right-wing offspring and left alternatives - Ingo Schmidt 10. Austerity-induced populism: the rise and transformation of the new right - Hans-Jürgen Bieling 11. Reducing the burden: International struggles against illegitimate debt - Christoph Sorg 12. The crisis next time: the GFC and the continuing fragility of capitalism - Jim Stanford 13. Austerity after COVID-19: Towards inclusive economic governance in Europe - Hans-Jürgen Urban and Sebastian Bödeker 14 Conclusion - Stephen McBride, Dieter Plehwe and Bryan Evans

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how an ethics of care can help researchers work through challenges and solve complex issues. Keeping social justice at the heart of research, the book shows how an ethics of care can provide a systematic approach supporting good judgements about research practices from inception to impact.Table of ContentsForeword by Joan C Tronto PART I Chapter 1. Research and Ethics of Care Chapter 2. Caring, Knowing and Making a Difference Chapter 3. Relational Research Chapter 4. Stages of Research, Phases of Care PART II Chapter 5. Research as Praxis, Interweaving a Complex Web Chapter 6. Doing Research Together: Interdependencies to Maintain, Sustain and Renew Our Worlds Chapter 7. Analysis, Legacy and Care Chapter 8. Reflections on Researching with Care References

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Book SynopsisThis book examines and challenges the marginalisation of critical race analysis in debates on social justice, which have been constrained by a facile post-racialism. Highlighting the need to decolonise public debate and antiracism itself, it provides an essential resource for academics, students and activists.Table of Contents1. Introduction: 'No Place in Our Society' 2. Race: Real and Unreal 3. Permanent Racism: Derrick Bell’s Racial Realism 4. Postracial Britain 5. Against Antiracism 6. Whatever Happened to the Black Working Class? 7. Conclusion: Black Futures

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Book SynopsisUsing two key visual pedagogical tools, this book shows you how to produce vibrant and stimulating in-depth qualitative research that draws on data readily available via the internet. Concise, practical and jam-packed with valuable tips, this book will enable you to complete a successful desk-based research project you can be proud of.Trade Review"Provides great guidance on how to do desk-based research. Covers all aspects of doing desk-based research. A great resource for undergraduate students." Erin Pritchard, Liverpool Hope UniversityTable of ContentsThe structure of this book and how to use it Part 1: Preparing the ground 1. Introduction 2. Choosing a topic 3. Keeping a research journal 4. Writing a strong research proposal Part 2: Assembling the structure 5. The importance of your research question 6. Context, background and introduction 7. Selecting high quality data resources 8. Literature review 9. Desk-based methodologies 10. Ethics 11. Data analysis and techniques 12. Writing conclusions and recommendations Part 3: Keeping your tent stable and secure 13. Getting the support you need 14. Managing desk-based research

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Book SynopsisAmerican psychologist and psychiatrist David Ausubel is well known for his famous quote:The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly (Ausubel, 1968, vi).But few know about the richness and importance of his assimilation theory of meaningful learning and retention, which holds many more instruction-altering insights. One of the main reasons why this theory is so important is because it focuses on the end goal teachers are after: teachers don''t want students to memorise distinct ideas; teachers want students to develop vast bodies of knowledge in the subjects they are taught. Ausubel explains that the only way to achieve this is through supporting students to learn meaningfully.This book explores the key elements of the theory and what it means to learn meaningfully. It then links the theory to highly practical implications teachers can use day-to-day in all aspects of

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Book SynopsisStudies how oil has shaped the societies and cultures of the modern and contemporary Middle East.Trade Review"This groundbreaking collection of interdisciplinary essays is a major contribution to understanding the social life of oil in the Middle East. Rather than the usual and reductive focus on the geopolitics of oil or the impact of its financial revenues in enabling states and ruling elites, the contributors shed light on the many ways in which oil has shaped everyday social experience, covering topics from the ecology and the built environment of cities and nation states to the public imaginaries and the cultural and material lives of ordinary peoples. ?" -Kaveh Ehsani, DePaul University

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Book SynopsisAn encouraging and compassionate guide for dementia caregivers. Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. But few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementiadespite the fact that millions of people will struggle with it as they grow older. In A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, Laura Wayman, who is known professionally as the Dementia Whisperer, offers practical, compassionate advice on overcoming caregiving obstacles and maintaining meaningful relationships with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss. In this thoroughly revised third edition, Wayman includes answers to common caregiver questions, such as What is dementia? a detailed explanation of how to cope with and care for a spouse with dementia symptoms, including advice about communication a new chapter on caring for someone who has dementia along with other health problems recommendations about how to handle challenging situations and behavTrade ReviewThis book provides valuable information including a detailed explanation of coping with and caring for a spouse with dementia symptoms.—New HorizonsTable of ContentsThanks and Appreciation1. Introduction: Navigating the Journey2. Peggy: The Ultimate TollWith Alicia Murray3. Deborah: A Daughter's Journey4. Charles: There Is Nothing Wrong with Me5. Frances: What Is Dementia?6. Jill: Into the Dementia Wonderland7. Natalie: Much More than Words8. Vada: Past, Present, and Future9. Joe: Communicating the Gift of Value10. Lucy and Betty: Thinking Outside the Box11. Edna: You're Just Imagining Things12. Margie: If You Keep Doing What You Are Doing . . .13. Harry: It's Bath Night!14. Rose, Edith, and Samuel: One Size Does Not Fit All15. Susan: Dealing with DisruptionWith Alicia Murray16. Grace: Moving beyond GuiltWith Alicia Murray17. Virginia: Laughter Is TherapeuticWith Alicia Murray18. Maria and Andreas: In Sickness and in Health19. Beatrice and Henry: The Power of Gratitude20. Sean: The Puzzling Pieces of GriefWith Denise Howard21. Lessons, Perceptions, and Approaches: A Reader's GuideThe Dementia-Aware Guide to CaregivingReferencesAbout the AuthorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIsabelle Stengers is Professor of Philosophy at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium. Trained both as a chemist and philosopher, Isabelle Stengers has authored or coauthored more than 25 books and 200 articles on the philosophy of science.April Knutson has a PhD in French and is part-time lecturer in the Masters of Liberal Studies Program at the University of Minnesota, USA. She translated Women Who Make a Fuss, the Unfaithful Daughters of Virginia Woolf by Isabelle Stengers and Vinciane Despret (2014).

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Book SynopsisUntil the late 1930s, Singapore was noted as a popular stop-off point for wealthy European travellers on their way to countries such as Australia and New Zealand. All of that changed with the outbreak of the Second World War. Despite Major-General William Dobbie, the General Officer Commanding Malaya between 8 November 1935 and August 1939, warning that Singapore could be conquered by the Japanese, his concerns went unheeded. As far as the British authorities were concerned, Singapore was an impregnable fortress. There were many reasons which led to the fall of Singapore. The apparent arrogance of some senior British military personnel and politicians; a misconception that Japanese soldiers were inferior to their American and Commonwealth counterparts; a belief that Japan would not militarily engage both America and Britain at the same time; and that as far as the Allies were concerned, victory in Europe was a priority over defeating the Japanese throughout Asia and the Pacific.

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Book SynopsisOpened in the spring of 1942 to house captured Allied airmen, Stalag Luft III at Sagan was planned and built to make escape particularly difficult, especially tunnelling. This, though, did not deter the prisoners. Numerous escape attempts followed, involving prisoners trying to go over, through or under the wire fences. In some cases they succeeded. It is for two of the successful escapes that Stalag Luft III is best known both of which went on to be depicted in films. The so-called Wooden Horse escape in October 1943 resulted in the three prisoners involved all making a home run'. Three further home runs' resulted from the mass escape which occurred the night of 24/25 March 1944 the so-called Great Escape'. Drawn from the information and testimonies of those who were held in Stalag Luft III, this official history of the camp was prepared for the War Office at the end of the Second World War, but was never released to the general public. It examines subjects such as the German administration and running of the camp, which eventually consisted of a number of separate compounds, the food and conditions the prisoners endured, and the means by which morale was maintained under such trying circumstances. Inevitably considerable space is devoted to the various escape plans and their careful preparation, as well as the anti-escape measures undertaken by the guards. There are also sections detailing the punishments meted out for attempting to escape, as well as the various shooting incidents that occurred. Whilst the camp also housed American personnel, this detailed account provides the reader with an accurate and unprecedented insight into life for British and Commonwealth prisoners in a German PoW camp during the Second World War.

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Book SynopsisDuring the period covered by this new book the Royal Navy faced some of its greatest challenges, both at sea confronting the increasingly capable and impressive Soviet Navy, and on shore when it faced policy crises that threatened the survival of much of the fleet. During this remarkable period, the Navy had rarely been so focussed on a single theatre of war the Eastern Atlantic but also rarely so politically vulnerable. The author sets out to analyse shadowing operations and confrontations at sea with Soviet ships and submarines; the Navy's role in the enormous NATO and Warsaw Pact naval exercises that acted out potential war scenarios; individual operations from the Falklands and the 199091 Gulf War to the Beira and Armilla patrols; the development of advanced naval technologies to counter Soviet capabilities; policy-making controversies as the three services fought for resources including the controversial 1981 Nott defence review; and what life was like in the Cold War navy fo

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Book SynopsisContinental philosophers and contemporary artists transform the classics into living practices.

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Book SynopsisAdvances a new theory for mapping the dynamics of great power politics today.

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Book SynopsisPoodle clipping was an Olympic sport? Bull$#*t! Discover 500 fascinating facts about sports that are sure to make your next trivia event a slam dunk.

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Book SynopsisIt was every British serviceman's duty, be he soldier, sailor or airman, to attempt to evade capture if stranded behind enemy lines or escape if captured. As there were potentially thousands of men who would find themselves cut off or captured during the Second World War, a branch of military intelligence, M.I.9, was set up in 1939 to instruct servicemen in evasion and escape techniques. Such was the success of M.I.9, and the determination and ingenuity of individuals and groups, about 35,000 Allied military personnel escaped PoW camps or evaded capture and made their way to Allied or neutral countries. How this highly secret unit was set up and organised, and how its great success was achieved, was documented by M.I.9 officers towards the end of the war and is published here for the first time. The history includes details of the lectures given to troops on how to avoid capture if on the run in enemy occupied territory (more than 2,000 lectures were given, to over half-a-million

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Book SynopsisA conversation-changing book for parents and anyone anxious about the impact of devices on our children

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