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Book SynopsisHelen Nicholson examines the ways in which drama and theatre have been applied to different community and educational contexts. This new edition provides vivid examples of contemporary practice and explores how practitioners confront questions of community, citizenship and globalisation in theatre that is orientated towards social change.Trade Review"An illuminating, thought-provoking and very enjoyable read, this book continues to be one of the strongest in the field." - Christina Marin, Emerson College, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgements General Editors' Preface 1. An Introduction to Applied Drama, Theatre and Performance PART I: PARTICIPATION AND PRAXIS 2. The Practice of Citizenship 3. Pedagogies, Praxis and Performance PART II: NARRATIVES AND NARRATIVITY 4. Narrative and the Gift of Storytelling 5. Community Narratives: Space, Place and Time PART III: CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 6. Creativity and Social Intervention 7. Human Rights in Performance PART IV: EPILOGUE 8. The Gift of Theatre Notes Bibliography Index.

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Book SynopsisCaroline Ball, Barrister, taught child law and criminal justice at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her books include Law for Social Workers and Young Offenders: Law Policy and Practice.Trade Review'This user-friendly book provides a clear and comprehensive overview which will be of assistance to students and to practitioners alike.'- HHJ Sally Dowding, Wolverhampton Combined Court Centre, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Overview of Legislation, Guidance and Key Research 2. Accommodation Under Section 20 3. Other Routes to 'Looked After' Status 4. Local Authorities' Responsibilities Towards Looked After Children 5. The Voice of the Looked After Child and the Role of the Family 6. The Acommodation of Looked After Children 7. Reviews 8. Looked After Children's Transition to Adulthood Useful Website Glossary Bibliography Index.

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Book SynopsisThe intercultural occurs in the space between two or more distinct cultures that encounter each other, an area where meanings are translated and difference is negotiated. In this volume, scholars from diverse disciplines reflect on the phenomenon of interculturality and on the theoretical and methodological frameworks of interpreting itTable of ContentsIntroduction Intercultural Studies: The Methodological Contours of an Emerging Discipline Michal Jan Rozbicki I. Conceptualizing Interculturality 1. Apperception, the Influence of Culture, and Interracial Humor Michael D. Barber 2. Toward Foundations for Intercultural Studies: Considering Mobility Studies and the Study of Religion Paul Kollman 3. Toward the Materiality of Intercultural Dialogue, Still a "Miracle Begging for Analysis" Teruyuki Tsuji II. Interculturality and Social Identity 4. Group Identity and Attitudes in Guatemala: The Role of Ethnic Interculturality Judith L. Gibbons, Brien K. Ashdown, Yetilú de Baessa 5. Fear of the Knotted Cord: Pueblo-Spanish Relations after the 1680 Revolt Tracy Brown 6. Bienvenido, Mr. Inquisitor: On the Sociocultural Dynamics of Inquisitorial Visits William Childers III. A Global Stage for Interculturality 7. Interculturality, Cosmopolitanism, and the Role of the Imagination: A Perspective for Communicating as Global Citizens Nilanjana Bardhan, Miriam Sobré-Denton 8. Towards a Cosmopolitan Sociology: Understanding Cosmopolitanism in Korea Mun-Cho Kim 9. A Netnographic Case Study of Western Expatriates' Attitudes towards the Chinese in Shanghai. Henrik Gert Larsen, Leslie Wolowitz IV. The Practice of Interculturality 10. Theorizing Interculturality in Indigenous Healthcare: A Case from a Rural Intercultural Hospital in Mexico Jennifer Hale-Gallardo 11. Tourist Destination Marketing and Interculturality: The Polish City of Krakow in the British Press Irmina Wawrzyczek 12. Do the Folk Believe that They Can Speak their Way into Interculturality? Kara McBride, Jingyun Gu

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Book SynopsisContemporary bureaucracy is a set of norms, rules, procedures, and formalities which includes administration, business, and NGOs. Where Max Weber meets Michel Foucault, Béatrice Hibou analyzes the political dynamics underlying this process. Neoliberal bureaucracy is a vector of discipline and control, producing social and political indifference.Table of Contents1. What is Neoliberal Bureaucracy? 2. A Bureaucratized Society 3. Market and Enterprise Bureaucracy at the Heart of the Neoliberal Art of Governing 4. Neoliberal Bureaucratic Domination: Diffuse Control and the Production of Indifference 5. Struggles and Breaches: Bureaucratization as the Site of Enunciation of the Politica

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Book SynopsisSUZY BRAYE is Emerita Professor of Social Work at the University of Sussex, UK, and an independent consultant in adult social care and safeguarding. Her professional background is in social work, specializing in mental health, and in management of local authority children's services. As an educator and researcher, she has written widely on social work and the law, legal literacy, adult social care and self-neglect. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Editor of the European Journal of Social Work.MICHAEL PRESTON-SHOOT is Professor of Social Work and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent text for social work students, practitioners and educators. The authors are able to cover a significant breadth of topics in a relatively short space due to their concise and precisely argued approach, in which readers are introduced to an impressive range of relevant case law. Their research and teaching expertise, as well as their own commitment to using the law as a tool to further social work's mission to protect those in need and promote human rights and social justice, is apparent throughout this text. A lively and engaging read. - Cath Holmstrom, Assistant Head of School (Applied Social Sciences) and Principal Lecturer of Social Work, University of Brighton, UKTable of ContentsTable Of Regulations Abbreviations Table Of Statute Table Of Cases Preface To The Fourth Edition 1. Towards Practising Social Work Law 2.Social Work Law: Critical Perspectives 3.Beyond Dilemmas To Decisions 4.Care And Support To Adults 5.Using The Law To Work With Children, Young People And Their Families 6.Frameworks For Decision-Making And Accountability 7.Frameworks For Partnership Work 8.Making Sense Of Practice References

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Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceChapter 1: The New TerrainChapter 2: An Afghan Hard DriveChapter 3: "They Are Already Among Us"Chapter 4: The Asymmetric WarriorChapter 5: Shooting Down a MiGChapter 6: The Pentagon LabyrinthChapter 7: The War Next TimeChapter 8: Cyberwar in the DesertChapter 9: ZappingChapter 10: A Matter of LatitudeChapter 11: SwarmingChapter 12: KillingChapter 13: An Electronic Pearl Harbor?Chapter 14: Les Guerres ImaginairesChapter 15: If There Were a Front It Would Be HereChapter 16: Command of the NetsChapter 17: Information ArmorChapter 18: Forward From HereAcknowledgmentsNote on Information Sources ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the important and under-investigated concept of intercultural dialogue. The book draws on cases of intercultural communication in which there is a dialogue, conflict or misunderstanding, and presents approaches, theories, and analytical tools that can be used to productively understand and/or resolve the issues presented.

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Book SynopsisTraces how Louisiana Gulf Coast shrimpers negotiate land and blood, sea and freedom, and economic security and networks of control. This book explores what ties shrimpers to their boats and nets. Despite feeling trapped by finances and circumstances, they have created a world in which they have agency.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on peasants, witches, runaway slaves, prostitutes, revolutionaries and others who defied authority, this book details these lives of exclusion and challenge, looking at the rise and transformation of capitalism as it was lived by the dispossessed.

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Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing powdered cocaine. The operation, a federally-funded investigation performed in cooperation with the local authorities, was based on the work of one notoriously unreliable undercover officer. At trial, the prosecution relied almost solely on the uncorroborated, and contradictory, testimony of that officer, Tom Coleman. Despite the flimsiness of the evidence against them, virtually all of the defendants were convicted and given sentences as high as ninety-nine years. Tom Coleman was named a Texas Lawman of the Year for his work. Tulia is the story of this town, the bust, the trials, and the heroic legal battle that ultimately led to the reversal of the convictions in the summer of 2003. Laws have been changed in Texas as a result of the scandal, and the defendants have earned a measure of bittersweet redemption. But the story is much bigger than the tale of just one bust. As Tulia makes clear, these events are the latest chapter in a story with themes as old as the country itself. It is a gripping, marvellously well-told tale about injustice, race, poverty, hysteria, and desperation in rural America.Trade Review"Reading this gripping account of the appalling Tulia case brought to mind Bill Gillespie, the police-chief played so convincingly by Rod Steiger in the film The Heat of the Night. Being real life, Blakeslee's story is much worse: 39 people, almost all black, convicted for drugs on the testimony (uncorroborated and contradictory) of one police officer. That he was uncovered and a colossal legal battle reversed the convictions goes some way towards mitigating a terrible miscarriage of justice." Publishing News "Blakeslee's riveting account of what proved to be a gross miscarriage of justice does not shy away from the moral complexities of the case...This is strong stuff and would make an interesting tale in almost any hands. But Nate Blakeslee uses his considerable journalistic skill and invaluable local knowledge to turn his account of what happened in Tulia into something exceptional... this account is utterly compelling. The next time you feel the urge to pick up a thriller, don't. Read Tulia instead." Scotland on Sunday "Tulia is a splendid read: engagingly and enthusiastically written, with close attention to detail and a grim sense of tragedy. By focusing on the experience of individuals such as Joe Moore, Blakeslee gives the tale a powerfully personal thrust, but what is really disturbing is that the case was not especially unusual. No one reading this book can fail to be horrified by the staggeringly corrupt and incompetent Texas justice system - a system capable of sentencing dozens of men for crimes they palpably never committed." Daily Telegraph"

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Book SynopsisTOP SECRETS. Confidential revelations from the life of the UK's leading private detective. The anticipated final book in the Biggest Gang in Britain trilogy. Moving on from the brutally honest accounts of police work during the 1960s and 1970s to the private detective sector of the 1980s and 1990s. The latest book gives further eye opening, and gripping revelations of accepted practices then and until the Human Rights Act of 1998 when such devious practices went underground and of course were constantly denied, but actively used until and beyond the prosecutions, imprisonment and further revelations concerning the News of the World journalists and others. As with Hillsborough, Jimmy Savile, Plebgate etc. in relation to the culture of lies and fabrication within the police the hacking, bribing and blagging practices of the media using private detectives were shockingly revealed for all to see. Following hot on the tracks of such revelations comes Top Secrets and once again, written in the same style as the first two books but this time naming names. Of course the book comes with hard hitting humour, is refreshing and surprising and if nothing else gives an entertaining insight into what were once accepted practices of private detectives and now all said to be underground and of course hidden in a blanket of denial. A colourful life, many amusing high spots but tinged with heart breaking sadness, charity work, Christianity and support of Firehiwot Abebe an Ethiopian five year old through Compassion, a charity releasing children from poverty. Every purchase gives valuable support to this child whose favourite game is sadly, 'jumping' and her favourite food is 'rice' and other little children with similar simple pleasures.

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Book SynopsisThe first of two hard hitting, brutally honest accounts of police work during the late 1960s and 1970s. Whilst explicit, they are often humorous, refreshing and equally unbelievable. In this first book of a trilogy the author takes the reader through his early police service and in the second book Fifty Shades of Black 'n' Blue, his later years. The series of two gritty yet humorous books are written with such explicit content that leaves little doubt that many working practices of the 60s and 70s have in reality actually become a culture of dishonesty, lies and often stupidity which has been accepted by the Government of the day, the judiciary and the public at large for many years. That is of course until the present day when it has all gone so wrong. Very, very wrong with the revelations of the Hillsborough Investigation, the Jimmy Savile Investigation, so many more and even 'Plebgate' when The Biggest Gang believed they were so powerful that evidence against Andrew Mitchell MP, a member of Her Majesty's Government left so many questions, which when answered were proved to be blatant lies. This book explains that such examples are not typical of a minority rogue element as being claimed but are a dishonest culture, born so long ago but allowed to fester and grow with the many examples and revelations which have continued until today with Plebgate and Hillsborough as only two shocking examples.

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Book SynopsisAs economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development. While we are beginning to understand what social and solidarity economy is, what it promises and how it differs from 'business as usual', we know far less about whether it can really move beyond its fringe status in many countries and regions. Under what conditions can social and solidarity economy scale up and scale out - that is, expand in terms of the growth of social and solidarity economy organizations and enterprises, or spread horizontally within given territories? Bringing together leading researchers, blending theoretical and empirical analysis, and drawing on experiences and case studies from multiple countries and regions, this volume addresses these questions. In so doing, it aims to inform a broad constituency of development actors, including scholars, practitioners, activists and policy makers.Trade ReviewBy examining the conditions for scaling up social and solidarity economy, this book brings the politics of emancipation into the sustainable, inclusive and right-based development agenda. It does so in a reflexive and inspiring manner, pointing to spaces and strategies for capacity building, institutional innovation and social change, without neglecting either the internal constraints or the oppositional forces. * Isabelle Hillenkamp, IRD-CESSMA *This book is a major pioneering work which critically documents the role and potential, as well as the challenges, of the social and solidarity economy in a worldwide perspective. It also reflects the leadership of UNRISD and the persistent efforts of Peter Utting to place SSE in the debates within and around the United Nations system. * Jacques Defourny, Centre for Social Economy, HEC-University of Liege, Belgium *Coming at a time when citizens around the world are searching for economic and organizational alternatives to the prevailing neoliberal economic model, and full of convincing examples and practical solutions, this book is a source of inspiration for everyone. * Jürgen Schwettmann, director, Department for Partnerships and Field Support, International Labour Organization *This book provides a progressive assessment of the history, theory, practice and potential of SSE over a wide geographical range. It is particularly good on scaling up to meet the challenges of competition and partnership with state, corporate and popular economies today. * Keith Hart, London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Pretoria *Social and Solidarity Economy is essential reading for understanding this growing international citizen-based movement for a more inclusive and democratic economy. Each chapter illustrates how the social and solidarity economy can actively contribute to the emergence of a new, more sustainable and equitable development model for our planet. * Nancy Neamtan, Chantier de l'économie sociale of Quebec *The growing presence of the social and solidarity economy on all continents points to the real possibility of social, civic, ecological and technological changes that are conducive to more human-oriented growth models. This book demonstrates clearly how the social and solidarity economy can play its full role, without borders, as a friend of the Earth and of humankind. * Thierry Jeantet, president of the the Mont-Blanc Meetings and author of Des Croissances *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The challenge of scaling up social and solidarity economy - Peter Utting Part I History, theory and strategy 1. Social and solidarity economy in historical perspective - Jean-Louis Laville 2. Prometheus, Trojan horse or Frankenstein? Appraising the social and solidarity economy - John-Justin McMurtry 3. Beyond the business case: a community economies approach to gender, development and social economy - Suzanne Bergeron and Stephen Healy 4. Can social and solidarity economy organisations complement or replace publicly traded companies? - Carina Millstone 5. Scaling the social and solidarity economy: opportunities and limitations of Fairtrade practice - Darryl Reed 6. The potential and limits of farmers' marketing groups as catalysts for rural development - Roldan Muradian 7. Institutionalising the social and solidarity economy in Latin America - José Luis Coraggio 8. Rebuilding solidarity-driven economies after neoliberalism: the role of cooperatives and local developmental states in Latin America - Milford Bateman 9. Enabling the social and solidarity economy through the co-construction of public policy - Marguerite Mendell and Béatrice Alain Part II Collective action and solidarity in practice 10. Beyond alternative food networks: Italy's solidarity purchase groups and the United States' community economies - Cristina Grasseni, Francesca Forno and Silvana Signori 11. Social and solidarity investment in microfinance - Paul Nelson 12. Balancing growth and solidarity in community currency systems: the case of the Trueque in Argentina - Georgina M. Gómez 13. State and SSE partnerships in social policy and welfare regimes: the case of Uruguay - Cecilia Rossel 14. Extending social protection in health through SSE: possibilities and challenges in West Africa - Bénédicte Fonteneau 15. Enabling agricultural cooperatives in Uganda: the role of public policy and the state - Justine Nannyonjo 16. Embeddedness and the dynamics of growth: the case of the AMUL cooperative, India - Abhijit Ghosh 17. Taking solidarity seriously: analysing Kerala's Kudumbashree as a women's SSE experiment - Ananya Mukherjee-Reed 18. Demonstrating the power of numbers: gender, solidarity and group dynamics in community forestry institutions - Bina Agarwal

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Book SynopsisIn It's All Narrative Nick Dux expertly draws on his extensive experience working with children and families to give the reader a clear method of how to build Resilience in children. He presents his theory of Transformative Communication in a clear and concise manner, with plenty of practical case studies to bring it to life. It's All Narrative illustrates how to communicate proactively to build a strong inner voice in children, before moving on to detail how to positively challenge negative and/or worrying behaviour. This is an invaluable tool for all parents, teachers and anyone working with children and young people who wish to help their children grow into strong, successful, resilient adults.Trade Review"I am honoured to have worked with Nick, who is so dedicated to supporting and changing the lives of others. "I absolutely love this book; it has an abundance of practical, useful and, most importantly, meaningful 'take aways', resulting in the ideas being much more likely to be put into practice.; "Nick can be proud of all he has done to help others in order to have the wisdom and knowledge to write the excellent content." Helen Morton (parent and head teacher of All Saints Primary School); "A beautiful book. I have certainly been left wanting more and wishing I had known this stuff earlier in my life-both as a parent and a professional." Eleanor Losse (parent, step-parent and head teacher of Manchester Grammar Junior School); "I have always liked that Nick's work is based in practical terms-what to say or do. It is not just a theoretical approach, and this comes across strongly in this short, readable and easily accessible book. "Reading It's all Narrative has given me a renewed sense of vigour, and I will be using Transformative Communication at the forefront of my teaching/leadership styles." Tracy Kendrick (head teacher of Hursthead Junior School); "Such an easy read, but with such insightful advice. "I know it's good, because I often find it an effort to read work-related things but honestly just wanted to keep reading! "I will be recommending it to all of our staff when it is published." Claire Love (parent and head teacher of Lane End Primary School); "Nick has written a book that is supportive and full of strategies that can easily be tried and taken on board. "The way Nick writes is easy to read, and this would be a helpful resource for any parent. "Through opening up and sharing his own challenges, Nick allows the reader to feel a shared understanding that the challenges we meet with our children are quite normal and more common than we may think. "The number of case studies allow us an insight into the strategies in practice and how, although they are not going to be easy, if you persevere, you will be successful. "Nick has shown fantastic perseverance in overcoming challenges and should be proud of his achievements and the compassion he so eloquently writes with throughout this book." Vicky Walker (parent and head teacher of Ludworth Primary School)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1 It's All Narrative; Chapter 2 How Do I know?; Chapter 3 Superpowers: The Foundation of Transformative Communication; Chapter 4 Empathy and Empowerment: The keys to Sustainable Change ; Chapter 5 Should've, Could've, Would've; Chapter 6 State Changers;

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Book SynopsisAn investigation of science, politics and our food production system, this text exposes the bogus science, political interference and flawed policies that threaten our food supply. The author tells the story of BSE, revealing how top scientists have been muzzled and how the epidemic continues. Then, against a backdrop of burning cows, Andrew Rowell exposes how trade and macro-economic policies overruled good science in the foot and mouth catastrophe. He also opens the black box of the so-called GM revolution to expose the myth behind the marketing. In tracing how critics are silenced in the bottom-line climate of commercialized science and privatized knowledge, Rowell tells the true story of the widely publicized Pusztai GM potato scandal of the late 1990s and the ongoing Mexican maize GM contamination affair. Finally, the book offers radical solutions to make science work in the public interest and provide food that really is safe to eat.Trade Review'A brilliant expos of the dangerously cosy relations between the regulators and the regulated.' The Ecologist It's so readable as to be unputdownable.' GM Watch 'An eye-opening book.' Scientific and Medical Network Research 'Rowell's title could hardly have been more ironic. his survey of the state of our eating will have choking on your steak and chips.' The Scotsman '...anyone interested in the sources and the safety of their food will find it engrossing and disturbing.' BBC Wildlife 'Don't Worry, It's Safe To Eat is as relevatory as it is common senseical and the perfect antidote to government and industry toxic spin. It will open the eyes of the sleepy and give those who are awake a clear insight into the food industry meltdown and how it could be reversed.' GM Watch 'The book is very detailed in parts... A good, informative read.' The Social Crediter 'As a book intended to spark an honest debate about food safety and the future of science, it certainly deserves admiration.' Landwards 'Considerable detail' FUTURE SURVEY, Feb 2004 'a compelling read' The New AgriculturalistTable of ContentsIntroduction * Safe to Eat * Treated with Derision * Silent Spread * Hot Potato * The 'Star Chamber' * Stars in their Eyes * Immoral Maize * Science for Sale * Whitehall Whitewash * Towards Safe Food and Public Interest Science * Notes * Index

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Book SynopsisAbout 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky. Here reside some of South Africas wealthiest individuals: all male, all Afrikaans -- and all stinking rich. Johann Rupert, Jannie Mouton, Markus Jooste and Christo Weise, to name a few. Julius Malema refers to them scathingly as The Stellenbosch Mafia, the very worst example of white monopoly capital. But who really are these mega-wealthy individuals, and what influence do they exert not only on Stellenbosch but more broadly on South African society? Author Pieter du Toit begins by exploring the roots of Stellenbosch, one of the wealthiest towns in South Africa and arguably the cradle of Afrikanerdom. This is the birthplace of apartheid leaders, intellectuals, newspaper empires and more. He then closely examines this club of billionaires. Who are they and, crucially, how are they connected? What network of boardroom membership, alliances and family connections exist? Who are the old guard and who are the inkommers, and what about the youngsters desperate to make their mark? He looks at the collapse of Steinhoff: what went wrong, and whether there are other companies at risk of a similar fate. He examines the control these men have over cultural life, including pulling the strings in South Africa rugby.

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Book SynopsisThe Stripper Goddess of Japan: The Life and Afterlives of Ame no Uzume is the first complete English translation of Ame no Uzume den (1991) by one of Japan''s most influential post-war intellectuals, Tsurumi Shunsuke (1922-2015). Tsurumi regarded this book as the most important of his vast and varied corpus; in a sense, it is his tour de force, liberally drawing from his profound knowledge and thinking in multiple fields, ranging from classic and contemporary literature to philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, politics, popular culture and ''marginal'' (genkai) art.Tsurumi''s subject, Ame no Uzume, is a minor goddess in Japanese mythology who appears in the ancient texts Kojiki and Nihon shoki. She is famous for her comic-shamanistic dance performance enticing the Sun Goddess Amaterasu out of the Heavenly Cave where she has retreated as a result of her brother''s violence. Uzume''s half-naked performance is so entertaining to the other deities that Amaterasu ventures outside, thus restoring light to the world. In another episode, Uzume faces a formidable stranger giant, Sarutahiko, at the crossroads of Heaven and Earth, and manages to ease tensions and avoid confrontation. In both instances she reveals her abilities as an open-minded and border-crossing goddess with a democratic, pacifist and mirthful approach to dealing with discomfort and adversity.Tsurumi identifies Uzume''s eight quintessential characteristics and demonstrates how some of these are found in people across a wide range of genres, fields and cultures through time and space. Many of his examples are women, including the founder of kabuki, Izumo no O-Kuni; the legendary post-war striptease performer, Ichijo Sayuri; the founder of the ''dancing religion'', Kitamura Sayo; the provocative writer-nun, Setouchi Harumi/Jakucho; and the famously humorous novelist-essayist, Tanabe Seiko. Tsurumi''s method, structure and style perfectly match his subject, opening the way for deep consideration into ways in which the many serious global issues facing humankind such as climate change, human rights, and escalating warfare may be resolved or at least diminished.

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