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Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK

Volume 2 - The Dimensions of Disadvantage

de Jonathan Bradshaw, Mike Tomlinson, Christiana Pantazis, Simon Pemberton, Glen Bramley, David Manley, Lucy Prior, Eldin Fahmy, Lisa Wilson, Kirsten Besemer0, Filip Sosenko1, Suzanne Fitzpatrick2, Paddy Hillyard3, Marco Pomati4, Demi Patsios5, Joanna Mack6 ...

Series series Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion
How many people live in poverty in the UK, and how has this changed over recent decades? Are those in poverty more likely to suffer other forms of disadvantage or social exclusion? Is exclusion multi-dimensional, taking different forms for different groups or places?Based on the largest UK study of its kind ever commissioned, this fascinating book provides the most detailed national picture of ... Leer más

$62.99 USD

How many people live in poverty in the UK, and how has this changed over recent decades? Are those in poverty more likely to suffer other forms of disadvantage or social exclusion? Is exclusion multi-dimensional, taking different forms for different groups or places?Based on the largest UK study of its kind ever commissioned, this fascinating book provides the most detailed national picture of
... Leer más
Gerald Manley Hopkins

A Study of His Ignatian Spirit

de David A. Downes ...

First published in 1959, this book is a reading of G. M. Hopkins as a meditative poet whose poetic experience originated primarily from his learning and living the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. It is the main intent of this study to examine to what extent Hopkins' art was influenced by Ignatian spirituality. ... Leer más

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First published in 1959, this book is a reading of G. M. Hopkins as a meditative poet whose poetic experience originated primarily from his learning and living the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. It is the main intent of this study to examine to what extent Hopkins' art was influenced by Ignatian spirituality.
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A Magpie's Tale

de David J Manley ...

A Magpie's Tale narrates the experiences of Maggie the magpie and her partner, Alfred. They have an adolescent offspring Alfredo, who seems to get into trouble more often than not. They all live together on the outskirts of a little forest area at the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia.The story begins with Maggie looking for food to provide for her family where Maggie forms a connection with a ... Leer más

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A Magpie's Tale narrates the experiences of Maggie the magpie and her partner, Alfred. They have an adolescent offspring Alfredo, who seems to get into trouble more often than not. They all live together on the outskirts of a little forest area at the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia.The story begins with Maggie looking for food to provide for her family where Maggie forms a connection with a
... Leer más
Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education

de Larry Alexander, Jonathan Haidt, Cristine H. Legare, Heather MacDonald, Azhar Majeed, Harvey C. Mansfield, Norma Thompson, James R. Stoner Jr., Ulrich Baer, David M. Buss0, Paul Carrese1, Daniel Cullen3, Donald Alexander Downs4, Joshua M. Dunn5, Steven F. Hayward6, James M. Manley7, Carol McNamara8, Laura Beth Nielsen0, Robert C. Post1, Geoffrey R. Stone2, Eugene Volokh3 ...

Series series Political Theory for Today
The essays in Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education reflect diverse perspectives on one of the most pressing issues in higher education--the controversies over freedom of speech and its relation to intellectual diversity. Does the First Amendment apply on campuses and do its principles clarify or obscure the issues surrounding campus speech? What, after all, is the basis for ... Leer más

$38.99 USD

The essays in Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education reflect diverse perspectives on one of the most pressing issues in higher education--the controversies over freedom of speech and its relation to intellectual diversity. Does the First Amendment apply on campuses and do its principles clarify or obscure the issues surrounding campus speech? What, after all, is the basis for
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The Football Oddity

de Robert Manley Ward, David Trow ...

Dean Stanway is middle aged, over weight and out of shape. He's never played football for a team in his life. A workplace accident is about to change all that. Suddenly he finds he has a special skill that sets him apart from any other footballer. With an eye on the Premier League can he persuade anyone to give him a trial? Will he turn the football world upside down? And what price is he prepared ... Leer más

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Dean Stanway is middle aged, over weight and out of shape. He's never played football for a team in his life. A workplace accident is about to change all that. Suddenly he finds he has a special skill that sets him apart from any other footballer. With an eye on the Premier League can he persuade anyone to give him a trial? Will he turn the football world upside down? And what price is he prepared
... Leer más
Violent States and Creative States (2 Volume Set)

From the Global to the Individual

de Grace Lee, Christopher Scanlon, Annie Stopford, Gardnel Carter, Gina Donoso, Gloria Uwizeye, Thilo Kroll, Efrat Even-Tzur, David W. Jones, Ismail Karolia, Julian Manley, Klaus Hoffmann, Barry Richards, Aileen Schloerb, Hayley Berman, Matt Killingsworth, Lucy Neal, Reinmar Du Bois, Maggie McAlister, Zoe Berko, Sarita Bose, Martha Ferrito, Martina Mindang, Anna Motz, Robyn Timoclea, Deborah J. Cohan, Claude Barbre, Jill Barbre, Tamsin Cottis, Alex Maguire, Andrew Ware, Gerrard Drennan, Kate Rothwell, Simon Hackett, James S. Vrettos, Dr John L Young, Clinton Van der Van der Walt, Dr Gwen Adshead ...

This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent states' of mind behind specific forms of violence and the social and societal contexts in which an ... Leer más

$90.99 USD

This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent states' of mind behind specific forms of violence and the social and societal contexts in which an
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Innovations in Social Work Research

Using Methods Creatively

de Jennifer Taylor, Peter Beresford, Cherilyn Dance, Simon Hackett, Harry Ferguson, Sarah Banks, Tricia Jessiman, John Carpenter, Trish O'Donnell, David Westlake, Pat Starkey, Myles Balfe, Helen Masson, Josie Phillips, Nicolette Wade, Mike Fisher, Alastair Roy, Jenny Hughes, Lynn Froggett, Jennifer Christensen, Jadwiga Leigh, Julian Manley, Sue Thompson, Bogusia Temple, Jackie Robinson, Martin Elliott, Lena Dominelli, Gina Barrett, Natalie Robinson, Vic Forrest, Becki Meakin ...

A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work research. It incorporates both distinctive methodological features, such as approaches to participatory ... Leer más

$45.99 USD

A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research.Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work research. It incorporates both distinctive methodological features, such as approaches to participatory
... Leer más
Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government

de David Dusty Cupples ...

In Jamaica, 1976, Bob Marley sings revolution. The democratic socialist Manley government defies Washington and builds a coalition with Castro's Cuba. Many believe the CIA is on the island stirring things up, whipping election-year violence into tribal war between ghetto gangs allied to the opposing political parties. Scott lived through it but four years later he remembers little… his girlfriend ... Leer más

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In Jamaica, 1976, Bob Marley sings revolution. The democratic socialist Manley government defies Washington and builds a coalition with Castro's Cuba. Many believe the CIA is on the island stirring things up, whipping election-year violence into tribal war between ghetto gangs allied to the opposing political parties. Scott lived through it but four years later he remembers little… his girlfriend
... Leer más
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The Treasury of Victorian Poetry

de Robert Browning, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne ...

Narrado por Sir John Gielgud, Peter Orr, Gwen Watford, David King ...

Series series Argo Classics
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3 hora 4 minutos

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A collection of the greatest poetry from the Victorian era, read by some of the 20th century’s most ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A collection of the greatest poetry from the Victorian era, read by some of the 20th century’s most
... Leer más
Understanding Neighbourhood Dynamics

New Insights for Neighbourhood Effects Research

Edición de Maarten van Ham, David Manley, Nick Bailey, Ludi Simpson, Duncan Maclennan ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This rare interdisciplinary combination of research into neighbourhood dynamics and effects attempts to unravel the complex relationship between disadvantaged neighbourhoods and the life outcomes of the residents who live therein. It seeks to overcome the notorious difficulties of establishing an empirical causal relationship between living in a disadvantaged area and the poorer health and well ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

This rare interdisciplinary combination of research into neighbourhood dynamics and effects attempts to unravel the complex relationship between disadvantaged neighbourhoods and the life outcomes of the residents who live therein. It seeks to overcome the notorious difficulties of establishing an empirical causal relationship between living in a disadvantaged area and the poorer health and well
... Leer más
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Fifty Shades of Nature

50 of the best poems about all things nature

de John Clare, Katherine Mansfield, Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Blake, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, W B Yeats, William Shakespeare, Stephen Crane, Henry David Thoreau, Sara Teasdale, George Eliot, Tagore ...

Narrado por Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Nigel Planer ...

Completo

1 horas 24 minutos

Our senses revel in the incomparable majesty of the work of Mother Nature. The structure of the landscape, the multi-coloured mantle of trees and fauna, the myriad animals that wander and inhabit this glorious Earth. Nature conducts symphonies of sound as her world goes from day into the inky embrace of night.Our ears and eyes are constantly bathed in the wonder of her ways; the soft drizzle of ... Leer más

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Our senses revel in the incomparable majesty of the work of Mother Nature. The structure of the landscape, the multi-coloured mantle of trees and fauna, the myriad animals that wander and inhabit this glorious Earth. Nature conducts symphonies of sound as her world goes from day into the inky embrace of night.Our ears and eyes are constantly bathed in the wonder of her ways; the soft drizzle of
... Leer más
Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems?

A Policy Context

Edición de David Manley, Maarten van Ham, Nick Bailey, Ludi Simpson, Duncan Maclennan ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This edited volume critically examines the link between area based policies, neighbourhood based problems, and neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. Over the last few decades, Western governments have persistently pursued area based policies to fight ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

This edited volume critically examines the link between area based policies, neighbourhood based problems, and neighbourhood effects: the idea that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods has a negative effect on residents’ life chances over and above the effect of their individual characteristics. Over the last few decades, Western governments have persistently pursued area based policies to fight
... Leer más

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