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In the quasi-experimental study, an innovative series of lessons on the european union was introduced into politics lessons in the form of a webquestthe intervention study aimed to determine whether the problem-based learning environment webquest leads to greater cognitive outcomes as compared with traditional lessons in politicsthe reports from the six countries involved present the gains associated with lessons in politics, revealing not only strengths but also weaknesses of politics lessonsthe test items employed in teesaec cover basic (literacy) competences which are of use in situations in which concrete political knowledge is to be appliedknowledge increase was assessed in 14 to 16 year-old students by means of a knowledge test applied before and after the interventionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe current volume presents the main results of the studyoxfam bookshop glossop road still in plastic wrapping, very good condition in the framework of the eu-funded project teesaec, an instructional research project was conducted in six european countries (austria, estonia, germany, the netherlands, switzerland, united kingdom)
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Nineteenth-century local governance in ottoman bulgaria: politics in provincial councils, paperback by saracoglu, mcombining a wealth of primary documents in both bulgarian and ottoman turkish, this is the first systematic and comprehensive study of the connection between imperially-designed institutions and local politicssafa, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk this book provides a detailed exploration of the way in which administrative and judicial offices and practices provided an essential space for politics in 19th-century bulgaria, securing local inhabitants' participation with ottoman imperial governance
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'why did you go into politics in the first place?'a question that former cabinet minister has found himself asked, and indeed asking himself, over the years, lord waldegrave's is a life lived through politicsan unembroidered account of the narcotic effect of politics from one of the most fiercely intellectual governmental figures of the modern age, a different kind of weather is a beautifully weighted memoir of political success and failure, and the passing of an eraa spectator book of the year - 'refreshingly and engagingly candid' (jane ridley) see oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever just as his star was in the ascent, waldegrave became embroiled in a scandal which tarnished his reputation, but could not dampen his voracious enthusiasm for the political gameformative years spent at eton, oxford and harvard fortified his resolve to enter the political establishment, and by the early seventies he finally achieved his greatest ambitionthe youngest of seven children, and the son of an earl, waldegrave's quintessentially english upbringing would go on to shape the course of his life, instilling in him a sense of independence and self-discipline needed to steel one for a successful career in governmentas an fearless young conservative politician in the seventies and eighties, one who witnessed the fall of heath and the triumph and eventual decline of thatcher, waldegrave was firmly at the heart of one of the most exciting and tumultuous periods of modern british history
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It focuses, among other topics, on disasters, strikes, the modernisation policies of companies, inter-union rivalries and the promises and frustrations of labour politicsthey built their trade unions in the face of employer hostility and their organisations played a crucial role in the construction of effective labour politicsthe result is a new perspective on a significant sector of trade unionism and on the character of labour politics from the s to the sa dominant theme is the complex relationship between changing experiences of work, shifting trade union strategies and political identitiesrespectable radicals uses rich archival sources to analyse this history through a series of case studiesoxfam shop nether edge railway workers were a uniformed and respectable section of the victorian and edwardian working classsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelocal political organisations owed much to the patience and creativity of railway workers, not least in small towns and country districts
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Is essential reading for those with an interest in the contemporary history of fiji, politics in deeply divided societies, or in military intervention in civilian politicsthis book explores the factors behind – and the implications of – the coup
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politics for a change” various writers(paperback) “the mighty & the almighty’ madeline albright (paperback) ‘ruling britannia: the failure & future of british democracy’ andrew marr (paperback) ‘alan clark diaries: into politics ’ paperback ‘the downing street years’ margaret thatcher (paperback) ‘churchill ‘ roy jenkins (paperback - acceptable condition) ‘the chancellors’ roy jenkins (hardcover) ‘as it seemed to me: political memoirs’ john cole (paperback) ‘a history of modern britain’ andrew marr (paperback) ‘mikhail gorbachev, memoirs’ (hardcover) mikhail s£5 each or £45 for the collectiongorbachev ‘john major’ the autobiography (hardcover) ‘the memoirs of lord carrington reflect on things past’ by lord carrington (hardcover) ‘douglas hurd ‘biography by mark stuart (hardcover) collection from leigh on sea or will post, for £4 each read morepolitical history books‘the alternativemostly, vg condition
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13 chapters, each as self-contained as a short story, follow 13 months in his life as he negotiates the pitfalls of school and home and contends with bullies, girls and family politicsvividly capturing the mood of the times - high unemployment, cold war politics and the sunset of agrarian england - this is at once a portrait of an era and of an age: the black hole between childhood and teenagerdomoxfam bookshop cheltenham david mitchell comes home - to england, , and the cusp of adolescencejason taylor is 13, doomed to be growing up in the most boring family in the deadest village (black swan green) in the dullest county (worcestershire) in the most tedious nation (england) on earthand he stammersin the distance, the falklands conflict breaks out; close at hand, the village mobilises against a gypsy campand through jason's eyes, we see what he doesn't know he knows - and watch unfold what will make him wish his life had been as uneventful as he had believedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The three central theses are the way in which war, politics and journalism have changed beyond all recognition in the past thirty yearsbell pleads with poetic conviction for a stark reappraisal of the world we're creating for ourselves, as politics becomes increasingly remote from ordinary lives and reports from the front line often seem more like scenes from a hollywood moviein through gates of fire, martin bell uses his personal experiences as a reporter of eleven wars, and independent mp, to write an impassioned, heartfelt and coruscating call to armssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham what kind of a world do we live in when governments are able to pursue wars against not only the will of the people, but also the international institutions set up to promote peace? in the first world war 90% of casualties were soldiers; in recent wars 90% of casualties are civiliansbut instead of bringing home the real human costs of war, the advent of 'live' conflict coverage has led to television being used as just another propaganda tool
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Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himselffrom one of our finest living writers, wolf hall is that very rare thing: a truly great english novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politicsinto this atmosphere of distrust and need comes thomas cromwell, first as wolsey's clerk, and later his successorwith a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us tudor england as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and couragehis reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous ragescromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and eventscardinal wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to granthenry viii is on the throne, but has no heirsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prizeshortlisted for the the orange prizeshortlisted for the costa novel award dizzyingly, dazzlingly good' daily mail'our most brilliant english writer'guardianengland, the s
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The weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languageoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spineit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powerits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agethis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studieswhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centuryits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismdrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social life
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham one of the most important politics books of the year, to obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathyevery night, he read ten of them before going to bedthey wrote to obama out of gratitude and desperation, in their darkest times of need, with anger, fear and respectin to obama, jeanne marie laskas interviews president obama, the letter-writers themselves and the white house staff in the office of presidential correspondence who were witness to the millions of pleas, rants, thank-yous and apologies that landed in the mailroom during the obama yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreto obama is an intimate look at one man's relationship with the american people, and at how this extraordinary dialogue shaped an era-defining presidencythere is peggy, a patriotic grandmother who thinks the president is trying to lead the country into socialism; james, who on the morning after the election tells the president to start packing; and dawn, who writes to say that he made it possible for a very jaded generation to begin to hope and believe in the gooda telegraph book of the year every day, president obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary american citizens
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While his diagnosis of the problems in front of us is clear-sighted and reasonable, he also develops solutions to challenge the politics of fearhow do we stand up to the powerful when they seem to have all the weapons? what can we do to prepare our children for an uncertain future? controversial, clear but always rigorously argued, how did we get into this mess? makes a persuasive case for change in our everyday lives, our politics and economics, the ways we treat each other and the natural worldfood will still be grown, but it will not reach the mouths of the poorwithout countervailing voices, a better world can never materialise" george monbiot is one of the most vocal, and eloquent, critics of the current consensushow did we get into this mess?, based on his powerful journalism, assesses the state we are now in: the devastation of the natural world, the crisis of inequality, the corporate takeover of nature, our obsessions with growth and profit and the decline of the political debate over what to donew medicines will be developed, but they will be inaccessible to many of those in needsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithout countervailing voices, wells will still be dug and bridges will still be built, but only for the fewoxfam bookshop cheltenham leading political and environmental commentator on where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it "without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies
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It's time to make the world more humansteve hilton, visiting professor at stanford university and former senior adviser to prime minister david cameron, believes that the frustrations people have with government, politics, their economic circumstances and their daily lives are caused by deep structural problems in the systems that dominate our modern world - systems that are broken because they've grown too far from the human scaleit's time to put people firstsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road government, business, the lives we lead, the food we eat, the way our children are brought up, the way we relate to the natural world around us - it's all become too big and distant and industrialisedhe shows us how change is possible, offering the latest research, compelling stories and case studies from all over the world across industry, politics, education, design and social action to show us what can happen when we make our world more humanthis book is a manifesto and call to action for a more local, more accountable and more human way of living that will make us more productive, more fulfilled and ultimately happierit's time to do something about it
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead non-representational theory by nigel thrift this astonishing book presents a distinctive approach to the politics of everyday liferanging across a variety of spaces in which politics and the political unfold, it questions what is meant by perception, representation and practice, with the aim of valuing the fugitive practices that exist on the margins of the knownin very good conditiona groundbreaking and comprehensive introduction to this key topic, thrift's outstanding work brings together further writings from a body of work that has come to be known as non-representational theoryit revolves around three key functions it introduces the rather dispersed discussion of non-representational theory to a wider audience, provides the basis for an experimental rather than a representational approach to the social sciences and humanities, and begins the task of constructing a different kind of political genresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis noteworthy book makes a significant contribution to the literature in this area and is essential reading for researchers and postgraduates in the fields of social theory, sociology, geography, anthropology and cultural studies
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Now haldane's daedalus revisited combines a reprint of that classic work together with a discussion by world-renowned scientists (including two nobel laureates) regarding its relevance today and what it tells us about the complex relationship between technology, society, and politicsincluding contributions from joshua lederberg, mavrion mitchison, and the editor, krishna rao dronamraju, the book offers a unique, thought-provoking examination of how predictions can have a dramatic impact on the development of science, technology, politics, and our philosophy of ethics in generaloxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear, very good overall condition when jperutz, freeman dyson and ernest mayr, elof carlson, david weatherall, nall students, teachers, and researchers in the biomedical sciences, ethics, social science, science history, and ethics will want to read this booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaldane's daedalus or science and the future was first published in , it was greeted by instant controversy due to its predictions of future scientific developments--including "test-tube" babies
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Above all, he was a political philosopher determined to place politics into a wider, more comprehensive, metaphysical and religious frameworkdespite his extensive writings on political principles and politics and significant influence on numerous british politicians, he never regarded the political sphere as an end in itselfkirkpatrick scottish philosopher john macmurray's intriguing career makes the job of classifying his work difficult by contemporary academic modes of categorizationkirkpatrick contends that macmurray's most important contribution to the field is his development of a philosophical understanding of what constitutes an authentic communitythrough this analysis, kirkpatrick explores the extraordinary resonances of macmurray's political thought in other modern philosophers and reveals his enduring significancein this long-overdue analysis of macmurray, frank kirkpatrick traces the development of macmurray's thought with its roots in the bible, hegel and the democratic liberal tradition of the westsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead john macmurray: community beyond political philosophy by frank gnice clean pages inside; small signs of wear on front cover
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It offers an overview and assessment of key perspectives in global ethics and their implications for substantive moral issues in global politicsoxfam bookshop reading the field of global ethics draws on traditions of moral theory, mostly derived from western philosophy, in order to address moral problems specific to an increasingly globalised worldthis book provides an accessible introduction to the field of global ethics for students of politics, international relations and globalisationthe aim of the book is to help non-specialist students understand the assumptions underpinning different moral traditions and to enable them to make up their own minds about the best way of approaching moral judgment and prescription in a shared world, which is nevertheless marked by massive cultural differences and inequalities of powersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese issues include the morality of state and non-state violence, the obligations of rich to poor in a globalising world and the scope and nature of international human rights
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Internally, democratization has changed political terrain for domestic and international politicskorea relations? are geopolitical and security-related concerns still the dominant factor in explaining south korea's foreign policies? does economic integration between korea and japan help to reduce tensions or emotional animosities that derive from historical disputes? has south korea, as a growing economic power, sought to forge relations with other middle or small powers beyond the confines of its region? overall, this book theoretically and empirically explores how democratization and economic globalization have changed domestic politics in south korea and reshaped its foreign policieseconomic dimension and issues rather than security-related issues become salient and importantglobalization has also promoted korea's national interests to reach out to other countriesoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street south korea has experienced new challenges both internally and externally with respect to its foreign policiesto effectively handle regional security-related issues such as the north korean nuclear program, balancing against china, and dealing with the potential sino-japanese conflictrising nationalist sentiments make it difficult for the uexternally, globalization has brought significant changes to south korea's foreign policiesfor example, although security concerns are still dominant in korean society, economic interests necessitate south korea improve its relations with china and redefine its political position between the uthe korean government has tried to develop new economic partnerships with developing countries for the purpose of securing energy and natural resources and expanding its soft powerhas south korea's rise as an economic power and a democracy changed its relationship with neighboring powers? does economic integration between south korea and china reshape their relationship? how about its impact on usee oxfam website for delivery information read moredemocratization also promotes south korean nationalismeconomic globalization and democratization have brought about changes in south korea that raise many interesting questions with respect to foreign policydemocratization and the information revolution have reinvigorated civic life and citizens have become active in expressing very divergent and often polarized views on foreign policies
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Approx 70 to 80 old politics, literature and history books ranging from the late 's to 'sin good used conditioncollection from near caistor
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Author - andrew heywood book has hardly been used no annotations inside no highlighting inside overall near mint condition read more
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Chronicle of the year , describes important events in politics, industry, art, music, literature, religion, and sports throughout read more
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Mobutu sese seko, who ruled zaire (now the democratic republic congo) from until , was fond of saying
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Cover has some light creases but overall condition is very good
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Has some light creasing on cover otherwise the condition is very goodcontact me for postage details read morecollect from bristol or can post
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Peter brickey lequire, politics & religion
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Immigration, 'race' & ethnicity in contemporary france by hargreaves french politics & society by cole vichy france by robert paxton2nd language learning theories by mitchell & myles la france dans le monde au xx siecle by defarges read morecolonialism/post colonialism by loombglobalization in question by hirst and thompsona selection of academic french booksglobalization and europe by axtmann
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Excellent condition - for the reader with a special interest, or who would like to develop a specialised interest in the events and politics of the second world war read more
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Range of books good for social science degree criminology human rights body politics etc prices vary
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