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social and economic rights in ireland by claire mitchell smyth (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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This comprehensive but eclectic collection provides a wonderful overview of csr and its place within the contemporary social and economic landscapea commitment to corporate social responsibility may help the wider communitydebates surrounding economic and environmental sustainability, and increasing intense media scrutiny, mean that businesses have to show ethical responsibility to stakeholders beyond the boardroomincluding key articles and original perspectives from academics, ngos and companies themselves, the corporate social responsibility reader is a welcome and insightful introduction to the important issues and themes of this growing field of studyit is essential reading for anyone studying business and management, and its ethical dimensionsthis book addresses:the changing relationships between business, state and civil societythe challenges to business practicewhat businesses should be responsible for, and whyissues of engagement, transparency and honestythe boundaries of csr - can businesses ever be responsible?while case studies examine major international corporations like coca cola and starbucks, broader articles discuss thematic trends and issues within the fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit could also protect an organization's brand and reputationoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only very slight shelf wear in the age of global capitalism, shareholders, and profits are not the only concerns of modern business corporations
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This volume brings together some of africa's best economists and social scientists to reflect on africa's previous experiences with alternative paradigms to structural adjustment and related problemsthe assumption is that the continent's decades of experience since independence embody lessons and reflect alternative policy approaches which, if properly understood, could be of real value in charting a viable future for its people -- provided african countries are set free to chart their own courses of action that address their particular circumstances and meet the social and economic needs of their own populationsthis rich collection of essays examines a wide range of economic issues such as the importance of planning, the continuing reality of the debt crisis, and the new parameters for regional integration in the context of the global economyformer executive secretary for the economic commission on africa and under secretary general of the united nations,scholar, and author of numerous books and papers, adebayo adedeji is perhaps best known for his pioneering work developing the african alternative framework to structural adjustment at a time when the damage being caused by the latter policies being imposed on africa was only just beginning to become clearbook condition: minor shelf wearthe occasion for these essays was the 70th birthday of one of africa's most eminent economists and a leading public servant -- professor adebayo adedejithere is a special emphasis on issues of human development, including poverty, hiv/aids, and the refugee problemoxfam bookshop beverley nepad -- the new partnership for africa's development -- is the latest attempt to chart a new course of good governance combined with an effective development strategy for the african continentthe intention is to learn from the past in order to chart viable new policy directions for the future, including critically assessing the prospects for nepad measuring up to the challenges involved see oxfam website for delivery information read moregood governance is analysed, as is corporate governance
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His study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrymakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national development condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital image
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The railway station was a meeting and departure point for the community's people and their goods and services, for years the social and economic heart of the districtoxfam bookshop reading otaki station in new zealand had nourished its surrounding community for over 100 years, and this community of supporters came to its aid when it needed restoration, refurbishment and decorationvery good condition, showing minimal shelfwear other than some small bumps and marks to the top page blocka clean and bright copy of this highly illustrated work of local transportation historythis is the story of the rise, fall and rejuvenation of a railway station, and the effect these changes had on a community - the people who worked there, travellers who passed through, and characters who went about their lives in its environsrex kerr's book is published by the otaki railway station community trust with the support of the otaki historical society (inc see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textscholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchthe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satanin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agent
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There are separate chapters on the various types of new commission that were undertaken, from small and large country houses and cottages to village halls and almshouses, not to mention the numerous repair and remodelling jobs on existing buildings that had become derelict following the social and economic upheavals of industrialisationafter an introductory section which outlines the movement's origins and beliefs and its architectural principles, the main part of the book provides a guide to the general characteristics associated with arts and crafts building in the cotswoldsits rational basis and dependence on craft skills had lasting value, and it was no coincidence that the most influential aspect of their work was its emphasis on conservationthe range and quality of the buildings was exceptional as the region provided the perfect environment for the movement's ideals and principlesthe arts and crafts movement in the cotswolds has attracted much interest in recent decades, the appeal of the simple life and of traditional values detached from the pressures of modern society having as much allure now as it did a century agoarts and crafts architects relished the robust vernacular precedent as it channelled their ideas and stimulated their imaginationsthe final chapter looks at the late flowering of architectural work in the region during the interwar period and beyond, and the legacy of this important body of work at a local and national levelthis book examines the impact of the movement on the cotswold landscape, on the survival of its building traditions and on modern attitudes to building conservationbetween and , arts and crafts architecture proliferated within the cotswoldssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremost of these studies have referred to the work of architects in the region, but the subject has not received the specialist attention it deservesoxfam bookshop wanstead book and d/j in very good condition
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road railways in nineteenth-century victoria were seen as the key to community development, both social and economicthis book, with its appealing illustrations and enthralling cameos of life along the tracks since , captures the spirit of the mornington peninsulathis is in very good condition, it was published in by lavender hill multimediawhat they did for the mornington peninsula is graphically presented in this booksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Introduction to feminist therapy strategies for social and individual change by kathy mevans (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam shop cockermouth the encyclopedia provides a unique guide to the ideas, arguments and discipline discussing human, social and cultural life in all its diversity and difference see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop reading a study of victorian middle class culture as observed through the domestic, commercial, social and political careers of four 19th-century british businessmenthe author examines the biographies of each family over three generations and offers observations on 19th-century society see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Early american furniture makers - a social and biographical study by thomas hamilton ormsbee missing dust jacket; pages can have notes/highlightingspine may show signs of wear~ thriftbooks: read more, spend less
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Graphic agitation: social and political graphics since the sixties by liz mcquistonsoftback design book featuring insightful reference to the history of anti-establishment graphicsbook is in good condition with slight fading to the spine and a crossed out previous owners name on the front sheet
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Yet, questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions changein supporting its recommendations the panel provides insightful recognition of the political and social dimensions of this key economic indicator"measuring poverty" will be important to government officials, policy analysts, statisticians, economists, researchers, and others involved in virtually all poverty and social welfare issuesin "measuring poverty", a distinguished panel provides policymakers with an up-to-date evaluation of: concepts and procedures for deriving the poverty threshold, including adjustments for different family circumstances; definitions of family resources; and procedures for annual updates of poverty measuresthe volume explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefitssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove each year's poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media
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But economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point ethe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economyresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablethe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economythe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materials
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In contrast to most studies of the period and the conclusions of orthodox economic theory, kitson and solomou show that the introduction of the general tariff in provided a substantial stimulus to the domestic economy - a stimulus which can help to explain the trend improvement in british economic growth in the sthe policy implication of this study is that trade policies should be constructed in the context of prevailing economic conditions and not solely with reference to sometimes inappropriate theoretical perspectivesthe authors show that the tariff made encouraging import substitution and macroeconomic expansionthis book evaluates the effects of protectionism on the british interwar economyfirst, a sectoral study shows that the newly protected sector of the s saw an improvement in performance following the introduction of the tariffsecondly, the large fall in manufacturing imports generated favourable effects on macroeconomic performance by helping to reduce the import propensity of the economythe empirical evidence is examined at two levelssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove the impact of protectionism is currently a contentious policy issue
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The exhibits come mainly from the prehistoric minoan era and form a valuable record of the artistic, social and economic life of the island during the ancient periodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop thornbury the herakleion museum contains a unique collection of finds from excavations carried out in all parts of crete
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Ten years after the revolution, le mercure gives us a glimpse and an understanding of the intellectual life of the time through extracts, through the criticism of books that were published, concerts or plays that were performed, through a glance at domestic and foreign policy, but also through the demographic, social and economic data of europe in effect on the eve of the 19th centuryxix 1er germinal an ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemercure de france - nocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available) - table du quatrième trimestre de la première année du mercure de france - 487 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storexxiii - 1er prairial an 9 - (80ppxxiv - 16 prairial an 9 - (80ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifull sheepskin binding - 20 x 13 cm, rubbed binding, peeling, flaws on the crowns, wormholes on the spinexx - 16 germinal - (80ppxxi - 1er floréal an 9 - (80ppxxii -16 floréal an 9 - (80pp
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham portraits if the past is a detailed record of an exciting period in the history of the old county of monmouthshire when its natural resources and manpower were combined to produce a social and economic revolution during the period of tosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Dedication by author on inside front page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans the theological difference that separate protestants and catholics around the world do not loom large in the irish troubles, despite religious overtones in the rhetoric the problems are many and various - social, political, economic, psychological - suffocating the hope of finding easy 'christian' answers in this book the authors suggest a solution has more chance of a solution could be found along the route of more christianity and less religion
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead platteland: images from rural south africa by roger ballen stark duotone portrait photographs capture the hidden world of south africa's impoverished white inhabitants of the 'plattelands', revealing a ravaged world of social and economic isolation, disease, poverty, alcoholism, and abandonmentslight fading to top of dust jacketsigns of general shelf wearnice clean pagesin good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea document that shows that apartheid wasn't an entirely beneficial system even for the white residents of the country
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The best way to avoid getting stuck with poorly performing regulatory systems is to subject them to ongoing and periodic reviews to make sure they are fully functional and reflective of social and economic realities, and help to achieve the government's objectives for the sectorit does this by providing detailed guidance on how to perform systematic, objective, and publicly available evaluations of existing regulatory systemsit also presents practical advice on how to develop recommendations for improving these systemsthis handbook provides a road map for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of an existing system--a map that could lead to a shared understanding of existing problems and to realistic and effective recommendations for 'second-generation' regulatory reformsand of those three functions, regulation is the least understoodoxfam bookshop victoria around the world, governments perform three main functions: they tax, they spend, and they regulatethe handbook will be of considerable value to government officials, regulators, managers of regulated enterprises, and consumer representatives in many developing and developed countriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Although this group of men is like any other in its struggle with its social and economic problems, african american men experience a higher rate of murder, imprisonment, unemployment and racismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe contributors to this book provide a broad, interdisciplinary view of the possible solutions to the different problems facing african american menoxfam bookshop folkestone this volume examines special issues associated with providing services and guidance to african american men
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The book explores how teachers may use geography as a vehicle for preparing pupils for uncertain environmental, cultural, social and economic futuressee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also helps them to acquire a deeper understanding of geography's role, purpose and potential in secondary educationoxfam bookshop wallingford learning to teach geography in the secondary school provides intending and practising teachers of geography with the practical skills to design, teach and evaluate varied and exciting lessons
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In , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recoveredthe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justicepublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usaan act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truthas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murder
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He had also to address social and economic issues which affected his church, and lead an episcopal bench which included experienced bishops who were intensely jealous of their diocesan jurisdictionsthough a supporter of franco's spain, he ferociously condemned nazism and fascism during the second world war and castigated those italian cardinals who favoured mussolinihis time at westminster coincided with a turbulent period in european and global politicsto his surprise, he was appointed archbishop of westminster in and had to deal with governments not always sympathetic to the catholic community's demand for equalityborn into a working-class family in yorkshire, hinsley was ordained for the diocese of leeds in and proceeded to hold important posts in rome, where he restored the fortunes of the venerable english college, and africa, where he successfully promoted catholic education and missionary activityperhaps his most surprising initiative was support for the ecumenical sword of the spirit movement, an attempt to reach out to other christian denominations in a crusade to restore christian ideals in public lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road in this first major biography of cardinal arthur hinsley, james hagerty traces the life and ministry of one of the most popular english churchmen of the twentieth century
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Selection of books on human rights and civil libertiescivil liberties and human rights costigan and stone 11 edn- ÂŁ15 public law cases and materials (2nd edn)- ÂŁ4collection or can meet in london to make exchange
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Today, white australians belatedly acknowledge aboriginal land rights and the special significance of sacred sitesthis makes an understanding of the boundaries vital to the achievement of basic land and sea rights for aboriginal peopleoxfam bookshop reading before the coming of europeans, aboriginal communities lived within territories defined by complex ritual cycles of song, dance, symbol and ceremonyin four detailed case studies they challenge many of the assumptions which have underpinned the involvement of white advisersunfortunately, over much of the continent, knowledge of boundaries has been lost or is in danger of being lostin traditional communities, this continues to be the situationknowledge of these boundaries and frontiers was in the keeping of senior custodiansin this work two political geographers explore the nature of aboriginal boundaries and their contemporary implicationsthe study which raises important questions about an issue of national significancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It has continued to spark lively debate among historians, geographers, art historians, social theorists, landscape architects, and others interested in the social and cultural politics of landscapecosgrove's ""social formation and symbolic landscape"" has been influential beyond geographyoxfam original liverpool hailed as a landmark in its field since its first publication in , denis esee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis edition features a new introduction
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