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The fiscalization of social policy how taxpayers trumped children in the fight against child poverty by joshua tmccabe (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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If yoga does accomplish all that-as many practitioners report-how exactly does yoga do it? how does yoga work? believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind functionon the front cover and spine there is some signs of wear to the dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive wayseddie stern's one simple thing: a new look at the science of yoga and how it can transform your life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wiredinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedyoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planetoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition
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The children of harvey milk how lgbtq politicians changed the world by andrew reynolds (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 4 to 6 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Breaking the habit of being yourself: how to lose your mind and create a new one paperback – 5 mardr joe demystifies ancient understandings and bridges the gap between science and spirituality
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From reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of racesome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classdrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actthis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agoin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmasee oxfam website for delivery information read more" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallyhe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itthe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalityjob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsthe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnoturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integrated
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Incorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracythen, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational concepts, space, place, and environment, he radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political actiondemonstrated by incidents at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanismas harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seekcombining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governancepresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john fpolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographykennedy, ronald reagan, and george wharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george wsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actionbush administrationyet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundbush have built their policies on some version of these noble values
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Peter capaldi stars as number 10's ferociously foul-mouthed policy enforcer malcolm tucker, whose job is to bully and cajole the wayward ministers of the department of social affairs and citizenship (dosac) through a catalogue of gaffes, crises, prime ministerial resignations and possible election datesoxfam bookshop st albans the complete series 1-3 plus both specials of the award-winning bbc satirical political comedy drama written and directed by armando iannuccisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Peter capaldi stars as number 10's ferociously foul-mouthed policy enforcer malcolm tucker, whose job is to bully and cajole the wayward ministers of the department of social affairs and citizenship (dosac) through a catalogue of gaffes, crises, prime ministerial resignations and possible election datesoxfam music shop reading the complete series 1-3 plus both specials of the award-winning bbc satirical political comedy drama written and directed by armando iannuccisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Peter capaldi stars as number 10's ferociously foul-mouthed policy enforcer malcolm tucker, whose job is to bully and cajole the wayward ministers of the department of social affairs and citizenship (dosac) through a catalogue of gaffes, crises, prime ministerial resignations and possible election datessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop crosby the complete series 1-3 plus both specials of the award-winning bbc satirical political comedy drama written and directed by armando iannucci
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Cover is a little worn around the edges, but no marks or damagefeiler then tested these ideas with his wife and kidssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefelier's life-changing discoveries include a radical plan to reshape your family in twenty minutes a week, warren buffett's guide for setting an allowance, and the harvard handbook for resolving conflictthe result is a fun, completely original look at how families can draw closer togetherinstead of the usual psychologists and family 'experts', he sought out the most creative minds - from silicon valley to the set of modern family, from top negotiators to the army - and asked them what team-building exercises and problem-solving techniques they usethe secrets of happy families is a timely, counterintuitive book that answers the questions countless parents are asking: how do we manage the chaos of our lives? how do we teach our kids values? how do we make our family happier?written in a charming, accessible style, the secrets of happy families is smart, funny and fresh, and will forever change how your family lives every dayoxfam books & music olneyso he set out on a three-year journey to find the smartest ideas and the most cutting-edge research about families of all varieties, novel solutions to make his own family happier bestselling author and new york times family columnist bruce feiler found himself squeezed between caring for ageing parents and raising his children
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null inoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakerssome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Now, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecologyfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practicehe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftprinted in , first editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very good" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely bound
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He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'in their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news mediaa truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan breaders of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issuessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsednarrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountingpeterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and racehe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteriaoxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech
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Foremost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policyfounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyondsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationbased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsembodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound ways
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Before the turn of the century, few states used immigration detention
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Oxfam bookshop victoria one of the greatest luthiers of our time reveals the secrets of his profession-and how each phase of handcrafting a violin can point us toward our calling, our true selves, and the overwhelming power and gentleness of god's love newly published in english translationin as new condition with light shelf wearbut are we truly listening? do we really see? drawing upon scripture, his life experiences, and his insights as a master violinmaker, schleske challenges readers to understand the world, ourselves, and the creator in fresh wayssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreschleske explains that our world is flooded with metaphors, parables, and messages from god
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The birth of time - how we measured the age of the universe price includes signed/tracked postage read more
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In this process, the source of nutrition policy in the world bank is traced to those affected by the policies in indiait is an attempt to uncover the workings of power through a close look at the structures, discourses, and agencies through which nutrition policy operateshow much are individuals able to determine their life choices? how much should policy-makers take underlying social forces into account when designing policy? this book examines the possibilities, and obstacles, to eliminating child hungerthis book is not just about nutritiona large majority of those affected are living in indiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethroughout the book, the underlying tension between choice and circumstance is exploredbook description;Â very slight wear at the head and tail of the spine, otherwise as newoxfam bookshop beverley we live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food priceswhy have strategies to combat hunger, especially in india, failed so badly? how did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished? using the case study of a world bank nutrition project in india, this book takes on these questions and probes the issues surrounding development assistance, strategies to eliminate undernutrition, and how hunger should be fundamentally understood and addressed
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Makdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposeshis 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 groupsthe 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 worldmakdisi 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 developmentoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 it condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital image
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Oxfam shop st giles street andrew blowers obe is emeritus professor of social sciences at the open universityas a member of the first committee on radioactive waste management he was directly responsible for some of the uk's policy on legacy wasteover a long career he has been involved in the field of environmental politics and policy making as an academic, politician, government adviser, nuclear company director and prominent environmental activistthe legacy of nuclear power brings together his varied experience and expertise and reflects his lifetime concern with the fate of nuclear communities now and in the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome writing on last page, as shown in photo
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social policy, fourth edition, by john baldock, lavinia mitton, nick manning, and sarah vickerstaff - £20 oxford dictionary of sociology, by john scott and gordon marshall - £2 america: a narrative history (brief ninth edition), by george brown tindall, and david eshi - £15 introduction to medieval europe, , second edition, wim blockmans, and peter hoppenbrouwers - £18 sociology paperback 7th edition by anthony giddens, philip w
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Oxfam bookshop preston this treatise is a look at how social reality is constructed from sense impressions - at how, for example, a "five-pound note" is constructed, with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper that is seen and touchedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book has some annotations in ink, but is otherwise in very good condition
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'social climbers' concerns the complexities of monkey social lifeoxfam shop hebden bridge all ten episodes from david attenborough's series looking at the most diverse group of animals ever to inhabit the earth'opportunists' examines the way that mammals with variable diets are able to adapt to new environments'plant predators' examines how herbivores have adapted, while 'chisellers' concerns those mammals who feed primarily on roots and seeds'return to the water' looks at seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales'life in the trees' explores the world of tree-dwelling mammalssee oxfam website for delivery information read more'insect hunters' focuses on mammals who have specifically adapted to eating insects'a winning design' highlights the differences between mammals, reptiles and birdsfinally, 'food for thought' looks at what happened when mammals developed the capability to walk upright'meat eaters' follows the eternal race between predators and prey, and how both individual and pack hunters have adapted
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" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencesequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humansee oxfam website for delivery information read morejoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophythe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesisoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culture
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social policy in britain by pete alcock excellent condition almost like new can be collected from easton bristol can post email me for details will combine postage if more than one item purchased read more
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Simultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarabut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timemorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century
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The cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economyoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sinceas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnam" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath
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This realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societyrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiquebourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claims
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Oxfam shop wetherby social policy, as new 4th edition, open university textbooksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Setting his analysis against the background of popular science, kelly follows popular darwinism as it permeated education, religion, politics, and social thought in germanyoxfam books & music crouch end in germany, more than anywhere else, darwinism was a sensational successsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explains how the popularizers changed darwin's thought in subtle ways and how these changes colored their perceptions of darwinismamong the first purveyors of mass culture, the germans provide valuable clues as to how seminal ideas move through a society
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