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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
This special issue is the second of a two-part edited collection on
the privatisation of migration. The central thrust of the special
issue is a critical analysis of modern day manifestations of
private participation in immigration control such as through
companies which run detention and deportation programmes and
individual landlords, medical professionals and employers who
become part of immigration enforcement. In the chapters the authors
examine the role of private stakeholders and the political economy
in migration control.
Sir William Arthur Lewis moved from the realm of brilliant scholar
into the realm of legend when he won the Nobel Prize in Economics
in 1979. Yet, little has been recognised of his scholarship beyond
the field of economics, a scholarship that complemented and
enhanced his economic thought. In this collection of essays, borne
out of the Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Symposium and the Sir Arthur
Lewis Distinguished Lecture 2018, contributors present W. Arthur
Lewis not only as a renowned Nobel Laureate in Economics but also
as a cross-disciplinary scholar both prescient and adept in
outlining a framework for development in all areas of society. The
W. Arthur Lewis Reader starts with an overview of Lewis's early
life and career and then delves into his varied contributions to
the field of political science, management, and sociology, to name
a few. It details how his cultural, political, and social worldview
profoundly influenced the dynamism and nuance with which he
advanced issues concerning West Indies and West African activism;
racial and ethnic antagonism; social demographics; labour and
unemployment; economic diversification; development of the cultural
and creative industries; and ethnicity and entrepreneurship, all
while providing an invaluable resource on one of the Caribbean's
greatest minds.
*A WATERSTONES 'BEST POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'* *A TIMES 'BEST
PHILOSOPHY AND IDEAS' BOOK OF 2021* *A GUARDIAN 'BEST POLITICS
BOOKS OF THE YEAR'* LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 'A
brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so
underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also
be hopeful for change' - Philippa Perry 'An impassioned,
meticulously argued and optimistic call to arms for anyone who
cares about creating a fairer society' - Observer __________
Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by
women. Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise
frequently challenged by them. Imagine people always addressing the
woman you are with before you. Now imagine a world in which the
reverse of this is true. The Authority Gap provides a startling
perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, to
reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and
women. Would you believe that US Supreme Court Justices are
interrupted four times more often than male ones... 96% of the time
by men? Or that British parents, when asked to estimate their
child's IQ will place their son at 115 and their daughter at 107?
Marshalling a wealth of data with precision and insight, and
including interviews with pioneering women such as Baroness Hale,
Mary Beard and Bernadine Evaristo, Mary Ann exposes unconscious
bias in this fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract
systemic sexism in ways that benefit us all. Includes interviews
with pioneering women such as: Baroness Hale Mary Beard Bernadine
Evaristo Mary McAleese Julia Gillard Dolly Alderton and Pandora
Sykes Cherie Blair Liz Truss Amber Rudd Frances Morris Laura Bates
__________ 'Hugely exciting' - Emily Maitlis 'Deeply researched,
profoundly thoughtful and a book very much for the here and now:
Mary Ann Sieghart's The Authority Gap is the book she was probably
born to write' - Andrew Marr 'At last here is a credible roadmap
that is capable of taking women from the margins to the centre by
bridging the authority gap that holds back even the best and most
talented of women. - Mary McAleese, Former President of Ireland
From Revolution to Revolution (1973) examines England, Scotland and
Wales from the revolution of 1688 when William became King, to the
American Revolution of 1776. In this period lies the roots of
modern Britain, as it went from being underdeveloped countries on
the fringe of European civilization to a predominating influence in
the world. This book examines the union of the island, development
of an organized public opinion and national consciousness, as well
as Parliament and its factions, the landed and business classes.
Views on religion, art, architecture and the changing face of the
countryside are also examined, as is the tension between London and
the rest of the island. The important issues of colonial expansions
in Ireland, America, India and Africa are also analysed.
The Court and the Country (1969) offers a fresh view and synthesis
of the English revolution of 1640. It describes the origin and
development of the revolution, and gives an account of the various
factors - political, social and religious - that produced the
revolution and conditioned its course. It explains the revolution
primarily as a result of the breakdown of the unity of the
governing class around the monarchy into the contending sides of
the Court and the Country. A principal theme is the formation
within the governing class of an opposition movement to the Crown.
The role of Puritanism and of the towns is examined, and the
resistance to Charles I is considered in relation to other European
revolutions of the period.
A Nation of Change and Novelty (1990) ranges broadly over the
political and literary terrain of the seventeenth century,
examining the importance of the English Revolution as a decisive
event in English and European history. It emphasises the historical
significance of the English Revolution, exploring not only its
causes but also its long term consequences, basing both in a broad
social context and viewing it as a necessary condition of England's
having nurtured the first Industrial Revolution.
Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (1986) examines the damage
done by the Puritans during the English Civil War, and the enormous
artistic losses England suffered from their activities. The
Puritans smashed stained glass, monuments, sculpture, brasses in
cathedrals and churches; they destroyed organs, dispersed the
choirs and the music. They sold the King's art collections,
pictures, statues, plate, gems and jewels abroad, and broke up the
Coronation regalia. They closed down the theatres and ended
Caroline poetry. The greatest composer and most promising scientist
of the age were among the many lives lost; and this all besides the
ruin of palaces, castles and mansions.
A History of Political Thought in the English Revolution (1954)
examines the large range of political doctrines which played their
part in the English revolution - a period when modern democratic
ideas began. The political literature of the period between 1645,
when the Levellers first seized upon the revolution's wider
implications, and 1660, when Charles II restored the monarchy to
power, is here studied in detail.
Cromwell and Communism (1930) examines the English revolution
against the absolute monarchy of Charles I. It looks at the
economic and social conditions prevailing at the time, the first
beginnings of dissent and the religious and political aims of the
Parliamentarian side in the revolution and subsequent civil war.
The various sects are examined, including the Levellers and their
democratic, atheistic and communistic ideals.
Allegiance in Church and State (1928) examines the evolution of
ideas and ideals, their relation to political and economic events,
and their influence on friends and foes in seventeenth-century
England - which witnessed the beginning of both the constitutional
and the intellectual transition from the old order to the new. It
takes a careful look at the religious and particularly political
ideas of the Nonjurors, a sect that argued for the moral
foundations of a State and the sacredness of moral obligations in
public life.
Leveller Manifestoes (1944) is a collection of primary manifestoes
issued by the Levellers, the group which played an active and
influential role in the English revolution of 1642-49. This book
collects together rare pamphlets and tracts that are seldom
available, and certainly not in one place for ease of research.
With Africa as its point of reference and departure, this volume
examines why and how the two concepts - radicalisms and
conservatisms - should not be taken as mere binaries around which
to organize knowledge. It demonstrates that these concepts have
multiple and diverse meanings as perceived and understood from
different disciplinary vantage points, hence, the deliberate
pluralization of the terms. The essays show what happens when one
juxtaposes the two concepts and how they are easily intertwined
when different peoples' lived experiences of poverty, political and
social alienation, education, intolerance, youth activism, social
(in)justice, violence, etc. across the length and breadth of Africa
are brought to bear on our understandings of these two
particularisms. Contributors are: Adekunle Victor Owoyomi, Adeshina
Francis Akindutire, Adewale O. Owoseni, Bright Nkrumah, Clement
Chipenda, Ebenezer Babajide Ishola, Edwin Etieyibo, Israel
Oberedjemurho Ugoma, Jonah Uyieh, Jonathan O. Chimakonam, Madina
Tlostanova, Maduka Enyimba, Muchaparara Musemwa, Odirin Omiegbe,
Obvious Katsaura, Olufunke Olufunsho Adegoke, Peter Kwaja, Philip
Akporduado Edema, Tafadzwa Chevo, and Temitope Owolabi.
Hegel for Social Movements by Andy Blunden is an introduction to
the reading of Hegel intended for those already active in social
movements. It introduces Hegel's ideas in a way which will be
useful for those fighting for social change, and while some
familiarity with philosophy would be an advantage for the reader,
the main pre-requisite is a commitment to the practical pursuit of
ideal aims. The book covers the whole sweep of Hegel's writing, but
focuses particularly on the Logic and Hegel's social theory - the
Philosophy of Right. Blunden brings to his exposition an original
interpretation of Hegel's Logic as the logic of social change,
utilizing his expertise in Vygotsky's cultural psychology and
Soviet Activity Theory.
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