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First published in 1962, Capital Punishment and British Politics
illuminates the process of political decision-making in Britain by
analysing the complex activities that led to the passage of a major
piece of social legislation, the Homicide Act of 1957. His case
study, based on dozens of interviews, reveals in detail the
workings of British politics and assesses the impact of the clash
of ideas and interests on governmental policy. After surveying the
legal and historical antecedents of the controversy surrounding the
Act, the author traces the development from the abortive attempt to
abolish the death penalty under the Labour Government through the
spectacular murder cases of the early fifties to the compromise
legislation successfully launched by a Conservative Government.
Throughout the book analysis is coupled with description, and the
concluding chapter demonstrates how this single case contained in
microcosm many of the basic elements and dilemmas of the British
political process. This fascinating study will be of great interest
to students of politics and social legislation everywhere.
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the
banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical
and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between
the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have
evolved alongside the shifting loci of banking activity.An original
contribution to the urgent debates taking place on banking sparked
by the current economic crisis Offers a unique perspective on the
geographical and social concept of 'placement' of the banking
industryCombines theoretical approaches from political economy with
contemporary literature on the performativity of economicsDetails
the globalization of Western banking, and analyzes how
representations of the banking sector's productiveness have shifted
throughout the evolution of Western economic theoryAnalyzes the
social conceptualization of the nature - and value - of the banking
industryIlluminates not only how economic ideas 'perform' and shape
the economic world, but how those ideas are themselves always
products of particular economic realities
Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical
multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world
in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions
illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance
continue to shape global political economy and society. * A
multidisciplinary collection of essays that study the geographies
of money and finance that have unfolded in the wake of the
financial crisis * Contributions discuss a wide range of
contemporary social formations, including the complexities of
modern debt-driven financial markets * Chapters critically explore
proliferating forms and spaces of financial power, from the realms
of orthodox finance capital to biodiversity conservation *
Contributions demonstrate the centrality of money and finance to
contemporary capitalism and its political and cultural economies
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the
banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical
and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between
the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have
evolved alongside the shifting loci of banking activity.An original
contribution to the urgent debates taking place on banking sparked
by the current economic crisis Offers a unique perspective on the
geographical and social concept of 'placement' of the banking
industryCombines theoretical approaches from political economy with
contemporary literature on the performativity of economicsDetails
the globalization of Western banking, and analyzes how
representations of the banking sector's productiveness have shifted
throughout the evolution of Western economic theoryAnalyzes the
social conceptualization of the nature - and value - of the banking
industryIlluminates not only how economic ideas 'perform' and shape
the economic world, but how those ideas are themselves always
products of particular economic realities
In the most sweeping claim yet made for Milton's puritanism,
Georgia B. Christopher holds that the great poet assimilated
classical literature through Reformation categories, not humanist
ones. Examining Milton's major works against the beliefs of Luther
and Calvin, she shows how his poetry reflects their view of
Scripture, the extra-literary properties they accorded God's
speech, and the responses they expected of readers. Originally
published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
In the most sweeping claim yet made for Milton's puritanism,
Georgia B. Christopher holds that the great poet assimilated
classical literature through Reformation categories, not humanist
ones. Examining Milton's major works against the beliefs of Luther
and Calvin, she shows how his poetry reflects their view of
Scripture, the extra-literary properties they accorded God's
speech, and the responses they expected of readers.
Originally published in 1982.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical
multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world
in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions
illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance
continue to shape global political economy and society. * A
multidisciplinary collection of essays that study the geographies
of money and finance that have unfolded in the wake of the
financial crisis * Contributions discuss a wide range of
contemporary social formations, including the complexities of
modern debt-driven financial markets * Chapters critically explore
proliferating forms and spaces of financial power, from the realms
of orthodox finance capital to biodiversity conservation *
Contributions demonstrate the centrality of money and finance to
contemporary capitalism and its political and cultural economies
Young Griston Reeves has discovered the secret of enlightenment,
the knowledge that God loves him just a little bit more than He
loves everybody else. And he wants to share the method with you.
Unfortunately, while the trick might be easy to "do," it is much
more difficult to explain. Thus Griston endeavors to tell the story
of how he came upon the secret, starting with his childhood in
Florida, the disappearance of his father and his adoption by his
Aunt Barbara, through his discovery of a hidden world perpendicular
to our own and his alter-ego Red Yen, and the discoveries and
adventures that follow. Told in the form of twenty-seven vignettes,
which range from the mystical to the biographical to the
fantastical, Griston approaches the task of enlightening the reader
from various angles, the novel can be approached in one of three
ways. Read from beginning to end, as a single narrative, it is the
story of Griston Reeve's spiritual journey and the unexpected
consequences of the path he chooses when he runs away from his Aunt
Barbara's house and hops on a bus to Orlando, Florida. Looked at as
a collection of separate teachings, the reader may pick and choose
amongst them, reading the ones whose message and style speaks most
to him or her. Finally, by following the directions given in the
appendix, along with a special deck of fortune-telling cards (which
can either be fashioned by the reader according to the instructions
or purchased online at https:
//www.thegamecrafter.com/games/infinity-plus-one1), the book can be
used as a method of divination.
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