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Chris O'Leary looks afresh at the reasons for prosocial work
choices in the first substantive critique of Public Service
Motivation (PSM). With critical analysis of theoretical and
empirical research to date, this book explores the pros and cons of
PSM and interrogates the reasons why people choose to work in the
public and third sectors. It proposes an alternative theory for the
pursuit of service, rooted in rational choice theory, that shows
public servants are expressly motivated to confirm their values and
identity through their work. For those involved in public policy,
administration and management, this is a constructive and
stimulating review of an important but often neglected aspect of
the sector.
As many social inequalities widen, this is a crucial survey of
local authorities' evolving role in health, social care and
wellbeing. Health and social and public policy experts review
structural changes in provision and procurement, and explore social
determinants of health including intergenerational needs and
housing. With detailed assessments of regional disparities and case
studies of effective strategies and interventions from local
authorities, this collaborative study addresses complex issues
(Wicked Issues), considers where responsibility for wellbeing lies
and points the way to future policy-making. The Centre for
Partnering (CfP) is a key outcome of this innovative review along
with Bonner's previous work Social Determinants of Health (2017).
As many social inequalities widen, this is a crucial survey of
local authorities' evolving role in health, social care and
wellbeing. Health and social and public policy experts review
structural changes in provision and procurement, and explore social
determinants of health including intergenerational needs and
housing. With detailed assessments of regional disparities and case
studies of effective strategies and interventions from local
authorities, this collaborative study addresses complex issues
(Wicked Issues), considers where responsibility for wellbeing lies
and points the way to future policy-making. The Centre for
Partnering (CfP) is a key outcome of this innovative review along
with Bonner's previous work Social Determinants of Health (2017).
David Bowie: every single song. Everything you want to know,
everything you didn't know. David Bowie remains mysterious and
unknowable, despite 45 years of recording and performing. His
legacy is roughly 600 songs, which range from psychedelia to glam
rock to Philadelphia soul, from avant-garde instrumentals to global
pop anthems. Rebel Rebel catalogs Bowie's songs from 1964 to 1976,
examines them in the order of their composition and recording, and
digs into what makes them work. Rebel Rebel is an in-depth look at
Bowie's early singles and album tracks, unreleased demos, session
outtakes and cover songs. The book traces Bowie's literary, film
and musical influences and the evolution of his songwriting. It
also shows how Bowie exploited studio innovations, and the roles of
his producers and supporting musicians, especially major
collaborators like Brian Eno, Iggy Pop and Mick Ronson. This book
places Bowie's music in the context of its era. Readers will
discover the links between Kubrick's 2001 and "Space Oddity"; how A
Clockwork Orange inspired "Suffragette City". The pages are a trip
through Bowie's various lives as a young man in Swinging London, a
Tibetan Buddhist, a disillusioned hippie, a rock god, and a
Hollywood recluse. With a cast of thousands, including John Lennon,
William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol and Cher.
As public services budgets are cut, the 'Payment by Results' (or
Pay for Success) model has become a popular choice in public sector
commissioning. Social Impact Bonds are a variant of Payment by
Results also promoted by proponents of social (or impact)
investing. But how effective are these approaches? This short book
asks whether the Payment by Results model is an efficient way to
unlock new capital investment, help new providers to enter the
'market' and foster innovation, or whether the extension of
'neoliberal' thinking, complexity and the effects of managerialism
undermine the effective delivery of social outcomes. Synthesising
lessons from the UK and US for the first time, the book draws on
published work in both countries together with insights from the
authors' own research and consultancy experience to offer a
balanced and bipartisan overview of a field where the evidence has
been weak and there are strong ideological agendas in play.
In 2015 Chris O'Leary published the first folume of his two-volume
exporation, Rebel Rebel, of every song David Jones / David Bowie
ever wrote, in chronological order. This is the second volume.
Ashes to Ashes covers every single Bowie song, whether it was sung,
written, or produced by him, from 1976, when he first recorded with
Iggy Pop on "The Idiot," to his last masterpiece "Blackstar,"
released just days before his death in 2016. Each song is annotated
in depth and explored in essays that touch upon the song's
creation, production, influences and impact. It hits everything
from "Heroes" to the Labyrinth soundtrack, from his 1985 camp duet
with Mick Jagger on "Dancing In the Street" to "Where Are We Now,"
his comeback single in 2013. Along the way we encounter a vast cast
of characters, weaving in and out of Bowie's life and his music:
Brian Eno, John Cale, Nile Rodgers, Lou Reed, Freddie Mercury,
Scott Walker, Marc Bolan, Arcade Fire, John Lennon, Mickey Rourke,
Gary Oldman, Iman, Hanif Kureishi, Julien Temple, Giorgio Moroder,
Neil Young and many others. And we range across the globe from
Bowie's years in divided Berlin to his "exile" years in Switzerland
through his final years as a New Yorker, recording within walking
distance of his home.
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