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Politics and the Environment - From Theory to Practice (Paperback, 3rd edition): James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson,... Politics and the Environment - From Theory to Practice (Paperback, 3rd edition)
James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson, Clare Saunders 1
R605 R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Save R33 (5%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Politics and the Environment has established itself as the most comprehensive textbook in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst retaining the features and the theory to practice focus which made the first two editions so successful. This text is designed to introduce students to the key concepts and issues which surround environmental problems and their political solutions. The authors investigate the people, movements and organisations that form and implement these policies, and explore the barriers which hinder successful introduction of international environmental politics. * This new edition has been expanded to include: * The shift in focus in environmental politics from sustainable development to climate change governance * Far more material on climate change including institutional, national and global responses in the aftermath of the Kyoto protocol * An increased international focus with more case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and North America * More discussion of global environmental social movements including the US environmental organisations, in particular the Green Party and the environmental justice groups * There is an additional co-author for this edition, David Benson from the University of East Anglia This textbook is an invaluable and accessible resource for undergraduates studying environmental politics.

Politics and the Environment - From Theory to Practice (Hardcover, 3rd edition): James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson,... Politics and the Environment - From Theory to Practice (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson, Clare Saunders
R4,474 Discovery Miles 44 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Politics and the Environment has established itself as one of the most comprehensive textbooks in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst retaining the features and the theory-to-practice focus which made the first two editions so successful.

This text is designed to introduce students to the key concepts and issues which surround environmental problems and their political solutions. The authors investigate the people, movements and organisations that form and implement these policies, and explore the barriers which hinder successful introduction of international environmental politics.

The 3rd edition has been expanded to include:

  • The shift in focus in environmental politics from sustainable development to climate change governance
  • An extensive discussion on climate change: including institutional, national and global responses in the aftermath of the Kyoto protocol
  • An increased international focus with more case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and North America
  • More discussion of global environmental social movements: including the US environmental organisations, in particular the Green Party and the environmental justice groups

This textbook is an invaluable and accessible resource for undergraduates studying environmental politics.

Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (Paperback): C. David Benson Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (Paperback)
C. David Benson
R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1990. This study is of one of the world's great narrative poems and one of the few long poems in English about physical love. Although this work is often overshadowed by the Canterbury Tales, the author argues that it has its own profound multiplicity. Its mixture of genres, styles, characters and other competing elements creates a powerful literary experience for each reader. This book explores the diversity and contradictions produced by the poem without attempting to resolve them. It is accessible to those reading the poem for the first time, but equally stimulating to those who know it well, stressing the importance of the role of individual readers in response to the openness of the poem. Although previous criticism tends to emphasize one or two aspects while ignoring others, Benson argues all critical readings are of interest because they make one aware of the poem's many contrasting layers and possibilities. Beginning with the principal source, Boccaccio's Filostrato, the work examines the many different elements added to this source; which contains internal tensions and thus develops Boccaccio's story in a variety of often contradictory directions. The author considers Chaucer's treatment of setting, characterization, love, fortune and religion, showing how these affect the character of the poem and make it simultaneously more chivalric and comic, more Christian and more pagan.

Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (Hardcover): C. David Benson Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (Hardcover)
C. David Benson
R3,248 Discovery Miles 32 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1990. This study is of one of the world's great narrative poems and one of the few long poems in English about physical love. Although this work is often overshadowed by the Canterbury Tales, the author argues that it has its own profound multiplicity. Its mixture of genres, styles, characters and other competing elements creates a powerful literary experience for each reader. This book explores the diversity and contradictions produced by the poem without attempting to resolve them. It is accessible to those reading the poem for the first time, but equally stimulating to those who know it well, stressing the importance of the role of individual readers in response to the openness of the poem. Although previous criticism tends to emphasize one or two aspects while ignoring others, Benson argues all critical readings are of interest because they make one aware of the poem's many contrasting layers and possibilities. Beginning with the principal source, Boccaccio's Filostrato, the work examines the many different elements added to this source; which contains internal tensions and thus develops Boccaccio's story in a variety of often contradictory directions. The author considers Chaucer's treatment of setting, characterization, love, fortune and religion, showing how these affect the character of the poem and make it simultaneously more chivalric and comic, more Christian and more pagan.

Creating Outstanding Classrooms - A whole-school approach (Hardcover, New): Oliver Knight, David Benson Creating Outstanding Classrooms - A whole-school approach (Hardcover, New)
Oliver Knight, David Benson
R4,467 Discovery Miles 44 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This timely new book outlines a whole-school approach to embedding a sustainable model of teaching and learning that puts the learner at the heart of the system. It provides an entire framework for ensuring all students achieve above their expectations; incorporating school vision, teacher professional development, assessment models, school culture, leadership and management, and core classroom practices. It takes what the current research suggests does - and does not - work and builds it into a practical approach that has been tried, tested and proven to work. Each section incorporates the research, a model of how this can be embedded across a school and then a training section that allows senior leaders in schools to teach the skill-set to others to ensure it can be embedded and reviewed. Covering all aspect of teaching and learning including curriculum design, teacher practices, assessment and leadership, the book features: a clear planning framework that is easy to implement; subject based case studies to exemplify good practice; diagrams to clarify and consolidate information; training activities throughout each chapter, also available to download at www.routledge.com/9780415831178. Designed to be used as a training tool for both new and established teachers, this book is essential reading for senior leaders that want to equip their teachers with the skills and knowledge to create a school of outstanding classrooms.

Creating Outstanding Classrooms - A whole-school approach (Paperback, New): Oliver Knight, David Benson Creating Outstanding Classrooms - A whole-school approach (Paperback, New)
Oliver Knight, David Benson
R1,201 Discovery Miles 12 010 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This timely new book outlines a whole-school approach to embedding a sustainable model of teaching and learning that puts the learner at the heart of the system. It provides an entire framework for ensuring all students achieve above their expectations; incorporating school vision, teacher professional development, assessment models, school culture, leadership and management, and core classroom practices. It takes what the current research suggests does - and does not - work and builds it into a practical approach that has been tried, tested and proven to work. Each section incorporates the research, a model of how this can be embedded across a school and then a training section that allows senior leaders in schools to teach the skill-set to others to ensure it can be embedded and reviewed. Covering all aspect of teaching and learning including curriculum design, teacher practices, assessment and leadership, the book features: a clear planning framework that is easy to implement; subject based case studies to exemplify good practice; diagrams to clarify and consolidate information; training activities throughout each chapter, also available to download at www.routledge.com/9780415831178. Designed to be used as a training tool for both new and established teachers, this book is essential reading for senior leaders that want to equip their teachers with the skills and knowledge to create a school of outstanding classrooms.

Catchment and River Basin Management - Integrating Science and Governance (Paperback): Laurence Smith, Keith Porter, Kevin... Catchment and River Basin Management - Integrating Science and Governance (Paperback)
Laurence Smith, Keith Porter, Kevin Hiscock, Mary Jane Porter, David Benson
R1,542 Discovery Miles 15 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The central focus of this volume is a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water - governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. The authors present a systematic analysis of case study river systems drawn from Australia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, UK and USA to provide an integrated global assessment of the scale and key features of catchment management. A key premise explored is that despite the diversity of jurisdictions and catchments there are commonalities to a successful approach. The authors show that environmental and public health water quality criteria must be integrated with the economic and social goals of those affected, necessitating a 'twin-track' and holistic (cross-sector and discipline) approach of stakeholder engagement and sound scientific research. A final synthesis presents a set of principles for adaptive catchment management. These principles demonstrate how to integrate the best scientific and technical knowledge with policy, governance and legal provisions. It is shown how decision-making and implementation at the appropriate geographic and governmental scales can resolve conflicts and share best sustainable practices.

Catchment and River Basin Management - Integrating Science and Governance (Hardcover): Laurence Smith, Keith Porter, Kevin... Catchment and River Basin Management - Integrating Science and Governance (Hardcover)
Laurence Smith, Keith Porter, Kevin Hiscock, Mary Jane Porter, David Benson
R4,482 Discovery Miles 44 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The central focus of this volume is a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water - governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. The authors present a systematic analysis of case study river systems drawn from Australia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, UK and USA to provide an integrated global assessment of the scale and key features of catchment management. A key premise explored is that despite the diversity of jurisdictions and catchments there are commonalities to a successful approach. The authors show that environmental and public health water quality criteria must be integrated with the economic and social goals of those affected, necessitating a 'twin-track' and holistic (cross-sector and discipline) approach of stakeholder engagement and sound scientific research. A final synthesis presents a set of principles for adaptive catchment management. These principles demonstrate how to integrate the best scientific and technical knowledge with policy, governance and legal provisions. It is shown how decision-making and implementation at the appropriate geographic and governmental scales can resolve conflicts and share best sustainable practices.

Chaucer and the City (Hardcover): Ardis Butterfield Chaucer and the City (Hardcover)
Ardis Butterfield; Contributions by Ardis Butterfield, Barbara Nolan, C. David Benson, Christopher Cannon, …
R2,184 Discovery Miles 21 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Essays exploring Chaucer's identity as a London poet and the urban context for his writings. Literature of the city and the city in literature are topics of major contemporary interest. This volume enhances our understanding of Chaucer's iconic role as a London poet, defining the modern sense of London as a city in history, steeped in its medieval past. Building on recent work by historians on medieval London, as well as modern urban theory, the essays address the centrality of the city in Chaucer's work, and of Chaucer to a literature and a language of the city. Contributors explore the spatial extent of the city, imaginatively and geographically; the diverse and sometimes violent relationships between communities, and the use of language to identify and speak for communities; the worlds of commerce, the aristocracy, law, and public order. A final section considers the longer history and memory of the medieval city beyond the devastations of the Great Fire and into the Victorian period. Dr ARDIS BUTTERFIELD is Reader in English at University College London. Contributors: ARDIS BUTTERFIELD, MARION TURNER, RUTH EVANS, BARBARA NOLAN, CHRISTOPHER CANNON, DEREK PEARSALL, HELEN COOPER, C. DAVID BENSON, ELLIOTKENDALL, JOHN SCATTERGOOD, PAUL DAVIS, HELEN PHILLIPS

The Book of John Mandeville (Paperback, New edition): Tamarah Kohanski, C. David Benson The Book of John Mandeville (Paperback, New edition)
Tamarah Kohanski, C. David Benson
R571 Discovery Miles 5 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Book of John Mandeville has tended to be neglected by modern teachers and scholars, yet this intriguing and copious work has much to offer the student of medieval literature, history, and culture. [It] was a contemporary bestseller, providing readers with exotic information about locales from Constantinople to China and about the social and religious practices of peoples such as the Greeks, Muslims, and Brahmins. The Book first appeared in the middle of the fourteenth century and by the next century could be found in an extraordinary range of European languages: not only Latin, French, German, English, and Italian, but also Czech, Danish, and Irish. Its wide readership is also attested by the two hundred fifty to three hundred medieval manuscripts that still survive today. Chaucer borrowed from it, as did the Gawain-poet in the Middle English Cleanness, and its popularity continued long after the Middle Ages.

Chaucer's Religious Tales (Hardcover): C. David Benson, Elizabeth Robertson Chaucer's Religious Tales (Hardcover)
C. David Benson, Elizabeth Robertson
R2,041 Discovery Miles 20 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

These thirteen essays by distinguished Chaucerians deal with the most neglected genre of the Canterbury Tales, the religious tales. Although the prose works are also discussed, the primary focus of the volume is on Chaucer's four poems in rhyme royal: the Clerk's Tale, the Man of Law's Tale, the Second Nun's Tale and the Prioress's Tale. Almost all of Chaucer's tales are religious in some sense, but these four works deal specifically and deeply with faith and spiritual transcendence. They appeal to qualities, such as pathos, not now in critical fashion, but at the same time they seem extraordinarily contemporary in their special interest in women and feminist issues. The time is appropriate to recognise their importance in Chaucer's canon, for he is a religious poet as surely as he is a poet of comedy and secular love. These essays survey past criticism on the religious tales and offer new approaches. Contributors: C. DAVID BENSON, ELIZABETH ROBINSON, DEREK PEARSALL, BARBARA NOLAN, ROBERT WORTH FRANK, LINDA GEORGIANNA, CHARLOTTE C. MORSE, A.S.G. EDWARDS, CAROLYN COLETTE, ELIZABETH D. KIRK, GEORGE R. KEISER, JANE COWGILL.

New Directions in Later Medieval Manuscript Studies - Essays from the 1998 Harvard Conference (Hardcover): Derek Pearsall New Directions in Later Medieval Manuscript Studies - Essays from the 1998 Harvard Conference (Hardcover)
Derek Pearsall; Contributions by A.I. Doyle, Alison Stones, C. David Benson, Eckehard Simon, …
R2,183 Discovery Miles 21 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Influential scholars from Britain and North America discuss future directions in rapidly expanding field of manuscript study. The study of manuscripts is one of the most active areas of current research in medieval studies: manuscripts are the basic primary material evidence for literary scholars, historians and art-historians alike, and there has been an explosion of interest over the past twenty years. Manuscript study has developed enormously: codices are no longer treated as inert witnesses to a culture whose character has already been determined by the modern scholar, but are active participants in a process of exploration and discovery. The articles collected here discuss the future of this process and vital questions about manuscript study for tomorrow's explorers. They deal with codicology and book production, with textual criticism, with the material structure of the medieval book, with the relation of manuscripts to literary culture, to social history and to the medieval theatre, and with the importance to manuscript study of the emerging technology of computerised digitisation and hypertext display. The essays provide an end-of-millennium perspective on the most vigorous developments in a rapidly expanding field of study. Contributors: A.I. Doyle, C. David Benson, Martha W. Driver, J.P. Gumbert, Kathryn Kerby-Fulton, Linne R. Mooney, Eckehard Simon, Alison Stones, John Thompson. DEREK PEARSALL is former Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, York, and Professor of English at Harvard University.

A Companion to Malory (Paperback, New Ed): Elizabeth Archibald, A.S.G. Edwards A Companion to Malory (Paperback, New Ed)
Elizabeth Archibald, A.S.G. Edwards; Contributions by A.S.G. Edwards, Barbara Nolan, C. David Benson, …
R965 R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Save R80 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Malory's Morte Darthur - text, history and reception - expertly appraised by international scholars. This collection of original essays by an international group of distinguished medievalists provides a comprehensive introduction to the great work of Sir Thomas Malory, which will be indispensable for both students and scholars. It is divided into three main sections, on Malory in context, the art of the Morte Darthur, and its reception in later years. As well as essays on the eight tales which make up the Morte Darthur, there are studies ofthe relationship between the Winchestermanuscript and Caxton's and later editions; the political and social context in which Malory wrote; his style and sources; and his treatment of two key concepts in Arthurian literature, chivalry and the representation of women. The volume also includes a brief biography of Malory with a list of the historical records relating to him and his family. It ends with a discussion of the reception of the Morte Darthurfrom the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, and a select bibliography. Contributors: P.J.C. FIELD, FELICITY RIDDY, RICHARD BARBER, ELIZABETH EDWARDS, TERENCE MCCARTHY, CAROL MEALE, JEREMY SMITH, ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD,BARBARA NOLAN, HELEN COOPER, JILL MANN, DAVID BENSON, A.S.G. EDWARDS

The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman: the B-version (Paperback): C. David Benson, Lynne S. Blanchfield The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman: the B-version (Paperback)
C. David Benson, Lynne S. Blanchfield
R2,071 Discovery Miles 20 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The B-version of 'Piers Plowman', perhaps the only version authorised by Langland, is the one most frequently read today, and the most influential form of the poem. This catalogue of the extant medieval manuscripts, now locaed in Cambridge, London, Oxford, Tokyo, and San Marino, California, offers both individual manuscript descriptions and a record of the annotations. The new and detailed codicological descriptions include information on provenance and ownership, a full list of the contents, and a description of the physical make-up and the presentation of each manuscript. The first published accounts of the various textual annotations on each manuscript (whether produced by the original scribes or later readers) provides the best record available of how 'piers plowman' was understoon by its earliest audience. Professor C. DAVID BENSON teaches in the English Department at the University of Connecticut; Dr LYNNE BLANCHFIELD is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University.

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production - Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance (Paperback):... Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production - Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance (Paperback)
Senthilarasu Sundaram, David Benson, Tapas K. Mallick
R1,424 R1,327 Discovery Miles 13 270 Save R97 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance provides an overview of the emerging industrial PV sector, its technologies, and the regulatory frameworks supporting them. This new book reviews and categorizes the potential environmental impacts of several main PV technologies, examining the extent to which current EU governance frameworks regulate such impacts. By identifying the gaps or regulatory mismatches and creating a basis for normative recommendations on governance change, this book analyzes potential governance implications and their impacts in relation to manufacturers upscaling PV production techniques.

Transforming Vocation (Paperback): David Benson, Kara Martin, Andrew Sloane Transforming Vocation (Paperback)
David Benson, Kara Martin, Andrew Sloane
R929 R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Save R178 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mindfulness Guide - 30 Practical Meditations to Lose Anxiety, Reduce Stress, and Improve Mental Health (How to Meditate for... Mindfulness Guide - 30 Practical Meditations to Lose Anxiety, Reduce Stress, and Improve Mental Health (How to Meditate for Beginners, Chakra Healing, Yoga) (Paperback)
David Benson
R308 Discovery Miles 3 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Transforming Vocation (Hardcover): David Benson, Kara Martin, Andrew Sloane Transforming Vocation (Hardcover)
David Benson, Kara Martin, Andrew Sloane
R1,317 R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Save R276 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jesus and His Last Days (Paperback): David Benson Kiehn Jesus and His Last Days (Paperback)
David Benson Kiehn
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Imagined Romes - The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry (Paperback): C. David Benson Imagined Romes - The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry (Paperback)
C. David Benson
R961 Discovery Miles 9 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient Rome-one of the most important European cities in the medieval imagination-in late Middle English poetry. Once the capital of a great pagan empire whose ruined monuments still inspired awe in the Middle Ages, Rome, the seat of the pope, became a site of Christian pilgrimage owing to the fame of its early martyrs, whose relics sanctified the city and whose help was sought by pilgrims to their shrines. C. David Benson analyzes the variety of ways that Rome and its citizens, both pre-Christian and Christian, are presented in a range of Middle English poems, from lesser-known, anonymous works to the poetry of Gower, Chaucer, Langland, and Lydgate. Benson discusses how these poets conceive of ancient Rome and its citizens-especially the women of Rome-as well as why this matters to their works. An insightful and innovative study, Imagined Romes addresses a crucial lacuna in the scholarship of Rome in the medieval imaginary and provides fresh perspectives on the work of four of the most prominent Middle English poets.

Governing Integrated Water Resources Management - Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer (Paperback): Oliver Fritsch, David Benson Governing Integrated Water Resources Management - Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer (Paperback)
Oliver Fritsch, David Benson
R1,840 R1,503 Discovery Miles 15 030 Save R337 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leadership Excellence Course - Building a Durable Legacy of Quality (Paperback, 2nd ed.): David Benson Leadership Excellence Course - Building a Durable Legacy of Quality (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
David Benson
R963 Discovery Miles 9 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Poorest Man in Zion - Wealth Beyond the Riches of Babylon (Hardcover, First First Printing ed.): David Benson The Poorest Man in Zion - Wealth Beyond the Riches of Babylon (Hardcover, First First Printing ed.)
David Benson
R905 Discovery Miles 9 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Poorest Man in Zion - Wealth Beyond the Riches of Babylon (Paperback, First First Printing ed.): David Benson The Poorest Man in Zion - Wealth Beyond the Riches of Babylon (Paperback, First First Printing ed.)
David Benson
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Foundation of Faith - Building your Life on the Promise of God (Paperback): David Benson Kiehn The Foundation of Faith - Building your Life on the Promise of God (Paperback)
David Benson Kiehn
R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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