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In the late 1990s, Manchester was a city in upheaval. The
devastation of the IRA bomb and the closure of the infamous
Haçienda nightclub were seismic events that rocked the city’s
confidence at a time when identikit bands were flooding its clubs
and bars, fuelled on anthemic guitar rock and swagger. Stereotypes
were everywhere, while the spirit of Manchester was silently
suffocating. Mancunians: Where do we start, where do I begin? is
the story of those who didn’t fit the typecast: the musicians of
colour, the football fans alienated by rampant commercialism,
frustrated public figures, optimistic developers, and ambitious
artists. Through a mixture of memoir and interviews with well-known
Mancunians such as Guy Garvey, Tunde Babalola, Sylvia Tella, Badly
Drawn Boy, and Stan Chow, David Scott portrays the city at the turn
of the century in a way never seen before. -- .
Forget everything you've heard about Manchester - Madchester,
Gunchester - and read what it was like to live there at the turn of
the century from those that know it best. Mancunians: Where do we
start, where do I begin? is the story of those who didn't fit the
typecast: the musicians of colour, the football fans alienated by
rampant commercialism, the northerners who didn't wear parkas, the
frustrated police figures, the optimistic developers, the ambitious
artists, the drinkers, dealers, street sweepers, and a young author
trying to negotiate his way amongst the chaos. Through a mixture of
memoir and interviews with well-known Mancunians such as Guy
Garvey, Tunde Babalola, Sylvia Tella, Badly Drawn Boy and Stan
Chow, combined with the unheard voices of the population, David
Scott portrays the city in a way never seen before. Mancunians:
Where do we start, where do I begin? is the authentic account of
Manchester on the brink of the Millennium. -- .
Dynamo Island is an account of a contemporary ideal world set in an
Ireland-sized island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. It
expresses the possibility of a modern society living in harmonious
ecological balance with its environment. The ethos of the place is
built around the notion of the human being as a dynamo managing and
self-regulating energy in a way that draws on without harming the
natural world. One of the island's main features is that there are
no cars, only bicycles along with a comprehensive public tram and
electric train network.
This alternative textbook for courses on teaching mathematics asks
teachers and prospective teachers to reflect on their relationships
with mathematics and how these relationships influence their
teaching and the experiences of their students. Applicable to all
levels of schooling, the book covers basic topics such as planning
and assessment, classroom management, and organization of classroom
experiences; it also introduces some novel approaches to teaching
mathematics, such as psychoanalytic perspectives and post-modern
conceptions of curriculum. Traditional methods-of-teaching issues
are recast in a new discourse, provoking new ideas for making
mathematics education meaningful to teachers as well as their
students. Co-authored by a professor and coordinator of mathematics
education programs, with several practicing elementary, middle and
high school mathematics, a unique aspect of this book is that it is
a collaboration of teachers across all pre-college grade levels,
making it ideal for discussion groups that include teachers at any
level. Embracing Mathematics: integrates pedagogy and content
exploration in ways that are unique in mathematics education
features textboxes with reflection questions and suggested
explorations that can be easily utilized as homework for a course
or as discussion opportunities for teacher reading groups offers
examples of teachers' action research projects that grew out of
their interactions with the main chapters in the book is not
narrowly limited to mathematics education but incorporates
curriculum studies - an invaluable asset that allows instructors to
find more ways to engage students in self-reflexive acts of
teaching Embracing Mathematics bookis intended as a method text for
undergraduate and master's-level mathematics education courses and
more specialized graduate courses on mathematics education, and as
a resource for teacher discussion groups.
This book brings together a series of writings on the problems
facing contemporary criminology, highlighting the main theoretical
priorities of critical analysis and their application to
substantive case studies of research in action. The books starting
point is criminology's failure to adequately investigate genocide,
western state terrorism, safety crime, environmental crimes, state
crimes against children, and many other harmful acts. It
establishes the conceptual and practical foundations for a new
generation of studies in criminology, and sets a new agenda for
critical criminology. Each chapter critically assesses the main
conceptual and empirical problems encountered in research and
indicates the ways in which work has been influenced by critical
criminology paradigms and enriched by other disciplines, bringing
to life the key theoretical debates within the discipline. This
book will be essential reading for students seeking an
understanding of the nature of the discipline of cr
This book brings together a series of writings on the problems
facing contemporary criminology, highlighting the main theoretical
priorities of critical analysis and their application to
substantive case studies of research in action. The books starting
point is criminology's failure to adequately investigate genocide,
western state terrorism, safety crime, environmental crimes, state
crimes against children, and many other harmful acts. It
establishes the conceptual and practical foundations for a new
generation of studies in criminology, and sets a new agenda for
critical criminology. Each chapter critically assesses the main
conceptual and empirical problems encountered in research and
indicates the ways in which work has been influenced by critical
criminology paradigms and enriched by other disciplines, bringing
to life the key theoretical debates within the discipline. This
book will be essential reading for students seeking an
understanding of the nature of the discipline of cr
Most published bodies of work relating to curriculum theory focus
exclusively, or almost exclusively, on the contributions of men.
This is not representative of influences on educational practices
as a whole, and it is certainly not representative of educational
theory generally, as women have played a significant role in
framing the theory and practice of education in the past. Their
contribution is at least equal to that of men, even though it may
not immediately appear as visible on library shelves or lecture
lists. This book addresses this egregious deficit by asking readers
to engage in an intellectual conversation about the nature of
women’s curriculum theory, as well as its impact on society and
thought in general. It does this by examining the work of twelve
women curriculum theorists: Maxine Greene, Susan Haack, Julia
Kristeva, Martha Nussbaum, Nel Noddings, Jane Roland Martin, Marie
Battiste, Dorothea Beale, Susan Isaacs, Maria Montessori, Mary
Warnock and Lucy Diggs Slowe. The book is not an encyclopaedia, nor
is it a history book. It aims to bring to the reader’s attention,
through a semantic rendition of the world, those seminal
relationships that exist between the three meta-concepts that are
addressed in the work, feminism, learning and curriculum. It will
appeal to scholars and researchers with interests in curriculum,
and the philosophy and sociology of education.
The Routledge International Handbook of Penal Abolition provides an
authoritative and comprehensive look at the latest developments in
the 21st-century penal abolitionism movement, both reflecting on
key critical thought and setting the agenda for local and global
abolitionist ideas and interventions over the coming decade. Penal
abolitionists question the legitimacy of criminal law, policing,
courts, prisons and more broadly the idea of punishment, to argue
that rather than effectively handling or solving social problems,
interpersonal disputes, conflicts and harms, they actually increase
individual and societal problems. The Routledge International
Handbook of Penal Abolition is organized around six key themes:
Social movements and abolition organizing Critical resistance to
the penal state Voices from imprisoned and marginalized communities
Diversity of abolitionist thought International perspectives on
abolitionism Building new justice practices as a response to social
and individual wrongdoing. A global-centred and world-encompassing
project, this book provides the reader with an alternative and
critical perspective from which to reflect and raises the
visibility of abolitionist ideas and strategies in a time when
there is considerable discussion of how we will move forward in
response to what has given rise to the criminalizing system: white
supremacy, racial capitalism and human wrongdoing. It is essential
reading for all those engaged with punishment and penology,
criminology, sociology, corrections and critical prisons studies.
It will appeal to any reader who seeks an innovative response to
the calamitous failures of the modern criminalizing system.
The ending of the Soviet Union in 1991 had a major political and
economic impact on Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan was one of the most
severely affected countries, suffering a deeper recession than the
other republics. During the first five or six years Kyrgyzstan
followed the advice of the International Monetary Fund and was
considered a model of both economic and political reform. This book
analyses the ability of the newly independent government in
Kyrgyzstan to create a realistic national vision, prepare a
strategy, organise and control its public services to deliver the
desired result. Covering a fifteen year period and using the case
study of the educational sector - which declined even though the
economic situation in Kyrgyzstan improved - the author throws light
on many other aspects of a country in transition, in particular, on
strategy, implementation and outcomes. Comparisons with other
sectors such as roads and pensions, and in particular the health
care sector are presented. A multifaceted approach using case
studies, phenomenology, interviews, historical and comparative
analyses offers a more complete picture of national management of
public service and the structure of government administration. The
book also investigates the contribution made by the international
aid organisations. A detailed study of institutional transformation
in Kyrgyzstan, this book is of interest to academics studying
former socialist countries in transition, the history of the Soviet
Union and Central Asian studies in general.
The Routledge International Handbook of Penal Abolition provides an
authoritative and comprehensive look at the latest developments in
the 21st-century penal abolitionism movement, both reflecting on
key critical thought and setting the agenda for local and global
abolitionist ideas and interventions over the coming decade. Penal
abolitionists question the legitimacy of criminal law, policing,
courts, prisons and more broadly the idea of punishment, to argue
that rather than effectively handling or solving social problems,
interpersonal disputes, conflicts and harms, they actually increase
individual and societal problems. The Routledge International
Handbook of Penal Abolition is organized around six key themes:
Social movements and abolition organizing Critical resistance to
the penal state Voices from imprisoned and marginalized communities
Diversity of abolitionist thought International perspectives on
abolitionism Building new justice practices as a response to social
and individual wrongdoing. A global-centred and world-encompassing
project, this book provides the reader with an alternative and
critical perspective from which to reflect and raises the
visibility of abolitionist ideas and strategies in a time when
there is considerable discussion of how we will move forward in
response to what has given rise to the criminalizing system: white
supremacy, racial capitalism and human wrongdoing. It is essential
reading for all those engaged with punishment and penology,
criminology, sociology, corrections and critical prisons studies.
It will appeal to any reader who seeks an innovative response to
the calamitous failures of the modern criminalizing system.
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: A-level Subject: Chemistry First
Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Ensure your students
get to grips with the core practicals and develop the skills needed
to succeed with an in-depth assessment-driven approach that builds
and reinforces understanding; clear summaries of practical work
with sample questions and answers help to improve exam technique in
order to achieve higher grades. Written by experienced teacher and
author David Scott, this Student Guide for practical Chemistry: -
Help students easily identify what they need to know with a concise
summary of required practical work examined in the A-level
specifications. - Consolidate understanding of practical work,
methodology, mathematical and other skills out of the laboratory
with exam tips and knowledge check questions, with answers in the
back of the book. - Provide plenty of opportunities for students to
improve exam technique with sample answers, examiners tips and
exam-style questions. - Offer support beyond the Student books with
coverage of methodologies and generic practical skills not focused
on in the textbooks.
Accommodating the diversity of learners in mainstream schooling and
providing high quality education for all, inclusive education is
prioritised at international and European levels as a human rights
issue and as a reform strategy which tackles inequalities and
promotes social cohesion within both schools and wider society.
This book advances critical realist ideas in empirical research in
order to close the theory-practice gap and shift the emphasis from
epistemology to ontology with regard to teachers' empowerment to
provide inclusive education. With a focus on the school context
rather than the agency of the individual teacher, the authors use
empirical data from case studies to demonstrate teachers'
disempowerment as real, and rooted in features of reality. Offering
a unified critical realist model, the book challenges
taken-for-granted ideas and practices concerning the empowerment of
teachers in inclusive education and seeks to set the ground for a
more holistic and inclusive educational change.
Sanjeev's dog Jigsaw is missing in the middle of winter in New
Jersey. But this tragedy is dwarfed by what happens to him in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Has he really entered the 6th Century
and become the slave to monks traveling the Silk Road to Byzantium
- and might they just be murderers? Trouble is even if he figures
out how to get out of this, he's got other problems: someone, or
something, is coming after him. Part of the answer might be Sara, a
girl who contacts him on the net and keeps talking about the
Immortals. But who or what are The Three Hares and how can they
stop the darkness about to engulf the world?
Comprehensive, practical and extensively illustrated, this book
accumulates years of practical knowledge when dealing with injured
birds of prey. Written by a practicing veterinarian it is a
concise, helpful, day-to-day guide which outlines everything from
handling and the intake examination, through to practical
procedures and the treatment of a comprehensive range of conditions
and injuries. Also covering advice on housing, rehabilitation and
eventual release, and fully updated throughout, this new edition
incorporates new images as well as new and expanded information on
electrocution, pesticides, feeding puppets and species habitats.
With plenty of new 'raptor tips' and questions, Raptor Medicine,
Surgery, and Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition, includes handy hints,
clinical pearls and retains its emphasis on practical procedures
throughout. Forming a complete and approachable guide to raptor
veterinary care, this book also features numerous rapid reference
charts and appendices.
For more than three decades, Talal Asad has been engaged in a
distinctive critical exploration of the conceptual assumptions that
govern the West's knowledges-especially its disciplinary and
disciplining knowledges-of the non-Western world. The essays that
make up this volume treat diverse aspects of this remarkable body
of work. Among them: the relationship between colonial power and
academic knowledge; the historical shifts giving shape to the
complexly interrelated categories of the secular and the religious,
and the significance of these shifts in the emergence of modern
Europe; and aspects of human embodiment, including some of the
various ways that pain, emotion, embodied aptitude, and the senses
connect with and structure cultural practices. While the specific
themes and arguments addressed by the individual contributors range
widely, the essays cohere in a shared orientation of both critical
engagement and productive extension. Note that this is not a
festschrift, nor a celebratory farewell, but a series of
engagements with a thinker whose work is in full spate and deserves
to be far better known and understood.
The essays in Staging the Renaissance show the theatre to be the
site of a rich confluence of cultural forces, the place where
social meanings are both formed and transformed. The volume unites
some of the most challenging issues in contemporary Renaissance
studies and some of our best-known critics, including Stephen
Orgel, Margaret Ferguson, Catherine Belsey, Jonathan Goldberg,
Marjorie Garber, Lisa Jardine, and Jonathan Dollimore--
demonstrating the variety and vitality not only of contemporary
criticism, but of Renaissance drama itself.
If California were its own country, it would have the world's fifth
largest immigrant population. The way these newcomers are
integrated into the state will shape California's schools,
workforce, businesses, public health, politics, and culture. In
Immigrant California, leading experts in U.S. migration provide
cutting-edge research on the incorporation of immigrants and their
descendants in this bellwether state. California, unique for its
diverse population, powerful economy, and progressive politics,
provides important lessons for what to expect as demographic change
comes to most states across the country. Contributors to this
volume cover topics ranging from education systems to healthcare
initiatives and unravel the sometimes-contradictory details of
California's immigration history. By examining the past and present
of immigration policy in California, the volume shows how a state
that was once the national leader in anti-immigrant policies
quickly became a standard-bearer of greater accommodation.
California's successes, and its failures, provide an essential road
map for the future prosperity of immigrants and natives alike.
The Handbook of India's International Relations gives an overview
of India's international relations, given the development of India
as a major economic power in the world, and the growing interest in
the impact of Asia on the international system in the future. This
book is centred on India's own description of its foreign policy as
operating in 'concentric circles'. This concentric circles concept
is reflected in the following five sections: Part 1: India.
National 'aspirations' of a rising power; India's 'strategic
culture'; India's 'power' attributes; geopolitics for India;
geoeconomics and energy for India. Part 2: India's 'Immediate
Neighbourhood'. India's relations with Pakistan; with the Himalayan
states; with Bangladesh; with Sri Lanka; with Afghanistan; India's
role in 'regional' integration. Part 3: India's 'Extended
Neighbourhood'. Looking east, South-East Asia and the ASEAN and
East Asia and Australasia/Oceania; looking south, Indian Ocean;
looking west, Iran and the Gulf and beyond the Gulf; looking west,
Africa; looking north, Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization. Part 4: India's Great Power Relations. India's
relations with Russia; with the European Union; with China; with
the USA. Part 5: India and Global Issues. India and its diaspora;
India and international terrorism; India and the United Nations;
India and nuclear weapons; India and climate change; India and
outer space. Edited by David Scott of Brunel University, and with
chapters written by a variety of experts, the Handbook of India's
International Relations offers an up-to-date, unbiased and
comprehensive resource to academics and students of international
relations.
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