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Globalization, the economic crisis and related policies of
austerity have led to a growth in extreme exploitation at work,
with migrants particularly vulnerable. This book explores the lives
of the growing numbers of severely exploited labourers in the world
today, questioning how we can respond to such globalized patterns
of extreme inequality.
Social justice is a contested term, incorporated into the language
of widely differing political positions. Those on the left argue
that it requires intervention from the state to ensure equality, at
least of opportunity; those on the right believe that it can be
underpinned by the economics of the market place with little or no
state intervention. To date, political philosophers have made
relatively few serious attempts to explain how a theory of social
justice translates into public policy. This important book, drawing
on international experience and a distinguished panel of political
philosophers and social scientists, addresses what the meaning of
social justice is, and how it translates into the everyday concerns
of public and social policy, in the context of both
multiculturalism and globalisation.
Modern slavery, in the form of labour exploitation, domestic
servitude, sexual trafficking, child labour and cannabis farming,
is still growing in the UK and industrialised countries, despite
the introduction of laws to try to stem it. This hugely topical
book, by a team of high-profile activists and expert writers, is
the first to critically assess the legislation, using evidence from
across the field, and to offer strategies for improvement in policy
and practice. It argues that, contrary to its claims to be
'world-leading', the Modern Slavery Act is inconsistent, inadequate
and punitive; and that the UK government, through its labour market
and immigration policies, is actually creating the conditions for
slavery to be promoted.
In this unique global collection, Gary Craig and his contributors
blend theory and practice-based case studies to review how
different community development approaches can empower minority
ethnic communities to confront racism and overcome social, economic
and political disadvantage. The book explores key questions about
the empowerment and capacity-building of minority ethnic groups.
Using case studies from across the 'developed' world, and in
differing social and economic contexts, contributors explore these
issues in working with asylum-seeker communities, addressing
tensions between minorities and building alliances, in work with
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and using arts-based
approaches. The book will stimulate wider debates about the role of
community development in relation to 'race' and ethnicity at a time
when 'race' is being 'invisibilised' in public policy, and will be
an invaluable resource for policy-makers, politicians, academics,
and students from many disciplines.
Community development emerged as a recognisable occupational
activity in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Since then, whilst
struggling to remain true to its basic values it has often been
manipulated to serve differing policy and political purposes. This
unique Reader traces its changing fortunes through a selection of
readings from key writers. It will be invaluable to those pursuing
community development careers, for activists, and for all those
teaching, training and practising community development.
Social justice is a contested term, incorporated into the language
of widely differing political positions. Those on the left argue
that it requires intervention from the state to ensure equality, at
least of opportunity; those on the right believe that it can be
underpinned by the economics of the market place with little or no
state intervention. To date, political philosophers have made
relatively few serious attempts to explain how a theory of social
justice translates into public policy. This important book, drawing
on international experience and a distinguished panel of political
philosophers and social scientists, addresses what the meaning of
social justice is, and how it translates into the everyday concerns
of public and social policy, in the context of both
multiculturalism and globalisation.
Your body is comprised of energy pathways and energy centres that
are in constant motion, interconnecting with your cells, organs,
immune system, mood and thoughts. THE HEALING POWER OF EFT AND
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY incorporates the concepts of Emotional Freedom
Techniques (EFT) to show you how to shift these energies, so you
can influence your physical health, your emotional patterns, and
your state of mind. With this strategy, stubborn phobias often fade
in minutes, the lifelong effects of an early trauma can frequently
be reduced or completely eliminated, uncontrollable anger can
rapidly become manageable and even elusive physical problems may
respond where other treatments have failed. Here are simple
step-by-step instructions to help you: change unwanted habits and
behaviours; enhance your ability to love, succeed and enjoy life;
overcome fear, guilt, shame, jealousy or anger. This clearly
illustrated and easy to follow energy approach will help bring
about significant change in your life.
In this unique global collection, Gary Craig and his contributors
blend theory and practice-based case studies to review how
different community development approaches can empower minority
ethnic communities to confront racism and overcome social, economic
and political disadvantage. The book explores key questions about
the empowerment and capacity-building of minority ethnic groups.
Using case studies from across the 'developed' world, and in
differing social and economic contexts, contributors explore these
issues in working with asylum-seeker communities, addressing
tensions between minorities and building alliances, in work with
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and using arts-based
approaches. The book will stimulate wider debates about the role of
community development in relation to 'race' and ethnicity at a time
when 'race' is being 'invisibilised' in public policy, and will be
an invaluable resource for policy-makers, politicians, academics,
and students from many disciplines.
Most slave trades were abolished during the 19th century, yet there
remain millions of people in slavery today, including approximately
210 million children - trafficked, in debt bondage, as well as
other forms of forced labor. Set to be the definitive text on the
subject, this groundbreaking book - drawing on global experiences -
shows how children remain locked in slavery, the ways in which they
are exploited, and how they can be emancipated. Child Slavery Now
includes international contributors who remind us that we all - as
consumers - are implicated in modern childhood slavery, and we need
both to understand its causes and act to stop it.
Modern slavery, in the form of labour exploitation, domestic
servitude, sexual trafficking, child labour and cannabis farming,
is still growing in the UK and industrialised countries, despite
the introduction of laws to try to stem it. This hugely topical
book, by a team of high-profile activists and expert writers, is
the first to critically assess the legislation, using evidence from
across the field, and to offer strategies for improvement in policy
and practice. It argues that, contrary to its claims to be
'world-leading', the Modern Slavery Act is inconsistent, inadequate
and punitive; and that the UK government, through its labour market
and immigration policies, is actually creating the conditions for
slavery to be promoted.
On a freezing night in January 1993, masked gunmen walked through
the laughably lax security at the Rochester Brink's depot, tied up
the guards, and unhurriedly made off with $7.4 million in one of
the FBI's top-five armored car heists in history. Suspicion quickly
fell on a retired Rochester cop working security for Brinks at the
time-as well it might. Officer Tom O'Connor had been previously
suspected of everything from robbery to murder to complicity with
the IRA. One ex-IRA soldier in particular was indebted to O'Connor
for smuggling him and his girlfriend into the United States, and
when he was caught in New York City with $2 million in cash from
the Brink's heist, prosecutors were certain they finally had enough
to nail O'Connor. But they were wrong. In Seven Million, the
reporter Gary Craig meticulously unwinds the long skein of leads,
half-truths, false starts, and dead ends, taking us from the grim
solitary pens of Northern Ireland's Long Kesh prison to the illegal
poker rooms of Manhattan to the cold lakeshore on the Canadian
border where the body parts began washing up. The story is
populated by a colorful cast of characters, including cops and FBI
agents, prison snitches, a radical priest of the Melkite order who
ran a home for troubled teenagers on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan, and the IRA rebel who'd spent long years jailed in one
of Northern Ireland's most brutal prisons and who was living
underground in New York posing as a comics dealer. Finally, Craig
investigates the strange, sad fate of Ronnie Gibbons, a
down-and-out boxer and muscle-for-hire in illegal New York City
card rooms, who was in on the early planning of the heist, and who
disappeared one day in 1995 after an ill-advised trip to Rochester
to see some men about getting what he felt he was owed. Instead, he
got was what was coming to him. Seven Million is a meticulous
re-creation of a complicated heist executed by a variegated and
unsavory crew, and of its many repercussions. Some of the suspects
are now dead, some went to jail; none of them are talking about the
robbery or what really happened to Ronnie Gibbons. And the money?
Only a fraction was recovered, meaning that most of the $7 million
is still out there somewhere.
This book gives clear, simple, fully illustrated instructions about
the use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). It is manual for the
use of EFT. EFT consists of five treatment steps: selecting your
target issue, creating an affirmation with a brief description of
the issue, tapping on the 12 basic acupressure points, tapping on 9
optional acupressure points, and then repeating the 12 basic
acupressure points. After a glossary chapter, a separate chapter
teaches each treatment step in a clear, understandable way. Other
chapters include describing EFT as an experimental, outcome-based,
treatment, the use of shortcuts, and an easy approach to problem
solving when treatment stalls. Then there are chapters giving a
detailed review of EFT, a flowchart, and chapters dealing with
treating trauma, addictions and learned physical pain. To make your
treatment objectives easier, there is an appendix that lists many
issues and aspects of issues. A final chapter sets this book apart
from all others. This chapter makes EFT available to your
inner-self, a part of you that can simply treat issues when asked
or even automatically use EFT to treat problematic issues as they
arise.
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