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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The definitive source book on philosophy and the city.
This book explores social change in Japan at the most intimate site
of social interaction - the home - by providing a detailed
ethnography of everyday life in a sharehouse. Sharehouses, which
emerged in the 2007 'sharehouse boom', are a deliberate alternative
to life in the family home and are considered an experimental space
for the construction of new social identities. Through a
description of the micro-level, mundane, material interactions
among residents within a mid-sized, mixed-sex sharehouse, the book
considers what these interactions indicate about existing - and
often conflicting - ideas about intimacy, privacy, gender, the
individual, family, community, and the home. In so doing it
highlights how sharehouse residents, though a dramatic rejection of
the twentieth-century domestic model, with its ideal of the family
home as a partnership between a male wage-earner and a dedicated
housewife, and its implied separation of 'family' and 'outsiders',
are nevertheless uneasy about overturning existing gender roles and
giving precedence to the individual over community, and are
regarded as a foreign import.
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This manual encompasses a comprehensive approach to the management
of labour. Based on the simple proposition that effective uterine
action is the key to normal delivery, Active Management of Labour
covers all aspects of delivery for nulliparous women with vertex
presentation and single foetus. This is an accessible and practical
guide for obstericians and midwives as well as anaesthetists and
the auxiliary staff of maternity units. Encourages an active
interest in labour by all professional staff Emphasises the
importance of constant personal attention and good communication in
labour Discusses in detail the need to distinguish between: - first
and subsequent births - single cephalic and all other pregnancies -
induction and acceleration of labour Fosters the development of a
team spirit between midwife and obstetrician Demonstrates how good
labour ward organisation can improve care Proves the importance of
audit in ensuring quality of care Updated chapters on dystocia and
caesarean section New key points summary at the end of each chapter
Updated review of clinical outcomes at the National Maternity
Hospital
This book explores social change in Japan at the most intimate site
of social interaction - the home - by providing a detailed
ethnography of everyday life in a sharehouse. Sharehouses, which
emerged in the 2007 'sharehouse boom', are a deliberate alternative
to life in the family home and are considered an experimental space
for the construction of new social identities. Through a
description of the micro-level, mundane, material interactions
among residents within a mid-sized, mixed-sex sharehouse, the book
considers what these interactions indicate about existing - and
often conflicting - ideas about intimacy, privacy, gender, the
individual, family, community, and the home. In so doing it
highlights how sharehouse residents, though a dramatic rejection of
the twentieth-century domestic model, with its ideal of the family
home as a partnership between a male wage-earner and a dedicated
housewife, and its implied separation of 'family' and 'outsiders',
are nevertheless uneasy about overturning existing gender roles and
giving precedence to the individual over community, and are
regarded as a foreign import.
Today atheists, it seems, are everywhere. Nonbelievers write
best-selling books and proudly defend their views in public; they
have even hired a lobbyist. But, as political scientist Richard J.
Meagher shows, atheist political activism is not a new phenomenon.
From the "Freethought" movement of the late 1800s, to postwar
"rationalists" and "humanists," to today's proud atheists,
nonbelievers have called for change within a resistant political
culture. While atheist organizing typically has been a relatively
lonely and sad affair, advances in technology and new political
opportunities have helped atheists to finally gain at least some
measure of legitimacy in American politics. In Atheists in American
Politics, one of the first works to take atheism seriously as a
social movement, Meagher highlights key moments within the
political history of atheism and freethought, and examines how the
changing circumstances that surround the movement help explain
political mobilization. In doing so, this book also highlights the
ways that social movements in general gain momentum, and how a
number of interlocking factors are often necessary to enable a
movement to "take off" in American politics.
For over two centuries, the 'Irish question' has dogged UK
politics. Though the Good Friday Agreement carved a fragile peace
from the bloodshed of the Troubles, the Brexit process has shown a
largely uncomprehending British audience just how uneasy that peace
always was - and thrown new light on Northern Ireland's uncertain
constitutional status. Remote from the British mainland in its
politics, economy and cultural attitudes, Northern Ireland is, in
effect, in an antechamber, its place within the UK conditional on
the border poll guaranteed by the peace process. As shifting
demographic trends erode the once-dominant Protestant-Unionist
majority, making a future referendum a racing certainty, the
reunification of Ireland becomes a question not of if but when -
and how. In this new, fully updated edition of A United Ireland,
Kevin Meagher argues that a reasoned, pragmatic discussion about
Britain's relationship with its nearest neighbour is now long
overdue, and questions that have remained unasked (and perhaps
unthought) must now be answered.
'For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful
country!' HOME SECRETARY REGINALD MAUDLING, RETURNING FROM HIS
FIRST VISIT TO NORTHERN IRELAND IN 1970 In the early years of the
twentieth century, simmering discontent began to boil over on the
island of Ireland as the nascent IRA took its guerrilla campaign
against British rule to the streets. By 1921, Britain had beaten a
retreat from all but a small portion of the country - and thus
Northern Ireland was born. Kevin Meagher argues that partition has
been an unmitigated disaster for Nationalists and Unionists alike.
As the long and fraught history of British rule in Ireland
staggered to a close, a better future was there for the taking but
was lost amid political paralysis, while the resulting fifty years
of devolution succeeded only in creating a brooding sectarian
stalemate that exploded into the Troubles. In a stark but reasoned
critique, Meagher traces the landmark events in Northern Ireland's
century of existence, exploring the missed signals, the turning
points, the principled decisions that at various stages should have
been taken, as well as the raw realpolitik of how Northern Ireland
has been governed over the past 100 years. Thoughtful and sometimes
provocative, What a Bloody Awful Country reflects on how both
Loyalists and Republicans might have played their cards differently
and, ultimately, how the actions of successive British governments
have amounted to a masterclass in failed statecraft.
Does the non-farm sector offer new hope for rural Africa? In the
face of economic crisis and restructuring across Africa,
small-scale enterprise has come to play a central role in rural
livelihood and accumulation strategies. This apparent dynamism has
attracted favourable attention from development thinkers and
policy-makers, who have identified non-farm enterprise as a new
low-cost agent of rural development. The research in this book
challenges the growing consensus on the developmental potential of
the non-farm sector. On the basis of recent fieldwork, the author
argues that the prospects for non-farm led growth have been
seriously undermined by the crippling pressures of structural
adjustment, agricultural instability and rural as well as
interregional inequality. Detailed village case-studies from the
populous and highly commercialized grain surplus region of the
Nigerian savanna leads the reader to investigate the link between
local economic and social realities, and the wider regional,
national and global processes that form the development of the
non-farm sector in Africa. Far from offering a bargain solution,
the author demonstrates that significant investment in agriculture
and entrepreneurial development will be needed to create an
enabling environment for non-farm growth.
If ever there was an area requiring that the research-practice gap
be bridged, surely it occurs where thanatologists engage with
people dealing with human mortality and loss. The field of
thanatology the study of death and dying is a complex,
multidisciplinary area that encompases the range of human
experiences, emotions, expectations, and realities. The Handbook of
Thanatology is the most authoritative volume in the field,
providing a single source of up-to-date scholarship, research, and
practice implications. The handbook is the recommended resource for
preparation for the prestigious certificate in thanatology (CT) and
fellow in thanatology (FT) credentials, which are administered and
granted by ADEC.
The origins and evolution of Irish American identity, from colonial
times through the twentieth century  As millions of Irish
immigrants and their descendants created community in the United
States over the centuries, they neither remained Irish nor simply
became American. Instead, they created a culture and defined an
identity that was unique to their circumstances, a new people that
they would continually reinvent: Irish Americans. Â Historian
Timothy J. Meagher traces the Irish American experience from the
first Irishman to step ashore at Roanoke in 1585 to John F.
Kennedy’s election as president in 1960. As he chronicles how
Irish American culture evolved, Meagher looks at how various groups
adapted and thrived—Protestants and Catholics, immigrants and
American born, those located in different geographic corners of the
country. He describes how Irish Americans made a living, where they
worshipped, and when they married, and how Irish American
politicians found particular success, from ward bosses on the
streets of New York, Boston, and Chicago to the presidency. Â
In this sweeping history, Meagher reveals how the Irish American
identity was forged, how it has transformed, and how it has held
lasting influence on American culture.
Very damaging effects are attributed to the deep divide between
academic and vocational post-compulsory education which has marked
the English education system. It has been blamed for keeping one
side too narrowly academic and the other too narrowly practical.
Even worse, a persistent belief that real education post-16 is
properly reserved for an academically-minded minority has kept
participation rates well below those of most comparable countries,
thereby producing an under-educated and under-skilled workforce.
This text looks in detail at the contrasts in the provision
traditionally made for academically and vocationally minded
students, and looks at differences and similarities in practice.
The chapters report evidence of how students on both sides think
they have been taught. They also report on how those students
prefer to learn, how their teachers define the kinds of learning
appropriate for particular qualifications, and how the organization
of learning for different but equal qualifications was observed in
40 schools and colleges.
Very damaging effects are attributed to the deep divide between
academic and vocational post-compulsory education which has marked
the English education system. It has been blamed for keeping one
side too narrowly academic and the other too narrowly practical.
Even worse, a persistent belief that real education post-16 is
properly reserved for an academically-minded minority has kept
participation rates well below those of most comparable countries,
thereby producing an under-educated and under-skilled workforce.
This text looks in detail at the contrasts in the provision
traditionally made for academically and vocationally minded
students, and looks at differences and similarities in practice.
The chapters report evidence of how students on both sides think
they have been taught. They also report on how those students
prefer to learn, how their teachers define the kinds of learning
appropriate for particular qualifications, and how the organization
of learning for different but equal qualifications was observed in
40 schools and colleges.
This title was first published in 2001: Does the non-farm sector
offer new hope for rural Africa? In the face of economic crisis and
restructuring across Africa, small-scale enterprise has come to
play a central role in rural livelihood and accumulation
strategies. This apparent dynamism has attracted favourable
attention from development thinkers and policy-makers, who have
identified non-farm enterprise as a new low-cost agent of rural
development. The research in this book challenges the growing
consensus on the developmental potential of the non-farm sector. On
the basis of recent fieldwork, the author argues that the prospects
for non-farm led growth have been seriously undermined by the
crippling pressures of structural adjustment, agricultural
instability and rural as well as interregional inequality. Detailed
village case-studies from the populous and highly commercialized
grain surplus region of the Nigerian savanna leads the reader to
investigate the link between local economic and social realities,
and the wider regional, national and global processes that form the
development of the non-farm sector in Africa. Far from offering a
bargain solution, the author demonstrates that significant
investment in agriculture and entrepreneurial development will be
needed to create an enabling environment for non-farm growth.
A comparative, whole-of-society approach to the Boko Haram
insurgency that offers a more nuanced understanding of the risks,
resilience and resolution of violent radicalization in Nigeria and
beyond. It is now more than a decade since the violent Islamic
group Boko Haram launched its reign of terror across northern
Nigeria, claiming more than 27,000 lives and displacing over 2
million people. While its territorial gains have largely been
recaptured, the insurgency rages on, devastating communities across
vast stretches of the north-east and disrupting governance,
livelihoods and food security, as well as posing a security risk to
Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Less attention is paid to the pervasive
popular rejection of violent extremism on the ground. How did a
diverse and economically dynamic West African society unravel so
violently, and for so long? Why does radicalizationhave so little
influence on large Muslim populations in surrounding areas, such as
the Yoruba in south-western Nigeria, or the poor ethnically similar
Muslim majority in central Niger just north of the border? This
book looks beyond the details of the insurgency to examine the
wider social and political processes that explain why Boko Haram
emerged when and where it did, and what forces exist within society
to contain it. Drawing on the detailed fieldworkof specialist
Nigerian and Nigerianist scholars from Nigeria, connecting the
worst of Boko Haram violence to the wider realities of the present,
the book offers new insights into the drivers of Islamic extremism
in Nigeria - poverty, regional inequality, environmental stress,
migration, youth unemployment, and state corruption and human
rights abuses - with a view to charting more sustainable paths out
of the conflict. Nigeria: Premium Times Books
This book addresses the question of whether greater inclusion in
the global economy offers a solution to rising unemployment and
poverty in contemporary Africa. The authors trace the connection
between global demographic change and new mechanisms of economic
inclusion via global value chains, digital networks, labour
migration, and corporate engagement with the bottom of the pyramid,
challenging the claim that African workers have become functionally
irrelevant to the global economy. They expose the shift of global
demand for African workers from formal to increasingly informalised
labour arrangements, mediated by social enterprises, labour
brokers, graduate entrepreneurs and grassroots associations.
Focusing on global employment connections initiated from above and
from below, the authors examine whether global labour linkages
increase or reduce problems of vulnerable and unstable working
conditions within African countries, and considers the economic and
political conditions needed for African workers to capture the
gains of inclusion in the global economy. This book was previously
published as a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies.
Problem-Based Psychiatry is a comprehensive resource covering the
key principles of evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and
treatment of the full range of psychiatric disorders. The text is
highly engaging and interactive. It offers a unique
patient-centred, multidisciplinary perspective, taking students
through a series of narratives designed to prompt deeper
understanding and learning. Ideal for medical students and
educators alike, this text will also be a valuable resource for
doctors engaged in postgraduate training in psychiatry and other
medical disciplines, as well as for the range of allied mental
health professionals. Access to this product, which may be at the
discretion of your institution, is up to 3 years of online and
perpetual offline access. Elsevier reserves the right to restrict
or remove access due to changes in product portfolio or other
market conditions. 26 chapters designed for individual teaching
sessions. Evidence-based treatment options for all major
psychiatric disorders and presentations, including autism spectrum
disorders, PTSD, gender dysphoria and schizophrenia. Problem-based
format allows for learning in a real-world, practical context.
Narratives and scenario-based learning to promote deep
understanding. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your
enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and
references from the book on a variety of devices.
The experience of movement, of moving through buildings, cities,
landscapes and in everyday life, is the only involvement most
individuals have with the built environment on a daily basis. Yet
this concept of user experience is so often neglected in
architectural study and practice. This book tackles this complex
subject for the first time, providing the wide range of
perspectives needed to tackle this multi-disciplinary topic.
Organised in four parts it: documents the architect's, planner's,
or designer's approach, looking at how they have sought to deploy
buildings as a promenade and how they have thought or written about
it. concentrates on the individual's experience, and particularly
on the primacy of walking, which engages other senses besides the
visual. engages with society and social rituals, and how mutually
we define the spaces through which we move, both by laying out
routes and boundaries and by celebrating thresholds. analyses how
we deal with promenades which are not experienced directly but via
other mediums such as computer models, drawings, film and
television.The wide selection of contributors include academics and
practitioners and discuss cases from across the US, UK, Europe and
Asia. By mingling such disparate voices in a carefully curated
selection of chapters, the book enlarges the understanding of
architects, architectural students, designers and planners,
alerting them to the many and complex issues involved in the
experience of movement.
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