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This book brings together a body of new research which looks both
backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic
legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise.
Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the
London experience and aptly apply them other host cities,
specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often
described as a 'mega-event' in a way that assumes the host cities
have no other existence outside, before or beyond the contexts
imposed by the Games themselves. In terms of regeneration, the
London 2012 Olympics promised to trigger a mega-regeneration
project that was different to what had come before. This time the
mistakes of other large-scale projects like London Docklands and
Canary Wharf would be put right: top-down planning would be
replaced by civic participation, communication and 'the local'.
This edited collection questions how far the 2012 London legacy
really is different. In so doing, it brings fresh evidence,
original insights and new perspectives to bear on the post-Olympics
debate. A detailed and well-researched study, this book will be of
great interest to scholars of urban geography, sociology, urban
planning, and sports studies.
In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen
out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by
Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitting
account chronicles the resulting labor dispute that rocked a
Fortune 500 company. The organizer had to prove management was
behind an illegal decertification petition and forced workers to
sign using strong-arm tactics. Though terrified of retaliation,
witnesses gradually agreed to testify before federal agents. Mohawk
retained a high-powered union-busting attorney who appealed
directly to ultra-conservative heads of the National Labor
Relations Board, while Right to Work Committee lawyers framed the
issue as a test case to revoke laws protecting employee rights. The
union's only hope rested on presenting evidence too formidable for
political bias to surmount. This memoir, infused with dry wit and
insights into human nature, blows the lid off the nation's
union-busting epidemic, thrusting readers into the tumultuous
environment of a union hall in crisis.
This book brings together a body of new research which looks both
backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic
legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise.
Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the
London experience and aptly apply them other host cities,
specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often
described as a 'mega-event' in a way that assumes the host cities
have no other existence outside, before or beyond the contexts
imposed by the Games themselves. In terms of regeneration, the
London 2012 Olympics promised to trigger a mega-regeneration
project that was different to what had come before. This time the
mistakes of other large-scale projects like London Docklands and
Canary Wharf would be put right: top-down planning would be
replaced by civic participation, communication and 'the local'.
This edited collection questions how far the 2012 London legacy
really is different. In so doing, it brings fresh evidence,
original insights and new perspectives to bear on the post-Olympics
debate. A detailed and well-researched study, this book will be of
great interest to scholars of urban geography, sociology, urban
planning, and sports studies.
On the Wrong Side of the Track draws on insights from the human
sciences to challenge the arguments of Olympophiles for whom the
Games can do no wrong as well as Olympophobes for whom they can do
no right, using 2012 as a lens through which to examine underlying
trends in contemporary culture. Part one sets the scene, exploring
the changing social and physical landscape of East London from the
inside - including voices from East London communities and the
Olympic Park workers - and from the outside - in the imagination of
artists, social commentators and reformers who made the area into
an object of public fascination and concern. The second half of the
book examines the strategies that were used to present an
'Olympian' vision of London to the world; it focuses on the
rhetoric and reality of regeneration and the cultural politics of
staging the event, pinpointing the differences that East London and
the Olympics have made, and will continue to make, to one another.
The book includes a photo essay on the Olympic site, original
photographs by Jason Orton, Ian F. Rogers, Loraine Leeson and Peter
Dunne, and John Claridge; artworks by Aldo Katayanagi, Jake
Humphrey, and Jock McFadyen; and maps by William Dant and John
Wallet. The cover is a specially commissioned photomontage by Peter
Kennard and Tarek Salhany. The book also includes a reading guide
and is supported by an online gallery of images and other Olympic
materials for further study. Phil Cohen grew up with Steve Ovett
and Jean-Paul Sartre as his teenage heroes and has been trying to
get them into the same book ever since. He is author of Knuckle
Sandwich: Growing up in the working class city (with Dave Robins);
Rethinking the Youth Question; London's Turning: The making of
Thames Gateway (with Mike Rustin); and Borderscapes: memory,
narrative and Un/Common Culture (to be published in 2013). His
poetry has been published by Critical Quarterly, Agenda, and
Soundings. A memoir Reading Room Only: memoirs of a radical
bibliophile is forthcoming. He is Emeritus Professor in Cultural
Studies at the University of East London.
This memoir moves through Cohen's life in the counterculture,
discussing book collecting, the pleasures of browsing and the need
for bookshops.
Stuck in a job that you hate? This book gives you all the essential
advice you need on how to escape - safely. Written by Phil Cohen
MBA, distilled from 30 years experience of starting and running
businesses, and helping hundreds of others make the transition from
grind to grin. Tells you how to: * leave your job so that you can
go back to it if you need to * be a freelancer and get paid at
least 25% more per hour * buy a franchise or other business without
getting ripped off * start your own business and avoid cash flow
crises
For those of us who: * hated mathematics by the time we left school
(even if we loved it at some point before that) * need to learn
some algebra for a job, or for study * don't have a lot of time *
aren't really interested in the history of algebra, or stories of
famous mathematicians, and aren't ready to be convinced that
algebra is fun Just what you need. No more, no less.
Cashflow problems kill more small businesses than anything else.
But before you can tame cashflow you have to understand your
business: and that means learning basic accounting. Covering
everything you need to know from accruals to year-end, Actually
Useful Accounting is written by one of the masters of clear
explanation: Phil Cohen. Phil started and still runs two consulting
firms in Sydney, Australia, and has 30 years experience of what it
takes to make a business a success. Contains excellent advice on
tax, insurance, invoicing, payment terms, as well as a clear and
bulletproof explanation of accounting and its application to
running a successful business.
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Graphologies (Paperback)
Phil Cohen; Illustrated by Jean McNeil
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R604
Discovery Miles 6 040
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Until you make your first sale, you don't have a business. And the
level of sales that you achieve will determine whether your
business flies or fails. This step by step guide to
business-to-business selling for startup companies is written by
Phil Cohen, a master of clear explanation who started and still
runs three firms in Sydney, Australia. It covers everything you
need to know about starting a successful business: how to choose
your customers, how (and what) to sell to them, and even how to
hire more salespeople.
New Directions in Radical Cartography looks at the contemporary
debates about the role of maps in society. It explores the
emergence of counter-mapping as a distinctive field of practice,
and the impact that digital mapping technologies have had on
cartographic practice and theory. It includes original research,
accounts of mapping projects and detailed readings of maps. The
contributors explore how digital mapping technologies have
sponsored a new wave of practices that seek to challenge the power
that maps are commonly assumed to have. They document the continued
vitality of analogue maps in the hands of artists and activists who
are pushing the boundaries of what is mappable in different ways.
New Directions in Radical Cartography draws on a rich body of
mapping work that exists as part of community action, urban
ethnography, environmental activism, humanitarianism, and public
engagement.
New Directions in Radical Cartography looks at the contemporary
debates about the role of maps in society. It explores the
emergence of counter-mapping as a distinctive field of practice,
and the impact that digital mapping technologies have had on
cartographic practice and theory. It includes original research,
accounts of mapping projects and detailed readings of maps. The
contributors explore how digital mapping technologies have
sponsored a new wave of practices that seek to challenge the power
that maps are commonly assumed to have. They document the continued
vitality of analogue maps in the hands of artists and activists who
are pushing the boundaries of what is mappable in different ways.
New Directions in Radical Cartography draws on a rich body of
mapping work that exists as part of community action, urban
ethnography, environmental activism, humanitarianism, and public
engagement.
Phil Cohen is a founding scholar in the study of British youth
subculture and a key figure at the Birmingham Centre for
Contemporary Cultural Studies. In "Rethinking the Youth Question,"
essays representing twenty years of Cohen's work--beginning in
1969--are presented together for the first time. Some of these
essays have not previously been published, others have been
difficult to locate, and together they provide a precise conceptual
history of the development of British cultural studies and a
thoughtful contemplation of the significance of the entire cultural
studies enterprise.
With a preface that contextualizes Cohen's essays for an American
audience, "Rethinking the Youth Question" reflects his tenure as a
community organizer and activist in inner-city London and includes
ethnographic, theoretical, and historical studies of Britain's
urban youth. Cohen offers an enlightening analysis of British
educational policy, develops historical and structural accounts of
generational and gendered divisions of labor, and discusses such
topics as racism and the rise of the New Right. Also exploring
broader questions such as the theoretical and sociological
significance of youth as a category, this book is a model of useful
methodology and engaged cultural reflection.
With empirical research that combines biographical,
autobiographical, critical, cultural, and social elements,
"Rethinking the Youth Question" is sure to impact debates
surrounding the pedagogical value of cultural studies and the
nature and future of this field in both the United States and
Britain. This collection will be informative reading for students
and scholars of cultural studies, sociologists, and others
interested in the category of youth.
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