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Accountability, autonomy and choice are now the watchwords of
education reformers around the globe. This book presents new
evidence from the Programme for International Student Assessment
(PISA) test on whether students perform better in school systems
with such institutional measures in place. It also provides a
theoretical framework for considering these reforms and summarizes
previous international evidence. The results confirm that various
policies promoting accountability, autonomy and choice are strongly
associated with higher achievement for students from both
disadvantaged and advantaged backgrounds. In particular, choice
through public funding for private schools is associated with both
higher performance overall and higher equality of opportunity.
Providing detailed and rich facets of different forms of
accountability, autonomy and choice, this book is unique in its
empirically based and internationally oriented treatment of this
up-to-date policy topic. It will be of great interest to academics,
policy-makers and practitioners, as well as students in education
policy and in the economics of education.
The word addiction these days is used to refer to a chronic
condition where there is an unhealthily powerful motivation to
engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by many
different factors physiological, psychological, environmental and
social. If we say that it is all about X, we miss V, W, Y and Z.
So, some people think addicts are using drugs to escape from
unhappy lives, feelings of anxiety and so on; many are. Some people
think drugs become addictive because they alter the brain chemistry
to create powerful urges; that is often true. Others think that
drug taking is about seeking after pleasure; often it is. Some take
the view that addiction is a choice addicts weigh up the pros and
cons of doing what they do and decide the former outweigh the
latter. Yet others believe that addicts suffer from poor impulse
control; that is often true And so it goes on. When you look at the
evidence, you see that all these positions capture important
aspects of the problem but they are not complete explanations.
Neuroscience can help us delve more deeply into some of these
explanations, while the behavioural and social sciences are better
at exploring others. We need a model that puts all this together in
a way that can help us decide what to do in different cases. Should
we prescribe a drug, give the person some tender loving care , put
them in prison or what? Theory of Addiction provides this
synthesis. The first edition was well received: Throughout the book
the reader is exposed to a vast number of useful observations...The
theoretical aims are timely, refreshing, ambitious and above all
challenging. It opens up a new way of looking at addiction and has
the potential to move the field of addiction a considerable leap
forward. Thus we wholeheartedly would like to recommend the book
for students as well as scholars. Read and learn! Nordic Studies on
Alcohol and Drugs The book provides a comprehensive review of
existing theories - over 30 in all - and this synthesis of theories
constitutes an important contribution in and of itself...West is to
be commended for his synthesis of addiction theories that span
neurobiology, psychology and social science and for his insights
into what remains unexplained. Addiction This new edition of Theory
of Addiction builds on the first, including additional theories in
the field, a more developed specification of PRIME theory and
analysis of the expanding evidence base. With this important new
information, Theory of Addiction will continue to be essential
reading for all those working in addiction, from student to
experienced practitioner as urged above, Read and learn!
"Reading a wide range of well known postcolonial writers along with
more recent authors, Spaces of Fiction / Fictions of Space
implements a new theory of literary spatial marking derived from
the linguistic theory of deixis, and made accessible via an
analysis of Becketts 'semi-colonial' play Waiting for
Godot"--Provided by publisher.
This work offers a timely alternative to theater criticism's neglect of the intensely spatial character of theatrical performance by showing that early modern audiences were highly aware of the spatial aspects of the stage. Jacobean dramatists used stage space to explore the spatial transformations of early modern society--social mobility, wandering populations, rural enclosure, sea travel, localized empirical thought.
Spatial Representations and the Jacobean Stage offers a timely
alternative to theatre criticism's neglect of the intensely spatial
character of theatrical performance. The book shows that early
modern audiences were highly aware of the spatial aspects of the
stage. West examines the ways Jacobean dramatists used stage space
to explore the spatial transformations of early modern society -
social mobility, wandering populations, rural enclosure, sea
travel, localized empirical thought. Dramas by Shakespeare, Jonson,
Middleton and Webster are scrutinized for their treatment of these
controversial themes.
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Murder by Massage
Stuart R West
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Vulnerable
Marsha R West
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Comparative analyses of the influence of public opinion on
education policy in developed countries. Although research has
suggested a variety of changes to education policy that have the
potential to improve educational outcomes, politicians are often
reluctant to implement such evidence-based reforms. Public opinion
and pressure by interest groups would seem to have a greater role
in shaping education policy than insights drawn from empirical
data. The construction of a comparative political economy of
education that seeks to explain policy differences among nations is
long overdue. This book offers the first comparative inventory and
analysis of public opinion and education in developed countries,
drawing on data primarily from Europe and the United States.
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