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How do those pushed to the margins survive in contemporary cities?
What role do they play in today's increasingly complex urban
ecosystems? Faced with stark disparities in human and environmental
wellbeing, what form might more equitable cities take? Waste
Matters argues that contemporary literature and film offer an
insightful and timely response to these questions through their
formal and thematic revaluation of urban waste. In their creation
of a new urban imaginary which centres on discarded things,
degraded places and devalued people, authors and artists such as
Patrick Chamoiseau, Chris Abani, Dinaw Mengestu, Suketu Mehta and
Vik Muniz suggest opportunities for an inclusive urban politics
that demands systematic analysis. Waste Matters assesses the
utopian promise and pragmatic limitations of their as yet
under-examined work in light of today's pressing urban challenges.
This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of
English Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Urban Studies,
Environmental Humanities and Film Studies.
This book is concerned with the contexts, nature and quality of the
participation of young people in European democratic life. The
authors understand democracy broadly as both institutional politics
and civic cultures, and a wide range of methods are used to analyse
and assess youth participation and attitudes.
The leaping chalk horse, carved into an English hillside in the
Bronze Age, stands witness to centuries of human endeavour. To
Stella it represents home - sanctuary from the adrenalin-fuelled
highs and corresponding lows of her career as a singer. Stella is
tough and talented, adored by every man in every audience but a
loser in love. Spencer McColl is an American ex-fighter pilot
making a last sentimental journey from Wyoming to the England of
his mother's childhood, and the white horse, to pay tribute to the
past. Harry Latimer sets off to the Crimea as a captain in the
Hussars with a heart burdened by his undeclared love for his
sister-in-law, Rachel. The grim reality of the battlefield provides
a bitter contrast to Harry's memories of the tranquillity of home.
Stella, Spencer, Harry - each marches to the tune of a different
drama. Their stories are separated by many miles and generations,
but profoundly connected in ways they can never fully understand.
An in-depth look into the psychology of voters around the world,
how voters shape elections, and how elections transform citizens
and affect their lives Could understanding whether elections make
people happy and bring them closure matter more than who they vote
for? What if people did not vote for what they want but for what
they believe is right based on roles they implicitly assume? Do
elections make people cry? This book invites readers on a unique
journey inside the mind of a voter using unprecedented data from
the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, South
Africa, and Georgia throughout a period when the world evolved from
the centrist dominance of Obama and Mandela to the shock victories
of Brexit and Trump. Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison explore
three interrelated aspects of the heart and mind of voters: the
psychological bases of their behavior, how they experience
elections and the emotions this entails, and how and when elections
bring democratic resolution. The authors examine unique concepts
including electoral identity, atmosphere, ergonomics, and
hostility. From filming the shadow of voters in the polling booth,
to panel study surveys, election diaries, and interviews, Bruter
and Harrison unveil insights into the conscious and subconscious
sides of citizens' psychology throughout a unique decade for
electoral democracy. They highlight how citizens' personality,
memory, and identity affect their vote and experience of elections,
when elections generate hope or hopelessness, and how subtle
differences in electoral arrangements interact with voters'
psychology to trigger different emotions. Inside the Mind of a
Voter radically shifts electoral science, moving away from
implicitly institution-centric visions of behavior to understand
elections from the point of view of voters.
How do those pushed to the margins survive in contemporary cities?
What role do they play in today's increasingly complex urban
ecosystems? Faced with stark disparities in human and environmental
wellbeing, what form might more equitable cities take? Waste
Matters argues that contemporary literature and film offer an
insightful and timely response to these questions through their
formal and thematic revaluation of urban waste. In their creation
of a new urban imaginary which centres on discarded things,
degraded places and devalued people, authors and artists such as
Patrick Chamoiseau, Chris Abani, Dinaw Mengestu, Suketu Mehta and
Vik Muniz suggest opportunities for an inclusive urban politics
that demands systematic analysis. Waste Matters assesses the
utopian promise and pragmatic limitations of their as yet
under-examined work in light of today's pressing urban challenges.
This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of
English Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Urban Studies,
Environmental Humanities and Film Studies.
Three very different sisters discover that life doesn't always turn
out as one would expect in this powerful romantic drama. Heart's
Ease is the loveliest house anyone knows and home to the fortunate
Blyth family. Siblings Felicity, Charity, Honor and Bruno enjoy a
blissfully happy childhood there before life pulls them in very
different directions. Beautiful Felicity gains her handsome
husband, delightful children and elegant London house, but all is
far from perfect ... Charity, the clever one, lives for her work,
with no time for emotional involvement, until the least romantic of
meetings rocks her world. Sweet, homely Honor is devoted entirely
to others, but dreams of a life of her own ... And Bruno, the
indulged baby of the family, flies the nest only to find that
independence may be tough ... The sanctuary of a beloved childhood
home can't last forever. But the legacy of Heart's Ease lives on in
the Blyth family's grown-up fulfillment and happiness.
Research has found that carefully designed professional development
opportunities with a focus on pupil outcomes can have a significant
impact on student achievement. But how can we ensure that every
teacher is able to access high-quality and impactful professional
development to benefit them, their pupils and wider society? With
articles from international experts including Rob Coe, Becky Allen,
David Berliner, Carol Campbell, James Ko and more, accompanied by
case studies from a wide range of settings, this report seeks to
encourage reflection and support educators everywhere in answering
this critical question.
At a time of widespread disillusion, citizens keep telling us how
"frustrated" they feel with their democracies. However, whilst
scholars and commentators alike have heard that complain millions
of times, we may not have taken it as seriously as we should. The
author takes the concept of democratic frustration literally and
puts it under an unprecedented analytical and empirical microscope.
She applies insights from the psychology and political science
literatures and uses a mixture of panel studies, surveys,
interviews, and experiments to understand its sources, nature,
dimensions, and consequences. The book sheds unprecedented light on
pathologies of democratic frustration in the US, UK, Australia, and
South Africa with a double focus on the general population, and on
young people. Doing so, it reveals new thought-provoking insights
on the true nature of contemporary democratic crises, and not least
on how citizens' actual desire for democracy uniquely shapes their
dissatisfaction.
The superb, bestselling novel of one family, and the devastating
changes brought by the First World War. Thea Tennant, eldest
daughter of a wealthy industrialist father and beautiful
aristocratic mother, yearns to do more than follow the traditional
path laid out for her. When her beautiful but flighty sister Dulcie
brings trouble to the family, both Thea and Dulcie are sent to
relatives in Austria. But with the onset of War, their lives change
beyond recognition. It isn't just the Tennants whose lives have
changed: for their parlourmaid, Primmy, the War brings
opportunities she is determined to take. From the Kent countryside
to the suffragette movement in London and the horrors of the
Western Front, THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD is an epic novel of the
dreams and aspirations of a generation who found a voice above
history's most horrifying conflict.
WikiLeaks came to prominence in 2010 with the release of 251,287
top-secret State Department cables, which revealed to the world
what the US government really thinks about national leaders,
friendly dictators, and supposed allies. It brought to the surface
the dark truths of crimes committed in our name: human rights
violations, covert operations, and cover-ups. The WikiLeaks Files
exposes the machinations of the United States as it imposes a new
form of imperialism on the world, one founded on tactics from
torture to military action, to trade deals and "soft power," in the
perpetual pursuit of expanding influence. The book also includes an
introduction by Julian Assange examining the ongoing debates about
freedom of information, international surveillance, and justice. An
introduction by Julian Assange-writing on the subject for the first
time-exposes the ongoing debates about freedom of information,
international surveillance, and justice.
A powerful and moving tale of family, love and loyalty from the
author of the million-copy bestseller THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD and
A FLOWER THAT'S FREE. 'A secret from the past casts its shadow
across all four generations of the family. This saga completes the
Flowers Trilogy that began with million-copy bestseller THE FLOWERS
OF THE FIELD followed by A FLOWER THAT'S FREE' CANDIS MAGAZINE All
families have secrets and many are taken to the grave. But those
that aren't can return with devastating consequences... For Kate
Drake, now a great-grandmother, marriage and family brought peace
after years of restless uncertainty. Now, watching her own grown-up
children, it seems the world is a no less complicated place.
Stella, her fiercely independent daughter, and Will, her handsome,
self-indulgent son, have challenges of their own to face, while her
granddaughter, Evie, is bringing up a son on her own. But when a
secret from the past casts its shadow across four generations of
the family, a spoiled war veteran gets a second chance, a
stubbornly independent woman opens herself to love, and an older
one rediscovers it. Praise for Sarah Harrison: 'Full of
unforgettable people, places and passions' Woman's World 'Sarah
Harrison shows herself to be more than equal to the complexities of
her plot, handling its developments with impeccable timing' The
Times
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