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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy is a comprehensive reference guide to the practice of philanthropy across twenty-six nations and regions. In addition, thematic chapters examine cross-national issues to provide an indispensable guide to the latest research in this field. Drawing on theoretical...
Higher Education, Leadership and Women Vice Chancellors
Fitting in to Communities of Practice of Masculinities
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Why are there so few women vice chancellors in UK higher education? In this book, Paula Burkinshaw explores the contemporary conversation around the 'missing women at the top' across UK society through in-depth interviews with the (hitherto) silent voices of women vice chancellors. These women have...
Family Policy in Transformation
US and UK Policies
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
In the US and UK there has been a transformation in child care, family leave, social assistance and tax credits over the last twenty years. This book explores the factors behind these changes. With detailed case studies, it shows that ideas and the power to wield them are crucial factors in the transformation of family policy.
Gender, Power and Political Speech
Women and Language in the 2015 UK General Election
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Gender, Power and Political Speech explores the influence of gender on political speech by analyzing the performances of three female party leaders who took part in televised debates during the 2015 UK General Election campaign. The analysis considers similarities and differences between the women...
by Nataliya Danilova
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
This book analyses contemporary war commemoration in Britain and Russia. Focusing on the political aspects of remembrance, it explores the instrumentalisation of memory for managing civil-military relations and garnering public support for conflicts. It explains the nexus between remembrance, militarisation and nationalism in modern societies.
by M. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
An exploration of political traditions and their usage in explanations of British politics. This book includes an evaluation of both classical and critical approaches to the British Political Tradition. It also analyses more recent uses of political tradition by Bevir, Rhodes and Marquand.
Reconstructing Security after Conflict
Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
A long-term evaluation and analysis of the UK's involvement in Sierra Leone before and after the conflict which ended in 2002. This book looks at how UK intervention moved from initial involvement through to war fighting and then post-conflict reconstruction, specifically of the security infrastructure.
The Social Capital of Entrepreneurial Newcomers
Bridging, Status-power and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
'Lee takes the oft cited belief that entrepreneurial endeavour lives and dies by the quality of the networks set in play, and subjects it to a rigorous and sustained analysis. In this he not only provides the reader with an authoritative theoretical and empirical foray into how entrepreneurs can create...
by R. Hazell, B. Worthy, M. Glover
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works.
by Barbara Casu, Andrew Gall
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
This book presents an analysis of the role of UK building societies, their strengths and weaknesses, and their contribution to the industry, at a time where public confidence in banking is low. Chapters present the results of an empirical analysis of the comparative performance of UK building societies,...
Journeys into Drugs and Crime
Jamaican Men Involved in the UK Drugs Trade
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
This book analyses the life histories of Jamaican men involved in the UK drugs trade, including wholesalers, street dealers, specialist cooks, cutters, and growers. Employing a life history approach, their autobiographical accounts are examined to provide an in-depth and unique insight of their journeys into drugs and crime.
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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
The Palgrave International Handbook of Gender and the Military provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple ways in which gender and militaries connect. International and multi-disciplinary in scope, this edited volume provides authoritative accounts of the many intersections through which...
Active Citizenship in Europe
Practices and Demands in the EU, Italy, Turkey and the UK
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
The book provides an overview of key issues in the debate concerning the emergence of active citizenship in Europe.
The specific focus of enquiry is the promotion of patterns of civic and political engagement and civic and political participation by the EU and the relative responses drawn by...
Gender, Migration and Domestic Work
Masculinities, Male Labour and Fathering in the UK and USA
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Based on studies conducted in the UK and USA, this book investigates the experiences of suppliers and consumers of masculinized domestic services, exploring issues such as increasing inequality, migration, the rise of commoditized domestic services, contemporary masculinities and the gendering of paid work.