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UK Child Migration to Australia, 1945-1970 - A Study in Policy Failure - Bok av Gordon Lynch - Inbunden

UK Child Migration to Australia, 1945-1970 - A Study in Policy Failure - Bok av Gordon Lynch - Inbunden

This open access book offers an unprecedented analysis of child welfare schemes, situating them in the wider context of post-war policy debates about the care of children. Between 1945 and 1970, an estimated 3,500 children were sent from Britain to Australia, unaccompanied by their parents, through child migration schemes funded by the Australian and British Governments and delivered by churches, religious orders and charities. Functioning in a wider history of the migration of unaccompanied children..

SEK 777.00
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Inclusion in Post-Conflict Legislatures - The Kosovo and Northern Ireland Assemblies - Bok av Michael Potter - Inbunden

Inclusion in Post-Conflict Legislatures - The Kosovo and Northern Ireland Assemblies - Bok av Michael Potter - Inbunden

\An excellent analysis of the complex dynamics of inclusion in post-conflict societies: theoretically grounded, empirically rich, and with a well-informed set of policy-relevant insights and recommendations with implications far beyond the cases of Kosovo and Northern Ireland.\Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham, UK\Does the promotion of political accommodation between the contending parties in an ethno-nationalist conflict disadvantage other groups in society? This important question is at..

SEK 1001.00
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Governing Future Emergencies - Lived Relations to Risk in the UK Fire and Rescue Service - Bok av Nathaniel O'Grady - Häftad

Governing Future Emergencies - Lived Relations to Risk in the UK Fire and Rescue Service - Bok av Nathaniel O'Grady - Häftad

The 21st century has born witness to myriad changes in the way the world is secured from the many emergencies that continually threaten to disrupt it. This book concentrates on two such changes. First, it takes stock of the ever-increasing development and diversification of data and digital technologies that security organisations have at their disposal. Secondly, it examines how these digital devices have fostered a new direction in which security agencies primarily conceive of emergencies as so..

SEK 810.00
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Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk - The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015 - Bok - Häftad

Evolving Narratives of Hazard and Risk - The Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, 2015 - Bok - Häftad

This book presents a range of academic research and personal reflections on the Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. For the first time, perspectives from geography, disaster risk reduction, cultural heritage protection, archaeology, anthropology, social work, health and emergency response are discussed in a single volume. Contributions are included from practitioners and researchers from Nepal and Durham University in the UK, many of whom were in Nepal at the time of the earthquake.Evolving..

SEK 771.00
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Research Impact - Guidance on Advancement, Achievement and Assessment - Bok av Hugh P. McKenna - Häftad

Research Impact - Guidance on Advancement, Achievement and Assessment - Bok av Hugh P. McKenna - Häftad

Research for research sake is no longer tenable or affordable; to be valuable to society, research must have impact! This textbook takes the reader on a journey from how the UK Research Excellence Framework assesses impact to real examples of outstanding research impact case studies. Along the way, Prof. Hugh McKenna describes and explains the case for research impact, the challenges, the link between research impact and evidence informed practice, achieving impact through changing policy and..

SEK 666.00
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Local Churches in New Urban Britain, 1890-1975 - The Greatest Challenge? - Bok av Grant Masom - Inbunden

Local Churches in New Urban Britain, 1890-1975 - The Greatest Challenge? - Bok av Grant Masom - Inbunden

¿This monograph is an important contribution to our understanding of the varied fortunes of British Christianity during the twentieth century.¿- Rev Dr Andrew Atherstone, Tutor in Church History and Latimer Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, UK¿This book is an important and original work. Anyone interested in twentieth-century Christianity in Britain will learn much from it. Grant Masom enables the reader to make sense of the new urban spaces that became a key part of British..

SEK 711.00
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Higher Education Computer Science - A Manual of Practical Approaches - Bok - Häftad

Higher Education Computer Science - A Manual of Practical Approaches - Bok - Häftad

There is currently a great emphasis on teaching quality in Higher Education. In the UK, the Teaching Excellence Framework and the National Student Survey have contributed significantly to this focus. Additional support for staff to develop teaching skills has also come from the Higher Education Academy, whose fellowship scheme encourages HE staff to focus on their practice in the classroom.The growth in the number of students attending university has resulted in a much wider range of learning styles..

SEK 771.00
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Information and Communication Technologies for Development - 16th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developi

Information and Communication Technologies for Development - 16th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developi

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2020, which was supposed to be held in Salford, UK, in June 2020, but was held virtually instead due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. The papers present a wide range of perspectives and disciplines including (but not limited to) public administration,..

SEK 816.00
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Capitalism and the Dark Forces of Time and Ignorance - Bok av David Harrison - Inbunden

Capitalism and the Dark Forces of Time and Ignorance - Bok av David Harrison - Inbunden

This book explores the role of expectations within the modern capitalist system. Through looking at how they are formed and develop, the impact of events that lead to a collapse in expectations, such as a major financial crisis, is examined to highlight the precarious and unstable nature of the economic system. With a particular focus on the UK and USA, it is also considered how public policy and institutions can shift the balance away from speculation and back towards enterprise.This book aims to..

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