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Tackling Torture: Prevention in Practice (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under international law, setting out what is really happening in places of detention around the world. Challenging assumptions about torture's root causes, he calls for what is needed to enable us to bring about change.
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Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times: The Marketization of Care (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Opening the 'black box' of childcare markets to closer scrutiny, this book brings to light the complex political, social and economic dynamics behind childcare provisioning.
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New Developments in Urban Governance: Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Presenting the findings of a major Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project into urban austerity governance in eight cities across the world, this book offers comparative reflections on the myriad experiences of collaborative governance and its limitations.
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Facts, Values and the Policy World (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book tackles the prevailing contradiction within policy analysis, that rigorous thought should be uncontaminated by values, despite policy analysis being inherently values based. In resolving the issue, this book provides a new, solid foundation for policy analysis.
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Straightforward Statistics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This clear and concise guide provides the introduction to descriptive statistical analysis that all students need to draw insightful conclusions from their data. Assuming no prior expertise, it presents jargon-free and practical advice for analysing and presenting numbers.
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Analysing the Trust–Transparency Nexus: Multi-level Governance in the UK, France and Germany (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Drawing on fieldwork from the UK, France and Germany, this volume addresses the relationship between trust and transparency in the context of multi-level governance.
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Women and Welfare Conditionality: Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Drawing on a wealth of qualitative longitudinal evidence, this book casts light on women's lived experiences of welfare and work. It uncovers the hidden gendered bias of conditional welfare reforms to challenge dominant political discourses, policy design and practice norms.
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Social Work Research Using Arts-Based Methods (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In the first dedicated analysis of its kind, international experts review the rationale and results of arts-based approaches to research, teaching, and... Læs mere
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Childhoods of the Global South: Children’s Rights and Resistance (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Children in the Global South continue to be affected by social disadvantage in our unequal post-colonial world order. With a focus on working-class children in Latin America, this book explores the challenges of promoting children's rights in a context of decolonization.
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The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Thanks to the contribution of leading researchers, 'The Future is Now' represents the go-to book for anyone seeking a comprehensive, state-of-the-art, and thought-provoking introduction to the thriving field of prefigurative politics.
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The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In this pioneering book, David Beer redefines emergent algorithmic technologies as the new systems of knowing. He examines the acute tensions they create and how they are changing what is known and what is knowable.
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Innovation in Social Care: New Approaches for Young People Affected by Extra-Familial Risks and Harms (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Based on the findings of the Innovate Project, this book asks how services can be re-envisioned and... Læs mere
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