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Success in law studies: the 10 keys to top grades. (2013)
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EZEANI, E.C. 2013. Success in law studies: the 10 keys to top grades. Dundee: Dundee University Press.

Although we have mentioned critical analysis previously, its importance demands that we elaborate a little more on this very essential aspect of a good law paper for emphasis, since it will help to gain good grades in your assessments. The file accom... Read More about Success in law studies: the 10 keys to top grades..

Reclaiming individualism: perspectives on public policy. (2013)
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SPICKER, P., 2013. Reclaiming individualism: perspectives on public policy. Bristol: Policy Press [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447309093

This book is about individualist ideas, and how they shape contemporary approaches to public policy. If we were to believe the existing literature, we might think that only markets can satisfy people's needs, and that any collective concept of welfar... Read More about Reclaiming individualism: perspectives on public policy..

Designs on democracy: architecture and design in Scotland post devolution. (2012)
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MACDONALD, S. 2012. Designs on democracy: architecture and design in Scotland post devolution. Alresford: Zero Books.

Central to Scotlands creative economy is Creative Scotland, the national agency, which sits within the broader context of creative and cultural provision. For the first time a corporate plan has been produced that includes working across the span of... Read More about Designs on democracy: architecture and design in Scotland post devolution..

Alcohol: through our eyes: young people's representations of drinking in Scotland. (2012)
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HACKETT, C., SEAMAN, P. and EDGAR, F. 2012. Alcohol: through our eyes: young people's representations of drinking in Scotland. Glasgow: Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

This book is based on a research project that explored how young men and women use alcohol as they move from their mid teens through to their late twenties. This period of life is sometimes referred to as the transition to adulthood. We wanted to fin... Read More about Alcohol: through our eyes: young people's representations of drinking in Scotland..

Successful project management in social work and social care: managing resources, assessing risks and measuring outcomes. (2012)
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SPOLANDER, G. and MARTIN, L. 2012. Successful project management in social work and social care: managing resources, assessing risks and measuring outcomes. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Managers in social work and social care contexts are required to manage a wide range of projects: long-term and short-term, on large and small scales, in partnership with other agencies, and covering a broad range of issues and contexts. Management o... Read More about Successful project management in social work and social care: managing resources, assessing risks and measuring outcomes..

Calendar variations. (2011)
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COESSENS, K. and DOUGLAS, A. 2011. Calendar variations. Banchory: Woodend Barn.

This small book offers a visual and verbal reflection on the process of artistic practice and the ephemeral traces left by these. It is part of the exhibition 'Calendar Variations', held at the woodend barn, Banchory, Scotland in April 2011. It consi... Read More about Calendar variations..

Stigma and social welfare. (2011)
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SPICKER, P. 2011. Stigma and social welfare. [Self-published]

This book looks at the concept of stigma in the context of social welfare. The idea of 'social welfare' is commonly identified with the 'social services'. Both terms are regrettably unclear. 'Welfare' can be taken to mean 'relief'; a 'welfare recipie... Read More about Stigma and social welfare..

Law across borders: the extraterritorial application of United Kingdom law. (2011)
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ARNELL, P. 2012. Law across borders: the extraterritorial application of United Kingdom law. Abingdon: Routledge. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203153345

This book examines the application of UK Criminal and Human Rights Law to people and circumstances outside the United Kingdom. Building upon previous analyses which have focused on a single aspect of extraterritorially, this book examines the fields... Read More about Law across borders: the extraterritorial application of United Kingdom law..

The sociology of terrorism: peoples, places and processes. (2011)
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VERTIGANS, S. 2011. The sociology of terrorism: peoples, places and processes. Abingdon: Routledge [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203855812

This is the first terrorism textbook based on sociological research. It adopts an innovative framework that draws together historical and modern, local and global, and social processes for a range of individuals, groups and societies. Individual beha... Read More about The sociology of terrorism: peoples, places and processes..

The origins of modern welfare: Juan Luis Vives; on the relief of the poor, or of human need. (2011)
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SPICKER, P. (eds.) 2020. The origins of modern welfare: Juan Luis Vives: on the relief of the poor, or of human need. 2020 edition. Oxford: Peter Lang. Hosted on Paul Spicker's blog [online], 1. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/b6tfvka9

This book presents new translations of the earliest known studies in Social Policy. Juan-Luis Vives’s De Subventione Pauperum (On the Relief of the Poor) is an academic report on the organisation of social welfare, prepared for the senate of Bruges a... Read More about The origins of modern welfare: Juan Luis Vives; on the relief of the poor, or of human need..

The origins of modern welfare: city of Ypres, the government of poor relief. (2011)
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SPICKER, P. (eds.) 2020. The origins of modern welfare: city of Ypres, the government of poor relief. 2020 edition. Oxford: Peter Lang. Hosted on Paul Spicker's blog [online], 2. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/wzm8vhdc

The two books included in The Origins of Modern Welfare are probably the earliest studies ever written in the field of Social Policy, and among the earliest written about public administration. Social Policy is the study of welfare, policy and admini... Read More about The origins of modern welfare: city of Ypres, the government of poor relief..

How social security works: an introduction to benefits in Britain. (2011)
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SPICKER, P. 2011. How social security works: an introduction to benefits in Britain. Bristol: Policy Press [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447342854

How social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text which can help readers to make sense of the system in practice. It explain... Read More about How social security works: an introduction to benefits in Britain..

The artistic turn: a manifesto. (2009)
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COESSENS, K., CRISPIN, D. and DOUGLAS, A. 2009. The artistic turn: a manifesto. Leuven: Leuven University Press.

Despite innovative developments in research in-and-through the arts in the past decade, the emergent field of artistic research remains controversial, and is accepted with varying degrees of enthusiasm in academic institutions. It is our contention t... Read More about The artistic turn: a manifesto..

Susan Hiller: the provisional texture of reality: selected talks and texts, 1977-2007. (2008)
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KOKOLI, A.M. (ed.) 2008. Susan Hiller: the provisional texture of reality: selected talks and texts, 1977-2007. Zurich: JRP/Ringier.

The premise of the ‘Positions’ series ‘to question artistic and curatorial practices from the singular position of an artist who writes [and, I would add, talks] both on his/her own work as well as that of other artists’ is fulfilled in an exemplary... Read More about Susan Hiller: the provisional texture of reality: selected talks and texts, 1977-2007..

Militant Islam: a sociology of characteristics, causes and consequences. (2008)
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VERTIGANS, S. 2009. Militant Islam: a sociology of characteristics, causes and consequences. Abingdon: Routledge [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203891070 Pages

Integral to the resurgence of Islam have been the growing significance of the umma (Islamic 'community') and the perceptions of a global Muslim community or nation. Reasons for these trans-national feelings and loyalties include changing patterns of... Read More about Militant Islam: a sociology of characteristics, causes and consequences..

The idea of poverty. (2007)
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SPICKER, P. 2007. The idea of poverty. Bristol: Policy Press [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447342601

This book examines views about what poverty is and what should be done about it. 'Poverty' means many different things to different people - for example, material deprivation, lack of money, dependency on benefits, social exclusion or inequality. In... Read More about The idea of poverty..

Poverty: an international glossary. (2007)
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SPICKER, P., LEGUIZAMÓN, S.A. and GORDON, D. (eds.) 2007. Poverty: an international glossary. 2nd edition. CROP international studies in poverty research. London: Zed Books [online]. Available from: https://www.crop.org/viewfile.aspx?id=238

This second edition of this highly-successful glossary provides an exhaustive and authoritative guide to over 200 technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on poverty. It seeks to make researchers, students and policy makers aware of th... Read More about Poverty: an international glossary..

Liberty, equality, fraternity. (2006)
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SPICKER, P. 2006. Liberty, equality, fraternity. Bristol: Policy press [online]. Available from: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23767

Paul Spicker's book takes the three founding principles of the French Revolution - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - and examines how they relate to social policy today. The book considers the political and moral dimensions of a wide range of social po... Read More about Liberty, equality, fraternity..

Policy analysis for practice: applying social policy. (2006)
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SPICKER, P. 2006. Policy analysis for practice: applying social policy. Bristol: Policy Press [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447342496

People who work in planning, management and service delivery in the public sector need to know how policy is translated into practice, what is happening, and whether a policy works. "Policy analysis for practice" introduces students and practitioners... Read More about Policy analysis for practice: applying social policy..

Communication skills for effective management. (2004)
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HARGIE, O., DICKSON, D. and TOURISH, D. 2004. Communication skills for effective management. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-3893-0

It is now widely recognized that communication is at the very heart of effective management. There is therefore an ever-expanding demand for valid and generalizable information on how best to relate to people in organizational contexts. Communication... Read More about Communication skills for effective management..