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Family, State and Social Policy brings together the changing nature of the family; and the relationship between family and state, as it is expressed in social policy. The book explores and clarifies the significance both of family change for policy, and of policy for families.

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This interdisciplinary book explores women's narratives in a variety of media and genre. Adopting a feminist perspective, it focuses particularly on the themes of hybridity and monstrosity in language and the body.

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This edition offers an introduction to the plays and theatre of the late eighteenth century in England, France and Germany as it brings together key texts revolving around the themes of sex and class.

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This edition offers an introduction to the plays and theatre of the late eighteenth century in England, France and Germany as it brings together key texts revolving around the themes of sex and class.

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This reader offers an accessible and stimulating introduction to the sheer breadth and diversity of work on gender.

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This text offers a gendered and cross-cultural analysis of the experience of mental disorder and of society's response to people suffering from it. It discusses the differences and similarities between both legal and lay definitions of mental disorder and corresponding patterns of service provision and usage, including for those who commit crime.

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How does the mind develop, from ovum to adolescence This book provides a review, from classic studies to the radical new insights of recent research. The text presents complex ideas through familiar analogies and concrete illustrations and conveys the excitement of research in this dynamically expanding field.

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How does the mind develop, from ovum to adolescence This book provides a review, from classic studies to the radical new insights of recent research. The text presents complex ideas through familiar analogies and concrete illustrations and conveys the excitement of research in this dynamically expanding field.

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This book explores the ways in which nurses can engage with and influence the formation of health policy now, and for the future.

(Hardback, 2nd ed. 1994)

Industrial Economics is being challenged by a variety of ideas and concepts. Paramount among these are transactions costs, public choice theory and the work of the Austrian School. Industrial Economics integrates these new approaches alongside a critical exposition of traditional theory.

(Paperback, 2nd ed. 2003)

The new edition of this reader introduces and places in context a collection of contributions to our understanding of international political economy. The first section introduces ideologies of political economy and substantive applications. Subsequent sections examine the history and current tenor of international monetary and trade relations.

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This book explores the influence of late seventeenth-century Christianity in Locke's philosophical, political, and educational thought.

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This text progresses from the author's earlier book, "Public Sector Economics", addressing many of the same themes but at a more advanced level, and specifically within the context of local government. The text reflects the multidisciplinary nature of local government.

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This is a manageable introduction to all the theories and approaches that make up media studies. The book is accompanied by extensive textual and online resources to give readers guidance at every step. Offering a truly global approach, this is a cutting edge text for today's students seeking to understand worldwide media, past and present.

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A look at the relationship between the film and television industries in Britain and America, charting the changes in the relationship between them and their status in the cultural field. The text offers a new paradigm for theorising the media, analysing the way in which media are structured within the milieu of 'cultural technologies'.

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The contributors to this book examine the issues involved in what direction British policing should take. Should it promote itself as a police force, dedicated to the attack on crime and public disorder, or should it adopt the mantle of police service, devoted to providing reassurance

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Why are western societies - and particularly Britain - becoming more deeply divided, more violent, more squalid Donnison draws on the experience of innovative civic leaders, community activists, local policy-makers and researchers to answer these pressing questions.

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Derek Milne presents an introduction to the psychology of mental health nursing for student nurses and qualified staff. The book is structured to reflect a problem-solving approach to mental health nursing. The recurring theme is that the major challenges of nursing can be reduced to manageable steps by the use of a systematic strategy.

(Hardback, 2nd ed. 2002)

Psychology in Perspective is a series of challenging essays addressing controversial themes and debates in psychology, including the impact of the behaviourist movement, concerns about ethical and socially responsible research (such as the human genome project), and issues in social and cognitive psychology.

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Psychotherapy with Women provides an account of current feminist practice in working with women within the helping professions bringing together contributions from eminent women psychotherapists. A range of issues are explored including sexuality, ageing, family dynamics, disability and ethnicity.

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This book provides a description of road maintenance management. Written primarily from a management perspective, it provides insights into the relationship between the various functions involved in managing a modern road network.

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This is one of the first volumes in a new series of textbooks in operational research. The key objectives of the series are to provide concise introductions to the core topics in operational research focusing on the practical relevance of those topics to today's students and taking a non-mathematical orientation in favour of software applications.

(Hardback, 3rd ed. 2001)

This third edition provides an insight into this most universal of subjects, critically analyzing recent research by psychologists and neuroscientists (much of which has been published since the 1990s) and reviewing historical and cultural beliefs about dreams.