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This collection considers the transformation that has taken place over the last thirty years in the global position of co-operative and mutual business models, from the prevailing view of the investor-led model in the 1980s to the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and revival of the co-operative movement. -- .

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Published in association with the United Nations, this book builds on the existing body of literature on gender and democratization by looking at the relevance of national machineries for the advancement of women.

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This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteenth-century Britain.

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Explores the significance of visual things that are 'under construction' in works by playwrights including Shakespeare, Robert Greene and John Lyly -- .

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Explores the figure of the orphan child in a broad selection of contemporary US novels by popular and critically acclaimed authors

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Explores the figure of the orphan child in a broad selection of contemporary US novels by popular and critically acclaimed authors -- .

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A study of memory and trauma in the conflict in Northern Ireland, and of how personal and collective remembrance has influenced the narratives of reconciliation -- .

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This volume brings together many aspects of the Tapestry: the practical skills involved in making the embroidery, aspects of its iconography, its first documented association with Bayeux in an inventory of 1476, its later copying and reproduction in different media and its role as a model for the production of stitched narrative friezes today.

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Using case studies, including the experiences of individuals as well as extracts from contemporary documents, this book aims to capture the reality of industrialization while introducing the many facts and figures which make up the real backbone of the history of the period.

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This book, a collection of essays by some of Britain's leading academics, public intellectuals and political practitioners, seeks to engage with the 'big picture' of British social democracy, both historical and contemporary, and point to grounds for greater optimism for its future prospects. -- .

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This book, a collection of essays by some of Britain's leading academics, public intellectuals and political practitioners, seeks to engage with the 'big picture' of British social democracy, both historical and contemporary, and point to grounds for greater optimism for its future prospects. -- .

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Making Socialists combines a biographical study of a (nowadays) virtually unknown woman with an original exploration of several major themes in late nineteenth and early twentieth century political and educational history. -- .

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Making Socialists combines a biographical study of a (nowadays) virtually unknown woman with an original exploration of several major themes in late nineteenth and early twentieth century political and educational history.

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This book is based on the latest research, and involves stimulating new ideas from some of the most important scholars working in the field of imperial history. It ranges across politics, religion, economy, law and geography in order to offer challenging perspectives on the nature and origins of the first British empire. -- .

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Explores the development of patient-consumerism from the 1960s to 2010 in relation to seven key areas: patient autonomy, representation, complaint, rights, information, voice and choice. -- .

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A tribute to the highly influential contributions of Jill Rubery, this book proposes a 'new labour market segmentation approach' for the investigation of issues of job quality, employment inequalities and precarious work. -- .

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This study of male witches addresses incidents of witch-hunting in Britain and Europe, using feminist categories of gender analysis to critique the feminist agenda that mars many studies. It advances a more balanced and complex view of witch-hunting and ideas about witches in their gendered forms.

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Offers a representative selection of the work of the seventeenth-century poets, Malherbe, de Viau and Saint-Amant. This title also provides supporting documentation to bring out the unique literary personality of each, and to help make their poetry as accessible as possible to a modern reader.

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This book is a guide to how economic policy is made in modern Britain. It is designed to help the reader understand how the policy process works: who the key actors are, the links and the gaps between theory and practice, and the difficulties of making policy in the real world.

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Through its study of British diabetes care, this book asks how such a shift occurred, how systems of management were constructed, and what this says about diabetes care and modern medicine. -- .

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This book takes a look at the institutional framework established in the 1990s to manage the political and economic relations of the EU and the US. It focuses on the many different actors who influence transatlantic policy making at different stages of the policy process. -- .

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This book provides an authoritative account of policy change over labour migration in Europe during this new era of governance. It reveals the impacts of ideas and knowledge on policy change in two of the major labour importing countries in the EU: the UK and Spain. -- .