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Looks at evidence-based policy and decision-making in the public sector. This book provides a practical manual for people working in policy areas. It is suitable for practitioners with little or no experience in research and analysis but who require skills in managing, assessing and critically evaluating evidence use in the public sector.

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An extraordianry group of thinkers, brought together by the bestselling author of A Monster at Our Door, explores future worlds being created by unfettered capitalism.

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What is the best education for exceptionally able and high-achieving youngsters Can the United States strengthen its future intellectual leadership, economic vitality, and scientific prowess without sacrificing equal opportunity This title discusses how these schools work - and their critical role in nurturing the country's brightest students.

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Based on the research of Dr W Gareth Evans into state secondary schools in Wales from 1896-2000. This is an original, comprehensive study of the history of external examinations in the schools of Wales during the twentieth century. It demonstrates how the system of external examinations has developed in Wales over the last century.

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"K. Mohrman offers a powerful rethinking of Mormonism and its place in U.S. history, culture, and politics, arguing that Mormon peculiarity is a potent expression of U.S. exceptionalism. Exceptionally Queer ultimately shows how discussions of Mormonism in this country have been and continue to be central to ideas of what it means to be American"--

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Playwright Athol Fugard's meditation on life in the theater.

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Intimate portraits of four exonerees provide a window into the challenges of life after wrongful conviction.

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This major new text explores and interrogates peace journalism as a significant challenge to this hegemonic discourse, which has been advocated and elaborated over the recent years in journalism, media development and academic spheres. J Lynch, University of Sydney.

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"Examining the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jersey-a conflict that is raging in cities across the country-Expelling Public Schools is a critique of Black urban regime politics and the way in which antiracist messaging obscures real class divisions, interests, and ideological diversity"--

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This wide ranging anthology in honor of William J. Chambliss captures the way he has inspired generations of scholars

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A piercing historical explanation for poverty and inequality in African societies today, and social impact of resource-driven growth.

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In this wide-ranging volume two leading scholars of the region critically examine the new extractive-imperialism bearing down on the Americas

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Documentation from the self-proclaimed enemies of the West.

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Explores issues raised by "fake docs" such as the fiction/documentary divide, the ethics of reality-based manipulation, and whether documentariness derives from form or reception. Defining the borderline between fact and fiction, this work reveals that many documentaries lie to tell the truth, and that the truth is relative.

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The definitive account of the breakdown in the pivotal relationship between business and government.

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Terrorism is usually discussed as the actions of individuals. This book argues that Governments carry out most acts of terrorism.

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This text provides a cross-disciplinary discussion between different professional groups on issues concerning death in our society. Contributors talk out of their personal research and interest in such a way as to enable others from different perspectives to understand each other.

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This collection of lectures - given at a symposium of evil by prominent scholars, writers, theologians and philosophers - resonates powerfully as we continue to confront the devastation wrought by even a single individual caught in the grip of evil.

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Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past.

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Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past.

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Citizens are political simpletons - that is only a modest exaggeration of a common characterization of voters. This title brings together the political scientists, who offer insights into the political thinking of the public, the causes of party polarization, and the paradoxical relationship between turnout and democratic representation.