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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.

Positive psychology is an attempt to redress the balance and focus on the positive aspects of life (human strengths and virtues that are found in the happiest people).

Positive psychology development programs are becoming commonplace in businesses, schools, and places of worship.

(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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This immersive, accessible and thought-provoking book takes the reader on a journey - from Los Angeles to Istanbul, via London, Stockholm and Belgrade - to explore the pros and cons, the myths and realities of life for LGBTQ+ people today.

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Western Europe became a multiethnic society in a fit of absence of mind. This book tackles uncomfortable questions about immigration and Islam head-on, and asks: Why can't we face the truth

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Relief workers face rapidly changing and complex environments, new disease patterns, enormous humanitarian needs and relatively limited resources. The authors of this book use their experience in the area to produce an operational manual of the issues involved in refugee health programmes.

(Paperback, New edition)

Rashid Khalidi's powerful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcomes of the U.S.A's most recent incursions in the region. Begun as the United States and Britain moved their forces into Iraq, and specially updated for this U.K.

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Reporting from the backrooms and corridors of Parliament House in Canberra to the streets of post-industrial Burnie in Tasmania, the struggling rural communities of Gippsland and the Queensland heartland, Royce Kurmelovs captures with perceptive, real-time analysis the rise of Australian populism.

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A one-stop resource for parents and educators in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp.

(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.

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Social Security in Britain provides an analysis of the social security system in Britain. As well as covering the historical and comparative context, the book explains today's complex system in simple terms. Current issues, such as the policy debate around welfare reform and the effects of the social security system, are also discussed.

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Focusing on nursing, remedial therapy and social work, this book examines core social values expressed through policy. The implications of these ideas for the caring professions in social welfare are explored, as are questions about the use of industrial and commercial metaphors in health and human services.

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Social Work and Community Care makes a case for the involvement of social work skills, knowledge and values as part of the development of policy and multi-professional practice in community care. Malcolm Payne shows how ideas of community and community care are entwined with the development of social work and the social services.

A comprehensive two-volume overview and analysis of all facets of espionage in the American historical experience, focusing on key individuals and technologies.

This two-volume text reviews spirit possession throughout history, analyzes case studies from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, and examines rites for exorcism.

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This collection contains Celtic tales of kelpies, mermaids, selkeis, ghosts, warlords, and fairies. Also included is a brief history of the Celts, a glossary of the Gaelic integrated in the stories and an appendix of superstitions about fairy protection.

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An enlightening and delicious look at how vegans - and their critics - are redefining the way the world eats in the twenty-first century.

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The much-anticipated first book by photographer Kevin Amato, a leading influencer in fashion today

Readers can quickly find topics of interest, with alphabetical and topical lists of entries in the frontmatter, along with cross-references to related entries per entry.

(Hardback)