The Violence of Austerity (Whyte David)(Paperback)

The Violence of Austerity (Whyte David)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008, Britain's government put into effect a hotly contested series of major cuts in public expenditure with the stated aim of restoring economic security. Since then, this reign of austerity continues to devastate contemporary Britain through a

The Bell and the Blackbird (Whyte David)(Paperback)

The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship (Whyte David)(Paperback)

Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 (Kynaston David)(Paperback / softback)

The groundbreaking series that will tell the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the coming of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 as never

Pilgrim (Revised) (Revised) (Whyte David)(Paperback)

Everything Is Waiting for You (Whyte David)(Paperback)

Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People (Ryan Frances)(Paperback)

The austerity crisis and threat to disability rights In austerity Britain, disabled people have been recast as worthless scroungers. From social care to the benefits system, politicians and the media alike have made the case that Britain's 12 million disabled people are nothing but a drain on the

Austerity (Fender John)(Paperback)

A clear and rigorous guide to the principles and mechanisms of austerity economics, which offers a balanced point of reference for anyone keen to understand the economic thinking behind key policy decisions in the wake of the financial

The Logic of Violence in Civil War (Kalyvas Stathis)(Paperback)

By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and that it has much less to do with collective

The Spaces of Violence (Giles James)(Paperback)

Probes the interrelationship of violence and space in ten contemporary American novels In The Spaces of Violence, James R. Giles examines ten contemporary American novels for the unique ways in which they explore violence and space as interrelated phenomena. These texts are Russell Banks's

On Violence (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

Political theorist, philosopher, and feminist thinker Hannah Arendt's On Violence is an analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. The public revulsion against violence and nonviolent philosophies continues to diminish in the

Grassroots Economies: Living with Austerity in Southern Europe (Narotzky Susana)(Paperback)

The austerity crisis has radically altered the economic landscape of Southern Europe. But alongside the decimation of public services and infrastructure lies the wreckage of a generation's visions for the future. In Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, there is a new, difficult reality of downward

Navigating Austerity: Currents of Debt Along a South Asian River (Bear Laura)(Paperback)

Navigating Austerity addresses a key policy question of our era: what happens to society and the environment when austerity dominates political and economic life? To get to the heart of this issue, Laura Bear tells the stories of boatmen, shipyard workers, hydrographers, port bureaucrats and river

Blood and Money: War, Slavery, Finance, and Empire (McNally David)(Paperback)

Blood and Money tells the story of money as a history of violence and human

Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment (Douglas Kevin S.)(Paperback)

The Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment, Second Edition, builds on the first edition's comprehensive discussion of violence risk assessment instruments with an update of research on established tools and the addition of new chapters devoted to recently developed risk assessment tools. Featuring

City: Rediscovering the Center (Whyte William H.)(Paperback)

Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of 'Fifty Books for Our Time.' For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city

The Changing Politics and Policy of Austerity (Bdeker Sebastian)(Pevná vazba)

This collection of original essays explores the myriad expressions of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis. Case studies drawn from Canada, Australia and the European Union provide extensive comparative analysis of fiscal consolidation and the varied political responses against austerity

Quiet Acts of Violence (Staincliffe Cath)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of the Scott and Bailey series, Quiet Acts of Violence is a novel about family and betrayal, injustice and poverty, the ties that bind and those that break

Mini (Bardsley Gillian)(Paperback)

The Mini was born in an age of austerity and shortage, intended to widen the base of motoring by making it more affordable for the average family. Ironically it would become something very different, a modern classless car which appealed across the boundaries of social status, age, gender,

The Aesthetics of Violence: Art, Fiction, Drama and Film (Appelbaum Robert)(Paperback)

Offering an ambitious study of the aesthetics of violence across art, literature, film and theatre, this volume brings together traditional German aesthetic and social theory with the modern problem of violence in art. Written in an engaging style, the book includes examples ranging from Homer and

Violence of Mind: Training and Preparation for Extreme Violence (Freeborn Varg)(Paperback)

A book covering the topic of self-defense from a shocking, first-hand perspective. The subjects of criminal violence, self-defense, lethal force, mindset, firearms training and concealment have never been introduced so comprehensively in one place. Having successfully sold world-wide in its

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Nixon Rob)(Paperback)

The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovative concept of 'slow violence' to describe these threats, Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the

Birth without Violence (Leboyer Frederick)(Paperback / softback)

Birth without Violence revolutionised the way we perceive the process of birth, urging us to consider birth from the infant's point of view. This Pinter & Martin edition is the definitive edition, published exactly how the author intended

Against the Troika: Crisis and Austerity in the Eurozone (Flassbeck Heiner)(Paperback)

A radical anti-capitalist alternative to Eurozone austerity On the 25th January 2015 the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance--not just for Greece but potentially all of Europe. The radical party Syriza was elected and austerity and the neoliberal agenda is being challenged