Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john stewart

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  • IDENTITY-BASED STUDENT ACTIVISM
    CHRIS LINDER / STEPHEN JOHN QUAYE / ALEX C. LANGE / MEG E. EVANS / TERAH J. STEWART
    Historically and contemporarily, student activists have worked to address oppression on college and university campuses. This book explores the experiences of students engaged in identity-based activism today as it relates to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and other forms of oppression. Grounded by a national study on student activism and the authors’ combine...

    $1,200.00

  • TWENTIETH CENTURY TOWN HALLS
    JOHN STEWART
    This is the first book to examine the development of the town hall during the twentieth century and the way in which these civic buildings have responded to the dramatic political, social and architectural changes which took place during the period. Following an overview of the history of the town hall as a building type, it examines the key themes, variations and lessons which...

    $1,680.00

  • THE BATTLE FOR HEALTH
    JOHN STEWART
    First published in 1999, this is the first scholarly study of the Socialist Medical Association (SMA), an organisation of left-wing medical practitioners founded in 1930 and affiliated to the Labour Party in the following year. The SMA’s aim was a free, comprehensive, and universal state medical service, democratically controlled and with all personnel, including doctors, worki...

    $980.00

  • CARE MANAGEMENT IN SOCIAL AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
    DAVID CHALLIS / JOHN CHESTERMAN / ROSEMARY LUCKETT / KAREN STEWART
    This title was first published in 2003: This book provides an evaluation of the Gateshead Community Care Scheme which was devised as an alternative to residential and hospital care for frail elderly people. An important feature of the scheme was the decentralization of control of resources to individual social workers acting as care managers, with defined caseloads and expendit...

    $1,480.00

  • THE TOYOTA KAIZEN CONTINUUM
    JOHN STEWART
    Written by a recognized leader in the manufacturing industry with nearly two decades of experience working for Toyota, this book supplies a firsthand account of the realities behind implementing the Toyota Production System (TPS). The Toyota Kaizen Continuum: A Practical Guide to Implementing Lean presents authoritative insight on how to use the TPS to drive operational value a...

    $1,160.00

  • SOIL MANAGEMENT AND GREENHOUSE EFFECT
    JOHN M. KIMBLE / ELISSA R. LEVINE / B.A. STEWART
    Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect focuses on proper management of soils and its effects on global change, specifically, the greenhouse effect. It contains up-to-date information on a broad range of important soil management topics, emphasizing the critical role of soil for carbon storage. Sequestration and emission of carbon and other gases are examined in various ecosystem...

    $7,500.00

  • UNDERSTANDING OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR
    JOHN STEWART / DAVID SMITH / CEDRIC FULLWOOD
    Based on a survey of probation work with almost 1400 young adult offenders, this book provides a unique insight into the realities of probation practice in a context of increasing poverty, drug use and community breakdown. Starting with an outline of the current policy environment, the book discusses the relevance of criminological theory to the harsh experience of young offen...

    $1,540.00

  • ARE WE SAFE ENOUGH?
    MARK G. STEWART / JOHN MUELLER
    Are We Safe Enough? Measuring and Assessing Aviation Security explains how standard risk analytic and cost-benefit analysis can be applied to aviation security in systematic and easy-to-understand steps. The book evaluates and puts into sensible context the risks associated with air travel, the risk appetite of airlines and regulators and the notion of acceptable risk. It does ...

    $1,329.00

  • CENTRALISATION, DEVOLUTION AND THE FUTURE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND
    STEVE LEACH / JOHN STEWART / GEORGE JONES
    English local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government. This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary state. The process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and re...

    $1,280.00

  • GLOBAL ETHICS AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
    JOHN-STEWART GORDON
    The philosophy of Hans Jonas was widely influential in the late twentieth century, warning of the potential dangers of technological progress and its negative effect on humanity and nature. Jonas advocated greater moral responsibility and taking this as a starting point, this volume explores current ethical issues within the context of his philosophy. It considers the vital int...

    $1,200.00

  • THE SCIENCE OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
    ROBERT JOHN STEWART MCDOWALL
    The Science of Signs and Symptoms in Relation to Modern Diagnosis and Treatment describes the state of consciousness in relation to concussion, cerebral compression, and quality of the blood. This book is composed of 48 chapters that discuss the physical basis of pain sensations, the different types of paralysis, and the significance of having a recurring headache. Some of the...

    $1,249.00

  • CLINICAL ETHICS CONSULTATION
    JOHN-STEWART GORDON
    This volume brings together researchers from different European countries and disciplines who are involved in Clinical Ethics Consultation (CEC). The work provides an analysis of the theories and methods underlying CEC as well a discussion of practical issues regarding the implementation and evaluation of CEC. The first section deals with different possible approaches in CEC. ...

    $1,460.00

  • WHY NOISE MATTERS
    JOHN STEWART / FRANCIS MCMANUS / NIGEL RODGERS / VAL WEEDON / ARLINE BRONZAFT
    Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? This book argues compellingly that it is, and tells you all you need to know about noise as a social, cultural, environmental and health issue. Across the world, more people are disturbed by noise in their day-today lives than by any other pollutant on Earth. From the shanty towns of Mumbai to the smart boulevards of Paris, no...

    $1,100.00

  • CHILD GUIDANCE IN BRITAIN, 1918–1955
    JOHN STEWART
    Stewart presents a history of child guidance in Britain from its origins in the years after the First World War until the consolidation of the welfare state. This is the first study of child guidance in this period and makes a significant contribution to the historiography. ...

    $1,000.00

  • GENDER, HEALTH AND WELFARE
    ANNE DIGBY / JOHN STEWART
    Gender, Health and Welfare deals primarily with the century before the creation of the classic welfare state in Britain. It provides a stimulating introduction to an historical era which saw a huge expansion in welfare services, both state and voluntary, and during which women emerged as significant 'consumers' and 'providers' of various measures. ...

    $660.00

  • INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS INTO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
    LIVIA BIZIKOVA / JOHN ROBINSON / STEWART COHEN
    To date, climate change adaptation and mitigation have been treated separately both in research and in the climate negotiations. However, a growing body of literature is now being developed that points to actual and potential synergies and trade-offs between responses to climate change and sustainability. This literature has evolved in a spontaneous way with diverse approaches ...

    $800.00

  • STUDIES IN LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY (RLE LINGUISTICS D: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS)
    KIRK, JOHN M. / SANDERSON, STEWART / WIDDOWSON, J.D.A.
    The publication in the past ten years of linguistic atlases of England and Scotland has not only advanced our knowledge of the lexical and morphological variety inherent in the English language, but has made it possible to establish a number of methodological principles for the study of language both in its contemporary distribution and in its historical evolution. The essays i...

    $1,320.00

  • THE LINGUISTIC ATLAS OF ENGLAND
    ORTON, HAROLD / SANDERSON, STEWART / WIDDOWSON, JOHN
    This fascinating record of how English is spoken in England is now being reprinted. Over 400 maps detail differences in phonology, lexicon, morphology and syntax. The Atlas provides a unique survey of the linguistic geography of England. This volume was inspired by the English Dialect Survey which set out to elicit information about the current dialectical usages of the older m...

    $19,000.00

  • REAL WORLD HASKELL
    BRYAN O'SULLIVAN / JOHN GOERZEN / DONALD BRUCE STEWART
    This easy-to-use, fast-moving tutorial introduces you to functional programming with Haskell. You'll learn how to use Haskell in a variety of practical ways, from short scripts to large and demanding applications. Real World Haskell takes you through the basics of functional programming at a brisk pace, and then helps you increase your understanding of Haskell in real-world iss...

    $534.00

  • REAL WORLD HASKELL
    BRYAN O'SULLIVAN / JOHN GOERZEN / DONALD BRUCE STEWART
    This easy-to-use, fast-moving tutorial introduces you to functional programming with Haskell. You'll learn how to use Haskell in a variety of practical ways, from short scripts to large and demanding applications. Real World Haskell takes you through the basics of functional programming at a brisk pace, and then helps you increase your understanding of Haskell in real-world iss...

    $534.00

  • A MANAGER'S GUIDE TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT
    MIKE PEDLER / JOHN BURGOYNE / TOM BOYDELL / JOAN KEEVILL / KEVIN ROE / JEAN-ANNE STEWART
    This book is an indispensable guide to building your management and leadership skills and abilities. It includes activities which can be undertaken alone, in a group or as part of a programme. In its seventh edition, the book is a carefully designed self-development programme aimed at helping leaders improve their performance, advance their careers and achieve their full potent...

    $780.00

  • TYNESIDE SCOTTISH
    GRAHAM STEWART / JOHN SHEEN
    The exploits of the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third (Service) Battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War—"Harder Than Hammers."   Although called the Tyneside Scottish, very few of the men who made up this Brigade were of Scottish descent. Many came from local villages or were from the Northumberland pits. They saw action at the Bat...

    $251.00