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  • OPENING THE DOOR
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    OPENING THE DOOR
    KATHLEEN JONES / JOHN BROWN / W. J. CUNNINGHAM / JULIAN ROBERTS / PETER WILLIAMS
    First published in 1975, Opening the Door is a survey of policies and problems in services for the mentally handicapped. It describes the improvements which have taken place since 1969, when the inquiry into conditions of patients at Ely hospital in South Wales stimulated public concern into the quality of life of many mentally handicapped people in hospital. The authors discus...

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  • AN INFORMED COSMOS
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    AN INFORMED COSMOS
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    After a substantial author's preface recounting the author's life-journey with the question of science and design in nature, An Informed Cosmos pulls together essays that jointly cover the core arguments for a scientific theory of intelligent design. Along with a foreword by philosopher of science and leading design theorist Stephen C. Meyer, and a wide range of recommended res...

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  • HOME OWNERSHIP
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    HOME OWNERSHIP
    RAY FORREST / ALAN MURIE / PETER WILLIAMS
    Originally published in 1990 and drawing on extensive research, this book provides an evaluation of the impact of the growth of home ownership in the UK, and of the claims and counter-claims made for its social significance. The book examines critically the evidence for and against the proposition that mass home ownership is contributing towards a more equal society. Wide-rangi...

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  • PLANNING, POLITICS AND CITY-MAKING
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    PLANNING, POLITICS AND CITY-MAKING
    PETER BISHOP / LESLEY WILLIAMS
    Whilst there is extensive literature analysing the design and function of new buildings and places, the actual process through which development proposals are actually fashioned – through complex negotiation and deal making, involving many different stakeholders with different agendas – is largely undocumented. Conventional planning theory tends to assume a logical, rational an...

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  • SOCIAL PROCESS AND THE CITY
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    SOCIAL PROCESS AND THE CITY
    PETER WILLIAMS
    Contemporary urban studies engages a wide range of approaches in the analysis of the processes at work in urban areas. These approaches derive from anthropology, economics, geography, history, politics and sociology as well as from the professional experience of town planning and architecture. Social process and the city reflects this growing cross-disciplinary engagement. This...

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  • HOW TO GET BEST VALUE FROM HR
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    HOW TO GET BEST VALUE FROM HR
    PETER REILLY / TONY WILLIAMS
    An efficient and cost-effective HR function is essential to the successful running of any organization. And yet for many businesses it is impossible or costly to have HR staff in every office. This is particularly true for companies who have many branches, such as banks and building societies. So what are they to do? Increasingly they are turning to shared services by creating...

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  • DIGITAL HEALTH INFORMATION FOR THE CONSUMER
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    DIGITAL HEALTH INFORMATION FOR THE CONSUMER
    DAVID NICHOLAS / PAUL HUNTINGTON / PETER WILLIAMS
    This unique book draws on research that constituted the first major nationwide evaluation of the use and impact of key digital health information platforms which were provided to thousands of health consumers in the UK. The authors offer the first comprehensive and detailed comparison of usage and impact of the three major ICT platforms delivering health information - the inte...

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  • STRATEGIC HR
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    STRATEGIC HR
    PETER REILLY / TONY WILLIAMS
    HR has sought to reposition itself as a strategic contributor to organizations. To facilitate this, it has restructured, bringing in shared services, business partners and centres of expertise, simplifying, automating and rationalising processes, and devolving some activities to managers, whilst outsourcing others. HR has yet to give sufficient attention to the capability of th...

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  • MEANING AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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    MEANING AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    PETER MANDAVILLE / ANDREW WILLIAMS
    This innovative volume brings together specialists in international relations to tackle a set of difficult questions about what it means to live in a globalized world where the purpose and direction of world politics are no longer clear-cut. What emerges from these essays is a very clear sense that while we may be living in an era that lacks a single, universal purpose, ours is...

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  • AN INTRODUCTION TO POST-COLONIAL THEORY
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO POST-COLONIAL THEORY
    PETER CHILDS / PATRICK WILLIAMS
    The first book of its kind in the field, this timely introduction to post- colonial theory offers lucid and accessible summaries of the major work of key theorists such as Frantz Fanon, Edward Said.Homi Bhabha and Gayatri Spivak. The Guide also Explores the lines of resistance against colonialism and highlights the theories of post-colonial identity that have been responsible f...

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  • GENTRIFICATION OF THE CITY
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    GENTRIFICATION OF THE CITY
    SMITH, NEIL / WILLIAMS, PETER
    The author and contributors of this book seek to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification. It does not present a single coherent vision of the causes, effects and experiences of gentrification, but a number of different views that do not always coincide. What the authors have in common is the attempt to escape a naive empiricism which has dominated m...

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  • THE ROLE OF INFORMAL ECONOMIES IN THE POST-SOVIET WORLD
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    THE ROLE OF INFORMAL ECONOMIES IN THE POST-SOVIET WORLD
    COLIN C. WILLIAMS / JOHN ROUND / PETER RODGERS
    Based on extensive ethnographic and quantitative research, conducted in Ukraine and Russia between 2004 and 2012, this book’s central argument is that for many people the informal economy, such as cash in hand work, subsistence production and the use of social networks, is of great importance to everyday life. Formal work is both a facilitator of such processes and is often sup...

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  • POLICING TERRORISM
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    POLICING TERRORISM
    CHRISTOPHER BLAKE / BARRIE SHELDON / RACHAEL STRZELECKI / PETER WILLIAMS
    This is an accessible and up to date text for students on police-related degree courses covering a highly topical area of policing. Terrorism has become a major issue for policing during the 21st century, exacerbated by world events, the emerging new terrorism with its global implications, and a growing need to develop effective counter-terrorism strategies. The book provides s...

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  • UNIONS AND GLOBALISATION
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    UNIONS AND GLOBALISATION
    PETER FAIRBROTHER / JOHN O'BRIEN / ANNE JUNOR / MICHAEL O'DONNELL / GLYNNE WILLIAMS
    In recent decades, trade unions have suffered major reversals and experienced declining memberships. Transnational corporations and state-owned multi-nationals have increasingly implemented deteriorating terms and conditions of employment, with vulnerable and insecure job contracts. In this context, there has been a wide-ranging debate about the form of trade unionism, the base...

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  • POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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    POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
    CHRISTOPHER BLAKE / BARRIE SHELDON / PETER WILLIAMS
    This text provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to criminal justice for all those undertaking degrees and foundation degrees in policing. It will also be relevant to degree courses in criminology and criminal justice. The book provides a holistic overview of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and an exploration of the roles of key players within the system and how t...

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  • GOVERNMENT, MARKETS AND VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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    GOVERNMENT, MARKETS AND VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
    PETER RAGGATT / STEVE WILLIAMS
    During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governments efforts to improve the provision of vocational education and training. Based largely on interviews with nearly 100 individuals who were closely involved with these reforms, this book provides an in-depth account of the origins, d...

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  • GETTING AT JESUS
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    GETTING AT JESUS
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    Portraying themselves as challenging blind religious dogma with evidence-led skepticism, the neo-atheist movement claims that the New Testament contains unreliable tales about a mythical figure who, far from being the resurrected Lord of life, may not even have lived. This comprehensive critique documents the falsehood of these neo-atheist claims, correcting their historical an...

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  • REAGAN VERSUS THE SANDINISTAS
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    REAGAN VERSUS THE SANDINISTAS
    THOMAS W WALKER / HARVEY WILLIAMS / PETER KORNBLUH / EVA GOLD
    The product of research and investigation by a team of sixteen authors, Reagan versus the Sandinistas is the most comprehensive and current study to date of the Reagan administration's mounting campaign to reverse the Sandinista revolution. The authors thoroughly examine all major aspects of Reagan's "low-intensity war," from the U.S. government's attempts at economic destabili...

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  • BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS
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    BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS
    WILLIAMS, PETER H.
    Established almost 30 years ago, Methods in Microbiology is the most prestigious series devoted to techniques and methodology in the field. Now totally revamped, revitalized, with a new format and expanded scope, Methods in Microbiology will continue to provide you with tried and tested, cutting-edge protocols to directly benefit your research.Key Features* Focuses on the metho...

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  • GLOBAL HR
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    GLOBAL HR
    PETER REILLY / TONY WILLIAMS
    The HR function is having to adjust itself to the implications of the globalisation of business activity. This has meant adjusting its philosophy, policies and practices to fit new organisational imperatives, as well as creating its own refashioned service delivery model. Peter Reilly and Tony Williams's Global HR explores the key issues of building an international brand, cult...

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  • APOLOGETICS IN 3D
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    APOLOGETICS IN 3D
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    This collection of papers and other materials from English philosopher Peter S. Williams develops a holistic vision for Christian apologetics centered around a biblical understanding of spirituality. Grounded in two decades of practical experience, here is a vision of apologetics that's interested in communicating through beauty and goodness as well as logic and arguments. ...

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  • OUTGROWING GOD?
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    OUTGROWING GOD?
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    Join a cast of characters, with different perspectives, thinking through some of the biggest questions in life, as they discuss atheist Richard Dawkins's book Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide. Written in the form of a dialogue between members of a student book club, Outgrowing God? A Beginner's Guide to Richard Dawkins and the God Debate encourages critical thinking about Pro...

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  • A FAITHFUL GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY
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    A FAITHFUL GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    A Faithful Guide to Philosophy is the only British Christian introduction to philosophy, a book that will be used as a course textbook and by church study groups and individual readers alike. It covers subjects of central importance to the Christian worldview, discussing the broadest range of topics covered by any Christian introduction to philosophy, and will be prized by many...

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  • A UNIVERSE FROM SOMEONE
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    A UNIVERSE FROM SOMEONE
    PETER S. WILLIAMS
    After a substantial author's preface recounting Peter S. Williams's life journey with the question of God's existence, A Universe From Someone pulls together essays and opgooening speeches from debates (including the 2011 "God is not a delusion" debate at the Cambridge Union) that jointly cover a wide variety of theistic arguments. Together with a foreword by noted philosopher ...

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