This open access book provides the first in-depth study of the development of federal gender equality politics and policy in Australia from the 1970s to the present day. Australia has a history of gender equality innovation, including granting women's suffrage long before equivalent countries. From the 1970s on, it became the first country to introduce a women's adviser, femocrats (feminist bureaucrats) and gender responsive budgeting but then fell behind, partly due to the influence of An...

This book analyses social democratic parties’ attempts to tackle inequality in increasingly challenging times. It provides a distinctive contribution to the literature on the so-called ‘crisis’ of social democracy by exploring the role of equality policy in this crisis. While the main focus is on analysing Australian Labor governments, examples are also given from a wide range of parties internationally.The book traces how a traditional focus on class has expanded to include other ...

A Framework for Teaching Music Online defines the current online learning landscape of music in higher education and then presents a cyclical teaching framework that describes how to practically develop an online music course. Each part of the framework takes the reader through the three main components of developing an online music course: communication, design, and assessment. Research-informed and practical, ideas and tools for faculty and students to implement into their curre...

Readers who enjoyed The Godfather and Fifty Shades of Grey will love this story about Carla, whose interior decoration work opened doors to shady designs. In 1973, she met Roy, a wealthy movie theater owner who hired her to refurbish his houses. This partnership led to their marriage.Soon the boss of a major porno mafia admired her work, and then his wife hired Carla to redecorate their Hollywood mansion. There, she befriended other lonely wives. When Roy joined that mob, he became...

Readers who enjoyed The Godfather and Fifty Shades of Grey will love this story about Carla, whose interior decoration work opened doors to shady designs. In 1973, she met Roy, a wealthy movie theater owner who hired her to refurbish his houses. Their partnership led to love and then marriage.Soon, the boss of a major porno mafia admired her work. Then his wife hired Carla to redecorate their Hollywood mansion.When Roy joined that mob, he became deeply involved in pornograph...

Those who enjoyed The Godfather will love this story about Carla, whose interior decoration business opened doors to shady designs. In 1973, she met Roy, a wealthy movie theater owner. He hired her to refurbish his movie houses, and then their partnership led to marriage.Soon, the boss of a major porno mafia admired her work. When Roy was invited to join that mob, he became involved in pornography and murder, and he dragged Carla into that criminal practice with himself.How...

An impressive solid white dog covered by a mass of heavy cords, the Komondor is a courageous flock guardian breed of the Magyar herdsmen, whose ancestry goes back a millennium. The Komondor's principal role was to protect flocks of large animals on the open plains of Hungary: this vigilant giant canine was a solo act, relying only upon his own instincts and decision-making ability to guard his charges. As the appellation "King of Hungarian Sheepdogs" implies, the breed's great size and imp...

“All those years ago, feeling totally overwhelmed by what I saw of fear and destruction, I turned to the Lord with a yearning I could not understand. Still to this day I do not understand why a dear and loving Heavenly Father prepared the way for me, Carol Gray, an ordinary English wife and mother, to dare to believe that in my small and humble way I could possibly make the difference to a war-wearied country.”Carol Rosemary Gray was a British mother and homemaker of seven children...

While there are plenty of texts out there on adapted physical activity, there are none like this one.That’s because Adapted Physical Activity Across the Life Span takes a unique interdisciplinary approach from education, sports, and the health sciences. It incorporates adapted physical activity’s long history of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) and the importance of SEL (social-emotional learning) to prepare pre-professionals and professionals for service delivery in...

THE GREAT SOCIETY — Audiobook · Narrated by Theo Nguyen. Listen time: 5 hours 20 minutes The complete narrative history of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society — Medicare, the Civil Rights Act, the War on Poverty, and the unfinished fight to build a just America, 1963-1969. On the evening of July 2, 1964, Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the East Room of the White House, handing out seventy-two pens as souvenirs. Afterward, he told an aide that he believed he had just delivered t...

Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs.DOCKSIDE DANGERby Carol EricsonThe Lost GirlsTo protect his latest discovery, FBI agent Tim Ruskin needs LAPD homicide detective Jane Falco off the case. But when intel from the FBI brass clashes with the clues Jane is un...

Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance.THE DECOYA Kyra and Jake Investigationby Carol EricsonA threat is terrorizing the City of Angels—a killer who mimics another killer’s MO. Can LAPD homicide detective Jake McAllister help therapist Kyra Chase solve crimes in both the past and present before Kyra becomes...