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Adrian Barton

Illicit drugs and their use are now, more than ever, a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. Often, our understandings of the 'drug problem' tend to be uni-dimensional and based around particular areas of risk: drug related crime, dependency and ill-health. This book moves beyond this single issue approach and locates illicit drug use in its wider context, with chapters on:the history of illicit drug usemeasuring the 'problem'

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Adrian Barton

Illicit drugs and their use are a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. As such, this second edition of the popular Illicit Drugs: Use and Control provides a timely, up-to-date discussion of the key issues raised in the first edition, whilst also providing new chapters which address:Class, gender and raceThe geo-politics of illicit drug production and distributionBritain’s drug use wit...

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Adrian Barton, Nick Johns

How the state ‘deals with’ crime and criminality is a major issue for all students of criminology and criminal justice. This book offers a fresh perspective on the policy making process in the criminal justice system of England and Wales by presenting a detailed overview of both the theory behind it and how it plays out in practise with contemporary policy examples.The key features of this text include a detailed analysis of the basic political concepts surrounding the relationship...

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Adrian Barton

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Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2002: The rise of New Public Management and the fragmentation of agencies that resulted, created unprecedented new tensions and problems in multi-agency work. This book provides a fascinating insight into the workings of a large multi-agency committee, exploring the manner in which different agencies brought their own agendas, organizational structures and world-views to a multi-agency forum and expected working relationships to be relatively problem free....

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Anne-Marie Neeteson, Patricia Parrott, Nan-Dirk Mulder, Richard Kempsey, Robby Andersson, Piet Van der Aar, Brett Roosendaal, Patrick Wall, Andrew Walker, Steve Pritchard, William G. Hill, Mike McGrew, Adrian Williams, Colin Fisher

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Poultry Science Symposium Series

Examining sustainable poultry production systems across Europe, this book contains a selected cross section of papers from the 2014 UK Poultry Science Symposium. It reviews essential topics such as resources and supply chains, the global poultry market, risk management, zoonoses and green issues. Providing a compilation of the most current research in the poultry science and production industry, this book is an important resource for both researchers and professionals.

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Adrian Mitchell, John Barton

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Oberon Classics

The Mayor of Zalamea, Life's a Dream, The Great Theatre of the WorldIn The Mayor of Zalamea, commissioned by the Royal National Theatre, peasants’ honour clashes with military discipline. Life’s a Dream is Calderón’s most famous philosophical play. The Great Theatre of the World is an allegorical work that would originally have been performed in the street to the accompaniment of music and dancing.

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Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

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Tom Lathrop

A cornerstone of literary fiction, this classic book offers both timeless satire and captivating storytelling.Complete and unabridged, Don Quixote is the epic tale of the man from La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Their picaresque adventures in the world of seventeenth-century Spain form the basis of one of the great treasures of Western literature.In a new translation that “comes closest, among the modern translations, to the simple...

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Tony Watson

The seventh edition of Sociology, Work and Organisation is outstandingly effective in explaining how we can use the sociological imagination to understand the nature of institutions of work, organisations, occupations, management and employment and how they are changing in the twenty-first century.Intellectual and accessible, it is unrivalled in the breadth of its coverage and its authoritative overview of both traditional and emergent themes in the sociological study of w...

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Jacquie L′Etang

"An excellent text for encouraging students to think critically about key public relations issues. Not only does it help students to develop a deeper appreciation of public relations, it also helps them to develop valuable learning skills."- Amanda Coady, The Hague University"A typically excellent piece of work from Jacquie L′Etang. Critical of every basic concept and provocative to all students. Ideal for second and final year undergraduates, plus ...

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Jaime Sabines

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Colin Carberry

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Biblioasis International Translation Series

the first english edition of Sabines' love poems to appear in englishwill appeal to a general poetry readership as well as academics, Spanish studies programsone of the most celebrated Mexican & Spanish-language poets of the 20th century

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Chris Husbands, David Bridges

This text offers descriptions and analyses of some of the different ways in which schools and other educational institutions have started to establish new collaborative relationships in today's competitive educational marketplace. Using case studies, the book describes examples of such collaborative structures.; Educational consortia have been established as a vehicle for professional and curriculum development, as a source of mutual support and as a condition of mutual survival. As the "L...

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Aesop

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.TABLE OF CONTENTS:Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend (1887) Illustrated by Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernes...