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  • Infrastructures of Informal Care

    Inequality, Exploitation, Emancipation

    Series series Transforming Care
    Care is fundamental to our individual and collective well-being, but it is also deeply implicated in historical and present-day injustices.Taking seriously the darker potentialities of care as a relation of exploitation and domination, this edited collection interrogates the social and governance infrastructures that variously shape, expropriate, necessitate and unravel care at the ‘private’ ... Leer más

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  • Compulsory Income Management in Australia and New Zealand

    More Harm than Good?

    Series series Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
    More than a decade on from their conception, this book reflects on the consequences of income management policies in Australia and New Zealand.Drawing on a three-year study, it explores the lived experience of those for whom core welfare benefits and services are dependent on government conceptions of ‘responsible’ behaviour. It analyses whether officially claimed positive intentions and benefits ... Leer más

    $511 MXN

  • Half a Citizen

    Life on welfare in Australia

    'This important and illuminating book provides a powerful and harrowing depiction of the inadequacies of the Australian welfare system. Its findings challenge the foundations and direction of the welfare reform agenda.' - Professor Peter Saunders, University of New South Wales'This major new study challenges many myths about life on welfare and in low paid work. It should be read by anyone ... Leer más

    $1,032 MXN

  • Audiolibro

    The Song of Roland

    Completo

    3 hora 59 minutos

    “The Song of Roland” is acknowledged today as the first masterpiece of French vernacular literature and one of the world’s greatest epic poems. Written down around the year 1090, “The Song of Roland’s” finely crafted verses tell of the betrayal and defeat of Charlemagne’s beloved nephew at the Pass of Roncevaux in the Pyrenees and of the revenge subsequently sought on his behalf. Although the ... Leer más

    $430 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    The War for Middle-earth

    J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933-1945

    Narrado por Greg Marston ...

    Completo

    11 hora 25 minutos

    For fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, discover the story behind their unique friendship forged in the darkness of World War II and how it inspired the stories of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity.In a world devastated by the cataclysm of war, two extraordinary authors and friends, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, delivered a bracing vision of ... Leer más

    $516 MXN

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    How small changes can make a big difference

    de David Halpern ...
    With a foreword by Richard Thaler, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics!New Updated Edition, 2019.Dr David Halpern, behavioural scientist and head of the government's Behavioural Insights Team, or Nudge Unit, invites you inside the unconventional, multi-million pound saving initiative that makes a big difference through influencing small, simple changes in our behaviour. Using the application of ... Leer más

    $289 MXN

  • Head Hand Heart

    The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century

    A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph'Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals in the country, if not Europe' Sunday TimesThe coronavirus pandemic taught us something we ... ... Leer más

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  • Bad Data

    How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers

    'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford'[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a penetrating analysis of why statistical literacy matters to our politics and our daily lives' Professor Jonathan PortesOur politicians make vital decisions and declarations every day that rely on official data. But should all statistics be trusted?In BAD ... Leer más

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  • The Economics of Just About Everything

    The hidden reasons for our curious choices and surprising successes

    de Andrew Leigh ...
    Did you know that another 10 cm of height boosts your income by thousands of dollars per year? Or that a boy born in January is nearly twice as likely to play first grade rugby league as a boy born in December? Or that natural disasters attract more foreign aid if they happen on a slow news day? And that a perfectly clean desk can be as inefficient as a messy one?Drawing on examples and data from ... Leer más

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  • The Pinch

    How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give It Back

    The baby boom of 1945-65 produced the biggest, richest generation that Britain has ever known. Today, at the peak of their power and wealth, baby boomers now run our country; by virtue of their sheer demographic power, they have fashioned the world around them in a way that meets all of their housing, healthcare and financial needs.In this original and provocative book, David Willetts shows how ... Leer más

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  • Australian Social Policy and the Human Services

    Social policy encompasses the study of social needs, policy development and administrative arrangements aimed at improving citizen wellbeing and redressing disadvantage. Australian Social Policy and the Human Services introduces readers to the mechanisms of policy development, implementation and evaluation. This third edition emphasises the complexity of practice, examining the links and gaps ... Leer más

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  • Does Education Matter?

    Myths About Education and Economic Growth

    de Alison Wolf ...
    "Education, education, education" has become an obsession for politicians and the public alike. It is seen as an economic panacea: an engine for growth and prosperity. But is there a link between increased spending on higher eductaion and economicgrowth? Professor Alison Wolf takes a critical look at successive governments' education policy and challenges many of the tenets of received wisdom: ... Leer más

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