Product Description: Great Debates in Law is an evolving series offering engaging and thoughtful introductions to the more advanced concepts, written by authors who are amongst the foremost thinkers in their field. The series focuses on the key tensions and questions underlying a subject, setting legal developments in their philosophical and cultural context and exploring the issues as matters of current debate...read more

Product Description: This collection examines how socio-legal studies and empirical legal research can be integrated into the law curriculum, looking at both core qualifying subjects and stand-alone socio-legal modules, and considering theoretical and methodological approaches combined with practical examples...read more

An innovative and timely guide to housing law that integrates the disciplines of law and public policy so that readers see how the subject fits together - both the letter of the law and the way it is practised. The innovative 3-part structure covers all the topics of a typical Housing Law module and it is written in a clear and conversational style, with a wide range of source material to show how the law is created, interpreted and used in real life. Students are expertly guided through the complexities of housing law by a leading academic who has taught the subject for more than 20 years. Where relevant, chapters end with a section on 'the future' that discusses proposed changes to the law and the impact of those changes. It also discusses the conceptual issues raised by the Human Rights Act.

Product Description: Examining key developments in policy towards, and nature of, the contemporary private rented sector in the UK, this book considers the evolution of the way in which people, organizations and properties in the private rented sector have been regulated...read more

Product Description: Ever wondered how to pay the next bill? Felt the world is unfair in economic rewards? Been indecisive about investing wisely? These types of fiscal questions are addressed from a Christian viewpoint in Economic Parables. Using his vast experience in the financial world as well as church ministry, the author invites you to listen directly to the words of Jesus and reflect on a number of "economic parables" to understand life in an increasingly globalized economy...read more

Product Description: Drawing upon Foucauldian analyzes of governmentality, the authors contend that social housing must be understood according to a range of political rationalities that saturate current practice and policy. They critically address the practice of dividing social from private tenure; situating subjects such as the purpose and financing of social housing, the regulation of its providers and occupiers and its relationship to changing perceptions of private renting and owner-occupation, within the context of an argument that all housing tenures form part of an understanding of social housing...read more

Product Description: Exploring the role of conflict in organisations, this book helps managers, employees, and organisations come to grips with all types of conflict. Conflict is discussed as a likely result of human interaction, and the key purpose of this program is to assist people in effectively and productively managing and taking advantage of these inevitable conflict situations...read more

Product Description: Why do most welfare applicants fail to challenge adverse decisions despite a continuing sense of need? The book addresses this severely under-researched and under-theorized question. Using English homelessness law as their case study, the authors explore why homeless applicants did - but more often did not - challenge adverse decisions by seeking internal administrative review...read more

Chronicles notable Chicago fires and their causes, consequences, and historical contexts, and follows the development of the city's firefighters from nineteenth-century citizen bucket brigades to the modern day, high-tech fire department.

Product Description: Guided discussions are the EQ super-strategy and this book is chock full of them! What better way to develop the emotional intelligence of your students than by participation in relevant discussions about things that are important to them...read more

Explores the 1958 fire at a Chicago Catholic elementary school that killed ninety-two students and three nuns (view table of contents)

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Product Description: A text about the idea of deserving and undeserving poor in Britain's social welfare system looking at house tenure, racial harrassment and violence to women. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: David Cowan, Susanna Palomares & Dianne Schilling This timely book provides a variety of involving activities, guided discussions and reproducible handouts through which young people develop the skills and techniques necessary for effective conflict resolution...read more

Product Description: You’ll love this exciting, up-to-the-minute approach to school counseling! Packed with instantly usable activities to help you increase your value as a counselor by working cooperatively with teachers to provide guidance activities and instruction—right in the classroom...read more

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