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The Urban Housing Manual
Red tape is a significant stumbling block to the provision of affordable shelter to the urban poor and, indeed, slums are largely the result of inappropriate regulatory frameworks. This practice-oriented manual tackles the issue of regulatory frameworks for urban upgrading and new housing development, and how they impact on access to adequate, affordable shelter and other key livelihood assets, in particular for the urban poor. It illustrates two methods for reviewing regulatory frameworks and expounds guiding principles for effecting change, informed by action research. The downloadable resources contain case studies, methods, exercises and tools, references and website links, and a video on reviewing regulatory frameworks.
Somewhere to Live
Finding somewhere decent and affordable to live is proving increasingly difficult in urban areas around the world. This timely book calls for innovative, demand-sensitive approaches that provide the basis, not just for meeting the need for land and housing, but for providing a better quality of life.
Social Divisions 4 edition
Revised, restructured and updated to reflect the latest data and debates, this new edition of the widely-used, classic textbook offers students an accessible account of the major social divisions that structure social life. Written by internationally known sociologists and experts, the book: • addresses a wide range of social divisions and inequalities in novel ways, with added chapters on education and age; • provides a framework for understanding contemporary social inequalities and diversities, and how they inter-relate; • lends itself to teaching in a range of contexts with the potential to dip into particular chapters for different modules, or to use the book in a more extensive w...
The New Social Mobility
Despite becoming a big issue in public debate, social mobility is one of the most misunderstood processes of our time. In this accessible and engaging text, Geoff Payne, one of Britain’s leading mobility analysts, presents up-to-date sociological research evidence to demonstrate how our politicians have not grasped the ways in which mobility works. The new social mobility argues for considering a wider range of dimensions of mobility and life chances, notably the workings of the labour market, to assess more accurately the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes. Bringing together a range of literature and research, it covers key themes of mobility analysis, and offers a critical and original approach to social mobility. This important book will challenge the well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public; it is also sufficiently comprehensive to be suitable for teaching and of interest to a broad academic audience.
Home and Nation in British Literature from the English to the French Revolutions
A wide-ranging account of the contested intersection between ideas of nationhood and home in British literature between 1640 and 1830.
Dark Imaginings
What does it mean to say that poetry is dark? How does the presence of darkness give meaning to literary works? Such questions sit at the centre of this study of Lord Byron, a man who has been characterised as intrinsically dark by generations of scholars. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of Byron's darkness, producing new and innovative readings of his poetry by exploring how darkness (both literal and figurative) helps to structure his work's ideological topography and facilitates the exchange of ideas between its different ideological systems. Canvassing a variety of issues relevant to a number of different manifestations of darkness, the study explores such diverse ...
Key Concepts in Social Research
`This clearly written and user-friendly book is ideal for students or researchers who wish to get a basic, but solid grasp of a topic and see how it fits with other topics. By following the links a student can easily and efficiently build up a clear conceptual map of social research′ - Malcolm Williams, Reader in Sociology, Cardiff University `This is a really useful book, written in an accessible manner for students beginning their study of social research methods. It is helpful both as an introductory text and as a reference guide for more advanced students. Most of the key topics in methods and methodology are covered and it will be suitable as a recommended text on a wide variety of co...
Exhibition One
Exhibition One Collection represents an original body of work that showcases some of the styles used by photographer Geoff Payne to presnt his ART. Some of images are accompanied by enlightening verse.
Social Divisions
"Conventionally, sociologists have been mainly concerned with three major social divisions: social class, gender and ethnicity. Sociological analysis of contemporary society has begun to focus on the interactions between these core social processes, and on alternative social divisions like age, sexuality or national identity. Starting with an extensive treatment of the more familiar social divisions, Social Divisions explores the structural differences and social inequalities that lie behind the commonsense formulations of nationalism, old age, childhood, sexuality, disability, health and community." "Each chapter has been specially commissioned from an expert. Their contributions cover theoretical issues, examples and up-to-date empirical material in a way that provides a resource for detailed discussion and development, while still remaining accessible to the non-specialist reader. The introduction and conclusion provide a conceptual framework in which to place each specialist chapter."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Urban Projects Manual
The Urban Projects Manual addresses key issues facing professionals working in the urban sector and illustrates methods with examples. For this new edition sections have been updated, references added to Latin American cases and additional technical notes included. "... is likely to continue to be an indispensable aid to development professionals worldwide."—Habitat International
