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Challenging Governance Theory

From Networks to Hegemony

By: Jonathan S. Davies

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Challenging Governance Theory

From Networks to Hegemony

By: Jonathan S. Davies

This topical book takes a critical look at contemporary governance theory, arguing that there are structural impediments to achieving an ideology of networks and reconsidering it from Marxist and Gramscian perspectives.

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Policy Press

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184742614X

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Partnerships and Regimes

The Politics of Urban Regeneration in the UK

By: Jonathan S. Davies

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Partnerships and Regimes

The Politics of Urban Regeneration in the UK

By: Jonathan S. Davies

This title was first published in 2001. During the 1990s, urban regeneration partnerships proliferated in the UK. It is now commonplace for many individuals and organizations, including businesses, community groups, the voluntary sector and other public sector bodies, to co-operate with local authorities in a wide range of activities. Interest in partnerships between local government and local businesses has been given added momentum by the increasing popularity of urban regime theory as a tool for understanding urban politics in the UK. Regime theory is an American neo-pluralist account of urban politics which is concerned with local collaborative dynamics and processes, particularly those between local government and business leaders. It focuses on one facet of local governance, the relationship between the local authority and the business sector in regeneration activities.

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Routledge

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1351745786

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9781351745789

Playing Lear

By: Oliver Ford Davies

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Playing Lear

By: Oliver Ford Davies

A unique insight into Shakespeare's most monumentally complex character.

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Nick Hern Books

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1854596985

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Narrative Ethics in the Hebrew Bible

Moral Dilemmas in the Story of King David

By: Eryl W. Davies

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Narrative Ethics in the Hebrew Bible

Moral Dilemmas in the Story of King David

By: Eryl W. Davies

How can the stories of the Hebrew Bible be read for their ethical value? Eryl W. Davies uses the narratives of King David in order to explore this, basing his argument on Martha Nussbaum's notion that a sensitive and informed commentary can unpack the complexity of fictional accounts. Davies discusses David and Michal in 1 Sam. 19:11-17; David and Jonathan in 1 Sam. 20; David and Bathsheba in 2 Sam. 11; Nathan's parable in 2 Sam. 12; and the rape of Tamar in 2 Sam. 13. By examining these narratives, Davies shows that a fruitful and constructive dialogue is possible between biblical ethics and modern philosophy. He also emphasizes the ethical accountability of biblical scholars and their responsibility to evaluate the moral teaching that the biblical narratives have to offer.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567699641

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New Developments in Urban Governance

Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity

By: Jonathan S. Davies,Ismael Blanco,Adrian Bua,Ioannis Chorianopoulos,Mercè Cortina-Oriol,Andrés Feandeiro,Niamh Gaynor,Brendan Gleeson,Steven Griggs,Pierre Hamel,Hayley Henderson,David Howarth,Roger Keil,Madeleine Pill,Yunailis Salazar,Helen Sullivan

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New Developments in Urban Governance

Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity

Presenting the findings of a major Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project into urban austerity governance in eight cities across the world, this book offers comparative reflections on the myriad experiences of collaborative governance and its limitations.

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Policy Press

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1529205875

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Between Realism and Revolt

Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism

By: Davies, Jonathan

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Between Realism and Revolt

Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism

By: Davies, Jonathan

Leading governance theorist Jonathan S. Davies develops a rich comparative analysis of austerity governance and resistance in eight cities, to establish a conjunctural perspective on the rolling crises of neoliberal globalism. Drawing on a major international study of eight cities, Davies employs Gramscian regime analysis to consider the consolidation, weakening and transformation of urban governance regimes through the age of austerity. He explores how urban governance shapes variations in austere neoliberalism, tackling themes including collaboration, dominance, resistance and counter-hegemony. The book is a significant addition to thinking about how the era of austerity politics influences urban governance today, and the potential for alternative urban futures.

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Policy Press

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1529210917

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9781529210910

Listening to Children

Being and becoming

By: Bronwyn Davies

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Listening to Children

Being and becoming

By: Bronwyn Davies

Through a series of exquisite encounters with children, and through a lucid opening up of new aspects of poststructuralist theorizing, Bronwyn Davies opens up new ways of thinking about, and intra-acting with, children. This book carefully guides the reader through a wave of thought that turns the known into the unknown, and then slowly, carefully, makes new forms of thought comprehensible, opening, through all the senses, a deep understanding of our embeddedness in encounters with each other and with the material world. This book takes us into Reggio-Emilia-inspired Swedish preschools in Sweden, into the author’s own community in Australia, into poignant memories of childhood, and offers the reader insights into: new ways of thinking about children and their communities; the act of listening as emergent and alive; ourselves as mobile and multiple subjects; the importance of remaining open to the not-yet-known. Defining research as diffractive, and as experimental, Davies’ relationship to the teachers and pedagogues she worked with is one of co-experimentation. Her relationship with the children is one in which she explores the ways in which her own new thinking and being might emerge, even as old ways of thinking and being assert themselves and interfere with the unfolding of the new. She draws us into her ongoing experimentation, asking that we think hard, all the while delighting our senses with the poetry of her writing, and the stories of her encounters with children.

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1317672259

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East Sails West

The Voyage of the Keying, 1846–1855

By: Stephen Davies

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East Sails West

The Voyage of the Keying, 1846–1855

By: Stephen Davies

In December 1846, the Keying, a Chinese junk purchased by British investors, set sail from Hong Kong for London. Named after the Chinese Imperial Commissioner who had signed away Hong Kong to the British, manned by a Chinese and European crew, and carrying a travelling exhibition of Chinese items, theKeying had a troubled voyage. After quarrels on the way and a diversion to New York, culminating in a legal dispute over arrears of wages for Chinese members of the crew, it finally reached London in 1848, where it went on exhibition on the River Thames until 1853. It was then auctioned off, towed to Liverpool, and finally broken up. In this account of the ship, the crew and the voyage, Stephen Davies tells a story of missed opportunities, with an erratic course, overambitious aims, and achievements born of lucky breaks—a microcosm, in fact, of early Hong Kong and of the relations between China and the West.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9888208209

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9789888208203

The Damascus Covenant

An Interpretation of the 'Damascus Document'

By: Philip R. Davies

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The Damascus Covenant

An Interpretation of the 'Damascus Document'

By: Philip R. Davies

The Damascus Document is the most important witness to the origins of the Qumran community. The author surveys previous research, with particular emphasis on the syntheses of H. Stegemann and J. Murphy-O'Connor. A more comprehensive view of the redaction and ideology of the document is offered, leading to the conclusion that it is originally a product of a community which traced its origins to the Babylonian exile. The extant Cairo manuscripts represent a Qumran recension, confirming the opinion of many scholars that the Qumran community originated as a splinter movement from an earlier and larger community. The Hebrew text and a translation are provided.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567051676

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9780567051677

Principles of Financial Regulation

By: John Armour,Dan Awrey,Paul Davies,Luca Enriques,Jeffrey N. Gordon,Colin Mayer,Jennifer Payne

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Principles of Financial Regulation

By: John Armour,Dan Awrey,Paul Davies,Luca Enriques,Jeffrey N. Gordon,Colin Mayer,Jennifer Payne

The financial crisis of 2007-9 revealed serious failings in the regulation of financial institutions and markets, and prompted a fundamental reconsideration of the design of financial regulation. As the financial system has become ever-more complex and interconnected, the pace of evolution continues to accelerate. It is now clear that regulation must focus on the financial system as a whole, but this poses significant challenges for regulators. Principles of Financial Regulation describes how to address those challenges. Examining the subject from a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective, Principles of Financial Regulation considers the underlying policies and the objectives of regulation by drawing on economics, finance, and law methodologies. The volume examines regulation in a purposive and dynamic way by framing the book in terms of what the financial system does, rather than what financial regulation is. By analysing specific regulatory measures, the book provides readers to the opportunity to assess regulatory choices on specific policy issues and encourages critical reflection on the design of regulation.

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Oxford University Press

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0191090050

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9780191090059

Exodus 1-18: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary

Volume 1: Chapters 1-10

By: Graham I. Davies

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Exodus 1-18: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary

Volume 1: Chapters 1-10

By: Graham I. Davies

Graham I. Davies provides his long-awaited commentary on the first ten chapters of the second book of the Torah in this in-depth engagement with Exodus chapters 1-10. Davies brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, philological, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the text at hand. The first ten chapters of Exodus cover the affliction in Egypt and the finding of Moses as well as the plagues of Egypt and Moses' interactions with Pharaoh. Davies plumbs the depths of these well-known texts, bringing out many profound insights into their structure and meaning, and into the history of scholarship. Two results of Davies's research are to place the old hypothesis of an Elohistic source on a much stronger footing and to reaffirm that both it and the J source extended through both Genesis and Exodus.

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0567688690

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9780567688699

An Actor's Life in 12 Productions

By: Oliver Ford Davies

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An Actor's Life in 12 Productions

By: Oliver Ford Davies

In a study of British theatre through a varied acting career spanning over fifty years, Oliver Ford Davies explores the many changes within the performing arts scene through his experiences on various stages, in a variety of productions, across the country.

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Book Guild Publishing

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1915603382

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Troy, Carthage and the Victorians

By: Rachel Bryant Davies

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Troy, Carthage and the Victorians

By: Rachel Bryant Davies

Playful, popular visions of ruined cities demonstrate antiquity's starring role in nineteenth-century culture, developing new models for understanding classical reception.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107192668

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9781107192669

In Strength And Shadow

The Mervyn Davies Story

By: David Roach,Mervyn Davies

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In Strength And Shadow

The Mervyn Davies Story

By: David Roach,Mervyn Davies

Few rugby players have matched the achievements of Welshman Mervyn Davies, the shrewd, gutsy number 8 with the heart of a lion. In what was a remarkable career, he won two Grand Slams, three Triple Crowns, earned thirty-eight consecutive Wales caps, was captain of his national team and played in two victorious Lions tours. From the tail end of the 1960s through the first half of the glorious '70s period, 'Merv the Swerve' - with that mop of black hair and trademark headband - cut an iconic figure in the world's great rugby arenas. Teammates and opponents respected him, fans loved him and he was a natural leader of men both on and off the field.Then, in March 1976, everything changed. Mervyn was leading Swansea in a semi-final cup clash when he suffered a massive brain haemorrhage. He began that fateful Sunday preparing for just another high-profile game but ended it fighting for his life. Wales, and the watching sporting world, could do nothing but wait and hope. And just when the odds seemed stacked irreversibly against him, Mervyn did what he had always done: he beat them. Mervyn's life story is one of what was and what might have been. From locker-room tales to the loneliness of rehabilitation, Mervyn's account is funny, moving and honest. He writes about his many highs and lows, about losing rugby but regaining his life, and shares his thoughts on the days he spent in shadow and in strength.

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Random House

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1780577516

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9781780577517

Jacintha

By: Lorraine Davies

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Jacintha

By: Lorraine Davies

Some kinds of love can only be endured. Richard Wilson, a professor of English literature, and his wife, Carol, are injured in a landslide that destroys their home and takes the life of their student boarder. Richard heals from the injuries caused by the accident, but, emotionally traumatized, he withdraws into his own world, threatening his marriage. When the beautiful, intriguing Jacintha enrols in his seminar on The Tempest, Richard gradually falls under her spell. But on the verge of succumbing to his desire, he receives information that shatters his belief in himself as a moral man. He tries to distance himself from Jacintha, but she has other plans that can only lead to more anguish for everyone involved.

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Dundurn

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1459744578

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9781459744578

Rethinking School Violence

Theory, Gender, Context

By: Kerry Robinson,Cristyn Davies

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Rethinking School Violence

Theory, Gender, Context

By: Kerry Robinson,Cristyn Davies

Taking a sociocultural approach to understanding violence, the authors in this collection examine how norms of gender, culture and educational practice contribute to school violence, providing strategies to intervene in and address violence in educational contexts.

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Springer

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1137015217

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9781137015211

Inventing Sam Slick

A Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton

By: Richard A. Davies

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Inventing Sam Slick

A Biography of Thomas Chandler Haliburton

By: Richard A. Davies

Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865) was one of pre-confederation Canada's best-known authors. His popular 'Sam Slick the Clockmaker' character was a household name not only in his home country, but also in England and the United States. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Haliburton was not only a writer, but also a lawyer, judge, politician, and historian. He gained fame for his writing in 1836 with The Clockmaker: or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville for a Halifax newspaper. It became a hit in England and was followed by six sequels. Although Haliburton tried to put Sam Slick aside and work in other genres, he found himself invariably returning to the character in his later books. This commitment to Slick resulted in a curious effacement of Haliburton's own personal gentlemanly identity, which he spent the second half of his life affirming by fostering links with socially well connected family in England. In the public imagination, however, he remained linked with Sam Slick. Based on over ten years of archival research, Richard A. Davies's scholarly biography of Haliburton is the first since 1924. It is an engaging examination of a controversial and contradictory Canadian writer and significant figure in the history of pre-confederation Nova Scotia.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442658088

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9781442658080

Cheap Sunglasses

You Gotta Be in It to Win It

By: Guy Davies

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Cheap Sunglasses

You Gotta Be in It to Win It

By: Guy Davies

(FOR INTERIOR) Rural England spring 2020. The old normal. With the world entering into a world wide lockdown The King family launch there plan for world domination. Watching them make there move Central Command in Israel are unable to react due to the travel ban. Noah Aziz the brilliant commander of operations has only one choice. His man in England Terry must recruit locals to make a stand against The King family. Terry`s problem is, he only has time to round up drinking buddies from the local pub, The Highwayman. He has to rely on Drake for help. Drake and his friends are more interested in getting off their heads. Noah has a secret weapon. Ava and her strange son Tony are embedded in Dumbleton Hall The Kings home. She poses as a stable girl but is really a highly trained spy from South Korea. She has been winning the charms of Jonathan the youngest and twisted heir to The King. (FOR BACK COVER) Brace yourself for the non-woke book of the decade! Drake and his party loving friends collide headlong with the twisted and evil King family. It’s the start of the global pandemic and rural England is set to be the battleground between bad and pure evil. Never has so many reckless fools been entrusted with so much. Failure is practically guaranteed right?

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1728376629

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New Developments in Urban Governance

Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity

By: Davies, Jonathan S.,Blanco, Ismael

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New Developments in Urban Governance

Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity

By: Davies, Jonathan S.,Blanco, Ismael

This book presents the findings of a major Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project into urban austerity governance in eight cities across the world (Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Melbourne, Dublin, Leicester, Montréal and Nantes). It offers comparative reflections on the myriad experiences of collaborative governance and its limitations. An international collaborative from across the social sciences, the book discusses ways that citizens, activists and local states collaborate and come into conflict in attempting to build just cities. It examines the development of egalitarian collaborative governance strategies, provides innovative ideas and tools to extend emancipatory governance practices and shows hopeful possibilities for cities beyond austerity and neoliberalism.

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1529205832

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