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An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

By: Nicholas B. Davies,John R. Krebs,Stuart A. West

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An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

By: Nicholas B. Davies,John R. Krebs,Stuart A. West

This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour – an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for offspring, – and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict among individuals. Stuart A. West has joined as a co-author bringing his own perspectives and work on microbial systems into the book. Written in the same engaging and lucid style as the previous editions, the authors explain the latest theoretical ideas using examples from micro-organisms, invertebrates and vertebrates. There are boxed sections for some topics and marginal notes help guide the reader. The book is essential reading for students of behavioural ecology, animal behaviour and evolutionary biology. Key Features: Long-awaited new edition of a field-defining textbook New chapters, illustrations and colour photographs New co-author Focuses on the influence of natural selection on behavior, and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict among individuals “The long-awaited update to a classic in this field is now here, presenting new directions in thinking and addressing burning questions. Richly informed by progress in many other disciplines, such as sensory physiology, genetics and evolutionary theory, it marks the emergence of behavioural ecology as a fully fledged discipline..... This is a marvellous book, written in a lucid style. A must-read for those in the field, it is also a cornucopia of new thinking for anyone interested in evolution and behaviour.” Manfred Milinski, Nature, 2012

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1444398466

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Drug Use in Prisons

By: David Shewan,John B. Davies

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Drug Use in Prisons

By: David Shewan,John B. Davies

First Published in 2000. In this title, the author argues that drug users end up in gaol for many reasons, but in the most general terms they divide the drug-using part of a prison population along three lines. Those incarcerated because of their use or possession of drugs with intent to supply, those gaoled for offences other than drug use, but who happen to be involved in drug use and those who acquired their drug habit whilst in gaol. They argue that whilst prisons offer the opportunity to influence drug habits in a positive way, it can also produce exactly the opposite effect.

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273

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Routledge

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1134432348

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Readings in Thanatology

By: John D. Morgan

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Readings in Thanatology

By: John D. Morgan

A comprehensive book of readings for courses on death and dying at the college or university level. It contains material by such leaders in the field as: Colin Murray Parkes, MD, John Hinton, MD, Kenneth Doka, PhD, Ira R Byock, MD, Ronald K Barrett, PhD, Robert G Stevenson, EdD, Judith M Stillion, PhD.

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1351860216

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Education Policy and Social Reproduction

Class Inscription & Symbolic Control

By: John Fitz,Brian Davies,John Evans

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Education Policy and Social Reproduction

Class Inscription & Symbolic Control

By: John Fitz,Brian Davies,John Evans

This book takes a theoretically informed look at British education policy over the last sixty years when secondary schooling for all children became an established fact for the first time. Comprehensive schools largely replaced a system based on academic selection. Now, under choice and competition policies, all schools are subject to the rigours of local education markets. What impact did each of these successive policy frameworks have on structures of opportunities for families and their children? How and to what extent was the experience of secondary school students shaped and what influenced the qualifications they obtained and their life chances after schooling? The authors locate their work within two broad strands in the sociology of education. Basil Bernstein’s work on the realisation of power and control in and through pedagogic discourse and social reproduction provides a theoretical framework for exploring the character of and continuities and change in education and training policies. The book is an important contribution to debates about the extent to which education is a force for change in class divided societies. The authors also set out to re-establish social class at the centre of educational analysis at a time when emphasis has been on identity and identity formation, arguing for their interdependence. This book will be an important resource for students, policy analysts and policymakers wishing to think through and understand the longer term impact of programmes that have shaped secondary schooling in Britain and elsewhere.

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1134552483

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Working with Older People

By: John Harris,Denise Tanner

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Working with Older People

By: John Harris,Denise Tanner

Working with older people has become an increasingly important part of social work education and practice. Whether studying community care, adult services, human growth and development, or social work processes and interventions, this book will be a vital source of information and help. Working with Older People provides a framework of knowledge, skills and values pertinent to qualifying social work courses and the new post-qualifying award in Social Work with Adults, including discussion of: ideas about human development and theories of older age legislation, social policy and social welfare skills for working with older people assessment and care planning partnership working. Written by two experienced educators and practitioners, this key text facilitates individual or group learning through features such as objectives for each chapter, case studies and further reading suggestions. There are numerous activities throughout the book and the final chapter contains pointers to consider for all of the activities. It will be essential reading for social work students and qualified social workers.

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1134258410

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Pursuing Eudaimonia

Re-appropriating the Greek Philosophical Foundations of the Christian Apophatic Tradition

By: John Matthews

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Pursuing Eudaimonia

Re-appropriating the Greek Philosophical Foundations of the Christian Apophatic Tradition

By: John Matthews

This book offers an original account of an ancient, alternative form of ‘negative’ reason which stands in antithesis to its modern instrumental form which has dominated thinking about the pursuit of human development since the Enlightenment. It advances arguments for the recovery of such reason as a spiritual and therapeutic way of life and demonstrates that it is impossible to fully appreciate the Christian apophatic tradition without investigating the intricacies of its philosophical heritage. The aim of this discussion is the retrieval and rediscovery of invaluable insights from ancient philosophy in the universal pursuit of happiness. The book’s re-appropriation of the ‘negative’ philosophical and theological articulation of the pursuit of eudaimonia offers to redirect those living in the twenty-first century towards the significance of the Christian apophatic ascent and in so doing to assist them in uncapping the wellsprings of human passion, desire and happiness.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443846759

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Bibliotheca Grenvilliana

Vol. I

By: Thomas Grenville,William Brenchley Rye,John Thomas Payne,Henry Foss

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Bibliotheca Grenvilliana

Vol. I

By: Thomas Grenville,William Brenchley Rye,John Thomas Payne,Henry Foss

Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.

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338513000X

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Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse

Fat Fabrications

By: John Evans,Emma Rich,Brian Davies,Rachel Allwood

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Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse

Fat Fabrications

By: John Evans,Emma Rich,Brian Davies,Rachel Allwood

This book investigates how ‘body centred talk’ around weight, fat, food and exercise is recycled in schools, enters educational processes, and impacts on the identities and health of young people.

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1134112602

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Book's by John B. Davies

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

Drug Use in Prisons

Drug Use in Prisons

Readings in Thanatology

Readings in Thanatology

Education Policy and Social Reproduction

Education Policy and Social Reproduction

Working with Older People

Working with Older People

Pursuing Eudaimonia

Pursuing Eudaimonia

Bibliotheca Grenvilliana

Bibliotheca Grenvilliana

Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse

Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse

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