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Regulation Inside Government

Waste-Watchers, Quality Police, and Sleazebusters

By: Christopher Hood,Oliver James,George Jones,Colin Scott,Tony Travers

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Regulation Inside Government

Waste-Watchers, Quality Police, and Sleazebusters

By: Christopher Hood,Oliver James,George Jones,Colin Scott,Tony Travers

Regulation Inside Government analyses the army of inspectors, auditors, grievance-chasers, standard-setters and other bodies overseeing contemporary public organizations. Based on an unprecedented two-year inside study of British government by a team of leading scholars, this book provides an original analytical perspective on regulation within government. The book begins by examining the size of internal government regulation to reveal a structure comparable in size to government regulation of business. The book then goes on to show how internal government regulation grew in size despite the fact that public bureaucracy elsewhere were being sharply cutback. Given the limitations of orthodox constitutional checks on executive government, the courts and elected members of the legislature, regulation inside government deserves more attention than it has hitherto received. As one of the first comprehensive accounts of regulation inside government, this book begins to fill the gap.

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OUP Oxford

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0191521221

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9780191521225

Student Engagement in the Digital University

Sociomaterial Assemblages

By: Lesley Gourlay,Martin Oliver

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Student Engagement in the Digital University

Sociomaterial Assemblages

By: Lesley Gourlay,Martin Oliver

Student Engagement in the Digital University challenges mainstream conceptions and assumptions about students’ engagement with digital resources in Higher Education. While engagement in online learning environments is often reduced to sets of transferable skills or typological categories, the authors propose that these experiences must be understood as embodied, socially situated, and taking place in complex networks of human and nonhuman actors. Using empirical data from a JISC-funded project on digital literacies, this book performs a sociomaterial analysis of student–technology interactions, complicating the optimistic and utopian narratives surrounding technology and education today and positing far-reaching implications for research, policy and practice.

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246

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Routledge

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1317298268

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9781317298267

The Laws of Alfred

The Domboc and the Making of Anglo-Saxon Law

By: Stefan Jurasinski,Lisi Oliver

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The Laws of Alfred

The Domboc and the Making of Anglo-Saxon Law

By: Stefan Jurasinski,Lisi Oliver

Alfred the Great's domboc ('book of laws') is the longest and most ambitious legal text of the Anglo-Saxon period. Alfred places his own laws, dealing with everything from sanctuary to feuding to the theft of bees, between a lengthy translation of legal passages from the Bible and the legislation of the West-Saxon King Ine (r. 688–726), which rival his own in length and scope. This book is the first critical edition of the domboc published in over a century, as well as a new translation. Five introductory chapters offer fresh insights into the laws of Alfred and Ine, considering their backgrounds, their relationship to early medieval legal culture, their manuscript evidence and their reception in later centuries. Rather than a haphazard accumulation of ordinances, the domboc is shown to issue from deep reflection on the nature of law itself, whose effects would permanently alter the development of early English legislation.

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496

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Cambridge University Press

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1108897894

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9781108897891

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3

The Web Evolved

By: Christopher Murphy,Richard Clark,Oliver Studholme,Divya Manian

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Beginning HTML5 and CSS3

The Web Evolved

By: Christopher Murphy,Richard Clark,Oliver Studholme,Divya Manian

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3 is your introduction to the new features and elements of HTML5—as a web developer you'll learn about all the leaner, cleaner, and more efficient code available now with HTML5, along with some new tools that will allow you to create more meaningful and richer content. For everyone involved in web design, this book also introduces the new structural integrity and styling flexibility of CSS 3—which means better-looking pages and smarter content in your website projects. For all forward-looking web professionals who want to start enjoying and deploying the new HTML5 and CSS3 features right away, this book provides you with an in-depth look at the new capabilities—including audio and video—that are new to web standards. You’ll learn about the new HTML5 structural sections, plus HTML5 and CSS3 layouts. You’ll also discover why some people think HTML5 is going to be a Flash killer, when you see how to create transitions and animations with these new technologies. So get ahead in your web development through the practical, step-by-step approaches offered to you in Beginning HTML5 and CSS3.

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615

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Apress

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143022875X

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9781430228752

Cultural Pessimism

Narratives of Decline in the Postmodern World

By: Bennett Oliver Bennett

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Cultural Pessimism

Narratives of Decline in the Postmodern World

By: Bennett Oliver Bennett

Cultural pessimism arises with the conviction that the culture of a nation, a civilisation or of humanity itself is in a process of irreversible decline. In an incisive and wide-ranging analysis, Cultural Pessimism: Narratives of Decline in the Postmodern World charts the growth of pessimism in the West during the last decades of the twentieth century. Drawing on studies from within a very broad range of fields, which include ecology, human rights, military history, international relations, criminology, history of science, cultural criticism and political economy, the author shows how cultural pessimism in the postmodern world can be related to the cumulative effect of four key narratives of decline:*Environmental decline*Moral decline*Intellectual decline*Political declineAfter a review of pessimism in other historical periods, each of these narratives is explored in depth. The book attempts to answer a number of questions: how are the narratives constituted and what are the conditions to which they refer? To what extent are those conditions historically unprecedented? To which cultures do the narratives relate? What values do they reflect? To what extent are the identified processes of decline seen as irreversible? Concluding that cultural pessimism is as much a matter of psychological and biological disposition as of intellectual judgement, Oliver Bennett's challenging book offers valuable new insights into how we view the prospects of the twenty-first century.Features:*Provides an authoritative account of how the postmodern world has been represented as one of decline. *Brings together different perspectives kept apart by professional and academic specialisation*Views culture in its broadest sense as 'a whole way of life'*Provides an historical overview of cultural pessimism, tracing its various manifestations from the modern period back to its existence in early religions*Examines the biological, psychological and sociolog

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474464343

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9781474464345

Awesome Asian Americans

20 Stars Who Made America Amazing

By: Phil Amara,Oliver Chin

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Awesome Asian Americans

20 Stars Who Made America Amazing

By: Phil Amara,Oliver Chin

Enjoy the best children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans. This compelling collection features 20 profiles with 60 action-packed, color illustrations. It's about time - rebel girls, rad women, little leaders, and great guys are Asian American too! Readers will enjoy learning about 20 groundbreaking citizens who have contributed to the USA. - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (actor) - Bruce Lee (martial artist) - Mindy Kaling (comedy writer) - Jeremy Lin (basketball player) - Lea Salonga (singer) - Steven Chu (Nobel prize winning physicist) - Yuri Kochiyama (activist) - Sammy Lee (Olympic diver) - Helen Zia (journalist) - Tyrus Wong (artist) - Chrissy Teigen (model/entrepreneur) - David Chang (chef) - Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO) - Dr. Jane Luu (astronomer) - Daniel K. Inouye (senator/soldier) - Dolly Gee (lawyer/judge) - Shahid Khan (business owner) - Victoria Manolo Draves (Olympic diver) - Sono Osato (dancer) - Flossie Wong-Staal (scientist) These profiles of compelling personalities, men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations, are brought to life with fantastic color illustrations. Immigrants and their children continue to enrich America’s culture. Discover important chapters of U.S. history not covered in school textbooks, and the marvelous accomplishments of these trailblazers. Challenged by racism, prejudice, and stereotypes, these pioneers forged ahead and became role models for generations to come. Parents and children will enjoy learning about these compelling personalities. These captivating chapters make great reading for any hour, from book reports to bedtime stories. Teachers and librarians will use this contemporary collection as a relevant resource and an accessible reference. Artist Juan Calle’s 60 dynamic color illustrations bring these fascinating and informative portraits to life. "I really enjoyed your book, a great mix of Asian-Americans from different fields and countries, with many types of stories that should inspire young readers. I learned a lot! - Milton Chen, Senior Fellow, George Lucas Educational Foundation

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1597021555

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Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Great Britain 1

By: Oliver Berry,Helena Smith,Neil Wilson

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Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Great Britain 1

By: Oliver Berry,Helena Smith,Neil Wilson

Lonely Planet's Best Day Walks Great Britain is your passport to 60 easy escapes into nature. Stretch your legs outside the city by picking a hike that works for you, from a few hours to a full day, from easy to hard. Cross misty moors, hike wild landscapes, and explore the highlands. Get to the heart of Great Britain and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Best Day Walks Great Britain Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Special features - on Great Britain's highlights for walkers, kid-friendly walks, accessible trails and what to take Best for... section helps you plan your trip and select walks that appeal to your interests Region profiles cover when to go, where to stay, what's on, cultural insights, and local food and drink recommendations to refuel and refresh. Featured regions include: Cumbria & the Lakes, Devon & Cornwall, Southwest England, Northern England, Central England, Southeast & East England, London, Scotland, Wales Essential info at your fingertips - walk itineraries accompanied by illustrative maps are combined with details about walk duration, distance, terrain, start/end locations and difficulty (classified as easy, easy-moderate, moderate, moderate-hard, or hard) Over 70 maps The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Best Day Walks Great Britain, our most comprehensive guide to walking in Great Britain, is perfect for those planning to explore Great Britain on foot. Looking for more information on Great Britain? Check out Lonely Planet's Great Britain guide for a comprehensive look at what the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)

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183869319X

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Regulation Inside Government

Regulation Inside Government

Student Engagement in the Digital University

Student Engagement in the Digital University

The Laws of Alfred

The Laws of Alfred

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3

Beginning HTML5 and CSS3

Cultural Pessimism

Cultural Pessimism

Awesome Asian Americans

Awesome Asian Americans

Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Great Britain 1

Lonely Planet Best Day Walks Great Britain 1

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