Public Policy

'There may be no single climate solution that has a greater breadth of benefits than mini-forests...[and] can be done by everyone everywhere.' Paul Hawken, from the foreword Are you ready to join the movement to restore biodiversity in our cities and...

Study Skills Guide Your study Skills Guide is designed to help you develop the skills you need to successfully complete your BTEC National course. It will help you to: * Understand the best way for you to learn * Cope with assessments * Manage your...

'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it... Standing's analysis is vital' Paul Mason'Guy Standing has been at the forefront of the movement for nearly 4 decades, and in this superb and thorough...

The Epsom hospital cluster was the largest group of psychiatric hospitals in Europe - and possibly the world. Built to house 10,000 of London's 'pauper lunatics', it was like having another town on Epsom's doorstep. An extraordinary undertaking, the five...

Despite the growing interest in security amongst governments, organizations and the general public, the provision of much security is substandard. This book explores the problems facing security, and sets out innovative proposals to enhance the...

In its 75th anniversary year, this book examines the history, evolution and future of the NHS. With contributions from leading researchers and experts across a range of fields, such as finance, health policy, primary and secondary care, quality and...

A groundbreaking investigation into the propaganda justifying the fossil-fuel economy, The Language of Climate Politics offers readers powerful new ways to talk about the climate crisis that will help create transformative change. In an illuminating...

For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused the allocation of spatial,...

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE WORLD IS FLATWe all sense it: something big is going on. Life is speeding up, and it is dizzying. Here Thomas L. Friedman reveals the tectonic movements that are reshaping our world, how to adapt to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143128977Author Janette Sadik-KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037786918Author Kirsten Marie RaahaugeFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Lars Muller PublishersPublisher Birkhauser Verlag AG

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679767497Author Robert S. McNamaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Urban Drainage Practice will provide detailed guidance and practical advice on the design, operation, planning, management and maintenance principles required to address all major urban drainage issues. With the recent flooding incidents in the UK and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870098823Author Angela KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Green BooksPublisher Green Books

The book deliberately sets out to bridge the gap between the people using the Court and the professionals who advise them so that all involved can make fully informed decisions about money and welfare at what can be a stressful time. Using plain...

A bold plan for the United States to regain the lead in infrastructure development through privatization and public-private partnerships America's infrastructure-its essential roads, bridges, ports, airports, power grids, and telecommunications...

The highly engaging introduction to thinking like an economist, updated for a new generation of readers. When economists wrestle with any social issue-be it unemployment, inflation, healthcare, or crime and punishment-they do so impersonally. The big...

In today's Western, industrialised society, 'wild' has come to mean dangerous, savage, crazy, out of control. This book celebrates wildness, both in global ecosystems and in the human psyche. Totton argues that embracing unpredictability and...

The world itself won't end, of course. Only ours will: our livelihoods, our homes, our cultures. And we're squarely at the tipping point. Longer droughts in the Middle East. Growing desertification in China and Africa. The monsoon season shrinking in...

Big Pharma Puts Profits Over PeopleIn Pharmanomics, investigative journalist Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic consequences.Big Pharma is more interested in profit than...

An author with unique credentials of moral philosopher, Predator pilot, and Air Force officer probes the burning issue of remote warfare: is it the right thing to do and, if so, why? In the 21st century, we have come to rely more on remote warfare-drone...

With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North. Accessible and lively, it incorporates...

A captivating exploration of Britain's most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome.'A love letter to contemporary buildings and a fantastic account of recent British history, rich in humour.' NINA STIBBE'Brilliant,...

"A quite thorough and impressive work, not only a compelling defense of materialism but also a fair-minded if highly critical engagement with cultural theory. It isn't clear how culturalists-especially the anti-Marxist ones-can effectively respond to...

'Rigorous, impassioned and urgent' - Ash Sarkar We are in a moment of profound overlapping crises. The landscape of politics and entitlement is being rapidly remade. As movements against colonial legacies and state violence coincide with the rise of...

Wellness is a contemporary concept with deep ancient roots promoting preventative and holistic activities, lifestyle choices, and salient architecture and urban design practices. Wellness Architecture and Urban Design presents definitions, an analysis of...

A Financial Times BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021'Engaging, authoritative and very timely. Marco Alvera spells Hydrogen's critical role as an energy store in the clean power transition' - Mike Berners-Lee, author of THERE IS NO PLANET BPicture this: the looming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937006389Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Parallax PressPublisher Parallax PressWeight(grams) 179gDimensions(mm) 205mm * 138mm...

Liverpool Beyond the Brink is a fascinating commentary on the economic decline that caused the physical, social and political fragmentation of the imperial city during the 1970s and the efforts since then to revive and reconnect it. It charts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841504803Author Johan FornasFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Intellect BooksPublisher Intellect Books

The ninth edition of Immigration and Asylum Law continues to provide students with expert coverage of case law and legislation, along with dynamic analysis of the political context and social impact of the law, and a strong focus on human rights. ...

A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealthCapital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that...

A radical exploration of how rituals have influenced history over thousands of years. From infancy, we copy those around us in order to be like others, to be one with the tribe. Other primates will copy behaviour that leads to transparent benefits,...

Whilst the number of people currently experiencing homelessness cannot be precisely estimated due to varying definitions across countries and cultures, the link between homelessness and mental health disorders is undeniable. Both are strongly affected by...

The story of how economic reasoning came to dominate Washington between the 1960s and 1980s-and why it continues to constrain progressive ambitions todayFor decades, Democratic politicians have frustrated progressives by tinkering around the margins of...

Why has inequality increased in the Western world - and what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter this growing...

** PRE-ORDER LENNY HENRY'S NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY RISING TO THE SURFACE NOW ** Sir Lenny Henry rang up the Office for National Statistics to confirm something he'd been thinking about for a long time. They told him that only 29.5% of the United Kingdom's...

In the five years since the first edition of Injustice there have been devastating increases in poverty, hunger and destitution in the UK. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share of world wealth, while the share of most of the other 99%...

A new expanded and illustrated edition of the history-making speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation'We are the change and change is coming' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg,...

According to the children's charity Barnados (report 2008), more than half the UK population believe that teenagers behave like monsters, using words like feral, animal and vermin in referring to young people. Even if they don't share this belief,...