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This essay examines the place of imperial issues in the debates over the Second Reform Act. It argues that contemporaries did not readily associate the British empire with domestic constitutional reform in the 1860s; that relatively few references were made to imperial questions in the course of the debates; and that those references were of limited significance to the framing and interpretation of the legislation. It suggests, furthermore, that the act exercised minimal influence on the ways in which the empire was discussed immediately after 1867. The essay goes on to argue that this separation between visions of domestic constitutional reform and visions of empire in the 1860s had a number of causes, but that it was in large part a consequence of the resolution of specific anxieties about imperial policy, which had made imperial government a topic of sustained debate at home between the late 1820s and early 1850s.

The paper addresses questions about the appropriate focus and direction of social work with disabled children, by triangulating parental views with those of social workers. Previous studies concerning services for disabled children have concentrated either on the views of parents or, less often, on those of service providers. This study adds to the picture by linking the two together and allowing service providers to comment on the views of service users. Parents of nine disabled children were inter‐viewed following the introduction of a specialist disability team in an inner city borough, following the implementation of the Children Act 1989. The interviews took place over a 9‐month period in 1995, and the comments of parents were then shared with social workers both from the borough concerned and from elsewhere. The parents' views reflect confusion about service provision, ignorance of their children's legal (as opposed to moral) rights, a preference for proactive service provision and the need for emotional as well as material support, the last framed variously as counselling, advice and someone to listen. There was little evidence that the Children Act, which could have facilitated improvements in all these areas, had made any discernible difference. Social workers' comments on these findings, with which they identified strongly, revealed a lack of confidence in their own abilities, a lack of clarity in their role and increasing disillusion with the services of their organizations. It is argued that in order to meet parents' expressed needs, service providers require a confident and fundamental shift in emphasis back to the role of social worker as provider as well as enabler.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What happens after colonial industries have run their course-after the factory closes and the fields go fallow? Set in the cinchona plantations of Indias Darjeeling Hills, Quinines Remains chronicles the history and aftermaths of quinine. Harvested from cinchona bark, quinine was malarias only remedy until the twentieth-century advent of synthetic drugs, and it was vital to the British Empire. Today, the cinchona plantations-and the roughly fifty thousand people who call them home-remain. Their futures, however, are unclear. The Indian government has threatened to privatize or shut down this seemingly obsolete and crumbling industry, but the plantation community, led by strident trade unions, has successfully resisted. Overgrown cinchona fields and shuttered quinine factories may appear the stuff of postcolonial and postindustrial ruination, but quinines remains are not dead. Rather, they have become the site of urgent efforts to redefine land and life for the twenty-first century. Quinine's Remains offers a vivid historical and ethnographic portrait of what it means to forge life after empire

"In this book, Guy D. Middleton explores the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantine era. They include queens and aristocrats, such as the Pharoah Hatshepsut and the Etruscan noblewoman Seianti; Eritha and Karpathia, Bronze Age priestesses from the Aegean; a Pompeiian prostitute called Eutychis; the pagan philosopher Hypatia and the Christian saint Perpetua, from North Africa, as well as women from smaller communities. Middleton uses a wide range of archaeological and historical evidence, including burials and funerary practices, graffiti, inscriptions and painted pottery, handprints, human remains and a variety of historical texts, as well as the latest modern research. His volume weaves together the stories of real women, placing them firmly in the spotlight of history. Engagingly written and up-to-date in its scholarship, Middleton's book offers new insights for students and researchers in Ancient History, Archaeology and Mediterranean Studies, as well as in Women's History"--

This book explores of urban walking in its multiple manifestations, drawing on contemporary thinking in mobilities studies in relation to how everyday mobilities are socially and materially co-produced. It provides an account of the diversity of walking and challenges essentialist understandings of walkability that frequently dominate urban and transport studies. Contemporary walkability is discussed through five thematic chapters that consider the planning for, and practice of, walking, and the politics associated with pedestrian practices.

"Many excellent hardware and software products exist to protect our data communications systems, but security threats dictate that they must be further enhanced. Numerous laws implemented over the past 30 years have provided law enforcement with more teeth to take a bite out of cybercrime, but there continues to be a need for individuals who know how to investigate computer network security incidents. Organizations demand experts with both investigative talents and a technical knowledge of how cyberspace really works. Cyber Crime Investigator's Field Guide, Third Edition provides the investigative framework that needs to be followed, along with information about how cyberspace works and the tools that reveal the who, what, when, where, why, and how in the investigation of cybercrime. This volume is also well constructed for use in a college classroom environment, with questions at the end of each chapter (a separate answer guide is available for instructors). This volume also offers a valuable Q&A by subject area, an extensive overview of recommended reference materials, and a detailed case study. Appendices highlight attack signatures, IOC's (Indicator's of Compromise), UNIX / Linux commands, PowerShell commands, Windows commands, Cisco commands, and more. Also included in this 3rd edition is a section on rail transportation security, a synopsis of laws focused on cybercrime, Python 3.X programs, PowerShell programs, WireShark PCAP file analysis, use of Kali Linux tools, and more. Features: Analyses of the usage of the latest evidence collection and analysis tools Covers everything from what to do upon arrival at the scene until the investigation is complete, including chain of evidence"--

Transhumanism, Artificial Intelligence, the Cloud, Robotics, Electromagnetic Fields, Intelligence Communities, Rail Transportation, Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)--all this and more is discussed in Cyber Crime Investigator's Field Guide, Third Edition. Many excellent hardware and software products exist to protect our data communications systems, but security threats dictate that they must be all the more enhanced to protect our electronic environment. Many laws, rules, and regulations have been implemented over the past few decades that have provided our law enforcement community and legal system with the teeth needed to take a bite out of cybercrime. But there is still a major need for individuals and professionals who know how to investigate computer network security incidents and can bring them to a proper resolution. Organizations demand experts with both investigative talents and a technical knowledge of how cyberspace really works. The third edition provides the investigative framework that needs to be followed, along with information about how cyberspace works and the tools that reveal the who, where, what, when, why, and how in the investigation of cybercrime. Features New focus area on rail transportation, OSINT, medical devices, and transhumanism / robotics Evidence collection and analysis tools Covers what to do from the time you receive "the call," arrival on site, chain of custody, and more This book offers a valuable Q&A by subject area, an extensive overview of recommended reference materials, and a detailed case study. Appendices highlight attack signatures, Linux commands, Cisco firewall commands, port numbers, and more.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Political Leadership and Contemporary British Election Campaigns -- Leadership and the Personalisation of Politics -- Campaigning -- Placing Leadership into (Post-modern) Campaigning -- Outline of the Book -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Hitting the Road -- Locating Visits -- Regional Visits -- Visit Strategy -- Tenure -- Brexit -- Defensive and Expansionist Visits: Picking Your Battles -- Visit Determinants -- Visit Types and Symbolism -- Audience, Access and Security -- Grand-Standing Visits -- Policy-Themed Visits -- Cheerleading -- Campaigning -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Preaching to the Converted? -- The Impact of Leader Visits -- Leader Visits and Vote Choice -- Leader Visits as Sources of Voter Mobilisation -- Timing Leader Visits -- The Impact of Visit Types -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Follow the Leader? -- Leader Effects in Contemporary Voter Behaviour -- Issue Voting and Incumbency -- Leadership Effects in British General Elections Since 2010 -- Leaders and Voting -- Leader/Party Differentials -- Campaigns and Shifts in Leader Evaluations -- Leaders, Visits and Impact in Contemporary British Elections -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Reporting Leadership -- The Political Press in Britain -- Press Reporting During Elections -- Exploring Leadership Reporting -- Prominence of Leaders in Reporting -- The Personal Is Political -- Reporting Visits -- Standalone Visit Reporting -- When Things Go Wrong -- (In)congruence -- Holding Leaders to Account -- The Final Push -- Gender and Reporting Leadership -- Power-Dressing -- Harridans -- Incumbency Shifts in Reporting -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Partners in Politics -- Gendered Dimensions of Political Partnership -- 2010: Bumps and Lady Macbeth.

Artisans and the informal sector in Ecuador -- Informals, entrepreneurs and artisans -- Artisans in Quito, 1975-2015 -- Neoliberalism in Ecuador -- Choosing informality -- Formal-informal relations : backward linkages -- Customers, clients and formal markets -- Family firms, homeworkers and home-based enterprises -- Social networks and the theft of social capital -- Artisans and the state -- Microfinance and micro-firm development in context -- Artisan perspectives on bank credit -- Main issues and future prospects -- Conclusions : theory, ideology and evidence.

Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Birth, Marriage and Death -- Chapter 2 Education -- Chapter 3 Domestic Service -- Chapter 4 Work, Exercise and Leisure -- Chapter 5 Women and War-Work - The First World War -- Chapter 6 Votes for Women! -- Chapter 7 Music and Art -- Chapter 8 Writers, Theatre and Films -- Chapter 9 Heroines, Pioneers and Benefactors -- Chapter 10 Women and War-work - The Second World War -- Bibliography -- Hove Library -- Brunel University -- The Keep, Sussex -- Periodicals and Newspapers -- Endnotes -- Index -- Back Cover

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction -- I. The Kikuyu -- Tribal and Sub-Tribal Groupings and Demography -- Nomenclature and location -- Demographic data -- Neighbouring peoples -- Traditions of origin and history -- Modern developments -- Language -- Physical Environment -- Main Features of Economy -- Agriculture, livestock and diet -- Trade -- Forms of economic organization -- Distribution of labour -- Crafts -- Arts, music, dances and games -- Kikuyu Social and Political Institutions -- The mihiriga -- The mbari -- Settlement pattern and homestead -- Kikuyu territorial system -- Kikuyu age-grades or status-grades -- The Kikuyu age-sets and the generation-set system -- Kinship system -- Political organization of the Northern tribes -- Law and legal procedure -- Inheritance and succession -- Kikuyu land tenure -- Land tenure among the Northern tribes -- Slavery -- Main Cultural Features -- Physical and mental characteristics -- Dress -- Life cycle -- birth -- second birth -- initiation -- betrothal and marriage -- death and burial -- Traditional religious beliefs and ritual -- Modern religious movements -- Kikuyu "guilds" -- Magic and sorcery -- Myths and cosmology -- II. The Kamba -- Tribal and Sub-tribal Groupings -- Nomenclature and location -- Neighbouring peoples -- Demography -- Traditions of origin and history -- Language -- Physical Environment -- Main Features of Economy -- Agriculture, livestock and diet -- Trade -- Crafts -- Music and dances -- Games -- Distribution of labour -- Social Organization and Political System -- Kinship system -- Fictional kinship -- Clan system -- Territorial system -- Age-grade system -- Legal procedure and local government -- Legal code -- Land tenure -- Inheritance and succession -- Main Cultural Features -- Dress