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"Public services have been a target for reform in Western-style democracies for more than three decades. This volume documents and examines the case of School Business Managers (SBMs) as an example of a growing but scarcely-acknowledged phenomenon: the government-backed creation of new 'professions' within the public sector for groups of support workers not formally recognised as such. The dawn of the millennium saw the beginning of an unprecedented professional project as the New Labour government set about the systematic creation of a pool of suitably skilled and qualified School Business Managers in England. The Government's stated purpose was to support educational leaders in meeting mounting public expectations for state schools in increasingly complex and challenging circumstances. Although the 'war stories' of lead professionals such as teachers and physicians in the context of reform have been extensively documented, the contribution of the army of less high-status professionals in public service institutions is poorly-understood. Drawing on first-hand accounts of people involved in bringing the SBM professional project about, and those whose professional lives the project sought to target, the SBMs themselves, the book turns the spotlight on an under-recognised group. It explores the purposes and outcomes of the professionalization initiative, comparing the process to the professional projects of SBMs in other countries and to parallel projects within the health sector."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Public services have been a target for reform in Western-style democracies for more than three decades. This volume documents and examines the case of School Business Managers (SBMs) as an example of a growing but scarcely-acknowledged phenomenon: the government-backed creation of new 'professions' within the public sector for groups of support workers not formally recognised as such. The dawn of the millennium saw the beginning of an unprecedented professional project as the New Labour government set about the systematic creation of a pool of suitably skilled and qualified School Business M

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 What is a Human Right? -- Rights: general, positive, moral, human -- Understanding human rights -- 'Three generations' of rights -- Conclusion -- 2 A Brief History of Human Rights -- Introduction -- Natural rights in the eighteenth century -- More on the Enlightenment -- Social and economic rights in the nineteenth century -- The Second World War and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Conclusion -- 3 Philosophical Foundations for Human Rights -- Introduction -- The interest view -- Human dignity -- Personhood -- Sceptics: MacIntyre and Rorty -- Conclusion -- 4 A Political Conception of Human Rights -- Introduction -- Human rights in international legal and political practice -- The political view -- Criticisms of the political view -- Conclusion -- 5 Religion and Human Rights -- Introduction -- A secular or religious source for moral authority? -- Religious freedom and secular liberalism -- Islam and human rights -- Conclusion -- 6 Universalism and Relativism -- Introduction -- Types of relativism and the 'Asian values' debate -- Universalism and the self -- Feminist and flexible universalisms -- Conclusion -- 7 Minority Groups and Minority Rights -- Introduction -- Liberal multiculturalism -- Critics of liberal multiculturalism: egalitarianism, exit and essentialism -- Conclusion -- 8 Global Poverty and Human Rights -- Introduction -- Manifesto rights, subsistence and security -- Pogge, poverty and rights -- Poverty, agency and harm -- Conclusion -- 9 Environmental Human Rights? -- Introduction -- Ways of conceptualizing environmental human rights -- Environmental values and human rights -- Climate change and human rights -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index.

Evangelical popular culture, often thought to be on the fringes of society, represents a major source of evangelical presence and influence in mainstream American culture. The Passion of the Christ is among the top grossing films of all time, earning more than 370 million in U.S. box office receipts. Evangelical books like The Purpose Driven Life and titles in the Left Behind series are best-sellers. And Christian rock music, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s, continues to be a popular genre of modern music

Contents: Maud & Amber -- Moscow wives -- The mistress of Vailima -- Art lovers -- The girls from Ekatahuna -- A passage to India -- The iron lady -- Chilling out with Pierre -- A portrait of the artist -- The sun king of Nuku?alofa -- Foreigner -- Penny's garden -- The abolition of slavery -- Supping with the Ayatollah -- The official companion -- The reluctant diplomat -- Couped up in Paradise -- Stand by your woman -- Conduct unbecoming -- Coming out -- 9/11

"In the US and UK there has been a transformation in child care, family leave, social assistance, work activation and tax credits in the last twenty years. These policies have been expanded or radically reformed, and this book explores the factors behind these changes. Using detailed case studies Dorian R. Woods finds that ideas and the power to wield them are some of the most crucial factors in the transformation of family policy. Woods' analysis shows that ideology and power are predominant factors in family policy-making because the policies are strongly associated with beliefs about families. The parties and influential women's groups who have close ties to power elites could impact policy change with new ideas at critical moments. Woods argues that governments need to be receptive to prevailing views around families and have to convincingly justify new family policy goals"--Provided by publisher.

The impact of 9/11 on American politics, the press, and the public mind-set.

This is an introduction to interactionist work in education during the 1970s and 80s. The interactionist viewpoint concentrates on how people construct meanings in the ebb and flow of everyday life -- what they think and do, how they react to one another -- and has in recent years established itself as one of the leading approaches in education. It has generated illuminating research studies which, by being firmly based in the real world of teaching and dealing with the fine-grained details of school life, have helped to break down the barriers between teacher and researcher. This volume prese

This topical book argues that a new paradigm is emerging in education, in relation to the economic crisis. It is part of a more general trend to organisational democracy and the onus for change rests with teachers, heads, parents, community members, educational sponsors and partners