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The book builds on the assumption that women can contribute significantly more to urban planning and enrich urban environments and their own neighbourhoods. Based on walking interviews with 274 women, May East identifies 33 leverage points that can help make cities greener, wilder, more inclusive, more liveable, and more poetic!.

Welcoming immigrants and refugees has become wildly controversial, and yet this isn't just a political issue--it's a biblical one. In Start with Welcome, Bri Stensrud answers your most frequently asked questions with thoughtful, honest answers from the starting point of compassion. Engaging this issue starts with one word: welcome.

Papers consider the level of ecological awareness inherent in ancient societies and to identify the possible solutions implemented, trying to answer two questions in particular: what were the choices (political, economic, social) implemented during climatic variations, and how were they perceived by ancient societies?.

Intro -- Preface -- Foreword to First Edition -- Preface to First Edition -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Statutory Instruments -- Table of Cases -- PART 1: COUNCILLORS' CONDUCT -- A. Overview of Local Government Standards in England (James Findlay KC) -- B. Codes of Conduct (Including the Local Government Association Model Code) (Matt Lewin) -- C. Registration and Disclosure of Interests (Robin Green and Matt Lewin) -- D. Principal Councils (Andrew Lane and Matt Lewin) -- E. Parish Councils (Andrew Lane and Matt Lewin) -- F. Independent Persons (Matt Lewin) -- G. Complaints, Investigations, Decisions and Sanctions (Matt Lewin) -- H. Offences and Disqualification (Robin Green) -- I. Local Government Standards in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland (James Findlay KC, Clare Parry and Matt Lewin) -- PART 2: STANDARDS IN PUBLIC LIFE -- A. The Ministerial Code (Sam Kharabanda Groom) -- B. Parliamentary Standards (Verity Bell and Matt Lewin) -- C. Other Elected and Public Offices: Directly Elected Mayors, 'Metro Mayors' and Combined Authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners etc (Jack Barber) -- D. Outside Appointments (Jack Barber) -- E. Civil Servants and Local Authority Officers (Alexander Campbell) -- F. Standards in the Senedd Cymru, Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly (James Findlay KC, Clare Parry and Matt Lewin) -- PART 3: CONDUCT ISSUES -- A. Official Capacity (Matt Lewin) -- B. Bias and Predetermination (Matt Lewin) -- C. Freedom of Expression (Matt Lewin) -- D. Lobbying (Rowan Clapp) -- E. Behaviour During Meetings (Rowan Clapp) -- F. Bullying and Respect for Others (Catherine Rowlands) -- G. Confidential Information (Catherine Rowlands) -- H. Bringing Office or Authority into Disrepute (Catherine Rowlands) -- I. Misuse of Resources (Alistair Cantor) -- J. Dishonesty and Abuse of Position (Alistair Cantor).

These exercises were suggested by the late Hirschman's self subversion phase of work that touched upon numerous aspects of his previous elaboration. Their ambition lies in helping the triggering of the cultural, economic and political potential and perspectives of late Hirschman's work.

This book presents ecological perspectives towards early language education that conceptualise the phenomenon of interactions between child language-based agency, teachers', peers' and parents' agencies, furthering insights into the lives of young children growing up in multilingual homes.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and critical overview of the gamut of contemporary issues around health and healthcare from a political economy perspective. Its contributions present a unique challenge to prevailing economic accounts of health and healthcare, which narrowly focus on individual behaviour and market processes.