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Foreword: The body in the sacred garden -- Studying the living in cemeteries -- The dynamics of cemetery landscapes -- Planting the memory : the cemetery in the first year of mourning -- The grave as home and garden -- Negotiating memory : remembering the dead for the long term -- Keeping kin and kinship alive -- Cemeteries as ethnic homelands -- Change and renewal in historic cemeteries.

Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shape the law and order debate in Britain. Mike Brake and Chris Hale provide a hard-hitting analysis of Conservative policies on Crime, showing that, ironically, Conservative policies have created the very social conditions in which crime has flourished. They argue that the government is undermining basic civil liberties by its increased use of legislation as a means of control and coercion.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: The concept of home -- Chapter 2: The legacy of past caring -- Chapter 3: Crossing the threshold -- Chapter 4: Creators of care: staff -- Chapter 5: The physical world -- Chapter 6: Institutional living -- Chapter 7: Private lives in public places -- Chapter 8: Unfinished business -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.

Résumé Dans nos sociétés laïques, de plus en plus de personnes choisissent de se charger de toute une série de décisions concernant les cendres de leurs défunts. Actuellement, au Royaume-Uni où la législation est très permissive, près de 250 000 urnes sont retirées des crématoriums chaque année. À partir d'une enquête menée auprès de particuliers et de professionnels, les auteurs interrogent l'apparition de ces nouveaux processus rituels dans quatre villes d'Angleterre et d'Écosse. En réinventant des sites de dispersion des cendres, lors de ce qui pourrait bien être un « rite optionnel », les survivants créent des « espaces vécus » qui transcendent les conceptions officielles sur les lieux réservés aux morts. La perspective matérialiste l'emportant, le désir de ces derniers serait d'établir des liens avec les restes du défunt, afin de créer, par le biais d'une expérience vécue, des espaces de mémoire.

This article asks whether the recent UK‐based practice of removing ashes from crematoria has led to entirely new, innovative rituals of disposal, or whether contemporary practice is an appropriation of late nineteenth‐century Romantic values and beliefs. Drawing on findings from a major empirical study among both professionals and lay people involved in the removal of ashes, it explores the potentiality of ash remains as a mobile material residue of the corpse, and considers whether they enable disposal strategies which no longer reflect concerns with space and place – particularly those associated with traditional burial grounds.

Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shape the law and order debate in Britain. Mike Brake and Chris Hale provide a hard-hitting analysis of Conservative policies on Crime, showing that, ironically, Conservative policies have created the very social conditions in which crime has flourished. They argue that the government is undermining basic civil liberties by its increased use of legislation as a means of control and coercion.

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; CHAPTER 1 The concept of home; CHAPTER 2 The legacy of past caring; CHAPTER 3 Crossing the threshold; CHAPTER 4 Creators of care: staff; CHAPTER 5 The physical world; CHAPTER 6 Institutional living; CHAPTER 7 Private lives in public places; CHAPTER 8 Unfinished business; APPENDIX 1 The National Consumer Study in 100 Local Authority Old People's Homes; APPENDIX 2 The National Consumer Study in 100 Local Authority Old People's Homes, Secondary Analysis; References; Name index; Subject index.

The housing problems of older people in our society are highly topical because of the growing number of retired people in the population and, especially, the yet-to-come increasing number of 'very old' people. Government policies on the care of older people have been forthcoming from Whitehall, but the issue of housing is just beginning to be seriously addressed. This book represents a first attempt at bringing together people from the worlds of architecture, social science and housing studies to look at the future of living environments for an ageing society. Projecting thinking into the future, it asks critical questions and attempts to provide some of the answers. It uniquely moves beyond the issues of accommodation and care to look at the wider picture of how housing can reflect the social inclusion of people as they age. Inclusive housing in an ageing society will appeal to a wide audience - housing, health and social care workers including: housing officers, architects, planners and designers, community regeneration workers, care managers, social workers and social care assistants, registered managers and housing providers, health improvement staff and, of course, current and future generations of older people