This timely and accessible book explores the links between politics, learning and sustainability. Its central focus is the future of people and the planet itself. The challenges that we face in combatting climate change and building a more sustainable world are complex and the b…
Exploring the links between politics, learning and sustainability, this book argues that if we are to successfully meet the challenges of climate change and sustainability we need to embed a lifelong commitment to sustainability in all learning.
Public policy analysis
by Knoepfel, Peter, Varone, Frédéric, Hill, Michael J., Larrue, Corrinne
Public policy analysis
Pete Wallis offers a clear and detailed introduction to the ways that restorative justice can be used to nurture empathy, exploring such key themes as responsibility, shame, forgiveness, and closure. He uses numerous case studies to explore the timeline of restorative justice, f…
Heritage as Community Research' explores the nature of contemporary heritage research involving university and community partners. Discussing heritage as a process of research and involvement with the past, the book uses a diverse range of case studies to show that the research …
Based on original research, this book looks at the role of community organisations as intermediaries between community and culture, analysing the role they play in mitigating the worst effects of social exclusion. The authors examine the necessity to engage communities with diff…
This book examines the ways in which the social purpose of housing, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset. As individuals increasingly use housing as a place to park and extract wealth, and governments do all they can to keep house prices on an u…
"Japanese youth and foreign migrants face stringent institutionalised controls in Japan. This book questions the efficacy of such social controls, focusing on the interrelation of inequality (powerlessness, discriminate controls and class inequality) and deviance (largely derive…
