Please see details of all new Policy Press titles below.
2008 Policy Press catalogue now available
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The 2008 Policy Press catalogue is now available. If you haven't received
yours by post, please email jessica.hughes@bristol.ac.uk to request a copy.
New titles for March
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'DIY Community Action', by Liz Richardson, presents a lively challenge to
the existing thinking on community development, and proposes ways forward
for community building. It offers thought-provoking answers to these
questions, based on detailed real-life evidence from over 100 community
groups, each trying to combat neighbourhood problems. For more information
please see:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=1478
'Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia', edited by Kari
Melby, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg, examines the
meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare
states, historically and today, and raises the question whether the
hallmark of the Scandinavian welfare model is a special combination of
gender equality and gender differentiation. For more information please go
to:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10086&products_id=1457
'Exploring concepts of child well-being' by Nick Axford, provides an
understanding of what child welfare is, explores how it can be measured and
sets out the implications for children's services in incorporating child
well-being into their work. Please see:
https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10090&products_id=881
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offers, please visit: https://www.policypress.org.uk
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thereafter.
Friday 7 March 2008
Vacancies in NCVO Research Team - Third Sector Foresight
Dear all
We are currently looking for two people to join the NCVO Research team as Third Sector Foresight Officers. The advert went into the Society Guardian yesterday:
"Explore the trends shaping the future of civil society, managing projects which focus on a range of specific subsectors. You'll communicate your findings through reports, short guides, events, and the Internet. You'll also develop tools, including training sessions and capacity building workshops, to increase understanding of social change.
With superb research skills, and a keen interest in social change, you're an excellent writer and communicator, and able to express complex information in an accessible way. You should also have excellent people skills, and have the confidence to manage others and speak in public."
The salary is £32,616-£34,276, closing date is Wednesday 26 March 2008 and interviews will be held on Thursday 10 April 2008.
You can download further information and an application pack from http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/about/vacancies/?id=8274, email mailto:recruitment@ncvo-vol.org.uk or call 020 7520 2537 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the ref: TSF24. To find out more about NCVO Third Sector Foresight, visit http://www.3s4.org.uk
Karl Wilding , Head of Research
NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL.
Tel (020) 7520 2478. Mobile: 0795 137 3511. Fax (020) 7713 6300
karl.wilding@ncvo-vol.org.uk
NCVO's research aims to support the development of effective policy and practice in the voluntary and community sector (VCS). Further information on our work can be found at: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/research
NCVO - the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Members of NCVO enjoy access to a range of benefits including information, networks, influence and a range of discounted products and services. To find out more please contact NCVO's membership team on 020 7520 2414, email membership@ncvo-vol.org.uk or visit our web site at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk Charity Registration
We are currently looking for two people to join the NCVO Research team as Third Sector Foresight Officers. The advert went into the Society Guardian yesterday:
"Explore the trends shaping the future of civil society, managing projects which focus on a range of specific subsectors. You'll communicate your findings through reports, short guides, events, and the Internet. You'll also develop tools, including training sessions and capacity building workshops, to increase understanding of social change.
With superb research skills, and a keen interest in social change, you're an excellent writer and communicator, and able to express complex information in an accessible way. You should also have excellent people skills, and have the confidence to manage others and speak in public."
The salary is £32,616-£34,276, closing date is Wednesday 26 March 2008 and interviews will be held on Thursday 10 April 2008.
You can download further information and an application pack from http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/about/vacancies/?id=8274, email mailto:recruitment@ncvo-vol.org.uk or call 020 7520 2537 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the ref: TSF24. To find out more about NCVO Third Sector Foresight, visit http://www.3s4.org.uk
Karl Wilding
NCVO, Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London, N1 9RL.
Tel (020) 7520 2478. Mobile: 0795 137 3511. Fax (020) 7713 6300
karl.wilding@ncvo-vol.org.uk
NCVO's research aims to support the development of effective policy and practice in the voluntary and community sector (VCS). Further information on our work can be found at: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/research
NCVO - the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Members of NCVO enjoy access to a range of benefits including information, networks, influence and a range of discounted products and services. To find out more please contact NCVO's membership team on 020 7520 2414, email membership@ncvo-vol.org.uk or visit our web site at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk
Tuesday 4 March 2008
NEW BOOK: So Spirited a Town: Visions and Versions of Liverpool
Liverpool University Press is proud to announce the eagerly awaited publication of
So Spirited a Town
Visions and Versions of Liverpool
Nicholas Murray
“Murray's extremely entertaining book doesn't forget the humour of the place. He skilfully weaves memories of his own Irish family and Catholic childhood into a witty and sensitive history.” William Palmer, The Independent
In this highly personal encounter with his native city Nicholas Murray blends literary descriptions of Liverpool across the centuries with his own memories of a 1960s Liverpool childhood to create an original and nuanced portrait of the character of a remarkable city. The end result is a fascinating book about how Liverpool has been seen by others but it is also a personal and sometimes moving record of growing up in Liverpool in the 1950s and 1960s, exploring in an often light-hearted way what it means to be ‘Scouse’, never forgetting that De Quincey’s “many-languaged town” is a cosmopolitan, multi-racial seaport with an often tough history of poverty, industrial strife, migration, but, above all, humour.
Nicholas Murray is a freelance author based in Wales and London. Born in Liverpool in 1952 he is the author of several literary biographies (Bruce Chatwin [Seren Books], World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell [St Martin’s Press], Aldous Huxley: An English Intellectual [Abacus], and Kafka [Little Brown]), two collections of poems, and two novels. He is a regular contributor of poems, essays and reviews to newspapers and literary magazines such as The Independent, The Guardian, The New Statesman, London Magazine, TLS, Thumbscrew, Metre, Poetry, Areté and many others. He is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
For further information or to order this book please click link below
http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/html/publication.asp?idProduct=3797
LUP books are distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. For further information or to order this book please click link below
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/278139.ctl
SIMON BELL
SALES & MARKETING MANAGER, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZU, UK
Tel. +44-[0]151-794-2234, Fax +44-[0]151-794.2235
E: sbell@liv.ac.uk W: www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk
So Spirited a Town
Visions and Versions of Liverpool
Nicholas Murray
“Murray's extremely entertaining book doesn't forget the humour of the place. He skilfully weaves memories of his own Irish family and Catholic childhood into a witty and sensitive history.” William Palmer, The Independent
In this highly personal encounter with his native city Nicholas Murray blends literary descriptions of Liverpool across the centuries with his own memories of a 1960s Liverpool childhood to create an original and nuanced portrait of the character of a remarkable city. The end result is a fascinating book about how Liverpool has been seen by others but it is also a personal and sometimes moving record of growing up in Liverpool in the 1950s and 1960s, exploring in an often light-hearted way what it means to be ‘Scouse’, never forgetting that De Quincey’s “many-languaged town” is a cosmopolitan, multi-racial seaport with an often tough history of poverty, industrial strife, migration, but, above all, humour.
Nicholas Murray is a freelance author based in Wales and London. Born in Liverpool in 1952 he is the author of several literary biographies (Bruce Chatwin [Seren Books], World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell [St Martin’s Press], Aldous Huxley: An English Intellectual [Abacus], and Kafka [Little Brown]), two collections of poems, and two novels. He is a regular contributor of poems, essays and reviews to newspapers and literary magazines such as The Independent, The Guardian, The New Statesman, London Magazine, TLS, Thumbscrew, Metre, Poetry, Areté and many others. He is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queen Mary University of London.
For further information or to order this book please click link below
http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/html/publication.asp?idProduct=3797
LUP books are distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. For further information or to order this book please click link below
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/278139.ctl
SIMON BELL
SALES & MARKETING MANAGER, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZU, UK
Tel. +44-[0]151-794-2234, Fax +44-[0]151-794.2235
E: sbell@liv.ac.uk W: www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk
Monday 3 March 2008
British Society of Criminology Conference 2008
***2ND CALL FOR PAPERS***
British Society of Criminology Conference 2008
9-11 July 2008
Hosted by the Applied Criminology Centre
University of Huddersfield
Criminological Futures; Controversies, Developments and Debates
***CALL CLOSES SUNDAY 13TH APRIL***
The title of the 2008 Conference reflects the breadth of contemporary
criminology and the diversity of theoretical and applied approaches to
analysing, explaining and reducing crime.
Whilst it is intended that the theme of the conference should reflect
the broad range of current debates and controversies within the field of
criminology, there will be a specific emphasis upon:
1. Building bridges between theory, research and practice
2. Technologies for crime detection and prevention
3. The role of Practitioners
There will be three major plenary sessions. In the first, Professor
Julian Roberts, University of Oxford and Dr Shadd Maruna, Queens
University Belfast, will be talking about issues surrounding Sentencing,
Rehabilitation and Reintegration.
In the second, Professor Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool and
Martin Narey, Chief Executive, Barnados will discuss the question of the
use of evidence in relation to youth justice policy and the link between
poverty and youth crime.
In the third, Professor Martin Gill, Director of PRCI and Professor
Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool, will address the culture of
fear and surveillance: does it work?
Other highlights of the conference include a conference dinner speech by
Professor Jock Young, University of Kent, entitled "The Criminological
Imagination". There will also be a number of book launches, a series of
author/editor meets critics sessions and a conference dinner on the
evening of Thursday 10th July, held at the Cedar Court Hotel, Ainsley
Top, Huddersfield.
http://bscconference2008.hud.ac.uk/
All other enquiries can be made by email to:
criminologyconference2008@hud.ac.uk. Or by post to:
Conference Administrator
Applied Criminology Centre
Central Services Building Floor 14
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate, Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
British Society of Criminology Conference 2008
9-11 July 2008
Hosted by the Applied Criminology Centre
University of Huddersfield
Criminological Futures; Controversies, Developments and Debates
***CALL CLOSES SUNDAY 13TH APRIL***
The title of the 2008 Conference reflects the breadth of contemporary
criminology and the diversity of theoretical and applied approaches to
analysing, explaining and reducing crime.
Whilst it is intended that the theme of the conference should reflect
the broad range of current debates and controversies within the field of
criminology, there will be a specific emphasis upon:
1. Building bridges between theory, research and practice
2. Technologies for crime detection and prevention
3. The role of Practitioners
There will be three major plenary sessions. In the first, Professor
Julian Roberts, University of Oxford and Dr Shadd Maruna, Queens
University Belfast, will be talking about issues surrounding Sentencing,
Rehabilitation and Reintegration.
In the second, Professor Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool and
Martin Narey, Chief Executive, Barnados will discuss the question of the
use of evidence in relation to youth justice policy and the link between
poverty and youth crime.
In the third, Professor Martin Gill, Director of PRCI and Professor
Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool, will address the culture of
fear and surveillance: does it work?
Other highlights of the conference include a conference dinner speech by
Professor Jock Young, University of Kent, entitled "The Criminological
Imagination". There will also be a number of book launches, a series of
author/editor meets critics sessions and a conference dinner on the
evening of Thursday 10th July, held at the Cedar Court Hotel, Ainsley
Top, Huddersfield.
http://bscconference2008.hud.ac.uk/
All other enquiries can be made by email to:
criminologyconference2008@hud.ac.uk. Or by post to:
Conference Administrator
Applied Criminology Centre
Central Services Building Floor 14
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate, Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
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