Americans are generally apprehensive about what they perceive as big government—especially when it comes to measures that target their bodies. Soda taxes, trans fat bans, and calorie counts on menus have all proven deeply controversial. Such interventions, Rachel Louise Moran argues, are merely the latest in a long, albeit often quiet, history of policy motivated by economic, military, and familial concerns. In Governing Bodies, Moran traces the tension between the intimate terrain of the individual citizen's body and the public ways in which the federal government has sought to shape the American physique over the course of the twentieth century. Distinguishing her subject from more explicit and aggressive government intrusion into the areas of sexuality and reproduction, Moran offers the concept of the "advisory state"—the use of government research, publicity, and advocacy aimed at achieving citizen support and voluntary participation to realize social goals. Instituted through outside agencies and glossy pamphlets as well as legislation, the advisory state is government out of sight yet intimately present in the lives of citizens. The activities of such groups as the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Children's Bureau, the President's Council on Physical Fitness, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) implement federal body projects in subtle ways that serve to mask governmental interference in personal decisions about diet and exercise. From advice-giving to height-weight standards to mandatory nutrition education, these tactics not only empower and conceal the advisory state but also maintain the illusion of public and private boundaries, even as they become blurred in practice. Weaving together histories of the body, public policy, and social welfare, Moran analyzes a series of discrete episodes to chronicle the federal government's efforts to shape the physique of its citizenry. Governing Bodies sheds light on our present anxieties over the proper boundaries of state power.
Автор: James Arvanitakis, Bhushan Sudhanshu, Pothen Nayantara, Srivastava Aarti Название: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in India and Australia ISBN: 1138318078 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138318076 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents insights into the current state of higher education and emerging pedagogies in research and teaching. Focussing specifically on the higher education models in India and Australia, the volume explores concerns and policy interventions which will help promote research capability and culture.
Автор: James Arvanitakis, Bhushan Sudhanshu, Pothen Nayantara, Srivastava Aarti Название: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in India and Australia ISBN: 0367275228 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367275228 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6123.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents insights into the current state of higher education and emerging pedagogies in research and teaching. Focussing specifically on the higher education models in India and Australia, the volume explores concerns and policy interventions which will help promote research capability and culture.
Автор: James, Sara (la Trobe University, Australia) Название: Making a living, making a life ISBN: 1472484657 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472484659 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In a world in which individuals will undergo multiple career changes, is it possible any longer to conceive of a job as a meaningful vocation? Against the background of fragmentation and rationalisation of work, this book explores the significance and meaning of work in contemporary life, raising the question of whether people continue to feel motivated to dedicate their lives to their work, or must now look to other areas of life for meaning. Based on rich, in-depth interviews conducted with workers of different ages and across a broad range of occupations in the major city of Melbourne, Making a Living, Making a Life reveals that work continues to be a source of pride, passion and purpose, the author shedding light on the ways in which cultural narratives collective feelings and structural factors influence people's feelings about work. An engaging and empirically grounded examination of the meaning and centrality of work to people's lives in today's 'liquid' modern world, this book will appeal to sociologists with interests in cultural sociology, social theory, ethics, the sociology of work and questions of identity.
Название: Governing the environment in the early modern world ISBN: 113867477X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138674776 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Throughout the early modern period, scientific debate and governmental action became increasingly preoccupied with the environment, generating discussion across Europe and the wider world as to how to improve land and climate for human benefit. This discourse eventually promoted the reconsideration of long-held beliefs about the role of climate in upholding the social order, driving economies and affecting public health.
Governing the Environment in the Early Modern World explores the relationship between cultural perceptions of the environment and practical attempts at environmental regulation and change between 1500 and 1800. Taking a cultural and intellectual approach to early modern environmental governance, this edited collection combines an interpretative perspective with new insights into a period largely unfamiliar to environmental historians. Using a rich and multifaceted narrative, this book offers an understanding as to how efforts to enhance productive aspects of the environment were both led by and contributed to new conceptualisations of the role of 'nature' in human society.
This book offers a cultural and intellectual approach to early modern environmental history and will be of special interest to environmental, cultural and intellectual historians, as well as anyone with an interest in the culture and politics of environmental governance.
Описание: Since 1967 more than 25,000 students have graduated from UNSW after studying at Duntroon, HMAS Creswell, the RAAF College and UNSW Canberra. In Widening Minds, Tom Frame examines the productive 50-year partnership between University of New South Wales and Australian Defence Force.In a candid exploration of the highs and lows of the longest educational partnership in Australian history, Frame produces an ‘uncensored’ account that explains the need for tertiary education that emerged during the Vietnam conflict and the professional outlook of those leading Australia’s various military campaigns. He traces the evolution of officer education, the controversial decision to create the Australian Defence Force Academy, the subsequent development of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, the response to cadet controversies and the University’s efforts to raise educational standards and the quality of intellectual debate across the Defence community.
Автор: Riazi, A. Mehdi (macquarie University, Australia) Название: Routledge encyclopedia of research methods in applied linguistics ISBN: 0415816270 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415816274 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 35218.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics provides accessible and concise explanations of key concepts and terms related to research methods in applied linguistics. Encompassing the three research paradigms of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, this volume is an essential reference for any student or researcher working in this area.
This volume provides:
A-Z coverage of 570 key methodological terms from all areas of applied linguistics;
detailed analysis of each entry that includes an explanation of the head word, visual illustrations, cross-references to other terms, and further references for readers;
an index of core concepts for quick reference.
Comprehensively covering research method terminology used across all strands of applied linguistics, this encyclopedia is a must-have reference for the applied linguistics community.
Автор: Griffiths Billy Название: Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia ISBN: 1760640441 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781760640446 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5516.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `People would have known about Australia before they saw it. Smoke billowing above the sea spoke of a land that lay beyond the horizon. A dense cloud of migrating birds may have pointed the way. But the first Australians were voyaging into the unknown.`
Описание: This collection of essays illuminates the benefits, drawbacks, challenges and opportunities of the push to widen access to success and social mobility through university and other post-secondary education experiences in the UK and internationally.
About 150 years ago L. H. Morgan compared relationship terminologies, societal forms, and ideas of property to recognize the interdependence of the three domains. From a new perspective, the book will re-examine, confirm and criticize, Morgan's findings to conclude that reciprocal affinal relations determine most 'classificatory' terminologies and regulate many non-state societies, their property notions, and their rituals. Apart from references to American and Australian features, such holistic socio-cultural constructs will be exemplified by elaborate descriptions of little-known contemporary indigenous societies in highland Middle India, altogether comprising many millions of members.
Автор: Rushforth John, Jonathan Nicholls, Tony Strike Название: Governing Higher Education Today: International Perspectives ISBN: 1138366986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138366985 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 19906.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Governing Higher Education Today provides an analysis of the longer-term dynamics and policy trends in a world market for higher education, and the emerging national responses which are likely to shape institutional governance in the next decade.
Автор: Rushforth John, Jonathan Nicholls, Tony Strike Название: Governing Higher Education Today: International Perspectives ISBN: 1138366994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138366992 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5511.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Governing Higher Education Today provides an analysis of the longer-term dynamics and policy trends in a world market for higher education, and the emerging national responses which are likely to shape institutional governance in the next decade.
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