Bøker av Michael McManus

In the 1990s private security patrols in public places were occurring in many areas of the UK and moving closer to that traditional domain of the public police - streets and neighbourhoods. Such a phenomenon was ripe for sociological enquiry and, accordingly, this book, originally published in 1995, provides a focused interpretation of six key concepts, each central to the equity debate on private policing. Data from three research sites in the UK are presented throughout the book in the form of case studies. Equity of justice is crucial and intrinsic to the association policing should have with a democratic, equal and free society. Private security, however, is not conducive to these requirements for it has an inherently competitive style excluding freedom from those who are non-competitive through either choice of economic disadvantage. Accordingly, an embarrassing characteristic of private security policing is that it promises too much freedom of choice in a less than equal world.

This book explores historical sociology of policing, particularly during the Victorian period, a time marked by significant changes in the advancements of public administration. These changes aimed to address the challenges posed by the growth of urban populations and residential expansion in the later phases of the Industrial Revolution. As crime and disorder increased, coupled with issues like poor public sanitation affecting the health of citizens in cities like Durham, a strategy which Pasquale Pasquino identifies as the 'science of police' was introduced to tackle the crises. Within this period, a polarised citizenship is observed in Durham City between an affluent element of the community and the less privileged members of the city's residents. How the administrative changes affected these groups is explored. Two particular social groups are used as a comparative analysis - Irish immigrants to Durham on the one hand and the residents of The Peninsular district of the city on the other. Ultimately, based on his personal experiences as a police officer, the author offers some comparisons between the earlier period of administration and the de-institutionalisation of policing and police in contemporary society.

In the age of relentless information and fleeting attention, "A picture can paint a thousand words" is a saying which has some gravitas in this book. In a world inundated with an excess of words, I invite you to join me in rediscovering the profound resonance of those silent thousand words, captured within the frame of a single, timeless image. Embark on a journey through the intricacies of human perception, exploring the profound impact that imagery has had on shaping our collective consciousness. From my brushstrokes I have attempted to create human emotion and much more, creating stories that lie beneath the surface of much of every-day life. Through the pages of this exploration, I invite you to contemplate the layers of meaning embedded in every frame, every stroke, every pixel, every word. Accordingly, I hope this is an easy read for those, like myself, who are not particularly avid readers but rather avid gazers and listeners. I ask you to ponder with ease both the perceptive tales that images weave and the unspoken truths they can reveal together with the associated stories and verses I have created.

This first part of this book seeks to provide increased reliability for the proposition that McManus and O'Conor of the Province of Connaught, Ireland are effectively the same family. This is done through the combined use of historical and genealogical records and the YDNA genetic data from a group of relevant individuals. In the second half of the book a narrative is provided which outlines some of the author's family history research and his return to Kilronan Parish in County Roscommon, Ireland, from where his family emigrated in the mid 1800s and where they had first settled in 1186. A study is made of the complex social system of Kilronan at this time, primarily using the history of its land use and ownership, and the catastrophic events of mid 1800s Ireland - generally referred to as 'The Famine'. To interpret the complexity of the system in which these events occurred, a social systems model is applied. This concludes that the dispersal of the local emigrant population was due to their sensitive dependence on initial conditions in Kilronan and that small non-linear causes disproportionately produced large effects, resulting in their necessary dissipation to other geographical places.

39 humorous and philosophical poems together with the author's original paintings and images.

What if the bitter wounds caused by Brexit do not heal? What if the Brexit vote, UKIP, even the BNP and the EDL what if all that was just the beginning? Joe Newman is the mainstream Labour MP for a traditional, working-class constituency in the North of England until Momentum try to oust him. Unwittingly they unleash a tide that could destroy not only Labour and the Conservatives but also every assumption anyone has ever made about what is acceptable in the mainstream of British politics. This is also a study of how political success and personal disintegration can go hand in hand.

From a leading voice in divorce prevention comes practical, readable advice and proven methods for saving marriages.