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This book discusses the history of the major states of North West Europe during the later Middle Ages using the perspectives suggested by recent scholarship. The structure of rural society is contrasted with the growing importance of towns and trade.

A concise, up-to-date introductory text for first examinations, covering the period from 1750 to the present day. The book includes a wide selection of source material in keeping with the current trends in history teaching.

Mastering English Grammar is a start-at-the-basics, no-nonsense English Grammar book, not only for students of English, but also for those studying modern languages, business people and secretaries - in fact anyone who has forgotten/never known the simple rules of the language they speak.

Early chapters describe the tensions within French interwar foreign policy, as well as the ensuing historiographical tensions among scholars intent on interpreting the French experience. Subsequent chapters explore tensions in defence and economic policies, domestic politics and ideological allegiance, public attitudes and opinion.

Recycling Shakespeare is an irreverent assault on the Shakespearian establishment which presumes to have squatter's rights on the 'collected works' which it treats as holy writ.

Addressing the felt experience of disabled people and the ways in which psychotherapy may be constructively employed, this text takes a life-span perspective and a psychoanalytic approach to explore the challenges and opportunities of disability to psychotherapy, the caring professions and society.

Questions relating to personal identity are of central importance within counselling, which is often seen as an essentially (and perhaps excessively) 'me-focussed' activity.

Romantic poetry deals with the tensions, hopes and fears of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as felt by a disparate group of men and women.

Key Concepts in Strategic Management is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

This book uses a human rights framework to analyze how group-level social inequalities and injustices are socially constructed and maintained through violations of human rights on grounds of race, gender, sexuality, etc., and how human rights legislation can help such violations to effectively be redressed.

Key Concepts in International Business is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

Key Concepts in Accounting and Finance is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

Key Concepts in Operations Management is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

Key Concepts in Business Practice is one of a range of comprehensive glossaries with entries arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

Taking a policy analysis approach to housing and drawing from the burgeoning comparative literature, this textbook provides a systematic re-evaluation of the nature of British housing that challenges the orthodox "home owning society" view whereby Britain is seen as marking a norm.

This comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context of English Literature covers the core periods of literature, and history, from the English Renaissance to the present.

This broad-ranging new text applies economics analysis to the aims, instruments and outcomes of land use planning and housing policies.

Reflecting the challenges of formulating, implementing and monitoring strategy in practice, Colin White's contemporary text discusses differing theories and approaches in the context of real world experience. The book includes integrated web packages for both students and instructors.

Substantially revised and updated the second edition of this highly acclaimed text is both a vital guide and a valuable critical analysis.

In this essential text, the highly regarded Temenos team present a new introduction to the person-centred approach for the Twenty-first-century.

It clearly shows how economic analysis can be applied to economic problems associated with land and explores ways in which the allocation of land resources can be improved. Urban Land Economics is an excellent course companion for courses in land and property economics.

Decentralise authority and let managers manage' has been an almost universal message in UK public services over the last 15 years.

In adopting an innovative case-study approach to social work law and practice, this text fills a genuine need for a book which applies legal knowledge to the practice predicaments social workers face in their daily work.

Community care has long been the preferred policy for caring for dependent people. This book, first published in 1988, challenges accepted ideas about community care, arguing that it is based on assumptions about an 'ideal model' of family life which in practice disadvantages both disabled and older people and women carers alike.

This book offers a practical approach to maximising quality in social work that is based on developing a working culture that empowers key stakeholders in the delivery of services, whether these are managers, practitioners, service users or carers.

This book traces the history of youth culture from its origins among the student communities of inter-war Britain to the more familiar world of youth communities and pop culture. Grounded in extensive original research, it explores the individuals, institutions and ideas that have shaped youth culture over much of the twentieth century.

Practical Social Research is a working guide to doing 'real life' research in the local community. Based on the authors' own practice, it proposes a partnership between students and community organisations that both meets community needs and develops students' research skills.

This new text focuses upon the growing interest in the economic behaviour of households and families and examines the microeconomic behaviour of household units and their place in the macroeconomic environment.

As scholarly interest in popular culture has grown, more and more British and American universities have been introducing courses in popular culture, now seen as an essential aspect of historical investigation.