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Free Download Catherine Marshall, "Political Deference in a Democratic Age: British Politics and the Constitution from the Eighteenth Century to Brexit"
English | ISBN: 3030625389 | 2021 | 364 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book explores the concept of deference as used by historians and political scientists. Often confused and judged to be outdated, it shows how deference remains central to understanding British politics to the present day. This study aims to make sense of how political deference has functioned in different periods and how it has played a crucial role in legitimising British politics. It shows how deference sustained what are essentially English institutions, those which dominated the Union well into the second half of the twentieth century until the post-1997 constitutional transformations under New Labour. While many dismiss political and institutional deference as having died out, this book argues that a number of recent political decisions – including the vote in favour of Brexit in June 2016 – are the result of a deferential way of thinking that has persisted through the democratic changes of the twentieth century. Combining close readings of theoretical texts with analyses of specific legal changes and historical events, the book charts the development of deference from the eighteenth century through to the present day. Rather than offering a comprehensive history of deference, it picks out key moments that show the changing nature of deference, both as a concept and as a political force.

Free Download Anthony J. S. Nicholls, "Negotiating Masculinity and Identity as a Jewish British Male: Young Jews Talking"
English | ISBN: 3031381068 | 2023 | 218 pages | PDF | 4 MB
In this book, Dr. Anthony Nicholls uses a series of in-depth interviews to investigate how young Jews talk about their Jewishness, Britishness, and masculinity. From his analysis, he argues that Jewishness is constructed between adherence to halachic requirement on one hand, and Jewishness experienced as cultural affinity to history, family, and tradition without recourse to halacha on the other hand. He further argues that Britishness is experienced between varying degrees of nationalistic localism against cosmopolitan liberalism played out against a backdrop of Britain contrasted with the rest of the world, and also London against the rest of Britain. Nicholls rejects the view that masculinity is constructed in the inherently unstable terms of physicality against intellectualism. Instead, he argues that it is better considered as lying in a range between competitive hegemonic masculinity and a cooperative model with which physicality and intellectualism combine to produce a more stable and emotionally satisfying mode of living.

Free Download In Search of Sustainability: British Columbia Forest Policy in the 1990s By misc. authors
2002 | 340 Pages | ISBN: 0774808306 | PDF | 23 MB
In recent years, the forests of British Columbia have become a battleground over sustainable resource development. The conflicts are ever present, usually pitting environmentalists against the forest industry and forestry workers and communities. In an effort to broker peace in the woods, British Columbia’s government launched a number of promising new forest policy initiatives in the 1990s.The authors are Benjamin Cashore, Auburn University; George Hoberg, University of British Columbia; Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University; Jeremy Rayner, Malaspina University College; and Jeremy Wilson, University of VictoriaIn Search of Sustainability brings together a group of political scientists to examine this extraordinary burst of policy activism. Focusing on how much change has occurred and why, the authors examine seven components of BC forest policy: land use, forest practices, tenure, Aboriginal issues, timber supply, pricing, and jobs. The authors conclude that despite the astonishing level of activism, the government’s search for sustainability – whether measured by environmental, social, economic, or political indicators – has ultimately failed.

Free Download Gunfire!: British Artillery in World War II by Stig H Moberg
English | November 21, 2017 | ISBN: 147389560X | 416 pages | EPUB | 17 Mb
This book provides an insight into how artillery resources were established, developed and employed during the Second World War, using the British Royal Artillery as an example.

Free Download Francis Farrell, "Fundamental British Values, Michel Foucault, and Religious Education Teacher Subjectivity: A Critical Investigation"
English | ISBN: 3031306864 | 2023 | 271 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book contributes to the small but growing critical literature on fundamental British values and the Prevent strategy in the British education system. Focusing specifically on RE, a subject concerned with multiculturalism, difference and pluralism, the book will argue that there is a tension between the aims of RE and the agenda of fundamental British values. The author argues that fundamental British values and the requirements of the Prevent duty (2015) amount to a securitization of education which fundamentally alters the relationship between teachers and learners. The book presents these developments in education policy as a radical discursive shift: drawing from in depth individual and group interviews with 52 secondary teachers of religious education, the book foregrounds the views of BAME teachers and argues for a nuanced and inclusive approach to civic and values education.

Free Download Fodor’s U.S. & British Virgin Islands (Full-color Travel Guide) by Fodor’s Travel Guides
English | December 5, 2023 | ISBN: 1640976450 | 272 pages | MOBI | 46 Mb
Whether you want to sail in Tortola, snorkel at Trunk Bay Beach, or explore the Baths in Virgin Gorda, the local Fodor’s travel experts in the Virgin Islands are here to help! Fodor’s U.S. & British Virgin Islands guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.

Free Download Contemporary British Studio Pottery: Forms of Expression (Ceramics) by Ashley Thorpe
English | January 2, 2024 | ISBN: 0719842425 | 208 pages | PDF | 58 Mb
Pots have existed across the world and in different cultures for thousands of years. This volume explores how contemporary makers use the ancient language of the pot to convey contemporary ideas, from the sculptural and painterly to the ecological and satirical. This beautifully produced book is a visually rich and critically in-depth focus on the work of twenty-four potters. A companion volume to Contemporary British Ceramics: Beneath the Surface, it reveals how pots can be extraordinarily powerful forms of expression.

Free Download Channel 4 and the British Film Industry, 1982-1998
by Laura Mayne
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1474437273 | 201 Pages | True PDF | 4 MB

Free Download British Ford Cars of the 1960s and 1970s by James Taylor
English | August 1, 2022 | ISBN: 0719840716 | 176 pages | PDF | 32 Mb
The 1960s and 1970s were a pivotal period for Ford in Europe and, seen from a British perspective, were a time of experimentation and exploration. At the start of the 1960s Ford had models aimed at just two market sectors – small family saloons and large family saloons – but by the end of the 1970s they were represented in no fewer than five areas of the market with small hatchbacks, small saloons, medium saloons, sporty coupés and large saloons. And they had overtaken all rivals in Britain to be the best-selling manufacturer with (since 1967) the Cortina as the best-selling car. With over 270 photographs, this book details: the Ford company structure, businesses and key locations throughout the two decades; the factors influencing model design, engineering, styling and interior; specification and performance tables; market reception and sales; special editions, models produced overseas and conversions and finally, helpful buying advice for each model.

Free Download R. A. Burt – British Battleships 1919-1939
Arms & Armour Press | 1993 | ISBN: 1854090682 | English | 422 pages | PDF | 426.07 MB
Covering British warships during the interwar years, this book examines what was learnt during World War I and the new ideas put forward to produce seminal battleship designs. All classes’ design and construction are thoroughly described as well as individual ship’s histories.