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Communism and Agrarian Reform in Iraq
1st Edition
By Rony Gabbay
December 30, 2026
The Iraqi Communist Party, established in 1934, was frequently criticised for being urban in its organisation and outlook, and this in a country where 70% of the population was rural. Operating under conditions of extreme repression, the Iraqi Communists found it very difficult to function outside ...
Communist Propaganda Techniques
1st Edition
By John C. Clews
December 30, 2026
Originally published in 1986, just as Gorbachev was launching his perestroika programme, this book provides valuable historical discussions of economic reform and the role of communist labour unions. The editors a model of unions in Leninist systems as 'dual functioning', operating both to mobilize...
Religious Change in Contemporary Poland: Secularization and Politics
1st Edition
By Maciej Pomian-Srzednicki
December 30, 2026
Secularization was one of the most sensitive issues in a communist totalitarian state, yet when this book was originally published in 1982, it had been little explored. This study presents a critical appraisal of the documentary evidence for and against the process of secularization in Polish ...
The Machinery of Change in Local Government 1888–1974: A Study of Central Involvement
1st Edition
By Clifford J. Pearce
December 30, 2026
Originally published in 1980, this classic and widely referenced book provides a comprehensive and authoritative account of the processes through which the local government system in England was adapted to meet changing conditions during the period from 1999 to the reorganisation of 1974. Since the...
Modern Methods of Applied Economics
1st Edition
By Gérard Worms
December 21, 2026
First published in 1970, Modern Methods of Applied Economics offers a structured approach to economic analysis. Divided into four parts, it covers foundational reasoning, analytical techniques like linear programming and game theory, statistical methods including regression and correlation, and ...
Alternative Perspectives on School Improvement
1st Edition
Edited
By David Hopkins, Marvin Wideen
December 01, 2026
Originally published in 1984, Alternative Perspectives on School Improvement has the theme that schools can be best improved by re-exploring the nature of teaching, by emphasizing the building on the uniqueness and diversity of teachers, and by appreciating the culture from which and in which ...
Developing Quality Schools
1st Edition
Edited
By Colin Bayne-Jardine, Peter Holly
December 01, 2026
In the 1990s the semi-autonomous school was fast becoming a reality. The effect was that the Local Education Authority (LEA) was in danger of being squeezed out of this new scenario of centralized decentralization – unless, of course, the Authority could recreate itself and discover a new role as a...
Educational Policy for the Pluralist Democracy: The Common School, Choice and Diversity
1st Edition
By Mark Holmes
December 01, 2026
Originally published in 1992 Educational Policy for the Pluralist Democracy outlines changes needed in an education system which is forced to adopt to the growing demands of a pluralist society. It highlights modes of interaction at all levels in a school if cultural assimilation is to be achieved....
Free Verse and Prose Style: An Operational Definition and Description
1st Edition
By Winifred Crombie
December 01, 2026
First published in 1987, Free Verse and Prose Style argues that both definition and description are essential to the establishment of stylistics as a credible academic discipline. The author addresses directly the central concepts with which literary and linguistic stylisticians are concerned and ...
Health, Happiness, and Security: The Creation of the National Health Service
1st Edition
By Frank Honigsbaum
December 01, 2026
First published in 1989, Health, Happiness, and Security is a definitive account of the process by which the NHS was created. It is widely believed that the medical profession opposed the creation of the NHS and that only the combined wills of the Aneurin Bevan and Lord Beveridge forced it through....
Language Policy in the Primary School: Content and Management
1st Edition
By Eric Ashworth
December 01, 2026
The Bullock Report in 1975 urged each school to develop its own language policy but, one of the major obstacles to this was the lack of professional expertise among heads and teachers. First published in 1988, Language Policy in the Primary School aims to identify what language is, how it can be ...
Parents’ Duties, Children’s Debts: The Limits of Policy Intervention
1st Edition
Edited
By Hartley Dean
December 01, 2026
First published in 1995, Parents’ Duties, Children’s Debts (reissued with a new preface) examines the state’s role in regulating parent-offspring relations. The book opens with parents’ responsibilities for young children, discussing controversies surrounding the 1991 Child Support Act, parents’ ...