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This book tells the fascinating story of William John MacKay, a man who dominated policing in New South Wales for three decades, until his death in 1948. MacKay was fearless, brilliant and ruthless. He was responsible for beating-up striking unionists, but he also smashed the semi-fascist New Guard when it was a threat to democracy. He reformed and modernized the New South Wales Police Force, and he framed innocent men for capital crimes. He cracked down on organized crime and corruption, and he was himself corrupt. Dogged by scandal, he was the subject of no fewer than seven royal commissions. The story of W.J. MacKay is also the story of policing in Australia, from the 1920s through to the corruption-riddled period after the Second World War. This gripping history explores the messy complexities of police power and sheds new light on a fascinating period in Australian police history Richard Evans is Honorary Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Australia. His previous books include Do Police Need Guns? (with Clare Farmer, 2020), Disasters That Changed Australia (2009) and The Pyjama Girl Mystery (2004).

From the Clipper to the 747 : a narrative history of the in-flight food from the 1920s to the 1980s -- 'Revolutionary advancement' : the science behind food by air -- High dining : the indulgent embrace of the restaurant in the air -- The crew's perspective : training, eating and service -- 'Colonizers in the cause of aviation' : geopolitics and the emergence of transnational cuisine.

"Joseph Evans analyzes how the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s preaching brought the "living word" and various rhetorical techniques together in ways that helped people understand, and be given hope by, his messages. The author observes that James Baldwin-himself a gifted writer and provocative thinker-considered King to be an "ideal preacher." This book weaves Baldwin's poetic and fiery words, passion for justice, and admiration of King's oration into a detailed, thought-provoking examination of the rhythm of determination and transformative power in King's speaking, writing, and faith"--

"Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious social problem affecting both men and women worldwide that can lead to a variety of negative mental and physical health effects. This book contains nine chapters that address the problem of IPV, exploring methods of preventing IPV as well as treatment for victims of IPV. Chapter One centers on the issue of blame, reviewing current research on the associations between self-blaming attributions and psychological outcomes among survivors of IPV. Chapter Two proposes a theoretical reflection on the phenomenon of domestic violence based on its understanding as a problem sustained by cultural beliefs and discourses and which can be tackled through education and the promotion of public debate, by means of institutional advertisements. Chapter Three highlights the importance of capacity building Brazilian police forces to tackle cases of IPV as well as to protect and enable victims to fully exercise their rights. Chapter Four argues that the Domestic Violence Risk instrument used by Portuguese police to assess IPV cases should be reworked, as it tends to assign a medium level of risk in cases that the scientific community would likely associate with high risk. Chapter Five discusses the relationship between IPV and academic stress. Chapter Six reviews research on factors affecting women's treatment engagement in the aftermath of IPV, including characteristics of the violence/violent relationship, types of mental health problems following IPV, and individual differences in personality and demographics. Chapter Seven deals with the coping mechanisms available to women living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania who experience IPV. Chapter Eight details the relevance of methodological and ethical aspects of studies on violence involving children and how these requirements may affect research validity in this domain. Finally, Chapter Nine presents a study of violence against women media campaigns that use graphic imagery and how they impact fears of behaving assertively and of victimization, safety self-efficacy, and collective female self-esteem"--

"Over the two decades following the Second World War, the policy that would create "a nation of immigrants," as Canadian multiculturalism is now widely understood, was debated, drafted, and implemented. The established narrative of postwar immigration policy as a tepid mixture of altruism and national self-interest does not fully explain the complex process of policy transformation during that period. In The Least Possible Fuss and Publicity Paul Evans recounts changes to Canada's postwar immigration policy and the events, ideas, and individuals that propelled that change. Through extensive primary research in the archives of federal departments and the parliamentary record, together with contemporary media coverage, the correspondence of politicians and policy-makers, and the statutes that set immigration policy, Evans reconstructs the formation of a modern immigration bureaucracy, the resistance to reform from within, and the influence of racism and international events. He shows that political concerns remained uppermost in the minds of policy-makers, and those concerns - more than economic or social factors - provided the major impetus to change. In stark contrast to today, legislators and politicians strove to keep the evolution of the national immigration strategy out of the public eye: University of Toronto law professor W.G. Friedmann remarked in a 1952 edition of Saturday Night, "In Canada, both the government and the people have so far preferred to let this immigration business develop with the least possible fuss and publicity." This is the story, told largely in their own words, of politicians and policy-makers who resisted change and others who saw the future and seized upon it. The Least Possible Fuss and Publicity is a clear account of how postwar immigration policy transformed, gradually opening the border to groups who sought to make Canada home."--

"The Body in French Queer Thought from Wittig to Preciado: Queer Permeability identifies a common concern in French queer works for the materiality of the body, and argues for a return to the body as fundamental to queer thought and politics, from HIV onwards"--

1. Introduction -- 2. Domesticating the SDGs in Africa for Rural and Agricultural Development: The Case of Devolved Governance -- 3. Youth Employment Challenge and Rural Transformation in Africa -- 4. Impact of Remittances on Agricultural Labour Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 5. Electricity Access and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Data -- 6. Beyond the Farmgate: Can Social Capital Help Smallholders to Overcome Constraints in the Agricultural Value Chain in Africa? -- 7. Large-scale Land Investments and Households' Livelihood in Nigeria: Empirical Insights from Quantitative Analysis -- 8. Agricultural Productivity and Households' Welfare in Uganda: Examining the Relevance of Agricultural Improvement Interventions -- 9. Pattern of Labor Use and Productivity among Agricultural Households in Nigeria -- 10. Challenges in Tackling Poverty and Unemployment: Analysis of (YEAP) in Alkaleri, Duguri and Gar Rural Communities of Bauchi State, Nigeria -- 11. Determinants of the Willingness to Pay for Public Sector Health Care Services: An Empirical Study of Rural and Urban Communities in Nigeria -- 12. Increasing Agricultural Income and Access to Financial Services through Mobile Technology in Africa: Evidence from Malawi -- 13. Identifying the gap between the demand and supply of agricultural finance among irrigation farmers in Namibia -- 14. Access to Land and Agricultural Production: Analysis of 'Priority Crops' in Ogun State, Nigeria -- 15. Rural Transformation through Savings and Credit Cooperatives Societies in Moshi District, Tanzania -- 16. Rural–Urban Labour Migration and Youth Employment: Investigating the Relevance of Nigeria's Agricultural Sector in Employment Generation -- 17. Fostering Rural Development and Social Inclusion in East Africa: Interrogating the Role of Cooperatives -- 18. Impact of Non-agricultural Activities on Farmers' Income: Evidence from the Senegalese Groundnut Area -- 19. Youth Unemployment and Large-Scale Agricultural Land Investments: Examining the Relevance of Indigenous Institutions and Local Capacity in Tanzania -- 20. Local Politics of Land Acquisitions for Foreign and Domestic Investments in Tanzania -- 21. Agricultural Policy and Food Security in Nigeria: A Rational Choice Analysis -- 22. Socio-Cultural Factors and Performance of Small-Scale Enterprise in Agro-Allied Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria -- 23. Labour Processes in Large Scale Land Investments in Sugar Estates in South-Eastern Zimbabwe -- 24. Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Agricultural Development and the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria -- 25. Micro- Determinants of Women Participation in Agricultural Value Chain: Evidences from Rural Households in Nigeria -- 26. Job Creation and Social Conditions of Labour in the Forestry Agro-Industry in Mozambique -- 27. Boosting Non-Oil Export Revenue in Nigeria through Non-Traditional Agricultural Export Commodities: How Feasible? -- 28. Conclusion

"In BEIJING FROM BELOW, Harriet Evans weaves together oral history, archival research, and ethnographic knowledge to tell the story of the residents of Dashalar, an under-resourced Beijing neighborhood adjacent to Tiananmen Square. In popular thinking about China, the Mao and post-Mao development of Beijing's cityscape has often been understood as the result of teleological progression and entrance to a market economy. However, what is lost in such narratives are the effects that development has had on Beijing's urban underclass; for example, during the 1950s, construction projects throughout Beijing led to the mass displacement of many urban dwellers, and current development projects still require the forced movement of residents. In this book, which focuses on events from the 1950s onwards, Evans attends to the experiences of the working-class residents of Dashalar, using their own oral testimony and state records to understand how they interpret and relate to the changing city. In this regard, BEIJING FROM BELOW is a study on the interwoven nature of subaltern lives and state authority, as it seeks to discern subalternity within dominant state systems by shedding light on Beijing's overlooked residents. Through deft readings of the historical record, Evans also reveals how Dashalar's residents have been left out of the historical record, thereby providing an alternative historiography of Beijing outside of the progressive version offered by the People's Republic. This book is organized around the stories of individual families, and each chapter is followed by a critical interlude analyzing the main themes of the family's story. Through these narratives, Evans draws out historical and theoretical topics such as: reworking traumas from the past in service of surviving the present; the experiences of migrant families in an already under-resourced neighborhood; and the negotiations families and individuals are willing to make to find stability. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of China and Chinese history, anthropology, history, and subaltern studies"--

Introduction: What's in a word? -- Understanding engagement as transmedia -- Conversation vs captivation : the type of engagement -- Affect and affection : the form of engagement -- Calculating the cost : the cognitive and contextual work of engagement -- Engagement that's worth it : valuating engagement as economic and discursive commodity -- The temporal dynamics of engagement.