Peter Townsend was Professor of International Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Acting Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights there until his death in June 2009. He was also Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Bristol. David Gordon is Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol.
23 Ebooks par Peter Townsend
Peter Townsend & David Gordon: World poverty
World poverty is an important book offering fresh insights into how to tackle poverty worldwide. With contributions from leading scholars in the field both internationally and in the UK, the book ask …
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€43.99
Peter Townsend: Dark Side of Technology
The Dark Side of Technology is intended as a powerful wake-up call to the potential dangers that could, in the near future, destroy our current advanced civilizations. The author examines how fragile …
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€16.75
Peter Townsend: Dark Side of Technology
The Dark Side of Technology is intended as a powerful wake-up call to the potential dangers that could, in the near future, destroy our current advanced civilizations. The author examines how fragile …
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€16.68
Peter Townsend: International Analysis Poverty
First published in 1993. The scientific and political debate about poverty has been changing fast -with dramatic implications for intellectual interpretation and action by governments- and the intent …
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€135.34
Peter Townsend: International Analysis Poverty
First published in 1993. The scientific and political debate about poverty has been changing fast -with dramatic implications for intellectual interpretation and action by governments- and the intent …
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€134.93
Henning Kristian Friis & Poul Milhoj: Old People in Three Industrial Societies
Robert and Helen Lynd’s Middletown set the format in sociological theory and practice for hundreds of studies in the decades following its publication in 1929. Old People in Three Industrial Societie …
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€64.44
Henning Kristian Friis & Poul Milhoj: Old People in Three Industrial Societies
Robert and Helen Lynd’s Middletown set the format in sociological theory and practice for hundreds of studies in the decades following its publication in 1929. Old People in Three Industrial Societie …
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€64.23
Min Chen & Peter Townsend: High Performance Computing for Computer Graphics and Visualisation
This book contains mainly a selection of papers that were presented at the International Workshop on High Performance Computing/or Computer Graphics and Visualisation, held in Swansea, United Kingdom …
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€114.70
Peter Townsend: Evolution of Music through Culture and Science
The Evolution of Music by Culture and Science aims to recognise the impact of science on music, why it occurs, how we respond, and even to tentatively see if we can predict future developments. Techn …
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€34.76
Peter Townsend: Jazz in American Culture
Jazz in American Culture offers an informed and entertaining introduction to jazz – one of the great musical cultures of the world.The book looks at jazz both as a music and as a culture within the w …
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€37.23
Peter Townsend: Power of Imperfections
It may be surprising to focus on and praise imperfection, but, in reality, perfection is a fiction. Every aspect of our technologies is based on understanding and exploiting imperfections in the mate …
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€32.15
Peter Townsend: Pearl Harbor Jazz
This book is a study of a crucial period in the life of American jazz and popular music. Pearl Harbor Jazz analyses the changes in the world of the professional musician brought about both by the out …
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€24.99
Alastair Beattie & Peter Phillimore: Health and Deprivation
When originally published in 1988, this book presented new evidence of inequalities in health found among communities in different areas of the North of England. It relates this evidence to long-term …
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€35.94
Alastair Beattie & Peter Phillimore: Health and Deprivation
When originally published in 1988, this book presented new evidence of inequalities in health found among communities in different areas of the North of England. It relates this evidence to long-term …
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€35.96
Peter Townsend: Last Refuge
First published in 1964, The Last Refuge originated from the author’s visit to a Victorian workhouse which had become an Institution for old people. A visit that was to show frightful overcrowding in …
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€64.20
Peter Townsend: Last Refuge
First published in 1964, The Last Refuge originated from the author’s visit to a Victorian workhouse which had become an Institution for old people. A visit that was to show frightful overcrowding in …
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€64.31
Peter Townsend: Family Life of Old People
First published in 1957, The Family Life of Old People opens with the question: Are old people isolated from their families? Thereafter, the author describes the results of intensive interviews with …
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€63.85
Peter Townsend: Family Life of Old People
First published in 1957, The Family Life of Old People opens with the question: Are old people isolated from their families? Thereafter, the author describes the results of intensive interviews with …
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€64.26
Peter Townsend: Poverty in the United Kingdom
This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impa …
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€84.99
