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Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain (2010)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2010). Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain. In G. Clark, G. Anderson, C. Thomann, & J.-M. G. von der Schulenburg (Eds.), The Appeal of Insurance (75 - 106). University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685888

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The Appeal of Insurance explores how insurance has grown in concert with a clientele largely of its own making. Drawing on the fields of history, sociology, criminology and economics, these essays illuminate the dialectical relations... Read More about Fire, Property Insurance and Perceptions of Risk in Eighteenth-Century Britain.

Art in Sacred Places (2010)
Book Chapter
Arya, R. (2010). Art in Sacred Places. In L. Holland, & J. Poulton (Eds.), Site, Material, Object (6--9)

Delivering Preventive Programmes in Schools: Identifying Gender Issues (2010)
Book Chapter
Ellis, J., Stanley, N., & Bell, J. (2010). Delivering Preventive Programmes in Schools: Identifying Gender Issues. In C. Barter, & D. Berridge (Eds.), Children Behaving Badly?: Peer Violence Between Children and Young People (217-230). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470976586.ch15

This chapter considers preventive approaches to violence in young people's relationships that have emerged in the UK over the last 10 years.  In particular, we explore the evidence on preventive programmes delivered in schools and draw on two indepen... Read More about Delivering Preventive Programmes in Schools: Identifying Gender Issues.

All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders (2010)
Book Chapter
Calverley, A. (2010). All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders. In S. Farrall, R. Sparks, S. Maruna, & M. Hough (Eds.), Escape routes: contemporary perspectives on life after punishment (182-201). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203835883

In contrast to the widespread (and, rightly, controversial) public and academic focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, existing research has largely overlooked whether processes associated with desistance from crime vary by ethnic... Read More about All in the family: the importance of support, tolerance and forgiveness in the desistance of male Bangladeshi offenders.

On Not Going Home at the End of the Day: Spatialised Discourses of Family Life in Single Location Home/Workplaces (2010)
Book Chapter
Seymour, J. (2010). On Not Going Home at the End of the Day: Spatialised Discourses of Family Life in Single Location Home/Workplaces. In Geographies of Children, Youth and Families: An International Perspective (108 - 120). Routledge

This chapter draws on a study of family practices in family-run hotels, pubs and discourse therefore „allows the researcher to map the doing of family life is revealed as a and boarding houses in the UK. One focus of the research is the spatiality of... Read More about On Not Going Home at the End of the Day: Spatialised Discourses of Family Life in Single Location Home/Workplaces.

An Introduction to the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) I and II (2010)
Book Chapter
Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2010). An Introduction to the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) I and II. . https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470669600.ch39

In this chapter we describe the methods and results of the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (MRC CFAS) I and II. The study design and aims of CFAS I and CFAS II (started in October 2008) are described. CFAS I and CFAS II... Read More about An Introduction to the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) I and II.

E-services and the digital divide: The role of tertiary education in improving public engagement and trust in e-delivery of services (2010)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. A. (2010). E-services and the digital divide: The role of tertiary education in improving public engagement and trust in e-delivery of services. In Handbook of Research on E-Services in the Public Sector: E-Government Strategies and Advancements (244-250). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-789-3.ch019

This chapter considers aspects relating to the role of tertiary (i.e. higher) education in improving the engagement of the public with government provided E-services. Some of the issues considered include those of tackling the digital divide - which... Read More about E-services and the digital divide: The role of tertiary education in improving public engagement and trust in e-delivery of services.

Ethical dilemmas in teaching computer and internet security (2010)
Book Chapter
Tompsett, B. (2010). Ethical dilemmas in teaching computer and internet security. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering; Information Security and Digital Forensics (76-81). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11530-1_9

This paper could be subtitled "Are we teaching the next generation of computer criminals and internet terrorists"? This issue was raised by the Security Services as part of the collaborative network meeting in the area of IT Forensics and Data Analys... Read More about Ethical dilemmas in teaching computer and internet security.

'De-coupling groups in space and time': Evaluating new forms of social dialogue for learning (2010)
Book Chapter
Burden, K., & Atkinson, S. (2010). 'De-coupling groups in space and time': Evaluating new forms of social dialogue for learning. In Cases on online discussion and interaction: experiences and outcomes (141-158). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-863-0.ch007

Prior to the Web, we had hundreds of years of experience with broadcast media, from printing presses to radio and TV. Prior to email, we had hundreds of years experience with personal media - the telegraph, the telephone. But outside the Internet, we... Read More about 'De-coupling groups in space and time': Evaluating new forms of social dialogue for learning.

Gender and Security (2010)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, C., & Kennedy-Pipe, C. (2010). Gender and Security. In Contemporary Security Studies (106 - 120). (2nd). Oxford University Press

Provides broad coverage of contemporary security studies, giving lecturers the flexibility to use the text in a way that supports their module. Assumes no background knowledge and makes effective use of learning features, making it accessible to stud... Read More about Gender and Security.

Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies (2010)
Book Chapter
Bovis, C. (2011). Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies. In The Role of the Regions in EU Governance (81-108). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11903-3_4

The European Regional policy should contribute to increasing growth, competitiveness and employment by incorporating the Union's priorities for sustainable development as defined at the Lisbon European Council and at the Göteborg European Council. Ar... Read More about Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies.

Medley History: The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth to Henry V (2010)
Book Chapter
Clare, J. (2010). Medley History: The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth to Henry V. In P. Holland (Ed.), Shakespeare Survey 63 (102-113). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1017/ccol9780521769150.010

More than any other playwright of the period, Shakespeare dramatized English history and in so doing experimented with different ways of representing the past. Within as well as between the tetralogies of pre-Tudor history, spanning at least a decade... Read More about Medley History: The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth to Henry V.

Spenser and Italian Literature (2010)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, J. (2010). Spenser and Italian Literature. In R. A. McCabe (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Edmund Spenser (602-619). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199227365.013.0034

This article focuses on Spenser's relationship with Italian literature. Spenser's profound relationship with Italian literature is manifest from his earliest printed poetry, even if initially his engagement with it seems to have been mediated through... Read More about Spenser and Italian Literature.

Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition (2010)
Book Chapter
Dai, X., & Diao, Z. (2010). Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (252-268). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

Traditional Chinese thinking holds that human development and nature are in ‘one’ (harmony, or ). The notion of harmony between nature and society suggests that the ancient Chinese were already aware of the importance of the ecological system to huma... Read More about Towards a new world order for climate change: China and the European Union's leadership ambition.

Environmental NGOs Taking a lead? (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change (214-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), which set up its offi ce in Brussels in 1974, remained for more than a decade the only major environmental non-governmental organisation (ENGO) focusing primarily on European Union (EU) environmental policy. I... Read More about Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?.

Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (3-20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, few still doubt that climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. Certainly, the European Union (EU) and most of its Member States have made climate change a major political priori... Read More about Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics.