Who Pays the Ferryman?
Author: Michael J. Bird
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780352301482
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Who Pays the Ferryman?
Author: Roy Pedersen
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2013-09-01
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0857906038
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho Pays the Ferryman? is an informative and critical analysis of Scotland's ferry services. It describes the 'glory days' of how, from modest beginnings, Scotland once led the world in maritime development. It contrasts the achievements of the past with the failures, waste and inadequacy of much of today's state-owned ferry provision. In addition to showing how a more equitable fares regime can be devised, Roy Pedersen also addresses sensitive issues such as CO2 and other emissions, state versus private ownership, the place of trade unions and, most importantly of all how, the lot of our island and peninsular communities can be bettered through provision of efficient cost effective ferry services. Drawing on best practice at home and overseas, it sets out how Scottish ferry services can be revolutionised to be, once again, among the best in the world.
the Chartering Practice Handbook
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Publisher: Thomas Pagonis
Published:
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9607925084
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnderstanding Regulation
Author: Robert Baldwin
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 563
ISBN-13: 0199576084
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to the practical and theoretical issues that are central to the study of regulation, which a particular focus on contested areas and how they are dealt with.
Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity
Author: Ian Morris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992-10-22
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780521376112
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Burials have a far wider geographical and social range than the surviving literary texts, which were mainly written for a small elite. They provide us with unique insights into how Greeks and Romans constituted and interpreted their own communities. In particular, burials enable the historian to study social change. Ian Morris illustrates the great potential of the material in these respects with examples drawn from societies as diverse in time, space and political context as archaic Rhodes, classical Athens, early imperial Rome and the last days of the western Roman empire.
Safety Crimes
Author: Steve Tombs
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-13
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1134023103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery year in the UK, hundreds of workers are killed just doing their jobs, thousands more die of illnesses caused by their work and tens of thousands suffer major injuries such as amputations, loss of sight, serious burns, and so on. Worldwide, two million people are killed by work each year. Yet with the exception of high profile cases such as the gas leak at Bhopal, India, which killed tens of thousands, this crime wave fails to attract the interest of the politicians, the media or - least forgiveably of all - the knowledge industry of criminology. This book is concerned with crimes against worker and public safety, providing an account and analysis of this increasingly important field, and setting this within the broader context of corporate and white-collar crime. It uses case studies and original analyses of official data to illustrate key points and themes, drawing upon both well known and high profile instances of safety crimes as well the mass of ubiquitous 'mundane' or 'routine' deaths and injuries. Thus the book examines how much safety crime is there, how are such offences rendered invisible, and how can their extent be unearthed accurately? Throughout the book the authors analyse the social, legal and political processes that ensure that safety crimes remain subject to under-enforcement and under-criminalisation. This analysis identifies key moments in the historical development of criminal law and regulation, and assesses the prospects for criminalising safety crimes in the context of contemporary neo-liberal regulatory policies. The theoretical and political justifications for dominant approaches to the regulation and sanctioning of safety criminals are subject to critique in order to develop alternative, more effective, means of criminalisation and punishment. The book concludes with an original analysis of safety crimes that allows us to understand the complexities of the conditions of their production, and develop a more realistic appraisal of the prospects for their amelioration.
Tradition in the Frame
Author: Konstantinos Kalantzis
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2019-08-09
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0253044898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSfakians on the island of Crete are known for their distinctive dress and appearance, fierce ruggedness, and devotion to traditional ways. Konstantinos Kalantzis explores how Sfakians live with the burdens and pleasures of maintaining these expectations of exoticism for themselves, for their fellow Greeks, and for tourists. Sfakian performance of masculine tradition has become even more meaningful for Greeks looking to reimagine their nation's global standing in the wake of stringent financial regulation, and for non-Greek tourists yearning for rootedness and escape from the post-industrial north. Through fine-grained ethnography that pays special attention to photography, Tradition in the Frame explores the ambivalence of a society expected to conform to outsiders' perception of the traditional even as it strives to enact its own vision of tradition. From the bodily reenactment of historical photographs to the unpredictable, emotionally-charged uses of postcards and commercial labels, the book unpacks the question of power and asymmetry but also uncovers other political possibilities that are nested in visual culture and experiences of tradition and the past. Kalantzis explores the crossroads of cultural performance and social imagination where the frame is both empowerment and subjection.
Competing Capitalisms
Author: Mark Beeson
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1999-07-12
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 0230287158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the end of the Cold War capitalism has become the dominant form of economic and political organization across the globe. This does not mean, however, that all forms of capitalism are the same. Competing Capitalisms explains why some countries have developed very different forms of capitalism and what happens when they interact. The book considers the distinctive experiences of Australia's market-based, and Japan's state-led forms of capitalism and explains what this means for future international economic competition.
Regulating Corporate Human Rights Violations
Author: Surya Deva
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 0415668212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe quest to establish an effective regulatory mechanism to ensure that corporations comply with human rights responsibilities has gained momentum in the last decade or so, however, despite these efforts, no robust regulatory mechanism is in sight to provide effective remedies to victims of corporate human rights abuses. Against this background this book provides a theoretical framework to overcome regulatory challenges experienced in holding multinational corporations (MNCs) accountable for violation of human rights.
Politics and Markets in the Wake of the Asian Crisis
Author: Mark Beeson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-09-02
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1134599870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe contributors to this book argue vigorously that processes of globalisation are driven by complex political forces and that it is not enough to look at economic factors in isolation.
