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How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...education and strategy, but we should recognise that liberty unites us much more than these disagreements divide us. Positive thinking It remains for politicians to make speeches that can bring us together. But each of us must also have a positive attitude towards our society, which offers so much liberty and possibility. Don’t forget what those who wage war on us would...
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...education; and the financial challenges facing medicare and social security. A few ideas for reform came through on a couple of these issues. At least four candidates – John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie – suggested social security and medicare could be stabilized through some combination of raising the ages of eligibility, reducing benefits for...
Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage

...educated all who saw them, and the argument the women were making about their rights to equality with men, as speakers and voters. However, she was also keen to stress the poetry and splendour of a banner: ‘A banner is a thing to float in the wind, to flicker in the breeze’, she said. It ‘flirts’ its ‘colours for your pleasure’. You do not want to read it, as...
A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...education – the kind of culture that I am referring to, well, that has proven harder to pin down. Psychologists, philosophers and anthropologists have been arguing about the definition of culture for years, so little old me in my home office in lockdown can perhaps be forgiven for not having the perfect definition, but here goes. The word ‘culture’ itself has French...
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...Open University course W101An introduction to law...The law-making process in England and Wales: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the roles played by various individuals and bodies who may instigate legislative proposals discuss the legislative process in the Westminster Parliament distinguish between primary and secondary...
Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...Open University's Social Sciences courses Background There is no figure so mystified as the sex worker. She is either a whore who must be punished, a fallen woman (and it is always believed to be just women who are sex workers) who must be saved, or a public health hazard who must be stopped to save society from her immorality and disease. However, for several decades sex...
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...open to the public. ...Krishan Arora Krishan is a consultant and producer. He is currently the International Content Consultant for Australian public channel SBS Television. He was previously at the BBC in London, first as Commissioning Executive for specialist factual documentaries and then as the Independents Executive, responsible for the BBC’s strategic relationship...