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Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...English and Pakistani English residents in urban areas like Bradford (e.g. Ouseley, 2001). Community cohesion came to dominate an agenda in which local Muslim communities appeared to be blamed for the polarisation and cultural withdrawal that had occurred. As criminologist Eugene McLaughlin (2009) notes, there is an inherent contradiction in the combined emphasis on...
Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...English state. The broader question of whether or not Scotland was/is more left-wing than England is open to discussion. However, the citing of Red Clyde as evidence of such is only sustainable by downplaying the nature of contemporary working-class radicalism elsewhere in Britain. (The associated suggestion that the suppression of Red Clyde represents the work of an...
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...English public schools and universities and it initially made an impact at the public school Llandovery, Lampeter college, Brecon College, at that level in Wales but in less than a decade it spread out into the society which was at that point undergoing massive population increase, related to that massive industrialisation. So you have a new workforce which is anxious to...
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...everyday life better understand the contestability of concepts in politics, and the implications of such contestability for the practice and study of politics...What is politics?: 1 Politics: the extraordinary and the ordinary - As you are obviously interested in studying politics, you probably already have a sense that politics is important. You may also have developed...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...everyday life: homeless people clutter city streets, are a health risk, prevent ‘normal’ people going about their daily business, and are associated with crime and other perceived threats to the rest of society. The appeal is to a sense of social order. Both routes acknowledge the importance of social differentiation, but they do so in different ways. The first...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...everyday persona’. The expert The ‘expert’ persona is a frequently employed source in which a designated expert (or spokesperson) communicates the use, value or function of a brand. In early advertising, the ‘white coat’ was a common prop employed to establish the scientific legitimacy of the expert who was used to talk about everything from toothpaste to...
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...everyday events rather than unusual ones, and emerges from ordinary human capabilities, relationships and other internal and external resources. Ann Masten, a research expert in this area calls it ‘ordinary magic’. It is a quality and a process that can be enhanced and developed which is good news for social workers, who are typically required to manage change and...
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...everyday life. Leadership can, therefore, be collective. This contrasts with media representations that only associate leadership with specific individuals such as famous politicians or entrepreneurs...Contemporary issues in managing: 3.3 Facilitating collective leadership - You will now explore ideas that would help facilitate collective leadership in an organisation. In...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs