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The ArtsSeptember 2024The renewal of post-war Manchester
Planning, architecture and the state
by Richard Brook
A compelling account of the project to transform post-war Manchester, revealing the clash between utopian vision and compromised reality. Urban renewal in Britain was thrilling in its vision, yet partial and incomplete in its implementation. For the first time, this deep study of a renewal city reveals the complex networks of actors behind physical change and stagnation in post-war Britain. Using the nested scales of region, city and case-study sites, the book explores the relationships between Whitehall legislation, its interpretation by local government planning officers and the on-the-ground impact through urban architectural projects. Each chapter highlights the connections between policy goals, global narratives and the design and construction of cities. The Cold War, decolonialisation, rising consumerism and the oil crisis all feature in a richly illustrated account of architecture and planning in post-war Manchester.
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January 1999Herz und Handlungsrationalität
Biographische Verläufe nach koronarer Bypass-Operation zwischen Beruf und Berentung. Eine idealtypenanalytische Studie
by Uta Gerhardt
Uta Gerhardts Untersuchung der Handlungsrationalität bei Herzpatienten am Scheideweg zwischen Beruf und Berentung gewinnt Neuland sowohl in der kardiologischen als auch in der soziologischen Forschungslandschaft. Für die Medizin wird deutlich: Patienten nach einer Bypass-Operation verhalten sich nicht gemäß einer »Logik der Klinik«, sonder eher gemäß einer »Logik des Lebens«. Diese verweist zudem auf die Alters- und Berufsstrukturen der modernen Gesellschaft. Für die Soziologie zeigt sich, daß medizinische Themenfelder mitten in die Problematik der Gesellschaftswissenschaften hineingehören. Wie andere Einzeldisziplinen - etwa die Familien- oder die Kultursoziologie - kann die Medizinsoziologie zur Klärung allgemeiner soziologischer Fragen und zur Konkretisierung von abstrakten Themenstellungen der soziologische Theorie beitragen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2014The search for democratic renewal
The politics of consultation in Britain and Australia
by Rob Manwaring
Why is the search for democratic renewal so elusive? This book examines both the political and policy implications of efforts by the centre-left to transform democracy. This is a story not only about democratic change, but also the identity crisis of centre-left political parties. The book offers a fresh critique of the Big Society agenda, and analyses why both left and right are searching for democratic renewal. Drawing on high-profile interviews and examining an in-depth series of comparative cases, the book argues that the centre-left's search for democratic renewal contains a range of policy and political aims, contradictions and tensions. It will be of interest to students, academics, researchers, interest groups and policy analysts interested in consultation, democratic renewal, labour politics, and Australian and British politics. ;
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1995Verhaltensmedizin in der Rehabilitation
Ansätze in der medizinischen Rehabilitation
by Herausgegeben von Petermann, Franz
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2026Monasticism and renewal in southern Italy
The Chronicle of Montecassino by Leo Marsicanus, c. 529–1075
by Graham Loud
The chronicle of Leo Marsicanus recounts the history of the abbey of Montecassino from its foundation by St. Benedict in the sixth-century up to 1075. It presents a detailed and compelling story of tribulation and renewal, with the abbey twice destroyed and abandoned in the early Middle Ages and then rebuilt. It concludes with an informative account of the building and dedication of the new abbey church by Abbot Desiderius in 1066-71. The chronicle is also a key source for the more general history of southern Italy in the early Middle Ages, and of the conquest of the region by the Normans during the eleventh century. In addition, Montecassino was one of the great intellectual centres of western Christendom and a major contributor to the reform movement within the Church during the later eleventh century. Leo's chronicle is a crucial witness to that role.
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