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Print version, Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief History of Tax Resistance and Revolutions -- 2 Why a Poll Tax? -- 3 Scotland -- 4 Debates Over Strategy -- 5 The Resistance Begins -- 6 The Battle of Trafalgar (Square) -- 7 A Ragtag Army -- 8 Endgame -- 9 Social Movements, Class and Strategy -- Conclusion: A System Shaken or Broken? -- Notes -- Index

Print version: Dunning, Gerald ; Making Sense of Problems in Primary Headship, Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; This Book is Different ... ; What This Book is About; The Structure of the Book; Explaining Terminology; Problem Management; Part 1-What's the Problem?; Chapter 1-Mapping the Minefield: Explaining the Research Studies; Setting the Research in Context; Main Findings from the Research; Defining Problems; Dysfunction Problems; Remediation Problems; Using the Typology for Problem Framing and Analysis; A Note on Research Subjects; Issues for Reflection, Chapter 2-Landmarks in the Minefield: Generic Problem IssuesIntroduction; Educational Reform; Blame and Denial; Dearth of Hard Evidence; The Problematics of Leadership and Management; Establishing Definitions; The Problematic of Agency; The Problematics of School Culture and Climate; The Problematic of Role; Facing Facts; Issues for Reflection; Chapter 3-New Heads on Their Blocks: The Problems of Assuming Headship; Introduction; Career Plans and Pathways; Key Preparatory Experiences; Succession Circumstances; Expectations of New Heads; Finding Out About the New Role and Its Context, Problem SummaryIssues for Reflection; Chapter 4-Hard Labour: Managing a Problematic Workload; The 'Multifaceted Juggling Act'; Managing Information Demands; Managing School Finance; Managing School Premises; Legal Responsibilities; Child Protection; Managing the Needs and Demands of Others; Teaching Headships; Problem Summary; Issues for Reflection; Chapter 5-Close Encounters: Problematic Colleagues; Introduction; Internal Staff Team Conflict; School Amalgamations; Problematic Deputies; Restricted Professionality; Underperformance and Competence Issues, Contractual and Legal Staff Management ResponsibilitiesPastoral Leadership and Management of Staff; Problem Summary; Issues for Reflection; Chapter 6-Clients and Consumers: Problematic Parents and Pupils; Introduction; Problematic Parents; Low Aspirations; Pastoral Support Demands; Irrationality; Hostility and Aggression; Problematic Pupils; Problem Summary; Issues for Reflection; Chapter 7-More Checks Than Balances: Problematic Partners in School Governance; Introduction; Problematic Relationships with Governors; Controlling and Overly Critical Governors; Rogue Governors, 'Abdicratic' and Passive GovernorsAdditional Governor Problems; Governor Management Strategies; Problematic Relationships with Local Authorities; Emerging and Potential Problems of Academisation; Problem Summary; Issues for Reflection; Chapter 8-Counting the Cost: The Personal Impact of Headship; Introduction; Professional Isolation; Morale and Motivation; Switching Off; Problem Summary; Issues for Reflection; Part II-What Every Head Should Know; Chapter 9-Making Sense of Headship: Knowing What; Introduction; Knowledge for Headship; Aristotle's Intellectual Virtues; Eraut's Taxonomy, Attributes of the 'Intelligent School'

Print version, Introduction ('When Women goe to Law, the Devill is full of Businesse'). Part I. The courts and the law (The varieties of Anglo-American law : property, patriarchy, and women's legal status in England and America ; Women as plaintiffs and defendants : the common law, equity, and ecclesiastical jurisdictions). Part II (The family and society ; Masters and mistresses, servants and slaves : patriarchy and subordinate agency in the household ; Wives and (unwed) mothers : women's claims for financial support ; Inheritance and family feuds : the legal power of elite women). Part III (The economy and equity ; Economic expansion and the erosion of patriarchy)

Print version: BYRNE, PHILIPPA ; JUSTICE AND MERCY, Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prologue: the vanishing adulteress; Introduction; The problem with mercy: the schools; The problem with mercy: the courts; Twelfth-century models of justice and mercy; Who should be merciful?; Judgment in practice: the Church; Histories of justice: the crown, persuasion and lordship; Love your enemies? Popular mercy in a vengeance culture; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Print version: Brown, Chris ; Achieving evidence informed policy and practice in education, Machine generated contents note ch. 1 Introduction. pt. I (EVIDENCE-INFORMED PRACTICE). ch. 2 (Is Using Evidence to Inform Teaching Practice Rational?). ch. 3 (Learning from Teachers' Perceptions of Research Use). ch. 4 (Vital Role of Trust and Relationships). ch. 5 (Power of Research Learning Communities). pt. II (EVIDENCE-INFORMED POLICY). ch. 6 (Limits of Evidence-Informed Policy-Making). ch. 7 (How Researchers Can Better Inform Education Policy). ch. 8 (Policy Learning Communities). ch. 9 (Moving Forward)

Print version: McLean, Monica, 1947- ; Quality in undergraduate education, University education, social inequality and powerful knowledge -- Introducing the four universities and departments -- The patterning of inequality in higher education -- The construction of high-quality university education -- The power of sociology-related knowledge -- Comparing sociology-related curricula: the pedagogic device -- The powerful equalising effects of knowledge -- Disciplinary identity and pedagogic rights -- Undergraduate education and futures lives -- Socially-just curriculum and pedagogy, quality and inequality