Oxford University Press

'Twentieth-Century Poetry: Selves and Situations presents detailed studies of the pressures and processes involved when twentieth-century poets have composed poems. It not only deals with the forces working upon them, but also the aesthetic, political, and human pressures that they may deploy when negotiating with these forces....

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Agency-Based ResearchWith an abundance of examples and exercises, this practically oriented workbook        presents a step-by-step approach to help social work students develop and implement        their research projects in human services organizations....

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In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities....

In an effort to transcend the ongoing debate between those who favour strong state regulation and those who call for deregulation, they argue that regulation does not have to proceed with an adversarial tone, nor does it have to be "e;soft"e; or "e;hard"e; to be effective....