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Key Issues in Housing

Politics and Markets in 21st Century Britain

Written by a well-known group of researchers in a lively and accessible style, this timely new book provides a broad-ranging assessment of key policy developments in early twenty-first century Britain as they relate to both private and public sector housing spheres.

Written by a well-known group of researchers in a lively and accessible style, this timely new book provides a broad-ranging assessment of key policy developments in early twenty-first century Britain as they relate to both private and ...

Public Sector Accounting and Budgeting for Non-Specialists

Public Sector Accounting and Budgeting for Non-Specialists focuses on the essentials of what public sector managers need to know in order to become more effective users of financial information. This concise yet thorough book: • helps non-financial specialists to understand the key aspects of financial documents such as budgets, balance sheets and cash flow statements • uses examples from a broad range of public sector organizations to illustrate how various types of financial statements are constructed and used • shows how financial information supports decision-making and accountability • provides many references to the academic and professional literature for those who want to extend their knowledge

Terms in the financial documents: – Assets are the resources available to the
organization for performing its activities; they ... Liabilities are the sources of
financing the assets with obligations to others outside the organization; they are
often ...

Speaking Our Minds

Why Human Communication is Different, and how Language Evolved to Make it Special

Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication? Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science, linguistics, anthropology and evolutionary biology, Speaking Our Minds explains how language evolved and why we are the only species to communicate in this way. Written by a rising star in the field, this groundbreaking book is required reading for anyone interested in understanding the origins and evolution of human communication and language.

The ability comes so naturally that we forget what a miracle it is” (p. 1). Like many
before him, Pinker goes on to emphasize that a fundamental and crucial
component of this expressive power is our capacity to combine together different
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Total War and Social Change

A collection of essays supported by statistics on the social consequences of the two world wars. It covers the main European countries and a range of major issues including the levels of economic activity, women's employment and the extent of executions of collaborators.

A collection of essays supported by statistics on the social consequences of the two world wars.