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Reshaping Planning with Culture

by Greg Young

Planning is described as being increasingly sidelined by the impacts of neo-liberal restructuring. At the same time, 'culture' is nowadays seen as the world's key intellectual resource possessing new creative weight in sociological, economic and environmental terms. This book argues that, in the light of this cultural turn, there is the opportunity to re-position planning and proposes an original, practical and robust system of 'culturisation'. Culturisation is defined as the ethical, critical and reflexive integration of culture into planning and potentially other areas such as public administration, corporate strategy and development thinking. Cultural theory, planning theory, global governance policy and recent, innovative culturised practices are all explored to this end. The new theoretical and practical approach put forward shows how deeper, richer and more relevant ideas about culture can be utilized in planning, and is illustrated with international examples and two major case studies detailing new vistas for a refurbished planning.

The Routledge Research Companion to Planning and Culture

by Greg Young Deborah Stevenson

It has become increasingly evident that effective planning for sustainable communities, environments and economies pivots on the ability of planners to see the possibilities for culture in comprehensive social, historical and environmental terms and to more fully engage with the cultural practices, processes and theorisation that comprise a social formation. More broadly, an approach to planning theory and practice that is itself formed through a close engagement with culture is required. This Research Companion brings together leading experts from around the world to map the contours of the relationship between planning and culture and to present these inextricably linked concepts and issues together in one place. By examining significant trends in varying national and international contexts, the contributors scrutinise the theories and practices of both planning and culture and explore not only their interface, but significant divergences and tensions. In doing so, this collection provides the first comprehensive overview and analysis of planning and culture, interdisciplinary and international in scope. It is comprised of six parts organised around the themes of global and historical contexts, key dimensions of planning and cultural theory and practice, and cultural and planning dynamics. Each section includes a final chapter that provides a case study lens which pulls the themes of the section together with reference to a significant planning issue or initiative.

Justin Trudeau: The Natural Heir

by Huguette Young George Tombs

A National Bestseller • The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 This unauthorized biography provides a rare look at the real Justin Trudeau, retracing his steps from his early days to the height of power. Having grown up in the shadow of his famous father, a political giant who dominated Canadian politics for almost sixteen years, Justin Trudeau took many detours before discovering that he was a natural politician, with qualities, such as a charismatic ease with the public, that his father never possessed. Yet to most Canadians, Trudeau remains a blank slate. Inexperienced and underestimated, he was able, in his early forties, to catapult the Liberal Party of Canada from third to first place in one giant sweep. It was a historic feat that left a nation amazed and wondering what to expect next. In this unauthorized biography, journalist Huguette Young, who has conducted numerous interviews with Trudeau’s entourage, gives a look inside his inner circle and shows the path his leadership might take. Meant for supporters and skeptics alike, Young’s is a revealing account of one of Canada’s most compelling and enigmatic figures.

Global Challenges: War, Self-Determination And Responsibility For Justice

by Iris Marion Young

In the late twentieth century many writers and activists envisioned new possibilities of transnational cooperation toward peace and global justice. In this book Iris Marion Young aims to revive such hopes by responding clearly to what are seen as the global challenges of the modern day. Inspired by claims of indigenous peoples, the book develops a concept of self-determination compatible with stronger institutions of global regulation. It theorizes new directions for thinking about federated relationships between peoples which assume that they need not be large or symmetrical. Young argues that the use of armed force to respond to oppression should be rare, genuinely multilateral, and follow a model of law enforcement more than war. She finds that neither cosmopolitan nor nationalist responses to questions of global justice are adequate and so offers a distinctive conception of responsibility, founded on participation in social structures, to describe the obligations that both individuals and organizations have in a world of global interdependence. Young applies clear analysis and cogent moral arguments to concrete cases, including the wars against Serbia and Iraq, the meaning of the US Patriot Act, the conflict in Palestine/Israel, and working conditions in sweat shops.

Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton Classics Ser. #122)

by Iris Marion Young

In this classic work of feminist political thought, Iris Marion Young challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. The starting point for her critique is the experience and concerns of the new social movements about decision making, cultural expression, and division of labor--that were created by marginal and excluded groups, including women, African Americans, and American Indians, as well as gays and lesbians. Iris Young defines concepts of domination and oppression to cover issues eluding the distributive model. Democratic theorists, according to Young do not adequately address the problem of an inclusive participatory framework. By assuming a homogeneous public, they fail to consider institutional arrangements for including people not culturally identified with white European male norms of reason and respectability. Young urges that normative theory and public policy should undermine group-based oppression by affirming rather than suppressing social group difference. Basing her vision of the good society on the differentiated, culturally plural network of contemporary urban life, she argues for a principle of group representation in democratic publics and for group-differentiated policies. Danielle Allen's new foreword contextualizes Young's work and explains how debates surrounding social justice have changed since--and been transformed by--the original publication of Justice and the Politics of Difference.

Reconsidering American Liberalism: The Troubled Odyssey Of The Liberal Idea

by James Young

Forty years ago Louis Hartz surveyed American political thought in his classic The Liberal Tradition in America. He concluded that American politics was based on a broad liberal consensus made possible by a unique American historical experience, a thesis that seemed to minimize the role of political conflict.Today, with conflict on the rise and with much of liberalism in disarray, James P. Young revisits these questions to reevaluate Hartz's interpretation of American politics. Young's treatment of key movements in our history, especially Puritanism and republicanism's early contribution to the Revolution and the Constitution, demonstrates in the spirit of Dewey and others that the liberal tradition is richer and more complex than Hartz and most contemporary theorists have allowed.The breadth of Young's account is unrivaled. Reconsidering American Liberalism gives voice not just to Locke, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, Lincoln, and Dewey but also to Rawls, Shklar, Kateb, Wolin, and Walzer. In addition to broad discussions of all the major figures in over 300 years of political thought?with Lincoln looming particularly large?Young touches upon modern feminism and conservatism, multiculturalism, postmodernism, rights-based liberalism, and social democracy. Out of these contemporary materials Young synthesizes a new position, a smarter and tougher liberalism not just forged from historical materials but reshaped in the rough and tumble of contemporary thought and politics.This exceptionally timely study is both a powerful survey of the whole of U.S. political thought and a trenchant critique of contemporary political debates. At a time of acrimony and confusion in our national politics, Young enables us to see that salvaging a viable future depends upon our understanding how we have reached this point.Never without his own opinions, Young is scrupulously fair to the widest range of thinkers and marvelously clear in getting to the heart of their ideas. Although his book is a substantial contribution to political theory and the history of ideas, it is always accessible and lively enough for the informed general reader. It is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of U.S. political thought or, indeed, about the future of the country itself.

China’s Hukou System

by Jason Young

With the move to a market-oriented economy, the growth of large scale internal migration has created new forces for institutional change in China. By 2010, 260 million citizens were living outside of their permanent hukou (household registration) location, a major challenge to the constrictive Mao-era system of migration and settlement planning and the rigid intuitional division of rural and urban China. Jason Young shows how these new forces have been received by the state through analysis of major hukou reforms. He documents the dynamic process of institutional change and explains the ongoing importance of China's enduring hukou system to socioeconomic and political development in the world's largest developing country.

Princess Charity's Courageous Heart (The Princess Parables)

by Jeanna Young Jacqueline Kinney Johnson

Is your child a fan of princesses and fairy tales? Join Princess Charity in this charming picture book based on the Parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:30–37, which helps teach young children ages 4-8 about courage, being kind to others, and showing compassion.In Princess Charity&’s Courageous Heart, the impulsive Princess Charity does not understand why she and her sisters are not allowed to go near Sir Richard&’s land. And when Charity is out riding her horse and sees a young boy fall off his horse near the forbidden border, she doesn&’t know what to do. Charity wants to help but worries that her father, the king, will be upset with her. As she watches people ride past the hurt boy, ignoring him, she makes a brave decision to ride to him and help! While nursing the young stranger back to health at the castle, Charity begins to learn the true meaning of charity and mercy.Princess Charity&’s Courageous Heart:Features beautiful, full-color illustrationsIs the perfect book for young readers ages 4-8Presents biblical themes and values in a fun and approachable wayHas a lovely cover that features bright tones and a fairy-tale feelIf you enjoy Princess Charity&’s Courageous Heart, check out other titles in the Princess Parables series: A Royal Easter Story, A Royal Christmas Story, Princess Grace and the Little Lost Kitten, Princess Joy&’s Birthday Blessing, Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure, and Princess Faith&’s Mysterious Garden.

Princess Faith's Mysterious Garden (The Princess Parables)

by Jeanna Young Jacqueline Kinney Johnson

Is your child a fan of princesses and fairy tales? Join Princess Faith in this charming picture book based on the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:1–23, which helps teach young readers ages 4-8 about having faith and trusting God&’s plan—even when things don&’t happen right away.In Princess Faith&’s Mysterious Garden, Princess Faith wants to plant a beautiful garden at the castle. When she discovers a hidden area inside the castle walls, Faith wastes no time asking her father, the king, if she and her sisters can plant flowers there. She and her sister enjoy sowing, watering, and watching the seeds grow … but the princesses and Faith find out that planting things gardening is not as easy and simple as they thought. When some incidents occur that cause the garden to stop thriving, Faith must discover for herself how her garden grows best, and also learns about how things can grow in her own heart.Princess Faith&’s Mysterious Garden:Has beautiful full-color illustrationsPresents biblical themes and values in a fun and approachable wayIs the perfect book for princess lovers ages 4-8Has a lovely cover that features bright tones and a fairy-tale feelIf you enjoy Princess Faith&’s Mysterious Garden, check out other titles in the Princess Parables series: A Royal Easter Story, A Royal Christmas Story, Princess Grace and the Little Lost Kitten, Princess Joy&’s Birthday Blessing, Princess Charity&’s Courageous Heart, and Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure.

Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure: Level 1 (The Princess Parables)

by Jeanna Young Jacqueline Kinney Johnson

Is your child a fan of princesses and fairy tales? Join Princess Hope in this charming picture book based on the Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl in Matthew 13:44–45, which helps teach young children ages 4-8 what a real treasure is, and why we should value heavenly things.In Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure, while Princess Hope and her sisters are on a shopping trip in the kingdom, they come across a small box with a ring that once belonged to their grandmother. The princesses cannot afford the ring, but Hope plans a &“courtyard sale&” to raise the money. Once she has sold everything, she is astonished to learn what all she has sacrificed everything for! After a series of clues take the princesses through the castle on a treasure hunt, Hope realizes there is more to treasure than just things—including God&’s greatest gift of his Son.Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure:Has beautiful full-color illustrationsPresents biblical themes and values in a fun and approachable wayIs the perfect book for princess lovers ages 4-8Has a lovely cover that features bright tones and a fairy-tale feelIf you enjoy Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure, check out other titles in the Princess Parables series: A Royal Easter Story, A Royal Christmas Story, Princess Grace and the Little Lost Kitten, Princess Joy&’s Birthday Blessing, Princess Charity&’s Courageous Heart, and Princess Faith&’s Mysterious Garden.

Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure: Level 1 (I Can Read! / Princess Parables)

by Jeanna Young Jacqueline Kinney Johnson

Based on the Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl in Matthew 13:44–45, this is the perfect picture book to teach young children what a real treasure is.In Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure Princess Hope and her sisters are on a shopping trip in the kingdom. They come across a small box with a ring in it and realize it once belonged to their grandmother. The princesses cannot afford the ring, but Hope plans a &“courtyard sale&” and it is a success! Once she has sold everything, she is astonished to learn what all she has sacrificed everything for! Through a series of clues that take the princesses through the castle on a treasure hunt, Hope realizes there is more to treasure than just things—including God&’s greatest gift of his Son.Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure:Has beautiful full-color illustrationsIs based on the Parable of the Hidden Treasure in Matthew 13:44-45Is the perfect book for princess lovers ages 4-8Features a lovely princessy cover

A Royal Christmas to Remember (The Princess Parables)

by Jeanna Young Jacqueline Kinney Johnson

Is your child a fan of princesses and fairy tales? Join princesses Joy, Grace, Faith, Charity, and Hope as they find themselves in the middle of Christmas Eve drama when their holiday celebration is interrupted by thieves, and they learn their village has been attacked. Children will learn about the importance of caring and sharing all year round, as well as helping those in need. In A Royal Christmas to Remember, the princess sisters are eager to open their presents, and look forward to all the gifts they will receive on Christmas morning. But on Christmas Eve, everything changes when robbers break into the castle and also steal from all the nearby villagers. The sisters soon learn true princesses give and share—and that the holidays and every day are better when we open our hearts to others.A Royal Christmas to Remember, part of the Princess Parables series, is perfect for:Children ages 4-8 who love princesses and knightsAdvent or holiday story timeHoliday gift exchanges and Christmas giftingCelebrating the real reason for Christmas as a familyThis holiday picture book features:Beautiful full-color illustrations and a festive cover with lots of holiday charmA story based on the Parable of the Young Ruler found in Luke 12:15–21A fun and approachable story that helps teach biblical valuesIf you enjoy A Royal Christmas to Remember, check out other titles in the Princess Parables series: A Royal Easter Story, Princess Charity&’s Courageous Heart, Princess Joy&’s Birthday Blessing, Princess Grace and the Little Lost Kitten, Princess Hope and the Hidden Treasure, and Princess Faith&’s Mysterious Garden.

Britain in Global Politics Volume 2

by John W. Young

This collection of essays focuses Britain's role in global affairs since the Second World War. The essays cover a broad field, from relations with Japan and China, through European and African developments, to defence planning in Whitehall.

The Longman Companion to America, Russia and the Cold War, 1941-1998 (Longman Companions To History)

by John W. Young

This reference guide throws light on almost every aspect of postwar international history from the rise of Mao's China to the Bosnian Civil War. It provides a huge wealth of information on East-West relations setting events, crises and conflicts in their full international context.

Tortured Logic: Why Some Americans Support the Use of Torture in Counterterrorism (Columbia Studies In Terrorism And Irregular Warfare Ser.)

by Joseph Young Erin M. Kearns

Experts in the intelligence community say that torture is ineffective. Yet much of the public appears unconvinced: surveys show that nearly half of Americans think that torture can be acceptable for counterterrorism purposes. Why do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds?In Tortured Logic, Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of torture techniques. They find evidence that when torture is depicted as effective in the media, people are more likely to approve of it. Their analysis weighs variables such as the ethnicity of the interrogator and the suspect; the salience of one’s own mortality; and framing by experts. Kearns and Young also examine who changes their opinions about torture and how, demonstrating that only some individuals have fixed views while others have more malleable beliefs. They argue that efforts to reduce support for torture should focus on convincing those with fluid views that torture is ineffective. The book features interviews with experienced interrogators and professionals working in the field to contextualize its findings. Bringing empirical rigor to a fraught topic, Tortured Logic has important implications for understanding public perceptions of counterterrorism strategy.

Please Don't Grab My P#$$Y: A Rhyming Presidential Guide

by Julia Young Matt Harkins Laura Collins

Through campy pop culture rhymes and beautiful oil paintings, the narrator of our book guides you though a list of things you CAN grab while offering more poetic ways to refer to a woman’s genitalia than the word “pussy” that Trump so vulgarly used. As the narrator goes on, she lets you know more about her relatives (a reclusive aunt with a lazy eye) and her interests (Justin Bieber’s Instagram) while never losing sight of her mission to make the President as uncomfortable as possible. We think that the President, not to mention men in Hollywood, Wall Street, the news media and beyond, can benefit from reading our book. No matter who you are, or how dumb you are, you’ll be able to understand this book’s simple message: Hands off my pussy!

Welfare Reform and Social Investment Policy: International Lessons and Policy Implications (Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy)

by Young Jun Choi, Timo Fleckenstein & Soohyun Christine Lee

Social investment policies have enjoyed prominence during recent welfare reforms across the OECD world, and yet there is insufficient long-term strategy for their success. Reviewing labour market, family and education policies, this edited collection analyses the emergence of social investment policies in both Europe and East Asia. Adopting a life course perspective and examining both public and private investments, this book addresses key contemporary policy issues including care, learning, work, social mobility and inequalities. Providing original observations, this seminal text explores the roads and barriers towards effective social investment policies, derives practical social policy implications and highlights important lessons for future policymaking.

The Political Economy Of Energy, Finance And Security In The United Arab Emirates

by Karen E. Young

This book explores the process of policymaking and implementation in the finance, energy and security sectors in the United Arab Emirates. It looks at the role of informal advisory networks in a nascent private sector, federal politics, and historical ties in foreign relations.

GCC Hydrocarbon Economies and COVID: Old Trends, New Realities

by Karen Young Nikolay Kozhanov Jalal Qanas

The book considers the impact of COVID-19 on the GCC member states through the prism of challenges faced by their hydrocarbon sector. Yet, the publication’s discourse is not solely focused on the problems experienced by the oil and gas industries of the GCC member states after the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Instead, the contributors will analyze how these challenges and subsequent response to them affected other aspects of the GCC socio-economic and political development, from direct impact of the COVID on the energy sector of the GCC to socio-economic consequences of the oil market crisis for the region and its potential fallouts for the international relations of the Gulf.

The Future of Economic and Social Rights (Globalization and Human Rights)

by Katharine G. Young Amartya Sen

The future of economic and social rights is unlikely to resemble its past. Neglected within the human rights movement, avoided by courts, and subsumed within a single-minded conception of development as economic growth, economic and social rights enjoyed an uncertain status in international human rights law and in the public laws of most countries. However, today, under conditions of immense poverty, insecurity, and political instability, the rights to education, health care, housing, social security, food, water, and sanitation are central components of the human rights agenda. The Future of Economic and Social Rights captures the significant transformations occurring in the theory and practice of economic and social rights, in constitutional and human rights law. Professor Katharine G. Young brings together a group of distinguished scholars from diverse disciplines to examine and advance the broad research field of economic and social rights that incorporates legal, political science, economic, philosophy and anthropology scholars.

Transnational Migration and Work in Asia (Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Series #Vol. 5)

by Ken Young Kevin Hewison

Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration and trafficking. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the book sets labour migration firmly within the context of globalization, providing a focused, contemporary discussion of what is undoubtedly a major twenty-first century concern. Transnational Migration and Work in Asia analyzes workers motivations and rationalities, highlighting the similarities of migration experiences throughout Asia. Presenting in-depth case studies of the real-life experiences and problems faced by migrant workers, the book discusses migrants’ relations with the state and their vulnerability to exploitation, as well as the major policy issues now facing governments, employers, NGOs and international agencies.

Super Bomb: Organizational Conflict and the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

by Ken Young Warner R. Schilling

Super Bomb unveils the story of the events leading up to President Harry S. Truman's 1950 decision to develop a "super," or hydrogen, bomb. That fateful decision and its immediate consequences are detailed in a diverse and complete account built on newly released archives and previously hidden contemporaneous interviews with more than sixty political, military, and scientific figures who were involved in the decision. Ken Young and Warner R. Schilling present the expectations, hopes, and fears of the key individuals who lobbied for and against developing the H-bomb. They portray the conflicts that arose over the H-bomb as rooted in the distinct interests of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Los Alamos laboratory, the Pentagon and State Department, the Congress, and the White House. But as they clearly show, once Truman made his decision in 1950, resistance to the H-bomb opportunistically shifted to new debates about the development of tactical nuclear weapons, continental air defense, and other aspects of nuclear weapons policy. What Super Bomb reveals is that in many ways the H-bomb struggle was a proxy battle over the morality and effectiveness of strategic bombardment and the role and doctrine of the US Strategic Air Command.

Hitler's Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII

by Lauren Young

A timely, riveting book that presents for the first time an alternative history of 1930s Britain, revealing how prominent fascist sympathizers nearly succeeded in overturning British democracy—using the past as a road map to navigate the complexities of today’s turn toward authoritarianism.Hitler’s Girl is a groundbreaking history that reveals how, in the 1930s, authoritarianism nearly took hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany. Drawing on recently declassified intelligence files, Lauren Young details the pervasiveness of Nazi sympathies among the British aristocracy, as significant factions of the upper class methodically pursued an actively pro-German agenda. She reveals how these aristocrats formed a murky Fifth Column to Nazi Germany, which depended on the complacence and complicity of the English to topple its proud and long-standing democratic tradition—and very nearly succeeded.As she highlights the parallels to our similarly treacherous time, Young exposes the involvement of secret organizations like the Right Club, which counted the Duke of Wellington among its influential members; the Cliveden Set, which ran a shadow foreign policy in support of Hitler; and the shocking four-year affair between socialite Unity Mitford and Adolf Hitler.Eye-opening and instructive, Hitler’s Girl re-evaluates 1930s England to help us understand our own vulnerabilities and poses urgent questions we must face to protect our freedom. At what point does complacency become complicity, posing real risk to the democratic norms that we take for granted? Will democracy again succeed—and will it require a similarly cataclysmic event like World War II to ensure its survival? Will we, in our own defining moment, stand up for democratic values—or will we succumb to political extremism?

Rise: How Jeremy Corbyn Inspired the Young to Create a New Socialism

by Liam Young

‘Liam is one of Britain’s most brilliant young writers. He was ridiculed for believing a Corbyn-led Labour party could inspire people – but ultimately completely vindicated. If you want to know why the youth surge happened, this is an absolute must-read.’ Owen JonesThe 2017 general election saw Jeremy Corbyn inspire young people to demand a new kind of socialism. Now, from the heart of the Labour Party, Liam Young asks how this new movement can help secure a fairer and better society for all. When Jeremy Corbyn decided to stand for the Labour leadership in 2015, Liam Young - then just 19 years old - knew this was a watershed moment for the party and for young people across the country. He joined Corbyn's campaign and was soon writing for the Independent and the New Statesman, explaining how the new leader would energise the youth vote and bring forward a new kind of politics. While many commentators questioned Corbyn's actions, Young wrote about how his policies would work and be hugely popular. He harnessed the power of social media and is emerging as one of the most influential voices on the left for his generation and beyond. When the general election results of 2017 came through, he was not surprised by the surge in support for Corbyn's Labour.Rise is not only a superb insider account of how the youth movement in the Labour Party galvanised a nation that will appeal to readers of books by Owen Jones and Paul Mason, but it is also a manifesto for the future and a call to action for anyone who believes it should be possible to create a better Britain.

HONEST: The (Uncut) Memoirs of Boris Johnson

by Lucien Young

*The memoirs of Boris Johnson, complete and unabridged, including all the great material he had to take out for being either too incendiary or too obviously made up*Ghostwritten by Lucien Young, while Boris was sunbathing on a donor's private island.Offering a comprehensive account of his meteoric rise (and even more meteoric fall) we follow Boris from Eton and the Bullingdon club, via stints in journalism and as London mayor, before finally making it into Number 10 via slick and sophisticated campaign tactics such as lying and hiding in a fridge. It will outline in bonce-combusting detail the up and downs - but mostly ups! - of his tenure in Downing Street, from Getting Brexit Done and battling the Wizards of Woke, to nearly dying because he shook too many hands. This is BoJo as you've never seen him before.

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