Social Issues
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See also: General Politics
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Add to BasketBritain's Everyday Heroes: The Making Of The Good Society - - Paperback
£10.99
Gordon Brown tells the stories of 31 everyday heroes - ordinary people whose willing commitment to a cause or a community has informed and inspired him. The stories tell of a real Britain neither flawless nor broken down but caring, innovative, passionate and determined. -
Add to BasketGet A Fucking Job: The Truth About Begging - - Paperback
£12.00
This title deals with begging in the city of Aberdeen and related issues, such as homelessness, drug addiction and social poverty. -
Add to BasketHousing Benefit Hill And Other Places: Collected Columns, 1993-1998 - - Paperback
£8.95
Housing Benefit Hill represents every run-down council estate in the land, peopled by the forgotten generation of post-Thatcher Britain. C.J. Stone's columns in the Guardian and the Big Issue, collected in this volume, gave a voice to these people. -
Add to BasketThe Lady Of Claremont House: Isabella Elder, Pioneer And Philanthropist - - Hardback
£15.99
Dr Joan McAlpine has thoroughly researched the life of this self effacing heroine of women's equality, from the John Elder Chair of Naval Architecture to the Medical School in Queen Margaret College which she helped set up. - Add to BasketThe Lithuanians In Scotland: A Personal View - - Paperback
£13.99
This book records the history of Scotland's Lithuanian community. It is a precious story of people who travelled from Eastern Europe to escape the Tsar's army or to find employment in the coal-fields and ironworks of Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. - Add to BasketLosing Out?: Socioeconomic Disadvantage And Experience In Further And Higher Education - - Paperback
£14.95
Despite the expansion of higher education, academic success remains lowest amongst those from deprived neighbourhoods. This report identifies the factors which impact upon the experiences of the minority of disadvantaged young people who enter higher education. -
Add to BasketNew Scotland, New Society?: Are Social And Political Ties Fragmenting? - Paperback
£17.99
Drawing on the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2000, the aim of the book is to provide an account of public opinion in post-devolution Scotland. The text asks a series of questions on the attitudes and behaviour of the Scots. -
Add to BasketOrkney's Legionnaires, 1921-1996: A Short History Of The British Legion's Kirkwall Branch With Notes On Other Orkney Branches And Other Ex-Service Organisations - - Paperback
£6.95
Covering a period of over 75 years, this text charts the birth and growth of the different ex-service organisations in the island of Orkney. Photographs recall the places and personalities involved. - Add to BasketPerspectives On Welfare: The Experience Of Minority Ethnic Groups In Scotland - Hardback
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Add to BasketSister Of The Road: The Autobiography Of Box Car Bertha - - Paperback
£11.00
This vivid autobiography recounts a rugged woman's hard-living depression-era saga of misadventures with pimps, hopheads, murderers, yeggs, wobblies and anarchists.