Let Me Take You by the Hand: True Tales from London's Streets

In 1861, the great journalist and social advocate Henry Mayhew published London Labour and the London Poor, an oral history of those living and working on the streets of Victorian London. Nothing on this scale had been attempted before. On the surface, the streets of London in 1861 and in 2019 are entirely different places. But dig just a little and the similarities are striking and, in many cases, shocking. Taking Mayhew's book as inspiration, Jennifer Kavanagh explores the changes and continuities by collecting and mapping stories from today's London. Beggars, street entertainers, stalls selling a variety of food, clothes, second-hand goods, thieves and the sex trade are all still predominant. The rise of the gig economy has brought a multitude of drivers and cyclists, delivering and moving goods, transporting meals and people, all organized through smart phones but using the same streets as Mayhew's informants. The precarity faced by this new workforce would also be familiar to the street-sellers of Mayhew's day. In terms of resources, gone are the workhouses, almshouses, paupers' lunatic asylums. Enter shelters, day centres, hostels, and food banks. Let Me Take You By The Hand is an x-ray of life on the streets today: the stories in their own words of those who work and live in our capital.

History

Kavanagh, Jennifer

Europe

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Analyzes literature on the relatinships among stressors, stress, and performance and applies the most relevant findings to military operations and training.

Stress and Performance: A Review of the Literature and Its Applicability to the Military (Technical Report)

Business & Money

Business Culture

RAND Corporation

In 1998, the U.S. Army became the only service to shift its senior enlistment force from a fixed enlistment contract system to indefinite reenlistment, which eliminated the reenlistment requirement in the latter half of a noncommissioned officer's career and placed them on the same indefinite service contract as officers. This study considers the utility of this program and potential applicability to the other service branches.

Indefinite Reenlistment and Noncommissioned Officers

Moini, Joy S.

Miller Loyola University Chicago, Laura

Sivadasan, Suja

Shergold, Miriam

Develops a factbased approach to modeling diversity management in U.S. corporations, analyzes the strategies pursued by 14 large U.S. companies recognized for their diversity or human resource achievements, and compares a number of company characteristics. Firms recognized for diversity are distinguished by a core set of motives and practices, but best practices per se may not enable a company to achieve a high level of diversity.

Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis: An Exploratory Analysis (Occasional Paper) (Occasional Papers)

Harrell, Margaret C.

Marquis, Jefferson P.

Lim Executive Director Fels, Nelson

Scott, Lynn

The U.S. military depends on access to overseas bases both in peacetime and during contingencies but has faced a variety of political challenges to this access. The authors address questions about the type and severity of access problems the United States has faced since 1945, how these have changed over time, and how the United States can counter political threats to access.

Access Granted: Political Challenges to the U.S. Overseas Military Presence, 1945–2014 (Project Air Force)

Pettyjohn, Stacie L.

Management & Leadership

A RAND Corporation study undertook a literature review and analysis of several case studies to examine factors that could increase the likelihood of success in integrating active and reserve component military staff organizations. The resulting best practices can serve as a framework for undertaking and assessing these integrations.

Integrating Active and Reserve Component Staff Organizations: Improving the Chances of Success

Baxter, Caroline

Schaefer, Agnes Gereben

Rohn, Laurinda L.

Schumacher, Gregory

Donohue, Amy Grace

Military

Political and civil discourse in the United States is characterized by “Truth Decay,” defined as increasing disagreement about facts, a blurring of the line between opinion and fact, an increase in the relative volume of opinion compared with fact, and lowered trust in formerly respected sources of factual information. This report explores the causes and wide-ranging consequences of Truth Decay and proposes strategies for further action.

Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life

Rich President Emeritus RAND Corporation, Michael D.

World

In 1861, the great journalist and social advocate Henry Mayhew published London Labour and the London Poor, an oral history of those living and working on the streets of Victorian London. Nothing on this scale had been attempted before.\nOn the surface, the streets of London in 1861 and in 2019 are entirely different places. But dig just a little and the similarities are striking and, in many cases, shocking. Taking Mayhew's book as inspiration, Jennifer Kavanagh explores the changes and continuities by collecting and mapping stories from today's London.\nBeggars, street entertainers, stalls selling a variety of food, clothes, second-hand goods, thieves and the sex trade are all still predominant. The rise of the gig economy has brought a multitude of drivers and cyclists, delivering and moving goods, transporting meals and people, all organized through smart phones but using the same streets as Mayhew's informants. The precarity faced by this new workforce would also be familiar to the street-sellers of Mayhew's day. In terms of resources, gone are the workhouses, almshouses, paupers' lunatic asylums. Enter shelters, day centres, hostels, and food banks.\nLet Me Take You By The Hand is an x-ray of life on the streets today: the stories in their own words of those who work and live in our capital.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Little,Brown

This book guides readers through the labyrinthine regulation of electoral law in Ireland, from the creation and registration of parties, to administrative issues with funding, lobbying, political advertising, through to issues regarding ethical aspects of political life, such as the Standards and Ethics in Public Office. Since the foundation of the State, there have been 61 Acts and 287 Statutory Instruments dealing with the regulation of political activities in Ireland. A comprehensive understanding of this complex legislation is vital to those working in politics and to those who wish to gain greater understanding of political regulation in Ireland. [Subject: Irish Law, Electoral Law, Politics]

Electoral Law in Ireland

Administrative Law

Bloomsbury Professional

Home - one of the most emotive words in any language. But it can mean different things to different people and, based on extensive interviews, Jennifer Kavanagh explores our outer and inner identities and asks: 'What does home mean to you?' Home is not just four walls or the country in which we were born. It is not a locked door, an investment, a legal address, or a nation with rigid borders. Home is where the heart is: a yearning for a precious past, a dream of something that has never been, or a present reality. In relationship - with our families, in community, and with the whole of creation. In this compelling and immensely readable book, Kavanagh suggests that we will never be at home unless we are at home to ourselves. Home is where we all want to be. Previously published as The O of Home.

Journey Home: An Exploration of our Inner and Outer Identity

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

O-Books

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