William Davies

"Brilliant... explains how the rhetoric of competition has invaded almost every domain of our existence." - Evgeny Morozov, author of To Save Everything, Click Here "A sparkling, original, and provocative analysis of neoliberalism... a distinctive account of the diverse, sometimes contradictory, conventions and justifications that lend authority to the extension of the spirit of competitiveness to all spheres of social life." - Professor Bob Jessop, University of Lancaster "In a world that seems to lurch from one financial crisis to the next, this book questions both the sovereignty of markets and the principles of competition and competitiveness that lie at the heart of the neoliberal project." - Professor Nicholas Gane, University of Warwick Since its intellectual inception in the 1930s and its political emergence in the 1970s, neo-liberalism has sought to disenchant politics by replacing it with economics. This agenda-setting text examines the efforts and failures of economic experts to make government and public life amenable to measurement, and to re-model society and state in terms of competition. In particular, it explores the practical use of economic techniques and conventions by policy-makers, politicians, regulators and judges and how these practices are being adapted to the perceived failings of the neoliberal model. By picking apart the defining contradiction that arises from the conflation of economics and politics, this book asks: to what extent can economics provide government legitimacy?

Title: A Poet's Calendar. Poems.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Davies, William; null 8 . 011645.i.86.

Mange opplever at deres temperament og raseriutbrudd ødelegger hverdagen og forholdet til andre mennesker. Denne boken er skrevet for de som sliter med hyppige sinneutbrudd, og for deres venner og familie. Den forklarer hvorfor man blir irritert og sint, og hva man kan gjøre for å holde sinnet i sjakk. En atferd preget av sinne og amperhet trenger ikke å være vanskelig å endre. Denne boken inneholder øvelser som kan gi en mer harmonisk hverdag. William Davies er praktiserende klinisk psykolog og forskningssjef or APT, The Association for Psychological Therapies. BEKJEMPE-bøkene er en serie selvhjelpsguider mot ulike psykiske problemer skrevet av spesialister innefor hvert sitt felt. Bøkene bygger på kognitiv atferdsterapi. De inneholder konkrete teknikker og metoder som kan brukes i en lang rekke situasjoner, og som forebygger tilbakefall.

Mange oplever dagligt, at deres letantændelige temperament og deres mange vredesudbrud ikke bare ødelægger deres egen sjælefred, men også deres omgivelsers. I virkeligheden er en vred og irritabel adfærd ikke vanskelig at ændre. William Davies´ bog giver en gennemgribende indsigt i, hvorfor den irriterede og vrede adfærd opstår, og hvad man kan gøre for at forhindre, at de voldsomme udbrud alt for ofte tager kontrollen over situationerne. At overvinde vrede og irritation giver enkle og letanvendelige teknikker til at nå frem til et stabilt temperament, og den gennemgår, hvordan forskellige situationer, der ellers ville have udfoldet sig i affekt, kan løses mere ligevægtigt. Forfatteren giver løbende gennem bogen en grundig forklaring på, hvad vrede er, hvorfor den opstår, og hvordan den kan tøjles, så overblikket og ligevægten bevares.

Offers a study of the formative years of Plaid Cymru.