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This edited volume focuses on the violence experienced by street sex workers and examines how street prostitution could be managed to reduce the risk of violence, its two sections dealing with the...
As newspaper owners around the world battle with the problem of trying to find a way of making news on the web pay, this should be a very timely book - and it almost is.Alex Jones brings a special...
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The liberal arts feel threatened by indifference and the impact agenda. Can we recognise their true worth before they are gone?
With more than 18,000 colleges in India, why did the decision to make one of them a university make the national headlines?For one, this decision pertains to Kolkata's Presidency College, which is...