Slum travelers [[electronic resource] ] : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456802303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-282-35862-6; 9786612358623; 0-520-94005-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RossEllen
• Disciplina: 362.5/5740922421
• Soggetti: Women social reformers - England - London - History; Women social reformers - England - London; Women in charitable work - England - London - History; Poor - Services for - England - London - History; Social problems - England - London - History; Electronic books.; London (England) Social conditions 19th century; London (England) Social conditions 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Adventures Among The Poor -- 1. "Sketch Of Life In Buildings," 1889 "A Lady Resident" -- 2. "White Slavery In London," 1888 Annie (Wood) Besant -- 3. From Makers Of Our Clothes, 1909 Clementina Black And Adele (Lady Carl) Meyer -- 4. "Marriage In East London," 1895 Helen (Dendy) Bosanquet -- 5. From Munition Lasses, 1917 Agnes Kate Foxwell -- 6. "A School Settlement," 1911 Clara Ellen Grant -- 7. "Barmaids," 1889 Margaret Harkness -- 8. "In A London Tramp Ward," 1906 Mary (Kingsland) Higgs -- 9. "The Fur-Pullers Of South London," 1897 Edith (Mrs. F. G.) Hogg -- 10. From A London Plane-Tree, And Other Verse, 1889 Amy Levy -- 11. "A Slum Mother" (1908) And "Guy And The Stars" (1919) Margaret Mcmillan -- 12. "Gilding The Gutter," 1905 Olive ; Christian Malvery -- 13. "The Irresponsibility Of The Father," 1918 Anna Martin -- 14. "Eating The Apple," 1899 Honnor Morten -- 15. "The Evacuation Of The Workhouse," 1918 Margaret Wynne Nevinson -- 16. Selections From The Woman's Dreadnought, 1916-1917 Sylvia Pankhurst -- 17. From The Pudding Lady, 1910 Florence Petty -- 18. Selections From The Missing Link Magazine, 1878 Ellen Henrietta Ranyard -- 19. Selections From Round About A Pound A Week, 1913 Maud Pember Reeves -- 20. "Drunkenness," 1878 Maude Alethea Stanley -- 21. From London Street Arabs, 1890 Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley) -- 22. "Petticoat-Lane," 1895 Ethel Brilliana (Mrs. Alec) Tweedie -- 23. "An Epiphany Pilgrimage," 1906 Kate Warburton -- 24. "Pages From A Work-Girl'S Diary," 1888 Beatrice (Potter) Webb -- Appendix 1: The Geography Of London Wealth And Poverty -- Appendix 2: The Texts Arranged Thematically -- Glossary Of Terms, Institutions, And Organizations -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890's at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annotated, and with a superb introduction by Ellen Ross, collects a fascinating array of the writings of these "lady explorers," who were active in the east, south, and central London slums from around 1870 until the end of World War I. Contributors range from the well known, including Annie Besant, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Beatrice Webb (then Potter), to the obscure. The collection reclaims an important group of writers whose representations of urban poverty have been eclipsed by better-known male authors such as Charles Dickens and Jack London.

Local Governance in Spain / / edited by Ángel Iglesias Alonso

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910624318703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
• ISBN: 9783031148040; 9783031148033
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2022.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 pages)
• Collana: Local and Urban Governance, , 2524-5457
• Disciplina: 320.850946
• Soggetti: Political science; Urban policy; Geography; Governance and Government; Urban Policy; Regional Geography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Introduction (Ángel Iglesias) -- Chapter 2. The institutional architecture of local governments in Spain (Marta Méndez) -- Chapter 3. Local governance in a context of multilevel governance (Ángel Valencia and Francisco Collado) -- Chapter 4. The problem of governance in metropolitan areas and small municipalities (Adela Romero and Ángel Iglesias) -- Chapter 5. Inter-municipal cooperation (Marta Méndez) -- Chapter 6. Structure of local government finance (Ángel Iglesias) -- Chapter 7. Local elections and political leadership (Ángel Iglesias) -- Chapter 8. Local governance in crisis situations: the case of the COVID 19 pandemic (Ángel Iglesias and Roberto Barbeito) -- Chapter 9. The future of local governance in Spain in the European perspective (Ángel Iglesias) -- Chapter 10. Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: The book addresses in detail local governance in Spain. In recent decades, local governments in Europe have increasingly found themselves under pressure from a multitude of new challenges, such as demographic change, climate change, fiscal austerity policies, digitization, the demand for more citizen participation in local affairs, ; and the migration crisis in some of them, to name just a few. Consequently, a wave of political and administrative reforms to address these challenges, pressures and problems, has changed local governance in many countries. In part, these changes were the result of reform policies introduced by national and state governments, often triggered by austerity policies, which has become an overwhelming reality for Spanish local governments that have been forced to introduce innovations in local governance. This book aims to give an account of these innovations in local governance in Spain. This book considers the local political-administrative structure in its dimensions, focusing on the analysis of its party system, electoral competition and political behavior in the local arena, as well as on local finances, all of which are determining elements in urban and rural governance processes. On the occasion of the recent crisis unleashed by Covid-19, the book will also deal with local governance in crisis situations. The book will also contextualize local governance processes in Spain in relation to the trends in local governance observed in other European countries.