A demonstration of how the fields of special education and inclusive education have evolved philosophically and technically since the 1970s, this collection shows the contemporary state of approaches to educating students with special education needs.

This book presents a unique record of the last seventeen years of the British Raj as seen through the eyes of a young officer of the Indian Political Service. Taken from Norvall Mitchell's own original memoir, written in the 1070's, his son, David, has edited the work to produce an account of a man for whom improving the lot of the masses, those "quiet people of India," met with ever-increasing frustration by the "dead hand" of British Indian bureaucracy.

This textbook offers a wide-ranging overview of current theoretical work in media and communication studies. It aims to provide the methods and the theoretical resources for understanding the dramatic changes which are taking place in the sphere of information and communication in the late 20th century. At the same time, it shows how these changes are linked to broader developments - both at the level of global transformation and at the level of everyday interaction, where individuals negotiate matters of identity, knowledge and shared meaning. Interdisciplinary in character, the...