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1. Educating for the Knowledge Economy?

   Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Hugh Lauder, Michael Young, Harry Daniels, Maria Balarin, John Lowe

   The promise, embraced by governments around the world, is that the knowledge economy will provide knowledge workers with a degree of autonomy and permission to think which enables them to be creative and to attract high incomes. What credence should we give to this promise? The current economic...

   Published January 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. Britain and Foreign Affairs 1815-1885

   Europe and Overseas

   By John Lowe

   Series: Lancaster Pamphlets

   This pamphlet examines British foreign policy from Castlereagh to Disraeli. Focusing on Britain's relations with other European and non-European powers such as America, Afghanistan, South Africa and Egypt, this pamphlet examines the roles of Canning, Palmerston, and Gladstone amongst others. The...

   Published January 21st 1998 by Routledge
3. The Great Powers, Imperialism and the German Problem 1865-1925

   By John Lowe

   This is a lucid and well-structured text dealing with key issues in international affairs from the period of German unification to the aftermath of World War I. It: * Provides excellent explanation and analysis of the central issues * Clarifies a notoriously complex period of international...

   Published August 3rd 1994 by Routledge