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This book is a study of the pattern of social life which developed in the slums of central Lagos, and of the effects of a compulsory slum clearance scheme on the lives of those who were removed.

First published in 1987, Meaning and Action's central theme is the difficulty of matching an understanding of social problems to effective strategies, in a time of endemic fiscal constraints and profound changes in economic structure.

Originally published in 1964 The Experience of Higher Education concentrates upon the aims and expectations with which students enter higher education, the relationship between teacher and pupil, the influence of residential patterns, and students' sense of the relevance of their education in a wider social context.

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Originally published in 1964 The Experience of Higher Education concentrates upon the aims and expectations with which students enter higher education, the relationship between teacher and pupil, the influence of residential patterns, and students' sense of the relevance of their education in a wider social context.

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First published in 1974, then reissued in 1986 with a long introduction by the author, which developed the analysis in the light of recent theory and related it to work done in the field since its first publication. The late Peter Marris shows how understanding grief can help us to understand processes of change, both personal and social, and to handle them with more compassion for ourselves and others. He sees grieving as the working out of a...

In The Politics of Uncertainty Peter Marris examines one of the most crucial and least studied aspects of social relationships: how we manage uncertainty, from the child's struggle for secure attachment to the competitive strategies of multinational corporations. Using a powerful synthesis of social and psychological theory, he shows how strategies of competition interact with the individual's sense of personal agency to place the heaviest bur...

Reissue of revised edition first published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

One of the first books to be published in the UK on bereavement, this ground-breaking study presents the results of a survey of widows in London.