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What Are Prisons For? by Hindpal Singh Bhui
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: What Is It For? Ser.
What does a good prison look like? Over eleven million people are currently locked up in prisons across the world, but does that mean that prison actually works? The answer usually depends on what people believe and feel about crime, punishment and what happens inside prisons. The deep social and person ...Show more
What Are the Olympics For? by Jules Boykoff
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: What Is It For? Ser.
'Athletes first' is a slogan the International Olympic Committee often touts, but the reality is very different, as preeminent Olympics expert Jules Boykoff shows in this book. While the world's attention is riveted by the triumphs and tribulations on their screens, there is much that goes on behind the ...Show more
What Is History For? by Robert Gildea
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: What Is It For? Ser.
"History", suggests Robert Gildea, "is a battlefield." Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so ...Show more
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