A study of the effects of decentralization on thirty Mexican municipalities. It describes how local governments respond when they are assigned new responsibilities & resources under decentralization policies. It explains why decentralization leads to better local governments in some cases
- & why it fails to in others.
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Explains how social work students & practitioners can develop approaches to neighbourhood work, to engage communities & neighbourhoods more purposefully & to work with citizens & other mainstream & community service providers to build the capacity of neighbourhoods to tackle social problems on their own. ...

A guide to racing Ironman-distance triathlons. It prepares triathletes, from the working age-grouper to the podium contender, for success in triathlon's ultimate endurance event. It contains sport-specific chapters that outline the stages of development for each of the three disciplines of triathlon & describe drills to improve form. ...

The arrival of easy-going young priest Father Chuck O' Malley (Bing Crosby) at debt-ridden St Dominic's Church does not sit easily with ageing Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who has been in charge for 45 years. However, O' Malley is soon reaching out to the local, disenfranchised youth & swelling the parishioners' ranks through the medium of song. Leo Mc Carey's feel-good hit won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director & Screenplay, & spawned a sequel for Crosby, ' The Bells of St Mary's'. ...

Double bill of Hollywood classics. In ' Going My Way' (1944) the arrival of easy-going young priest Father Chuck O' Malley (Bing Crosby) at debt-ridden St Dominic's Church does not sit easily with elderly long-termer Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald). However, O' Malley is soon reaching out to the local, disenfranchised youth & swelling the parishioners' ranks through the medium of song. Leo Mc Carey's feel-good hit won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director & Screenplay, & spawned a sequel for Crosby, ' The Bells of St Mary's'. James Stewart stars in ' The Glenn Miller Story' (1966) -the biopic of American bandleader Glenn Miller. From humble beginnings, the young hopeful works his way through school then builds himself a reputation working for bandleader Ben Pollack (playing himself). Miller finds his own 'sound' after a trumpet player splits his lip, forcing him to substitute a clarinet solo on ' Moonlight Serenade'. He goes on to become the leading jazz bandleader of his day, but tragedy looms with the outbreak of World War Two. Many of Miller's erstwhile colleagues, including Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa & Frances Langford, appear here as themselves. ...

A guide to leaving Western life behind & becoming a ninja without formal training. It shows us how becoming a ninja warrior is easy. It discusses the material necessary for the ninja rebirth, including the ' Eight-blade Path'. It covers ninja wear, weapons, movements & strikes, espionage, language, sex, sushi, & karaoke. ...

While serving a four-year sentence, Mark Clayton (Neil Fitzmaurice) makes friends with Ozzi (Dominic Carter), & together they plan to form a gang & take over the city's underworld. Through a combination of scams engineered by Mark the gang becomes hugely successful, but Ozzi's violent & uncontrollable temper threatens to blow their cover. ...