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A Phenomenology of Working-Class Experience
This moving and challenging 1999 book by Simon Charlesworth deals with the personal consequences of poverty and class and the effects of growing up as part of a poor and stigmatized group. Charlesworth examines these themes by focussing on a particular town - Rotherham - in South Yorkshire, England, and using the personal testimony of disadvantaged people who live there, acquired through recorded interviews and conversations. He applies to these life stories the interpretative tools of philosophy and social theory, drawing in particular on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Merleau-Ponty, in order to explore the social relations and experiences of a distinct but largely ignored social group. The culture described in this book is not unique to Rotherham and Charlesworth argues that the themes and problems identified in this book will be familiar to economically powerless and politically dispossessed people everywhere.
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NZ: Big NZ banks move on investment property
The move follows comments on Wednesday by ANZ New Zealand chief executive David Hisco that property prices in Auckland were over-cooked and the ending of the property boom would be \"messy\". WELLINGTON, July 21 BusinessDesk - ASB Bank and ANZ Bank New Zealand have followed Westpac Banking Corp's lead in clamping down on lending to property investors by requiring at least a 40 per cent deposit ahead of Reserve Bank restrictions.
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NZ: Jucy plans to expand pod-style hotel chain
It has operated a budget Jucy Snooze in Auckland since 2010, mainly aimed at its own rental vehicle customers. It's achieved over 85 per cent occupancy. However, it doesn't feature the new capsules which measure 1.9 metre long, 1.1 wide, and 1.2m high with a roll-down blind for privacy. The pods cost between $NZ35 to $NZ45 ($A32.68-$A42.01) per night and can also be rented per hour. They're being made by the company's Auckland manufacturing division, Jucy By Design, which also produces its distinctive green and purple campervans.
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NZ: Rakon takes stake in Australian start-up
WELLINGTON, April 4 BusinessDesk - French company Sigfox will roll out its low powered wide area network technology in New Zealand and Australia through Australian start-up Thinxtra, in which listed Kiwi high tech component manufacturer Rakon has become a cornerstone investor. Rakon has upped its stake in Thinxtra from 18 per cent, spending $A5.5 million to gain a 63 per cent stake although that could dilute back to just under 50 per cent if the management founder/shareholders take up outstanding options.
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NZ: Volpara seeks $10m in ASX listing
WELLINGTON, March 30 BusinessDesk - Wellington-based Volpara Health Technologies can't say when it's likely to become profitable but still aims to raise $A10 million in an initial public offering on the Australian stock exchange. Working in Volpara's favour is the fact that it's operating in a large, high-growth market with the incidence of breast cancer expected to double by 2030. It also holds extensive, clinically validated, intellectual property patents on its core VolparaDensity software and there are high barriers to entry for any newcomers into the market.
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FED: 9 Spokes after support for ASX listing
WELLINGTON, March 29 BusinessDesk - New Zealand-based cloud app integrator 9 Spokes is launching a roadshow in Melbourne and Sydney this week to drum up support for a $A25 million listing on the ASX. 9 Spokes' platform allows small businesses to aggregate their various cloud computing applications on a single dashboard, helping them track and peer-review their performance more cheaply than a corporate ERP (enterprise resource planning) system. They also get a single bill that covers all subscriptions to apps transferred in, or purchased, through 9 Spokes.
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NZ: Low fuel costs boosts Air NZ profit
The company forecast earnings of $NZ400m, excluding any equity accounting contribution from its 26 per cent stake in Virgin Australia, at its annual meeting last October. Air New Zealand's stake in Virgin and its share of the Christchurch Engine centre earnings contributed $15m and $NZ10m respectively for the first half.
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NZ:Fletcher Building banks $NZ85m in sale
WELLINGTON, Jan 29 BusinessDesk - Fletcher Building has completed the $A150 million sale of Rocla Quarry Products assets to Hanson Construction Materials following clearance from the Australian Competition Commission and the Foreign Investment Review Board.
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A Phenomenology of Working Class Experience
Charlesworth examines themes of poverty and class by focusing on a particular town -- Rotherham -- in South Yorkshire, England, and using the personal testimony of disadvantaged people who live there, acquired through recorded interviews and conversations. He applies to their life stories the interpretative tools of philosophy and social theory, drawing in particular on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Merleau-Ponty. Charlesworth argues the culture described in this book is not unique to Rotherham and the problems identified in this book will be familiar to economically powerless and politically dispossessed people everywhere.
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