Keir Hardie and the 21st Century Socialist Revival

Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Keir Hardie and the Right to Childhood Chapter 2 Then and now: Precarious Employment and Mechanisation from Keir Hardie to Today Chapter 3 Trade Unions and the Labour Party Chapter 4 Keir Hardie and Municipal Socialism Chapter 5 Black Diamonds by 'The Trapper' Chapter 6 Serfdom to Socialism: Volition is the Key Chapter 7 Keir Hardie, Women's Suffrage and Women's Inequality Chapter 8 Hardie and Ireland Chapter 9 James Keir Hardie as Critic of Empire Chapter 10 Keir Hardie, Eugene Debs and the Transatlantic ConnectionAfterword Endnotes The principle of personalisation appears in a range of current debates among design professionals, healthcare providers and educationalists about the implications of new technologies and approaches to consumer sovereignty for'mass'provision. The potential of new technologies implies systems of provision that offer bespoke support to their users, tailoring services and experiences to suit individual needs. The assumption that individual choice automatically increases wellbeing has underlain the re-design of public services. Ubiquitous personalisation in screen-based environments gives individuals the sense that their personality is reflected back at them. Advances in Artificial Intelligence mean our personal intelligent agents have begun to acquire personality. Given its prevalence, it is appropriate to identify the scope of this phenomenon that is altering our relationship to the'non-human'world. This book presents taxonomy of personalisation, and its potential consequences for the design profession as well as its ethical and political dimensions through a collection of essays from a range of academic perspectives. The thought-provoking introduction, conclusion and nine chapters present a well-balanced mixture of in-depth literature review and practical examples to deepen our understanding of the consequences of personalisation for our professional and personal lives. Collectively, this book points towards the implications of personalisation for design-led social innovation.This will be valuable reading for professionals in the design industry and health provision, as well as students of product design, fashion and sociology. Foreword -- Introduction: design and personalisation : by a person or for a person? / Iryna Kuksa and Tom Fisher -- Personalising consumption, retail and digital spaces -- Personalisation and fashion design / Tony Kent -- Making it mine : personalising clothes at home / Amy Twigger Holroyd -- Wearable technology as personalised fashion : empowering or oppressive? / Conor Farrington -- Personalising communication, marketing and manufacture -- Who is really in control? : pitfalls on the path to personalisation and personality / Jon Oberlander -- What will designers do when everyone can be a designer? / Matt Sinclair -- The history and application of additive manufacturing for design personalisation / Guy Bingham -- Personalising health -- The 4 PS : problems in personalising a public service (a personal view of personalisation in the NHS) / Kath Checkland -- Designing for personalisation in predictive and preventive medicine / Olga Golubnitschaja, Heinz Lemke, Marko Kapalla and Tony Kent -- Towards a person-centred approach to design for personalisation / Sarah Kettley, Richard Kettley and Rachel Lucas -- Conclusion: what happens next? themes and principles for a personalised future / Tom Fisher and Iryna Kuksa -- Index ‘to Remember Hardie Is Not To Look Wistfully Backwards But To Remind Ourselves Of The Absolute Necessity Of Unflinching Principles, Vision And Determination In Looking Forward To The Future We Want To Build.’ Richard Leonard. James Keir Hardie Founded And Was The First Leader Of The Labour Party. In This Book, Pauline Bryan Brings Together A Varied Group Of Commentators To Discuss His Legacy, Including Mps Jeremy Corbyn And Richard Burgon; Richard Leonard Msp; Ann Henderson, The Rector Of The University Of Edinburgh; And Sharon Graham, Executive Officer Of Unite. In Their Fascinating And Varied Essays, Each Contributor Shows The Importance Of Using Hardie’s Legacy As A Foundation For The Future. Discussing His Support For Women’s Suffrage And His Fight To Tackle Unemployment, As Well As His Stance On Issues Of Home Rule And The British Empire, Here They Show How Intrinsic His Beliefs Are To Labour Party Policies To This Day.