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Chapter 3 Reform
(2021)
"Chapter 3 available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
(2021)
"Chapter 1 available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a ...
The Reformation of Welfare
(2021)
"Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a support than a means of purification and redemption. Continuously reformed ...
Ecological Justice and the Extinction Crisis
(2020)
ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As the biodiversity crisis deepens, Anna Wienhues sets out radical environmental thinking and action to respond to the threat of mass species extinction.
The ...
Global Domestic Workers
(2021)
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Drawing from the EU-funded DomEQUAL research project across nine countries in Europe, South America and Asia, this comparative study explores the conditions ...
Nanny families
(2019)
Available open access under CC-BY-NC license. Using Sweden as a case study, this book combines theories of family practices, care and childhood studies with the personal perspectives of nannies, au pairs, parents and ...
ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation
(2019)
Examining how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) has responded to external threats over the past 50 years, this book provides a compelling account of regional state actions and foreign policy in the face ...
The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand
(2020)
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Using Adam Smith’s notion of an 'invisible hand', this extraordinary contribution identifies dogmatic versus pragmatic views of free markets. Published posthumously, with ...
Chapter 10 Places of Belonging, Places of Detachment
(2022)
Chapter 10 of this ePDF is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This interdisciplinary collection charts the experiences of young people in places of spatial marginality around the world, dismantling the ...
Youth Beyond the City
(2022)
This interdisciplinary collection charts the experiences of young people in places of spatial marginality around the world, dismantling the privileging of urban youth, urban locations and urban ways of life in youth studies ...
Beyond Bars
(2023)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
The year 2023 marks 50 years of mass incarceration in the United States. This timely volume highlights and addresses pressing social problems associated with ...
Chapter 12 Decolonising Science Communication in the Caribbean: Challenges and Transformations in Community- Based Engagement with Research on the ABCSSS Islands
(2023)
Conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion in science communication are in danger of generating much concern without effecting change and systematic transformations.
This radical volume addresses these ...
Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Communication
(2023)
Conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion in science communication are in danger of generating much concern without effecting change and systematic transformations.
This radical volume addresses these ...
Foundations of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research
(2023)
Introduction essay and Chapter 1 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by ...
Saving Liberalism from Itself
(2022)
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In the wake of populism, Timothy Stacey’s book critically reflects on what is missing from the liberal project with the aim of saving liberalism. It explains ...
DataPublics
(2023)
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Drawing on empirical data from US and UK as well as the unique example of Nordic countries where there is a high level of confidence in state and media ...
Chapter 1 Understanding Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research
(2023)
Introduction essay and Chapter 1 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by ...
Chapter Introductory Essay
(2023)
Introduction essay and Chapter 1 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by ...
Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance
(2020)
EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The globalized era is characterized by a high degree of interconnectedness across borders and continents and this includes human migration. This has led to new governance ...
Children’s Work in African Agriculture
(2023)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines children’s involvement in African agricultural work. It argues that framing all children’s engagement in economic activity as ‘child labour’, ...
Belief in Marriage
(2023)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book draws on the accounts of 170 individuals who had, or led, a wedding ceremony outside the legal framework. The authors examine what these ceremonies ...
Infrastructuring Urban Futures
(2023)
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Focusing on material and social forms of infrastructure, this edited collection draws on rich empirical details from cities across the global North and ...
Arctic Justice
(2023)
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Offering a unique introduction to the study of justice in the European, North American and Russian Arctic, this collection considers the responsibilities ...
Chapter 10 Values and Participation of Individuals Without Mental Capacity in Hong Kong
(2023)
The digital PDF and EPUB versions of chapter 10 are available Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (https://creativecommons ...
Chapter 16 Regulated Market Socialism
(2023)
The digital PDF and EPUB versions of Chapters 3 and 16 are available Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/license ...
Chapter 3 Neoliberalism
(2023)
The digital PDF and EPUB versions of Chapters 3 and 16 are available Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/license ...
Global Neoliberal Capitalism and the Alternatives
(2023)
The digital PDF and EPUB versions of Chapters 3 and 16 are available Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/license ...
Algorithms and the End of Politics
(2021)
EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This timely study considers the growing impacts of digital technologies on populism in the US and beyond. Analysing the rise of digital devices, social networks and the ...
Capacity, Participation and Values in Comparative Legal Perspective
(2023)
With contributions from an international team of experts, this collection provides a much-needed international, comparative approach to mental capacity law.
The book focuses particularly on exploring substantive commonalities ...
Retail and Community
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Retail has never existed in a vacuum. This interdisciplinary volume explores how English commercial, co-operative and charity retailing were shaped by and in turn ...
Feminism in Public Debt
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As many developing countries are facing increasingly higher levels of debt and economic instability, this interdisciplinary volume explores the intersection ...
The Sun Also Rises in Portugal
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY licence. Portugal is among the best-placed European countries to take advantage of solar power, having achieved a five-fold increase in installed capacity during 2017-2023 despite ...
Children’s Voices, Family Disputes and Child-Inclusive Mediation
(2024)
ePDF and ePUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have eroded children’s ability to exercise their article 12 UNCRC rights to information, consultation and ...
Architectures of Inequality
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The gender pay gap is economically irrational and yet stubbornly persistent. Focusing on the UK finance industry which is known for its gender pay disparity, this ...
The Politics and Ethics of Transhumanism
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence Transhumanism is a philosophy which advocates for the use of technology to radically enhance human capacities. This book interrogates the promises of transhumanism, ...
Biomedical Innovation in Fertility Care
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book delves into the complex and controversial realm of fertility care. It analyses the clash between evidence-based medicine and market dynamics in fertility ...
Planetary Justice
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Bringing together interdisciplinary climate change scholarship and grassroots activism, this book considers the possibilities of planetary justice across human ...
The European Union and the United Nations in Global Governance
(2022)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book analyses the complex relations between the European Union (EU) as a regional organization and the United Nations ...
Rhythm and Vigilance
(2025)
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Studies of surveillance have emphasised how technology is used to control space. This innovative collection examines how new monitoring technologies are also ...
Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing. To stay within the "Anthropocene" - an epoch in which humankind as the dominant force shaping the ...
Challenging Legal Core Values
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book presents the first ethnographic study into a new consent-based rape law in Sweden and shows how the implementation of this legislation challenges outdated ...
Recalibrating Stigma
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Stigma has long been a central concern for social scientists studying health and illness. Yet, in existing work, stigma often escapes definition and clarification, ...
Discrimination, Equality and Health Care Rationing
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. When deciding who to treat, those engaged in priority-setting and resource allocation in health care need to comply with their obligations under the Equality Act ...
Governing Nature and the Making of World Order
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How have efforts to govern nature and address urgent global environmental challenges shaped, transformed or undermined processes of world ordering? Chapters in ...
Public Health and International Economic Law
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Although non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancers, diabetes, and heart diseases are preventable, they have risen dramatically over the last 30 years. This ...
Global Development and Environment
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY licence.
Development and environmental challenges are often framed at the global or planetary scale, but in a vague or apolitical manner. This book develops a theoretically ...
Adult Social Care Law and Policy
(2025)
Adult social care in England has been under sustained pressure for decades. The sector has long functioned in crisis mode due to cuts and chronic under-resourcing but, since early 2020, those using and providing adult ...
Revisiting Reflexivity
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can we nurture more liveable worlds in today’s neoliberal academia and beyond? This collection revisits the notion of reflexivity from a science and technology ...
Rethinking Migration
(2025)
Rethinking Migration brings together researchers across multiple disciplines to investigate how we can rethink migration and movement. It explores mobility beyond the human and across time, from the movement of soil in the ...
Access to Social Justice
(2025)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book proposes a conception of social justice according to international human rights law. Social rights include everyday rights such as housing, food, fuel ...
Pathways to Sustainable Welfare
(2025)
Cities face the challenge of providing welfare within planetary boundaries. As climate change accelerates and has led to a phase of climate emergency, more efforts are needed to handle the dual challenge of adapting to ...
Cities of Banal Warfare
(2025)
“Banal warfare” describes the ways in which the vision of the city perpetually ridden with conflicts, terrorist attacks, and disease infuses everyday urban life to the point of becoming invisible or taken for granted. The ...
Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This edited volume discusses the methodological and ethical challenges that researchers are currently facing whilst attempting to document the impact of the ...
Democratizing Science
(2023)
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This book examines potential remedies for improving public trust and the legitimacy of science. It reviews different policy approaches adopted by governments ...
A Realist Philosophy of Economics
(2023)
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With contributions from Alan Kirman and Rod O'Donnell, Karl Mittermaier's posthumously published work establishes a conceptual framework that will help economic ...
Epigenetics and Responsibility
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume brings together an international team of contributors to provide a much-needed examination of climate litigation in Africa. The book outlines how ...
Using Participatory Methods to Explore Freedom of Religion and Belief
(2023)
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Examining countries where religious pluralism is in decline, including Iraq, India, Pakistan and Nigeria, this book brings together reflections, knowledge ...
Climate Litigation and Justice in Africa
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume brings together an international team of contributors to provide a much-needed examination of climate litigation in Africa. The book outlines how ...
Theorising Justice
(2023)
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Bringing together divergent approaches to justice theorising, this volume connects normative and philosophical theories with the more empirically focused ...
Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa
(2022)
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This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban settings in Uganda and South Africa, ...
Faces of Precarity
(2022)
The digital PDF of the Introduction, Chapter 3, Chapter 8 and the Afterword of this title are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The word ‘precarity’ is widely used when discussing work and employment, social ...
Chapter 3 Conceptualizing Precariousness:
(2022)
The digital PDF of Chapter 3 is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The word ‘precarity’ is widely used when discussing work and employment, social conditions and lived experiences, and social classes. There ...
Chapter 8 The Social Foundations of Precarious Work:
(2022)
The digital PDF of Chapter 8 of this title is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The word ‘precarity’ is widely used when discussing work and employment, social conditions and lived experiences, and social ...
Chapter 16 Afterword
(2022)
The digital PDF of the Afterword of this title are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The word ‘precarity’ is widely used when discussing work and employment, social conditions and lived experiences, and ...
Chapter Introduction
(2022)
The digital PDF of the Introduction of this title are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The word ‘precarity’ is widely used when discussing work and employment, social conditions and lived experiences, and ...
Navigating the European Migration Regime
(2022)
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Anna Wyss’ survey of the heavily politicised group of male migrants in Europe provides insightful analysis of both masculinity and the European migration crisis. ...
Safeguarding Young People Beyond the Family Home
(2022)
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During adolescence, young people are exposed to a range of risks beyond their family homes including sexual and criminal exploitation, peer-on-peer abuse ...
COVID-19, the Global South and the Pandemic’s Development Impact
(2022)
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This book examines the unique implications of the pandemic in the Global South.
With international contributors from a variety of disciplines, it investigates ...
Poverty and Prejudice
(2023)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how efforts to achieve SDGs can be enhanced by paying greater attention to freedom of religion and belief. In ...
Time, Migration and Forced Immobility
(2019)
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This book is concerned with the effects of migration policy making in Europe on migrants in the Global South and links insights on immobility to social theories ...
Chapter 5 Practising Theorizing in Theorizing Praxis
(2022)
The digital pdf of Chapter 5 is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This collection brings together leading figures in the study of international relations to explore praxis as a perspective on international ...
Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia
(2022)
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Drawing on decolonial perspectives on peace, statehood and development, this illuminating book examines post-liberal statebuilding in Central Asia. It uses ...
The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
(2022)
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The Gulf is a major global destination for migrant workers, with a majority of these workers coming from South Asia. In this book, a team of international ...
Inside High-Rise Housing
(2022)
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Condominium and comparable legal architectures make vertical urban growth possible, but do we really understand the social implications of restructuring city ...
Muslims and humour
(2022)
muslims; humour; essays
Chapter 9 ‘Putting the Fun Back into Fundamentalism’
(2022)
EPDF of Chapter 9 available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This thought-provoking collection takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject of humour in Islam. It ranges across sociological, cultural, theological ...
Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution
(2022)
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During the 20th century the locus of care shifted from large institutions into the community. However, this shift was not always accompanied by liberation from ...
Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course
(2021)
"EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. It is critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically tracked by indicators that not only give an accurate picture of human life today, but also provide ...
Dialogues in Data Power
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book presents emerging themes and future directions in the interdisciplinary field of critical data studies, loosely themed around the notion of shifting ...
Comparisons in Global Security Politics
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Comparative practices are integral to global security politics. The balance of power politics, status competitions and global security governance would not be ...