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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 ...
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 ...
Civil Society and Intergovernmental Negotiations at the United Nations
(2025)
EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-governmental organizations have increased at the United Nations (UN) since the 1990s. Yet few studies discuss 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 ...
Rights and Social Justice in Research
(2025)
Whom do we conduct research with and for? What kinds of questions do we ask of the social world, and how do we question how knowledge is produced? In what ways do our approaches to research and our manner of carrying out ...
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 ...
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 ...
COVID-19 in the Global South
(2020)
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Bringing together a range of experts across various sectors, this important volume explores some of the key issues that have arisen in the Global South with the COVID-19 ...
Emotion and Proactivity at Work
(2021)
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Individuals’ behaviours at work are known to be shaped by cold, or cognitive-motivational, processes as well as hot, or affect-motivational, processes. To ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Personal Life of Debt
(2025)
As the cost of living rises, British households face unprecedented levels of debt. But many commentators characterise those who stash away envelopes, leave telephones ringing, or hide from debt collectors as irresponsible. ...
Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This unique research paints a vivid picture of migrant workers' experiences following Brexit and COVID-19. Based on a longitudinal study, it explores their legal ...
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 ...
Trafficking Chains
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND license. This book offers a theory of trafficking and modern slavery with implications for policy. Despite economic development, modern slavery persists all around the ...
Conceptualising Arbitrary Detention
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This book examines what happens when states and other authorities use detention to abuse their power, deter dissent and maintain social hierarchies. Written by an ...
Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Money is central to capitalism and to our many sustainability crises. Could we remake money so as to advance sustainable economies and fair societies? A growing ...
Activists in the Data Stream
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-ND licence This book pulls back the curtain on the link between technology and activism. It explores the intricate ways activists from Italy, Spain and Greece interact with data ...
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 ...
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 ...
Chapter 16 Acting, Representing, Ruling
(2022)
The digital pdf of Chapter 16 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 ...
Chapter 9 I Think, Therefore IR? Psychology, Biology and the Notion of Praxis
(2022)
The digital pdf of Chapter 9 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 ...
Chapter 4 Styles of Theorizing International Practice
(2022)
The digital pdf of Chapter 4 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 ...
Chapter 15 Praxis, Humanism and the Quest for Wholeness
(2022)
The digital pdf of Chapter 15 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 ...
Chapter 13 Practising Academic Intervention
(2022)
The digital pdf of Chapter 13 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 ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
(2022)
The digital pdf of Chapter 1 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 ...
Chaper 12 “I’ve Got People’s Spit All over Me!”
(2022)
The digital pdf version of Chapter 12 is available Open Access under CC-BY licence. This transdisciplinary collection engages with key issues of social exclusion, inequality, power and knowledge in the context of COVID-19. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Chapter Introduction
(2022)
The first chapter is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND license. Evan Easton-Calabria’s critical history of refugee self-reliance assistance brings new dimensions to refugee and international development studies.
The ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Observing Dark Innovation
(2024)
Why does scholarship on innovation fixate on certain classes of technology? Could our research tools and techniques be concealing as much as they reveal?Ryan T. MacNeil shows how the common instrumentalities of innovation ...
Ecologies of Care in Times of Climate Change
(2024)
This book investigates and analyses places in Europe, North America and Asia that are facing the immense challenges associated with climate change adaptation. Presenting real-world cases in the contexts of coastal change, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Global Development and Environment
(2025)
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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 ...
The Realities of Autonomous Weapons
(2025)
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The realities of autonomous weapons are a complex blend of both existing military technologies and visions of their future capabilities. The expected ramifications ...
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 ...
Belonging and Belongings
(2025)
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Based on in-depth fieldwork with Belgian children aged 10 to 16, this book examines how children in shared physical custody define and negotiate their place ...
Feeding People in a Crisis
(2024)
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. ‘Panic buying’ at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic generated enduring media images of empty supermarket shelves and calls for food rationing. The fragility of ...
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 ...
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’, ...