Using the example of Turkey, where neoliberal economics combined with authoritarian politics formed conditions that have profound social consequences, this book investigates Alternative Consumer Cooperatives (ACCs) as spaces for prefigurative food politics.
Based on in-depth interviews with over 80 precarious workers in Korea, this book introduces the concept of 'melting labour' and provides a real depiction of how workers lose control over their lives and experience precariousness in labour markets.
Exploring the creative and destructive ways individuals and groups make use of new digital and social media in democratic societies across the world, this book presents a much-needed critical theory of the public sphere as we enter the new digital age.
Written by an international list of contributors, this book presents highly nuanced accounts of children and childhoods across global political time. The analysis... Læs mere
ePDFs of chapters 4, 5 and 7 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licenceThis book illustrates the ways in which... Læs mere
This book provides a multifaceted and spatially oriented analysis of how China's re-emergence as a global power... Læs mere
The health and fitness industry has experienced a meteoric rise over the past two decades, yet its slick exterior conceals a... Læs mere
Combining an analysis of political economy and ecocultural heritage, this book examines post-Soviet Latvia and post-apartheid South Africa in an unusual comparative study of post-authoritarian efforts to decolonize production and trade.
Africa's unique position as an international diplomatic actor has not always been given the attention it deserves. This volume bridges this gap by offering a fresh, comprehensive and realistic overview of African diplomacy.
Economic geography has a long and varied history, and recent work has pushed the field to diversify even further. This... Læs mere
Considering food consumption in a wider social context, this book offers an alternative understanding of class relations, which extends academic, political and public debates about privilege.
This book presents a critical history of criminological thought from the Enlightenment to the present day. Mehozay... Læs mere