Emerging technologies eventually disappear into the atmosphere of everyday life they become ordinary and enmeshed in ignored infrastructures and... Læs mere
Involving four generations of Global South researchers, this book provides a theoretical and empirical critique of Burawoy's model of public sociology. It offers a bridge between debates on public sociology and decolonial frameworks.
This book examines the concept of the pluriverse alongside global ethics and the ethics of care in order to contemplate new ethical horizons for engaging... Læs mere
In this book, James Brassett builds on his prize-winning research to demonstrate how British comedy can provide intimate and vital understandings of the everyday politics of globalization in Britain.
Neighbourhood policing has been called the "cornerstone of British policing" but changing demand, pressures on funding and cyclical political... Læs mere
Social work education and interventions with Black African families are frequently impaired because of structural discrimination and racism. Rooted in rich... Læs mere
This book examines and challenges the marginalisation of critical race analysis in debates on social justice, which have been constrained... Læs mere
Adopting a political economy perspective, Viv Ellis, Lauren Gatti and Warwick Mansell present a unique and international analysis of teacher education policy in the US, England and Norway after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.
Based on the findings of a major research project, this book investigates how European societies... Læs mere
Exploring the impact of climate change and the pandemic on people's decisions to form families and their experience of having children, this book makes a valuable contribution to debates on contemporary planetary crises.
Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under international law, setting out what is really happening in places of detention around the world. Challenging assumptions about torture's root causes, he calls for what is needed to enable us to bring about change.
Drawing from interviews and survey data across the EU and the UK, this in-depth study explores how worker instability is perceived and experienced, and how this... Læs mere