US grand strategy and the Madman Theory: From Nixon to Trump explores how both presidents used unpredictability and threats of irrational... Læs mere
Feminist substances considers why and how women artists engaged with plastics as artistic materials in the 1960s and 1970s. Discussing the... Læs mere
A work of Irish urban history that studies the society and culture of townspeople, including their integration as citizens, their... Læs mere
This book offers a touching tribute to the work of Caroline Aherne, whose unforgettable characters and ground-breaking programmes remain much-loved years after her untimely death. -- .
John Robb has been at the forefront of musical culture since the 1980s. In this compelling memoir, he looks back on a life lived through and for music. -- .
Russo-Soviet imperialist hauntings conceptualizes neo-Gothic texts from the former Eastern Bloc... Læs mere
An ethnographic study of Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, revealing how borders, sovereignty and belonging are negotiated through everyday life, illicit economies and symbolic performances at Europe’s margins. -- .
A series of linked essays on particular Germans living in Manchester from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The themes of refuge (from the 1848 Revolutions in Europe, and later from Nazi Germany) and reparation run through the book. -- .
Democratizing AI argues that AI deployment is a political act requiring democratic control. Zimmermann offers a practical playbook for reclaiming public power from tech elites and shaping AI’s future through civic participation, regulation, and justice. -- .
This short, powerful book exposes how our essential services have become the assets of international finance, with devastating implications for the future. -- .
This short, powerful book exposes how our essential services have become the assets of international finance, with devastating implications for the future. -- .
Reframing Margaret Thatcher charts how contemporary British film and TV revisit and rewrite the clichéd Iron Lady. It demonstrates how the apparent depoliticization of British film makes visible new relations between genre, cinematic form, and imaginations of the past. -- .