An excellent guide to Mass-Observation and the period generally, this scholarly work also provides surprising insights into the role social research has played in the development of policy and mass democracy.
This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. explorations of the challenges the era of participatory media pose to public media;
Modernity and War explores and assesses the development of war in the modern period. The author explains the violence of the modern form of war by analysing cultural trends in Western states and their connections to racism, nationalism and narcissism.
The 1990-91 Gulf War, the Israeli-PLO agreement, instances of political and economic reform, and the radical political reassertion of Islam, all indicate that the post-Cold War Middle East is in the grip of dramatic changes.
This book is open access under a CC BY license and charts the rise and fall of various self-harming behaviours in... Læs mere
This is the first book to examine "migrant-soldiers' in the British army and places the phenomenon of Britain's multicultural army in relation to British culture, history and nationalism. It also explores the impact of war on UK society during the 21st Century
This book analyses the development and use of mathematical models in public health research and policy. By introducing a... Læs mere
A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in... Læs mere
This book presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization in order to get a more concrete understanding of its... Læs mere
The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic... Læs mere
An interdisciplinary collection exploring the practices and cultures of mapping in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It features contributions from... Læs mere
This collection, now in paperback, explores how universities are coping with the range of reforms and changes taking place across higher education today.