Publications
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The Public and Their Platforms
(2021)
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As social media is increasingly becoming a standard feature of sociological practice, this timely book rethinks the role of these mediums in public sociology ...
Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution
(2022)
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During the 20th century the locus of care shifted from large institutions into the community. However, this shift was not always accompanied by liberation from ...
Time, Migration and Forced Immobility
(2019)
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This book is concerned with the effects of migration policy making in Europe on migrants in the Global South and links insights on immobility to social theories ...
Poverty and Prejudice
(2023)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how efforts to achieve SDGs can be enhanced by paying greater attention to freedom of religion and belief. In ...
Inside High-Rise Housing
(2022)
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Condominium and comparable legal architectures make vertical urban growth possible, but do we really understand the social implications of restructuring city ...
Post-Liberal Statebuilding in Central Asia
(2022)
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Drawing on decolonial perspectives on peace, statehood and development, this illuminating book examines post-liberal statebuilding in Central Asia. It uses ...
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 ...
Muslims and humour
(2022)
muslims; humour; essays
Social Movements and Politics during COVID-19
(2022)
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Bringing together leading authors in the sociology and social movement fields from all continents, this unique book explores both the global echoes of the ...
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 ...
Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development
(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 ...
Navigating the European Migration Regime
(2022)
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Anna Wyss’ survey of the heavily politicised group of male migrants in Europe provides insightful analysis of both masculinity and the European migration crisis. ...
COVID-19, the Global South and the Pandemic’s Development Impact
(2022)
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This book examines the unique implications of the pandemic in the Global South.
With international contributors from a variety of disciplines, it investigates ...
Safeguarding Young People Beyond the Family Home
(2022)
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During adolescence, young people are exposed to a range of risks beyond their family homes including sexual and criminal exploitation, peer-on-peer abuse ...
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 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 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 ...
Faces of Precarity
(2022)
The digital PDF of the Introduction, Chapter 3, Chapter 8 and 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 ...
The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
(2022)
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The Gulf is a major global destination for migrant workers, with a majority of these workers coming from South Asia. In this book, a team of international ...
Chapter 5 Practising Theorizing in Theorizing Praxis
(2022)
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This collection brings together leading figures in the study of international relations to explore praxis as a perspective on international ...
Feminist Conversations on Peace
(2022)
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What is feminist peace? How can we advocate for peace from patriarchy? What do women, globally, advocate for when they use the term 'peace'? This edited ...
Gender Inequalities in Tech-driven Research and Innovation
(2022)
ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume explores why, despite numerous programmes, women continue to constitute a minority in tech-driven research and innovation areas in the Nordic ...
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 ...
Youth Beyond the City
(2022)
This interdisciplinary collection charts the experiences of young people in places of spatial marginality around the world, dismantling the privileging of urban youth, urban locations and urban ways of life in youth studies ...
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 ...
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’, ...
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 ...
Algorithms and the End of Politics
(2021)
EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This timely study considers the growing impacts of digital technologies on populism in the US and beyond. Analysing the rise of digital devices, social networks and the ...
Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa
(2022)
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This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban settings in Uganda and South Africa, ...
Arctic Justice
(2023)
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Offering a unique introduction to the study of justice in the European, North American and Russian Arctic, this collection considers the responsibilities ...
Data Power in Action
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Today, the intensive use of data is changing politics, power relations and everyday life. Drawing on the study of different cities in the Global South, this ...
Climate Litigation and Justice in Africa
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume brings together an international team of contributors to provide a much-needed examination of climate litigation in Africa. The book outlines how ...
Studying Generations
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This collection introduces and explores the growing field of generational studies, providing a comprehensive overview of its strengths and limitations. With ...
Peer Relationships at School
(2024)
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book draws on ethnographic research in two UK secondary schools, considering the shifting roles of migration status, language, ethnicity, religion and precarity ...
A Realist Philosophy of Economics
(2023)
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With contributions from Alan Kirman and Rod O'Donnell, Karl Mittermaier's posthumously published work establishes a conceptual framework that will help economic ...
Ethnographic Methods in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This edited volume discusses the methodological and ethical challenges that researchers are currently facing whilst attempting to document the impact of the ...
Epigenetics and Responsibility
(2024)
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume brings together an international team of contributors to provide a much-needed examination of climate litigation in Africa. The book outlines how ...
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 ...
The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance
(2023)
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With Agenda 2030, the UN adopted wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that integrate development and environmental agendas. This book focuses on ...