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Politics & International Relations
John McCormick, Indiana University, USA Looking at Britain at a time of great change and uncertainty, this 5th edition offers a thoughtprovoking and jargon-free introduction to British politics, society, culture and geography. With new topical case studies and analysis, it discusses the ongoing impact of Brexit, Covid-19, Scottish nationalism and recent general elections. A range of learning features present the latest empirical data and are accompanied by clear contextual information and explanation to give readers a sophisticated understanding of how and why Britain has become the country that it is today.
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 256 pages • 75 bw illus PB 9781350337084 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9781350337091 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781350337114 • £26.09 / $37.08 ePdf 9781350337107 • £26.09 / $37.08 Series: Contemporary States and Societies • Bloomsbury Academic
Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland
Allies and Abortion Provision
Edited by Fiona Bloomer, Ulster University, UK & Emma Campbell, Ulster University, UK Northern Ireland has enacted historical positive change in abortion law, from an almost complete ban to decriminalization in 2019. This book documents and analyzes how such historical change was achieved. This, the second of two volumes, places emphasis on allies and support for abortion provision, illustrating how the movement has relied upon an intersectional network of social movement actors, NGOs and fundraisers to maintain momentum and inclusivity.
UK November 2022 • US November 2022 • 288 pages HB 9781350278912 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350278929 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350278936 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic
Perspectives on Countering Extremism
Diversion and Disengagement
Edited by Shashi Jayakumar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore This volume analyzes Diversion strategies being deployed worldwide, aimed at diverting or deflecting individuals, and communities, from the path of radicalization. These include Diversion methods used among social workers, teachers, counselors and the police both in relation to individuals and communities. Case studies range across the Global North and South, presented by both academic and practitioner contributors, and address different branches of radicalization, the variety of strategies used as Diversion, and the results of these interventions.
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 256 pages HB 9781350253841 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350253858 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350253865 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic Donnybrook and Church-State Power in Ireland
Edited by Mark Coen, University College Dublin, Ireland, Katherine O’Donnell, University College Dublin, Ireland & Maeve O'Rourke, NUI Galway, Ireland Brings a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives to focus on one particular Magdalene institution: the Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry, run by the Religious Sisters of Charity in Dublin. This book is the first to focus specifically on one Magdalene laundry, examining a particular institution in a deep, sustained and methodical manner in order to illustrate the wider history of these institutions, their place in Irish society, and their contemporary significance in modern Ireland.
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 288 pages PB 9781350279049 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350279056 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350279063 • £19.79 / $27.47 ePdf 9781350279070 • £19.79 / $27.47 Bloomsbury Academic
Patriarchy in Practice
Ethnographies of Everyday Masculinities
Edited by Nikki van der Gaag, Amir Massoumian, SOAS, UK & Dan Nightingale, UCL, UK This collection covers a diverse and multidisciplinary range of topics on how masculinities might be re-imagined outside of patriarchal power structures. Contributors engage with theoretical frameworks engaging with feminist theory, contemporary politics of gender, bodies and marginalised experiences of masculinites. Global case studies are wide-ranging and include analysis of masculinity among communities such as drag artists, InCels and e-sports enthusiasts, as well as in the context of the body, for instance in relation to alcoholism and physical disability.
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 288 pages HB 9780755640041 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755640058 • £26.09 / $37.08 ePdf 9780755640065 • £26.09 / $37.08 Bloomsbury Academic
POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS – British & Irish Politics / Gender / Political Ideologies
A Thematic Approach
Stephen Noakes, The University of Auckland, New Zealand & Chris Wilson, The University of Auckland, New Zealand What exactly is a democracy? How does it emerge and spread? This textbook offers an accessible introduction to the subject of democratization. Taking a theoretical approach it is structured in two parts; ‘Democratization from Within’, which details the internal political, economical and social conditions that enable or constrain democratization, and ‘Democratization from Without’, which focuses on the external factors (those outside of the state) that create pressure for democratic reform. It assumes no prior knowledge and takes into account the emergent trends of global politics and challenges to democracy that have taken place in recent years.
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 256 pages PB 9781350328358 • £29.99 / $40.95 • HB 9781350328341 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePub 9781350328372 • £26.99 / $37.08 ePdf 9781350328365 • £26.99 / $37.08 Series: Political Analysis • Bloomsbury Academic
Between The Seas
Deborah Paci, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy Takes a comparative view of insularity in island identities through case studies of islands in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. Examining multiple sites of these islands’ identities such as history, environmental concerns and governance systems, this study provides a historical perspective into the relations between islands and the larger geopolitical regions around them as well as historicizing “insularist” rhetoric deployed by pro-independence groups within them. Paci analyzes the increasing political importance of islands in the European Union alongside the history of island insularity.
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781838606190 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781838606213 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781838606206 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic Ben Whitham, SOAS University of London, UK & Andrew Heywood, Freelance author, UK This systematic and integrated analysis of the theory and practice of contemporary international relations, covers traditional and critical theory, core issues and recent developments in the field. Diversified and dewesternised, this 3rd edition takes an impartial, global approach and considers a broad range of issues and actors. It places traditional Western thinkers in their historical context and brings in new, critical voices to show what the field of IR looks like today. A new critical theories chapter, expanded ‘Approaches To…’ boxes and accounts of the latest scholarship give readers a nuanced and pluralistic overview of IR theory. Updated empirical case studies bring the subject matter to life, and show how concepts and theories apply in practice. This is the ideal text for lecturers and students looking for a broad and inspiring overview of global politics today.
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 656 pages PB 9781350328419 • £36.99 / $49.95 • HB 9781350328426 • £120.00 / $160.00 ePub 9781350328440 • £33.29 / $46.70 ePdf 9781350328433 • £33.29 / $46.70 Bloomsbury Academic
Bonds of Blood?
Ekaterina Sokirianskaia, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway Focuses on a systematic analysis of subnational state-building in post-Soviet Chechnya and Ingushetia and the role of teips (clans) in this process. This study responds to the widely accepted academic claim that governance and ethnic consolidation in the North Caucasus are shaped by the politics of teips and the belief that late and uneven modernization, and the survival of tribal structures, have been accountable for systematic failures in state-building in the region. The research is based on over 200 interviews and features never-beforeseen access to the archives of the Chechen Parliament during the period of de facto independence.
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 288 pages HB 9781350271692 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350271708 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350271715 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic
The Politics and PR of Capitol Hill’s Image Makers
The Role of the Congressional Press Secretary
Edward J. Downes, Boston University, USA Based on interviews and qualitative data sets gathered over the course of 25 years - this is the first book to look in detail at the role of congressional press secretaries and how they shape the US political system. The result is a groundbreaking work on a new angle of US political history and a book that should be read by all those working on Capitol Hill and in the political world.
UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 272 pages PB 9780755602377 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9780755602360 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9780755602391 • £17.99 / $24.72 ePdf 9780755602384 • £17.99 / $24.72 Bloomsbury Academic
Andrew Heywood, Freelance author, UK & Clayton Chin, The University of Melbourne, Australia This introduction to the study of political theory equips readers with an understanding of the key concepts, traditions and thinkers of political theory, from the discipline's origins to its present day manifestation. Taking a problem-based approach, each chapter explores debates and controversies associated with different political ideas and schools of theory. It covers contemporary political theory as well as traditional theory and the historical development of political theory. It is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on political thought and political philosophy.
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 400 pages PB 9781350328563 • £36.99 / $49.95 • HB 9781350328570 • £120.00 / $160.00 ePub 9781350328594 • £33.29 / $46.70 ePdf 9781350328587 • £33.29 / $46.70 Bloomsbury Academic Late Colonialism in the World Today
Edited by Suren Pillay, University of the Western Cape, South Africa This volume brings together reflections on citizenship, political violence, race, ethnicity and gender, by some of the most critical voices of our times. Detailed and wide-ranging individual reflections, take the writings of prominent Ugandan political theorist Mahmood Mamdani as a touchstone for thinking about the world from Africa, arguing that we cannot make sense of the political contentions of difference, identity and citizenship today, without understanding the legacies of colonial rule on our world.
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 256 pages PB 9781350228993 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350228955 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350228962 • £19.79 / $27.47 ePdf 9781350228979 • £19.79 / $27.47 Bloomsbury Academic
Human Rights at the Intersections
Transformation through Local, Global, and Cosmopolitan Challenges
Edited by Anthony Tirado Chase, Occidental College, USA, Pardis Mahdavi, Arizona State University, USA, Sofia Gruskin, University of Southern California, USA & Hussein Banai, Indiana University, USA Exploring the “lived realities of human rights” that are shown to exist outside of traditional state-centrism and beyond a local-cosmopolitan binary, the contributions in this open access collection critically engage with debates on localism and cosmopolitanism, weaving insights from social sciences, humanities, and medicine into a broader call for interdisciplinary scholarship informed by practice. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 272 pages HB 9781350268661 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350268678 ePdf 9781350268685 Bloomsbury Academic
China's New Urbanization
Inequality and the New Chinese Dream
Jiabao Sun, King's College London, UK Recent state-led urbanisation initiatives in China have drastically transformed Chinese rural society - closing the urban-rural divide as well as redistributing wealth and altering the flows of social mobility. In this study Jiabao Sun asks: who are the winners and who are the losers in this process? This book uses two case studies of different modes of state-led rural urbanisation - in the villages of Tianjin and Zhejiang - in order to asses the impact on the livelihoods of the villagers as well as the success of the development initiatives.
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 192 pages PB 9780755642403 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781838607760 ePub 9781838607784 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781838607777 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic
Machines Against Measures
Irene Sotiropoulou, University of Hull, UK Monetary-theorist Irene Sotiropoulou explores and critiques the production means that were created for capitalist profit-making, showing how we can subvert these and use them for our own noncapitalist purposes. Using everyday examples from grassroots organisations, this offers new insights into how to be inventive with what we have at hand, revealing a more utopian vision of technology and work, based on re-defining how we measure what we do.
UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 192 pages PB 9780755639595 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9780755639588 • £55.00 / $75.00 ePub 9780755639601 • £16.19 / $23.34 ePdf 9780755639618 • £16.19 / $23.34 Series: Autonomy and Automation • Bloomsbury Academic
The Legacy of the Global Financial Crisis
Edited by Youssef Cassis & Jean-Jacques van Helten, European University Institute, Italy Much has been written on the financial crisis of 2008 – the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression – analysing its causes and the risks for the future of the global economy. This book takes an alternative approach which focuses on the legacy of the global financial crisis, what is remembered and what lessons have been drawn from it. This volume provides perspectives on this legacy from a variety of contributors including central bankers, regulators, politicians, academics, and journalists.
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 240 pages PB 9781350261433 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780755626625 ePub 9780755626632 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9780755626649 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic
Agency and the Politics of Migration
Tendayi Bloom, University of Birmingham, UK In Noncitizen Power Tendayi Bloom applies her novel politics of ‘noncitizenism’ - those fighting for political recognition either from their state or from the international system as a whole - to real-world policy. Through an analysis of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (adopted in December 2018) Bloom interrogates the power of migrants and civil society in determining the outcome of, and engaging with, global migration governance. As such, this book provides an important contribution to contemporary debates about solidarity, participation, legitimacy and justice in the international system.
UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 224 pages • 14 bw illus PB 9780755600199 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9780755600182 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9780755600212 • £19.79 / $27.47 ePdf 9780755600205 • £19.79 / $27.47 Bloomsbury Academic
Russian 'Hybrid Warfare' and the Annexation of Crimea
Kent DeBenedictis, Independent Scholar, Germany DeBenedictis links the use of Soviet practices, such as the deployment of propaganda, disinformation, front organizations, and forged political processes, in the Crimea in 2014 to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 (the “Prague Spring”) and the earliest stages of the invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Through an in-depth case study analysis of these conflicts this book demonstrates that the Crimea operation is in fact the modern adaptation of Soviet political warfare tools rather than the invention of a new type of warfare.
UK July 2022 • US July 2022 • 280 pages PB 9780755640034 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780755639991 ePub 9780755640003 • £26.09 / $37.08 ePdf 9780755640010 • £26.09 / $37.08 Bloomsbury Academic
Greece from Junta to Crisis
Modernization, Transition and Diversity
Dimitris Tziovas, Birmingham University, UK Shortlisted for the Runciman Award 2022. The recent economic crisis in Greece has triggered national self-reflection and prompted a re-examination of the political and cultural developments in the country since 1974. This study turns its attention to the cultural aspects of post-dictatorship Greece. With its focus on issues such as identity, antiquity, religion, language, literature, media, cinema, youth, gender and sexuality, this study is one of the first to examine cultural trends in Greece over the last fifty years.
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 320 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9780755642540 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780755617449 ePub 9780755617456 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9780755617463 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic Lenin in London and the Politics that Changed the World
Robert Henderson, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Robert Henderson uncovers, for the first time, the story of how Lenin met and fell in love with Apollinariya Yakubova – a revolutionary known as ' The Black Earth' - revealing his Londonbased political network, shedding new light on his world-view, which would become crucial in shaping the twentieth century. From the former Head of the Russian Archive at the British Library and featuring an extraordinary amount of new archival material, this is an essential addition to our knowledge of the roots of Russian communism.
UK February 2023 • US February 2023 • 288 pages • 24 b&w illus PB 9781350344730 • £14.99 / $19.95 Previously published in HB 9781784538620 ePub 9781838601065 • £27.00 / $38.46 ePdf 9781838601072 • £27.00 / $38.46 Bloomsbury Academic
Fascist Modernism in Italy
Arts and Regimes
Francesca Billiani, University of Manchester, UK Focusing largely on Mussolini’s Italy, Francesca Billiani argues that modernity was intertwined irrecoverably with fascism – that too often modernist buildings, art and writings are seen as a purely cultural output, when in fact the principles of modernist aesthetics constitute and are constituted by the principles of fascism. The obsession with the creation of the ‘new man’ in art and in reality is an example of this synergy at work. This book makes a key contribution to the field of twentieth century history – particularly in the study of fascism, while also appealing to students of art history and philosophy.
UK March 2023 • US March 2023 • 256 pages • 15 bw illus PB 9780755642076 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784535230 ePub 9781788317580 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781788317597 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic
Gender and Organized Crime in Italy
Women's Agency in Italian Mafias
Ombretta Ingrascì, University of Milan, Italy In this comprehensive study of the role of women in the Italian mafia, Ombretta Ingrasci asseses the role and spaces of women within traditionally male, patriarchal organized crime units. The study draws on an extensive range of research, legal reports and interviews with women involved with the mafia, public officials and police. Placed within a framework of political, social, cultural and religious history, post-1945, this book provides an excellent history of women and organized crime in modern Italy.
UK January 2023 • US January 2023 • 232 pages PB 9780755642069 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350150782 ePub 9781350238824 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350238831 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic World All Languages (except Italian)
