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Dear Readers, At De Gruyter, we are developing a new global publishing program in Politics/ International Relations, Sociology and Human Geography. It focusses on a broad s­ pectrum of contemporary and interdisciplinary topics.

They range from international ­relations and comparative politics to European and American politics, including migration, race, innovation, cultural and digital sociology, social policy and health sociology (also pandemic research).

We publish academic research, handbooks in up-and-upcoming areas, very-fast-turnaround digital-first interventions and paperback-first academic trade titles. Our books communicate across the divide between academia, practitioners, policymakers and the academic trade markets. We have an established Open Access program and our titles are promoted and sold via our established University Partner­ship programs which include most US and European University Presses.

We are seeking new publishing proposals.

If you would like to discuss a project informally, please drop me a line.

Gerhard Boomgaarden Editorial Director, Social Sciences Gerhard.Boomgaarden@degruyter.com @degruyter_soc blog.degruyter.com

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Selected Titles in Politics & International Relations Carl C. Yonker THE RISE AND FALL OF GREATER SYRIA A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party 04/2021. XI, 291 pp.

HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook € 80.95 EUR / US$ 92.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-072847-7

The Syrian Social Nationalist Party devoted itself to reviving and unifying the Syrian nation and establishing this nation’s complete independence over its historical homeland, Greater Syria. It continues its struggle today, influencing and shaping Lebanese and Syrian society and politics. Yet, the party remains largely unknown and misunderstood, a condition that stems from the lack of any comprehensive study of it. This book fills this gap.

Ofir Winter PEACE IN THE NAME OF ALLAH Islamic Discourses on Treaties with Israel 02/2022. XIII, 246 pp.

HC € 89.95 / US$ 103.99 ebook € 89.95 / US$ 103.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-073512-3

Through an analysis of dozens of fatwas, sermons, essays, books, interviews, and other media, Peace in the Name of Allah examines how Egyptian, Jordanian, and Emirati political and religious authorities introduced Islamic justifications for peace with Israel, and how those opposed countered them.

Fortunato Musella MONOCRATIC GOVERNMENT The Impact of Personalisation on Democratic Regimes 03/2022. VI, 156 pp.

HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-072138-6

This book analyses the impact of personalisation of political leaders on democratic government. It explores topics such as governmental decrees, Trump-governance, digital innovation and the coronavirus outbreak. Offering comparative insights on how political leaders govern in the US, France, Germany, Italy and Hungary, it brings into focus the study of political personalisation in relation to some of the key trends and crises in modern politics.

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Iskren Ivanov PANDEMICS AMONG NATIONS U.S. Foreign Policy and the New Grand Chessboard Coming soon  07/2022. X, 225 pp.

HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-074075-2

Pandemics Among Nations addresses the geopolitical puzzle of the post-pandemic world order and explains how COVID 19 has remastered Brzezinski’s theory of the Grand Chessboard.

Ivanov argues that a China-led system of alliances will prove to be a bigger challenge to U.S. global dominance than a unified Eurasia. If the United States desire to preserve its dominant position in the post-pandemic age, they will have to reshape their concept of smart power.

Michele Micheletti THE SWEDISH POLITICAL MODEL Values, Challenges and Democracy Planned  04/2023. X, 300 pp.

HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 eBook € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook Chunk + Custom Price € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-072123-2

From its immigration policies in 2015, to its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, social democracy’s changing role has put Sweden in international limelight again. This book critically reviews and compares different definitions of the Swedish model and offers greater understanding of its strengths and weaknesses. It considers how and why the Swedish model has been mythologized and how it relates to social and gender equality, and inclusion.

Antoinette Pole, Renée van Vechten THE POLITICS AND POLICY OF FOOD Power, Sustainability, and Wellness Planned  06/2023. X, 300 pp.

HC € 44.95 / US$ 51.99 eBook € 44.95 / US$ 51.99 ebook Chunk + Custom Price € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-074036-3

The Politics and Policy of Food provides an overview of the food system in the context of US culture and politics, examining food policy and its socio-historical and political development through the lenses of power, sustainability, and wellness, and depicting how this complex system does—and doesn’t—work.

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Michael P. McDonald

FROM PANDEMIC TO INSURRECTION Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election

Coming soon  07/2022. X, 200 pp.

PB € 19.95 / US$ 22.99 HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook € 19.95 / US$ 22.99 ISBN PB 978-3-11-076780-3 ISBN HC 978-3-11-076680-6

From Pandemic to Insurrection describes voting in the 2020 US election, from the presidential nomination to new voting laws post-election. Election officials and voters navigated the challenging pandemic to hold the highest turnout election since 1900. President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the pandemic’s severity coupled with frequent vote fraud accusations affected how states provided safe voting and ultimately led to an unsuccessful insurrection.

Stanley R. Sloan

DE-TRUMPING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Can Biden Bring America Back?

11/2021. XIII, 93 pp.

PB € 26.95 / US$ 30.99 ebook € 26.95 / US$ 30.99 ISBN 978-3-11-075902-0

America’s reputation and power fell to new lows during Trump’s presidency. Militarily, the United States held its own, but its soft power suffered mightily. President Biden pledges to work with the international community, rely on cooperation with like-minded allies, challenge adversaries, and restore American democracy, society and economy to levels that will once again command international respect.

De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy will address the objectives, obstacles, and potential outcomes of this attempt over the next few years.

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Gregory T. Moore

BEYOND THE ­VOTING RIGHTS ACT

The Untold Story of the Struggle to Reform America’s Voter Registration Laws Coming soon  07/2022. X, 230 pp.

PB € 23.95 / US$ 27.99 HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook € 80.95 EUR / US$ 92.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN PB 978-3-11-074231-2 ISBN HC 978-3-11-078273-8

Beyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded in American history and are still underway across the country.

Matt Qvortrup

DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS The Slow Demise of Democracy

06/2021. XIV, 187 pp.

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Putting the current crisis of democracy into historical perspective, this book chronicles how would-be despots, dictators, and outright tyrants have finessed the techniques of killing democracies. It shows how autocratic government becomes a kleptocracy, sustained only to enrich the ruler and his immediate family. The book also addresses the problems of being a dictator and considers if dictatorships are successful in delivering public policies.

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Yanina Welp THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America Coming soon  06/2022. X, 170 pp.

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The Will of the People: Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America argues that while populist leaders typically claim to speak ‘in the name of the people’, they rarely allow the people to express their opinion independently through institutions of citizen participation. The argument is rooted in theoretical discussions and empirical analyses of trends and specific cases.

COMPLEMENTARY DEMOCRACY The Art of D ­ eliberative Listening Edited by Matt Qvortrup and Daniela Vancic Planned  02/2023. X, 250 pp.

HC € 71.95 / US$ 82.99 ebook € 71.95 / US$ 82.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-074724-9

Complementary Democracy: The Art of Deliberative Listening is a comprehensive overview of complementary forms of representative democracy including referendums, eDemocracy, agenda initiatives, petitions, sortition and recall.

Andrew Blick DEMOCRATIC TURBULENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Planned  02/2023. X, 200 pp.

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Democratic Turbulence in the United Kingdom assesses the past, present and future of the democratic system of the United Kingdom (UK). The author has over a number of years considered democratic and constitutional development in the UK from a variety of perspectives. Drawing on this previous work, in this book he proposes a combined theory of the functioning of UK democracy.

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Jean-Francois Caron VIOLENT ALTERNATIVES TO WAR Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism 09/2021. V, 121 pp.

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Violent Alternatives to War: Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism engages in a moral discussion of the challenges associated with violent alternatives to war when confronting terrorism and suggests a comprehensive approach to how this form of violence can be legitimized and how it ought to be used against this contemporary threat.

Boris Kashnikov THE RISE OF HUMANITARIAN TERRORISM Planned  06/2023. X, 200 pp.

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While wars are usually declared and waged as “just”, they should often be regarded as terrorism nonetheless. This reality is referred to as “humanitarian terrorism”. The Rise of Humanitarian Terrorism discusses its internal logic. The American-led so called “War on Terror” that emerged out of the ruins of the World Trade Center is a good example, as are the recent Russian war in Chechnya, the war in Syria and the Israeli war in Palestine.

Barney Warf POST-TRUTH GEOGRAPHIES Planned  02/2023. X, 210 pp.

HC € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 eBook € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 ISBN 978-3-11-074960-1

Post-Truth Geographies summarizes the history and philosophy of post-truth from Nietzsche until the present. It maps the emergence of post-truth society from the changing divisions of labor under post-capitalism to the rise of ves and the places and people left behind economically and intellectually.

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Jennifer Hamer, Clarence Lang

GHOSTS OF THE ALMA MATER Race, Structural Violence, and the Dilemmas of Blackness in the University Planned  03/2023. X, 200 pp.

PB € 24.95 / US$ 28.99 ebook € 24.95 / US$ 28.99 ISBN 978-3-11-075762-0

Ghosts of the Alma Mater shows that US universities continue to be sites of persistent structural violence where Black students, faculty and staff particularly suffer racialized harm. These injuries are consequences of university decision-making, policies and practices generally fostered or accepted by university leaders, governing boards, and other major constituencies.

Samuel A. Chambers

MONEY HAS NO VALUE Planned  01/2023. X, 160 pp.

PB € 26.95 / US$ 30.99 HC € 67.95 / US$ 78.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN PB 978-3-11-076090-3 ISBN HC 978-3-11-076072-9

Money Has No Value develops a new theory of money and tracks the question of money across disciplinary boundaries. It offers a detailed critique of the dominant “heterodox” and “post-Keynesian” authors and connects the theory of money with the practices of money markets, derivatives, and global money flows.

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Raj Chari, Isabel Rozas

VIRUSES, VACCINES, AND ANTIVIRALS: WHY POLITICS MATTERS 11/2021. X, 225 pp.

PB € 26.95 / US$ 30.99 HC € 78.95 / US$ 90.99 ebook € 78.95 / US$ 90.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN PB 978-3-11-076484-0 ISBN HC 978-3-11-074358-6

This short book brings together novel cross-interdisciplinary investigation from both natural and social science, representing a true hybrid across disciplines examining the ‘politics’ and ‘science’ of COVID-19. Viruses, Vaccines, and Antivirals: Why Politics Matters considers the dynamics surrounding viruses, proposed vaccines, and antiviral therapies, contextualizing what governments have done during the COVID-19 crisis.

Patrick Bernhagen, David Kybelka CORONA, THE LOCKDOWN AND THE MEDIA A Quantitative Frame Analysis of Media Coverage and Restrictive Policy Responses Coming soon  10/2022. X, 160 pp.

HC € 72.95 / US$ 83.99 ebook € 72.95 / US$ 83.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-076520-5

Corona, the Lockdown and the Media investigates media influence on political decisions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Building on previous research, the authors propose that news reporting on the pandemic pitch human impact against economic consequences. They model the relationship between the pandemic, public opinion, policy responses and media reporting and test the model using data from France, Germany and the UK.

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NIGERIA’S 2019 DEMOCRATIC EXPERIENCE Edited by Egodi Uchendu and Olawari D. J. Egbe Coming soon  06/2022. X, 250 pp.

HC € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 ebook € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-076643-1

Nigeria’s democratisation efforts since attaining political independence from Britain in 1960 have been tumultuous and have spanned over three successive republics. A persistent bug that has decimated Nigeria’s democracy repeatedly leading to military coups has been brazen electoral violence perpetrated by the nation’s political elite. Nigeria’s 2019 Democratic Experience analyses and explains what was wrong with Nigeria’s experiment with democracy.

Selected Titles in Sociology

José A. Tapia CHERNOBYL AND THE MORTALITY CRISIS IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER USSR Coming soon  09/2022. X, 170 pp.

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality crisis which affected Eastern Europe and the republics of the former USSR at the time of the transition to a market economy was arguably the major peacetime health crisis of recent decades. This book discusses the importance of that crisis, surprisingly underplayed in the scientific literature, and presents evidence suggesting a potential role of the Chernobyl disaster among its causes.

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Xiaobai Shen THE IMITATION PARADOX How China Became a Leader in Digital Innovation?

Planned  02/2023. X, 220 pp.

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The Imitation Paradox—How China Became a Leader in Digital Innovation examines how China has become a technological powerhouse. This book offers a conceptual framework to understand the interplay between technical and social development and dynamic social changes in China.

Matías L. Saidel PUNITIVE NEOLIBERALISM The Emergence of the New Right and New Forms of R ­ esistance Planned  02/2023. X, 200 pp.

HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook € 80.95 EUR / US$ 92.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-072326-7

Punitive Neoliberalism: The Emergence of the New Right and New Forms of Resistance analyzes the violent enforcement of neoliberal governmentality and the emergence of a new Right that combines political authoritarianism with neoliberal economic principles. It shows that the roots of the violence lie within neoliberal power apparatuses whose racialized, colonized, genderized and precarized populations cannot adjust to competitive norms.

Cara Reed, Michael ​Reed ENOUGH OF EXPERTS Expert Authority in Crisis Planned  05/2023. X, 210 pp.

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Enough of Experts: Expert Authority in Crisis analyses the challenges to expert authority in neoliberal political economies and societies, critically assessing the orthodox or ‘received’ model of expert authority as it has come under escalating pressures from a nexus of ideological, organizational, technological and cultural changes. The book also presents a new model of expert authority grounded in the ‘dynamics of contestation and trust’.

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Bryan S. Turner

A THEORY OF CATASTROPHE Planned  06/2023. X, 160 pp.

HC € 79.95 / US$ 91.99 ebook € 79.95 EUR / US$ 91.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-077223-4

Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing modern society as essentially unstable and conflict driven. However, it has not seriously studied catastrophes: the total breakdown of society. A Theory of Catastrophe develops a sociology of catastrophes through historical examples, comparing natural and political causes and the social theories that might offer explanations.

Bent Greve

MULTIDIMENSIONAL INEQUALITIES International Perspectives Across Welfare States

10/2021. XIII, 166 pp.

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Multidimensional Inequalities is a deep dive into the historical contexts and contemporary realities that negatively influence society and its structures. It is often overlooked that inequality is not just about income and wealth but rather a broad spectrum of intersecting factors. This book focuses on each aspect individually, analysing its effect on welfare systems, and informs about the instruments available to reduce inequality.

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Ingrid Biese MEN DO IT TOO Opting Out and In Paperback version forthcoming!

06/2021. X, 179 pp.

HC € 88.95 / US$ 101.99 ebook € 88.95 EUR / US$ 101.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-072416-5

This volume offers a timely and comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of men leaving mainstream careers to live and work on their own terms. The book investigates how contemporary life, masculine norms and work expectations affect men’s decisions to opt out, what they do instead, and how these decisions affect them.

Rodney Loeppky A DEAL THEY CAN’T RESIST Adaptive Accumulation and American Public Policy 02/2022. VI, 148 pp.

HC € 89.95 / US$ 103.99 ebook € 89.95 EUR / US$ 103.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-076174-0

This work argues that a component part of US neoliberalism involves adaptive accumulation, a process in which capital seeks to enlarge public programs, as a means to reroute public revenues into private revenue streams. Along the way, corporations project quasi-public aspirations as a central part of their commercial mission, as the state carves out new—or expands old—areas of accumulative growth for corporate America.

Andrew Ryder THE CHALLENGE TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN ­HUNGARY A Case Study in Authoritarianism, Culture War and Resistance 03/2022. XX, 232 pp.

HC € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 ebook € 89.95 EUR / US$ 102.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-074958-8

The Challenge to Academic Freedom in Hungary: A Case Study in Culture War, Authoritarianism and Resistance presents a case study as to how an authoritarian regime like the one in Hungary seeks to tame academic freedom.

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ENERGY FUTURES Anthropocene Challenges, Emerging Technologies and Everyday Life Edited by Simone Abram, Karen Waltorp, Nathalie Ortar and Sarah Pink Coming soon  10/2022. X, 220 pp.

HC € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 ebook € 89.95 EUR / US$ 102.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-074562-7

Energy Futures proposes and demonstrates a new critical and interventional futures-oriented energy anthropology. Combining the theories and methods of futures anthropology with the critical expertise and perspectives of energy anthropology this book disrupts the dominant narratives about how energy will be sourced, shared and used.

Nicolai N. Petro THE TRAGEDY OF UKRAINE What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution Coming soon  10/2022. X, 200 pp HC € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 ebook € 89.95 EUR / US$ 102.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-074324-1

The Tragedy of Ukraine seeks to transform discourse about the Ukrainian conflict. It challenges the conventional view that this is primarily an interstate conflict. By acknowledging the conflict’s deep domestic roots, all parties within Ukraine and beyond can move from confrontation to dialogue. To assist in this endeavor, the book employs the lens of classical Greek tragedy, which has performed a similar function in Athenian society.

Louis Everuss DIGITAL MOBILITIES AND SMART BORDERS How Digital Technologies Transform Migration and Sovereign Borders Planned  01/2023. X, 255 pp.

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The integration of digital technology into daily life is making social and political relations reliant on digitally stored and transmitted data.

Digital Mobilities studies the impacts of ‘digitisation’ on state borders and global migration, demonstrating how it is changing the dynamics of international travel and the very nature of state territory.

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PANDEMICS, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY Critical Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis Edited by Gerard Delanty 02/2021. VIII, 270 pp.

PB € 35.95 / US$ 42.99 HC POD € 94.95 / US$ 109.99 ebook € 94.95 EUR / US$ 109.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN PB 978-3-11-071323-7 ISBN HC 978-3-11-072020-4

With dynamic contributions from key academics, Pandemics, Politics, and Society shows that Covid-19 has widespread implications for the core of our society. Articles range across its social, economic and political dimensions, including the role of medical experts, emergency governance and social inequalities.

Piotr Idczak and Ida Musiałkowska FINANCIAL ENGINEERING IN SUSTAINABLE FUNDING OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE EU Reflections on the JESSICA Initiative Coming soon  08/2022. X, 200 pp.

HC € 79.95 / US$ 91.99 ebook € 79.95 EUR / US$ 91.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-076217-4

This book provides insights on the JESSICA funding model which focuses on supporting sustainable urban development projects in a repayable and recyclable way. It examines the functioning and performance of the JESSICA financial engineering mechanism and formulates policy recommendations for the future.

Petter Törnberg BEYOND THE ECHO CHAMBER Polarization in the Social Media Society Planned  05/2023. X, 200 pp.

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This book studies the link between digital media and political polarization through an innovative empirical lens. The authors trace 20 years of discussions in a far-right online community, and capture the dynamics of polarization using computational models.

This shows that digital media drive polarization not by isolating us in “echo chambers”, but by stoking conflict, and creating a space where we engage with opinions as identities.

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Frank Furedi

100 YEARS OF IDENTITY CRISIS Culture War Over Socialisation

09/2021. VIII, 251 pp.

PB € 26.95 / US$ 30.99 HC POD € 102.95 / US$ 118.99 ebook € 102.95 EUR / US$ 118.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN PB 978-3-11-070512-6 ISBN HC 978-3-11-070557-7

The concept of Identity Crisis came into use in the 1940s and has continued to dominate the cultural zeitgeist ever since. This exploration of its origins argues that its principal driver was and continues to be the conflict surrounding the socialisation of young people, which provides a terrain on which the Culture Wars and the politicisation of identity has flourished.

This study is a unique account of the origins and rise of the Culture Wars.

Deborah Lupton, Clare Southerton, Marianne Clark and Ash Watson

THE FACE MASK IN COVID TIMES A Sociomaterial Analysis

04/2021. XIII, 102 pp.

HC € 34.95 / US$ 41.99 ebook € 34.95 EUR / US$ 41.99 ISBN 978-3-11-072325-0

Beyond its role as a protective covering against coronavirus infection, the face mask is the bearer of immense symbolic and political power and arouses intense emotions. Adopting an international perspective informed by social theory, The Face Mask in COVID Times: A Sociomaterial Analysis offers an intriguing and original investigation of the social, cultural and historical dimensions of face-masking as a practice in the age of COVID.

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Rebecca Lemos Igreja, Richard Santos, Carlos Agudelo RACE AND RACISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN A Crossview from Brazil Planned  01/2023. X, 280 pp.

HC € 80.95 / US$ 92.99 ebook € 80.95 EUR / US$ 92.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-072726-5

Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Crossview from Brazil discusses the racial issue in Latin America by inserting Brazil’s perspective within the regional debate.

Through a dialogical scheme, the volume offers a panorama of historical contexts and distinctions, contemporary state of affairs, mobilizations and interethnic relations of the black population and the impact of racial policies across the region.

Francisco Valdés-Ugalde DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA The Failure of Inclusion and the Resurgence of Authoritarianism Planned  07/2023. X, 250 pp HC € 89.95 / US$ 102.99 ebook € 89.95 EUR / US$ 102.99 ebook Chunk + Custom € 30.00 / US$ 42.00 ISBN 978-3-11-077347-7

Never since the transition to democracy have so many citizens in Latin American countries had the chance to elect their governments across such a long time span. A new wave of autocratization has set in. Authoritarian actors live through democratic procedures to preserve and advance authoritarian enclaves.

This book addresses the extent to which democratic and authoritarian forces are intertwined in political processes and institutional design.

On the following pages we present our selected Series in the field of Politics/IR & Sociology.

SERIES LATIN AMERICA IN PERSPECTIVE

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Edited by Rebecca Lemos Igreja and Camilo Negri, University of Brasilia and Latin American College of Global Studies — FLACSO Brazil.

The series builds on the concept that specific Latin American perspectives, theoretical frameworks, and empirical research reflect the debate about broader global issues in the context of multidimensional and globalized trends. Through a diversified selection of contributors, the series will centre on cross-regional analyses and promote interdisciplinary, multi-situated, empirical and comparative approaches. Latin America in Perspective: Society, Culture and Politics will be a forum for the discussion of timely issues around local and regional societal, political, and judicial topics, exploring issues such as inequalities and social justice. Concentrating on publications with a rigorous empirical focus, the series aims to inspire broader theoretical propositions and debates informed by current international trends in methodology and theory.

ISSN: 2749-9367 / e-ISSN 2749-9375

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SERIES DEMOCRACY IN TIMES OF UPHEAVAL Edited by Matt Qvortrup, Coventry University, United Kingdom.

We live in times of change. Societies are in flux. Countries are becoming more polarised and divisions are growing deeper. The book series Democracy in Times of Upheaval goes behind the headlines and provides explanations and perspectives on the challenges facing us today.

ISSN: 2701-147X / e-ISSN 2701-1488

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SERIES DE GRUYTER DISRUPTIONS

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This series of short and accessible books is a one-stop shop for readers across academic disciplines, policymakers and everyone seeking research based insights into the big issues of our times. De Gruyter Disruptions publishes fast/turnaround analyses of cutting edge investigations of important topics, enabling publication of substantial research results or interventions on a specific theme.

ISSN: 2748-9086 / e-ISSN 2748-9094

Further information at degruyter.com

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SERIES FACING CONTEMPORARY TERRORISM Edited by Jean-François Caron, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, and University of Opole, Poland.

Terrorism plays an enormous role in the way our world is shaped today. Facing Contemporary Terrorism discusses the differences between ancient and new terrorism and provides an understanding of the various political and ethical challenges associated with this phenomenon. Based on case-studies of terrorist organizations, the series offers new intellectually rigorous approaches on how this form of political violence can be effectively fought through novel means of actions, and how the morality of warfare is affected by the elusive enemy. Volumes in this series will contribute to moving the study of terrorism into new interdisciplinary directions and to providing scholars with the best possible examination of this political threat.

ISSN: 2749-1188 / e-ISSN 2749-1196

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SERIES VIRAL POLITICS Edited by Raj Chari and Isabel Rozas, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

This series addresses viral politics with an initial focus on the ‘COVID phenomenon’: more than a viral infection, COVID-19 has impacted how scientists find solutions, what governments do, and how societies react. With this multi-dimensional impact in mind, the series captures the interdisciplinary investigation that seeks to understand this phenomenon and address future challenges when other pandemics or health emergencies arise.

Its genesis is in the series’ first book that examines the science and politics of COVID-19, offering insights on drug and vaccine development and the importance of public policy in the absence of quick scientific solutions. Subsequent books will continue with this approach by bringing social and natural science investigation together. With an editorial advisory board of leading scholars across various fields, the series of short and accessible books is aimed to be the one-stop shop for readers from different disciplines, including academics, policymakers, and the general public. The insights into this phenomenon will impact and shape many aspects of our lives for years to come.

ISSN: 2747-6863 / e-ISSN 2747-6871

Further information at viral-politics.com

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Selected Highlight Journals

THE FORUM A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics Volume 20 (2022), 4 issues per volume, ISSN: 1540-8884 Edited by: Jeffrey Stonecash, David Hopkins Impact Factor: 0.683 This journal provides a forum for professionally informed commentary on issues affecting contemporary American politics. This includes but is not limited to issues engaging parties, elections, and political participation; the news media, interest groups, Congress, the Presidency, and the Courts; trends in public finance, presidential popularity, congressional productivity; in contemporary, historical, or comparative perspective.

OPEN POLITICAL SCIENCE Volume 5 (2022), 1 issue per volume, ISSN: 2543-8042 Editor-in-chief: Raffaele de Mucci Open Political Science is an international, open access, peer-reviewed academic journal that welcomes contributions written in English addressing political science in its various forms and aspects: historical, philosophical and sociological. Contributions are written by researchers who represent different schools and points of view. The aim of the journal is to promote an international and interdisciplinary dialogue.

STATISTICS, POLITICS AND POLICY Volume 13 (2022), 3 issues per volume, ISSN: 2151-7509 Editor-in-chief: Uwe Wagschal Statistics, Politics, and Policy studies the ways that statistical analysis drives public policy decisions, and publishes significant research on the application of statistical ideas to problems that relate to policy implementation. The journal aims to open avenues of communication between statisticians and policy makers on questions that pique the interest of the public.

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Further Journals

HUMAN AFFAIRS Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly Volume 32 (2022), 4 issues per volume ISSN: 1337-401X Editor-in-chief: Gabriel Bianchi

NEW GLOBAL STUDIES Volume 16 (2022), 3 issues per volume ISSN: 1940-0004 Edited by: Nayan Chanda, Akira Iriye, Bruce Mazlish, Saskia Sassen

NONPROFIT POLICY FORUM Volume 13 (2022), 4 issues per volume ISSN: 2154-3348 Edited by: Alan Abramson, Mirae Kim, Stefan Toepler

PEACE ECONOMICS, PEACE SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY Volume 28 (2022), 4 issues per volume ISSN: 1554-8597 Editor-in-chief: Raul Caruso

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