New Titles Catalogue
Spring/Summer 2025
Welcome
Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2025 catalogue from Bristol University Press and Policy Press, winner of the Independent Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year 2024.
The panel of judges said: "Bristol has a very clear, mission-led and impact-based publishing strategy with social issues at the core. It’s made some great strides forward lately… and beyond the numbers, its books make a difference."
Our publishing programme demonstrates our dedication to excellence, innovation and diversity.
This season our outstanding range of new titles includes Embracing Uncertainty by Margaret Heffernan (page 9), which considers how the agency and independence of artists can be integrated into all our lives.
Cécile Simmon's new book CTRL HATE DELETE examines how a collection of male supremacists have turned their niche viewpoints into a mainstream movement (page 11).
We also have four new titles in our What Is It For? series: What Is Journalism For?, What Is The Monarchy For?, What is the Welfare State For? and What Is Humanism For? (pages 7 & 8).
Read on for news of our all our new titles and where you can find them on our platform BristolUniversityPressDigital.
All Bristol University Press and Policy Press content in one place
Providing access to our complete catalogue of over 2000 books and 8000 journal articles including 750+ open access resources, our digital platform is designed to maximise the discoverability of our authors’ work across books and journals.
Intuitive and easy to use for both readers and librarians, our platform provides users with uniquely curated, themed e-collections around the Global Social Challenges and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), enabling scholarly communities and practitioners with crucial insights to effect positive change in the world.
Bristol University Press Digital Curated eBook Collections
Our curated eBook collections are regularly updated with newly released content reflecting the latest cutting-edge research within the related discipline.
The comprehensive Bristol University Press and Policy Press collection provides your institution with access to over 25 years of award-winning publications. This extensive archive features a wide range of Policy Press works, renowned for their excellence in Sociology, Social and Public Policy, and Social Work.
Business, Management and Economics - 60+ books
A growing list that brings a fresh perspective on the economy, the future of work and organisations and the relationship between business and wider society. The collection includes dynamic series like Organizations and Activism and Understanding Work and Employment Relations. Key titles include: Redeeming Leadership, The Economic History of Colonialism, Moomin Management, Labour Conflicts in the Digital Age and Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy
Children, Young People and Families - 110+ books
This long-established interdisciplinary list brings together work across Childhood Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, including bestselling textbooks and critical monographs such as the The Dynamics of Young Fatherhood, Decolonizing Childhoods, Child Development and the Brain, Children, Family and the State and Understanding Abuse in Young People’s Intimate Relationships
Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law - 250+ books
Combining related disciplines under an umbrella collection, the list has established itself with a focus on social justice and social change at a local and international level. Leading experts, from Foluke Adebisi to Simon Harding, contribute to key debates in the field with research, theory and policy-orientated work. Key titles include: Luxury and Corruption, Racial Justice and the Limits of the Law, Property and Contemporary Capitalism, Trafficking Chains and The Policing Mind
Politics and International Relations - 185+ books
One of our newest collections, the Politics and International Relations list comes with a truly diverse and international perspective. The list is home to cutting-edge series including Bristol Studies in International Theory, Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics and Spaces of Peace, Security and Development. Key titles include: War, Technology and the State, Masculinities, Gender and International Relations, Queer Conflict Research, The Internet Left and Reluctance in World Politics
Bristol University Press and Policy Press complete eBook collection
Business, Management and Economics
Children, Young People and Families
Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law
Politics and International Relations
Social and Public Policy - 370+ books
At the core of Policy Press, this extensive collection has been publishing groundbreaking research for over 25 years. Authored by leading experts, the books in this list continue to boldly address important social issues and shape new policies. Key titles include: Researching Global Education Policy, Meaningful Philanthropy, Women and Welfare Conditionality, Who’s Afraid of Political Education? and Philanthropic Response to Disasters
Social Work and Community Development – 200+ books
This collection integrates cutting-edge research with insightful commentary, alongside textbooks and practical guides, all designed to translate research into real-world applications, driving positive societal change. Key titles include: Social Work and Social Innovation, Transitional Safeguarding, The Enlightened Social Worker, Contextual Safeguarding, Living on the Edge and Social Work’s Histories of Complicity and Resistance.
Sociology - 300+ books
This collection covers established and emerging research in some our most influential subject areas. Led by a stellar line up of authors and editors including Ann Oakley, Ali Meghji, Sue Scott, David Embrick and many others, the collection includes titles in key areas of research from ethnicity, race and migration to decolonisation, gender, ageing, families and science, technology and society. Key titles include Imagining Society, Understanding Trans Health, Erich Fromm and Global Public Sociology, Critical Race Theory and the Search for Truth and Interpreting Subcultures
Urban Studies - 200+ books
This collection engages with critical issues including equality, population growth, urbanisation, climate change, resource sustainability, postcolonialism and urban development. Through thoughtful analysis and practical insights, our books illuminate the complexities of our world and offer pathways to a better future. Key titles include: Urban Informality, The Future for Planners, Infrastructuring Urban Futures, All We Want is the Earth and It’s not Where You Live, It’s How You Live
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Collection - 300 + books
Developed to help libraries rapidly build up their resources in this vital area, our interdisciplinary EDI collection encompasses research from sociology, education, criminology, politics, business and law. This diverse selection is designed to support a comprehensive understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion, making it an essential resource for institutions committed to fostering meaningful change. The books in the collection include Calibrating Colonial Crime, Queering Science Communication and Activist Feminist Geographies
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What Is Journalism For?
Jon Allsop, journalist
What is at stake when journalism is threatened? Does society still need journalists? Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world: economic decline, online disinformation, the rise of AI, authoritarian curbs on freedom of the press and violence against journalists. In such a climate, it’s more urgent than ever to ask what journalism is for.
Drawing on his experience as a journalist and media commentator, and on interviews with journalists from the US to Myanmar, Jon Allsop examines key concepts that constitute journalism’s role: good judgement, concern for truth and critical scrutiny of one or more communities. Along the way, he also considers the relationship between journalism and activism, whether journalists should aspire to change the world and whether they can be seen as champions of democracy.
What Is the Monarchy For?
Laura Clancy, Lancaster University
Does the British monarchy still have a place in today’s society? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘exit’ cast light on institutional racism, Prince Andrew’s alleged sexual abuse highlighted troubling attitudes to gender and power, while the abolition of monarchy in Barbados accentuated its relationship to colonialism.
But what is the monarchy actually for? Does it benefit the UK, or cause more harm than good? The death of Queen Elizabeth II and the dawn of the Carolean age makes these questions more pertinent than ever. Breaking longstanding myths around the monarchy, Clancy demystifies and evaluates the monarchy, showing why republicanism is nothing to be scared of.
Paperback £8.99 | US $14.99
ISBN 9781529238556
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
What Is It For?
Paperback £8.99 | US $14.99
ISBN 9781529234626
ePUB ISBN 9781529234633
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
What Is It For?
What is the Welfare State For?
Paul Spicker, writer and commentator
Most states in the world make some provision for the welfare of their citizens. Every state engages with health care provision, almost all provide education services, and, after an explosion of interest in recent years, a substantial majority now have national schemes in place for cash assistance.
Welfare states matter for people’s lives – but there is little agreement about what one is. What are these states trying to do, and why? The book discusses the institutions and methods that characterise welfare states around the world. It focuses on the aims, purposes and justifications for social welfare services in order to explain what the welfare state is for.
WHAT IS HUMANISM FOR?
What Is Humanism For?
Richard Norman, University of Kent
Religious belief is declining in many parts of the world, yet people still seek purpose in their lives and guidance on how to navigate life’s challenges. Humanism is a broad tradition of thought and action which encourages thinking for yourself about what to believe and accommodating diversity. What is the purpose of humanism in an increasingly secular world?
Written by a pre-eminent authority in this field, this book shows how humanism’s purpose is to help people to meet their need to understand the world around them. Given the growing demand for humanist funerals, weddings and baby-naming ceremonies, it will help both existing adherents and the 'humanism-curious' to contextualise its potential role in making sense of their lives.
Paperback £8.99 | US $13.50
ISBN 9781529250756
ePUB ISBN 9781529250763
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK June 2025
US June 2025
What Is It For?
Paperback £8.99 | US $14.99
ISBN 9781529241990
ePUB ISBN 9781529242003
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK June 2025
US June 2025
What Is It For?
RICHARD NORMAN
Embracing Uncertainty
How writers, musicians and artists thrive in an unpredictable world
Margaret Heffernan, University of Bath School of Management
"A fascinating and thought-provoking read. Margaret Heffernan makes it very clear that, confronted by uncertainty, we need to think like artists. Embracing Uncertainty is current, unique in its approach, solid and necessary.”
PENNY HAY, BATH SPA UNIVERSITY
“A call to creativity, written as a response to the deadening effects of tech-enabled managerialism. This long-overdue book invites readers of whatever stripe to learn from the way artists work, to see uncertainty for what it is: ‘the great propulsive power behind curiosity, learning, discovery and invention – the essence of being human’.”
TRACEY CAMILLERI, CO-AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN
Most people hate and fear uncertainty. It causes such stress and anxiety that we often choose certain surrender over doubt, becoming passive, dependent, addicted—and more anxious than ever. Doubling down on the certainties promised by technology and micro-management only makes things worse: leaving no opportunity for innovation, adaptation or invention.
Artists live with uncertainty constantly—but instead of waiting for the future, they run towards making it, with agency and freedom. What can we learn from them, about facing into a future that grows more uncertain daily?
At a time when organizations of all kinds crave innovation but complain their people lack creativity and initiative, the arts have never been so essential to our future. We may not all be artists, but we can learn to think like them.
Margaret Heffernan makes a compelling argument for the vital integration of art into all aspects of our lives and for artists to guide us in their stamina, freedom and endurance.
Paperback £12.99 | US $19.50
ISBN 9781447372677
ePUB ISBN 9781447372684
216 x 140 mm 192 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Miseducation
Inequality, Education and the Working Classes
Second Revised edition
Diane Reay, University of Cambridge and London School of Economics and Political Science
“Incredibly insightful and passionate - Diane Reay really does get class. Mandatory reading for anyone proclaiming greater equity in education.”
JOHN SMYTH, UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD, ABOUT THE FIRST EDITION
“Miseducation would benefit anyone interested in social mobility and education in the UK… Reay’s contribution to debates on education and social background is to personalise everyday working-class experiences of school and university."
LSE REVIEW OF BOOKS
Social inequality impacts everyone, including children at school. In this substantially revised and updated edition of her bestselling book, Diane Reay, herself working class turned Cambridge professor, examines the benefits and costs of educational success for the working classes.
Drawing on extensive interviews from working class children and young people, she compares working class and middle-class experiences and outcomes of education.
Reviewing class identity, social mobility and the effect of economic and social class relationships on working class educational experiences, she charts the impact of academies on education in the UK and the new emphasis on control and discipline.
Including two all-new chapters offering a global perspective on education worldwide, she questions why we educate social classes in fundamentally different ways, and recommends ways of improving education to meet the needs of all children.
Paperback £12.99 | US $19.50
ISBN 9781447371205
ePUB ISBN 9781447371229
216 x 138 mm 248 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
21st Century Standpoints
CTRL HATE DELETE
The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It
Cécile Simmons, Institute for Strategic Dialogue
“Powerfully exposes the full scale of today’s anti-feminist backlash, which is more impactful and more harmful than ever before... a well-researched and moving account of today’s mainstreaming of male supremacy. It is a mustread for men and women on either side of the culture wars.”
JULIA EBNER, AUTHOR OF GOING DARK AND GOING MAINSTREAM
“The collision of gender with technology is amongst the most powerful forces shaping society, right now. Read this book.”
CARL
MILLER, DEMOS CENTRE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
How did Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s divorce become the centre of the anti-#MeToo backlash? Why have so many teen boys fallen under the thrall of Andrew Tate, a failed reality show contestant? And why are a growing number of influencers like #tradwives dressing up like 1950s housewives and preaching total subservience to men?
In the years since #MeToo – the largest social media-facilitated feminist campaign in history – Roe v. Wade has been overturned in the United States, there have been attacks on reproductive rights in multiple countries and female political leaders have withdrawn from the world stage citing the level of abuse they get as a reason.
CTRL HATE DELETE takes a deep dive into how a collection of misogynists and their allies have turned male supremacist ideology from a niche set of beliefs into a mainstream movement. With interviews from experts, influencers and activists, it outlines how to fight the rising tide of online misogyny and make online spaces more equal and inclusive.
Paperback £9.99 | US $14.99
ISBN 9781447374848
ePUB ISBN 9781447374855
216 x 140 mm 208 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Timebomb
When Ageing Explodes
Giles Merritt, Egmont Institute
Ageing is a timebomb. We celebrate our greater longevity, yet few of us consider its consequences. This book is an important warning that unless Europeans defuse its explosive force, within two decades our societies will be devastated by it.
The hard fact is that because our political economies have been built around shorter lifespans, they risk being blown apart by ageing. The pressures exerted by the over-60s, who are increasing from today’s quarter of the population to a third, will upend our politics and impoverish our young. Millennials and Gen-Zers are already saddled with their elders’ runaway pensions and healthcare costs, but are themselves poorer and less privileged.
Merritt, a veteran analyst of the European scene, traces the demographic projections that politicians of all persuasions have long ignored, and shines a harsh light on policy shortcomings that must be urgently addressed. For anyone wants a stake in our future, this book is essential reading which clarifies the political choices to be made if comparatively prosperous and civilised Europe isn’t to die of old age.
Paperback £12.99 | US $19.50
ISBN 9781447375944
ePUB ISBN 9781447375951
216 x 140 mm 272 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Reckoning Creating Positive Change through Radical Empathy
Terri E. Givens, University of British Columbia and Center for Higher Education
Anti-racist movements have continued to grow worldwide since the death of George Floyd in 2020. Following the BLM protests, many promises were made to deal with the impact of structural discrimination. While this led to more talk than action, there has also been meaningful change, some of which has gone under the radar. The US media focused primarily on the backlash that resulted in book bans and laws against having DEI offices in universities.
In contrast, this book, a follow-up to Terri Givens’s bestselling book Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides, highlights the promises which were delivered. It focuses on hope and taking action and creating a positive environment including the use of the radical empathy approach to empower ongoing change.
Hardback £19.99 | US $29.99
ISBN 9781447374244
ePUB ISBN 9781447374268
216 x 140 mm 176 pages
UK June 2025
US June 2025
Basic Income
The Policy That Changes Everything
Matthew Johnson, Northumbria University, Kate Pickett, University of York, Daniel Nettle, Howard Reed, Elliott Johnson and Ian Robson, Northumbria University
In recent years, basic income has risen up the political agenda with successful trials being run in different countries, but does it have the potential to transform the economy?
Drawing on the expert author team’s multidisciplinary research programme, the book uses real-world examples to show how basic income irreversibly improves almost all aspects of society. It traces distinct, but related, pathways from the input of money to the output of improved health, wellbeing, education, employment and civic activity. Using a model of impact to provide an accessible account of transformation in behaviour, relationships and institutions, it shows that reducing poverty through basic income increases access to better food, housing and other goods, frees people from domination and promotes long-term thinking and action.
Together, these improve individual and collective experiences, charting a pathway to a society rebuilt through a single policy. This is a defining contribution to public understanding of basic income that highlights the reasons for our age of crisis.
Paperback £9.99 | US $14.99
ISBN 9781447374008
ePUB ISBN 9781447374015
216 x 140 mm 160 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
The Antidote
How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice
Peter Beresford, University of East Anglia and Shaping Our Lives
The gap between personal and formal politics has been widening globally and locally. As personal politics have become more inclusive and egalitarian inspired by new social movements, neoliberal ideologies have undermined democracy, increasing isolation, inequality, poverty, disease and environmental threat. Yet this paradox may also offer a path to transformation.
Using international evidence and examples, The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships that’s been taking place, to help us reconnect with ourselves and each other and make possible more participatory and liberatory policy and politics. It sets out the barriers we face and offers a route map to bring an end to the destructive effects of unfettered neoliberal ideology, economics, policy and politics.
Vulnerability Theory and the Trinity Lectures
Institutionalizing the Individual
Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University
Vulnerability theory offers an alternative to social-contract and rights-based paradigms. Beginning with the corporeal body, the theory argues we are inevitably and constantly dependent on social institutions that are generated (and ideally monitored) through law.
Based on lectures at Trinity College Dublin that focused on four foundational concepts, this book highlights how vulnerability theory differs from individualistic liberal frameworks. Calling for a reorientation of law toward a collective responsibility-based approach, it is essential reading for anyone interested in political theory, social justice and sociolegal scholarship.
Paperback £19.99 | US $29.99
ISBN 9781447375449
Hardback £85.00 | US $127.50
ISBN 9781447376477
ePUB ISBN 9781447375456
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Paperback £16.99 | US $22.99
ISBN 9781529242843
Hardback £50.00 | US $80.00
ISBN 9781529242836
ePUB ISBN 9781529242850
203 x 127 mm 128 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Getting Better
The Politics and Policy of Reducing Health Inequalities
Clare Bambra, Newcastle University, Julia Lynch, University of Pennsylvania and Katherine Smith, University of Strathclyde
Health inequality has reached a crisis point. Your income or hometown can have a devastating impact on how well and how long you live. This injustice, exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, continues as the cost of living rises and other sources of inequity grow. What can be done to make things better?
This book, written by the authors behind the award-winning The Unequal Pandemic, explores successful international case studies of governments reducing health inequalities – from the USA and Brazil to Germany and the UK – stretching over 50 years from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Essential reading for students and scholars of public health and the social sciences, and for health and social care professionals and policy makers, this book demonstrates that reducing health inequalities is possible and provides a roadmap for today’s governments to follow.
Paperback £14.99 | US $22.50
ISBN 9781447372868
ePUB ISBN 9781447372875
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Civil Society and Social Change
Series Editors: Ian Rees Jones, Cardiff University, Mike Woods, Aberystwyth University and Paul Chaney, Cardiff University
Women, Work and the Everyday Politics of Welfare
Work, Care and Civil Society
Helen Blakely, Cardiff University
Drawing on interviews with welfare-reliant single mothers living in the South Wales Valleys, this original book charts their interactions with the labour market and welfare state, providing valuable new policy insights for welfare reform.
Youth Unemployment and Devolution
Civil Society and Street Level Responses
Sioned Pearce, Cardiff University
Against a backdrop of increasingly mixed economies of welfare, this book explores civil society responses to youth unemployment in a quasi-federal or devolved state post-Brexit and following COVID-19.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447353645
ePUB ISBN 9781447353669
234 x 156 mm 168 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781447364351
ePUB ISBN 9781447364375
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Edited by Filippo Barbera and Emma Bell
Edited by Paul Chaney and Ian Rees Jones
Global Perspectives on Philanthropy and Public Good
Series Editors: Tobias Jung, Shona Russell and Alina Baluch, Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good, University of St Andrews
American Philanthropy in Its Global Context
The
History, Law, and Politics of Giving
Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas
Philanthropy has become a staple of American society and culture. Associations, endowments foundations and limited dividend companies have funded education, culture, healthcare, religion and social welfare.
Yet American philanthropy is not as exceptional as it appears to European observers. American philanthropy was built upon European and Mediterranean precedents and evolved through the constant influence of philanthropic practices in other parts of the world.
This book explores how philanthropic practices and institutions were introduced into American society and how they were Americanised during the 19th century. It provides a comprehensive history of American philanthropy and positions it within its wider global context.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447367475
ePUB ISBN 9781447367482
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Edited by Alexandra Williamson, Diana Leat and Susan Phillips
New Perspectives in Policy and Politics
Series Editors: Oscar Berglund, University of Bristol, Claire Dunlop, University of Exeter, Elizabeth Koebele, University of Nevada, Reno and Christopher M. Weible, University of Colorado
Transformational Change in Public Policy
Edited by Oscar Berglund, University of Bristol, Claire A. Dunlop, University of Exeter, Elizabeth A. Koebele, University of Nevada, Reno and Christopher M. Weible, University of Colorado Denver
How can public policy scholarship contribute to transformational societal change?
In this collection of essays, previously published in Policy & Politics, the authors explore different avenues towards more transformational public policy research. This includes being braver in what questions we ask; more inclusive in the actors we study and audiences we speak to; and more diverse in our theories and methods. The chapters address issues such as crises, democracy, participation, disasters and paradigm change.
This book is essential reading for academics involved in public policy and politics, and those invested in the improvement of our societies during turbulent times.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447372066
ePUB ISBN 9781447372073
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Taking Risks and Breaking New Frontiers in Policy and Politics
Edited by Oscar Berglund, Claire A. Dunlop and Christopher M. Weible
Edited by Jacob Torfing, Ewan Ferlie, Tina Jukić and Edoardo Ongaro
Beyond Nudge
Edited by Benjamin Ewert, Kathrin Loer and Eva Thomann
Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
Series Editors: Heejung Chung, King’s College London, Alexandra Kaasch, University of Bielefeld and Stefan Kühner, Lingnan University
Universal Health Coverage Foundations and Horizons
Tuba I Agartan, Providence College
This book traces the origins of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the broader context of universalism since the beginning of the 20th century.
UHC aims to improve access to essential health services, provide financial protection and overcome health care inequities.
Drawing on rich first-hand data, including expert interviews and archival research, this book adopts a historical-sociological methodology to analyse some of UHC’s key political dynamics: consensus, conflicts, negotiations and struggles. It reveals that UHC is the result of a unique conjoining of movements in health, debates on human rights and concerns with development in a particular world context across the Global North and Global South.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447371847
ePUB ISBN 9781447371854
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
Researching Global Education Policy
Edited by D. Brent Edwards Jr., Antoni Verger, Marcia McKenzie and Keita Takayama
Mapping Welfare Attitudes in East Asia
Trude Sundberg
Emerging Trends in Social Policy from
the South
Edited by Ilcheong Yi, Alexandra Kaasch and Kelly Stetter
Digital Public Employment Services in Action
Edited by Didier Demazière, CNRS, Sciences Po Paris, Ray Griffin, South East Technological University (SETU), Janine Leschke, Copenhagen Business School and Magnus Paulsen Hansen, Roskilde University
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447371885
ePUB ISBN 9781447371908
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
As public employment services are fundamentally reconceptualised and transformed from analogue to digital, this volume addresses the need to reconcile what is technically possible and politically exciting with what is socially necessary.
From Poverty to WellBeing and Human Flourishing (Volume 2)
A Marxian Approach
Julio Boltvinik, El Colegio de México
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447372189
ePUB ISBN 9781447372196
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
Following the highly respected first volume, this book outlines Julio Boltvinik’s Marxian approach to poverty and human flourishing.
From Poverty to WellBeing and Human Flourishing (Volume 1)
Integrated Conceptualisation and Measurement of Economic Poverty
Julio Boltvinik, El Colegio de México
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447368472
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447368465
ePUB ISBN 9781447368489
234 x 156 mm 260 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book offers a holistic view of Julio Boltvinik’s vast and important work on poverty conceptualisation and measurement, which could potentially transform poverty narratives globally as it has done in Mexico.
Ineffective Policies
Causes and Consequences of Bad Policy Choices
Edited by Ian Roberge, York University, Heather McKeenEdwards, Bishop’s University and Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn, University of Groningen
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447371557
ePUB ISBN 9781447371571
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
This book argues for studying bad policy, demonstrates its harmful effects across fields and provides policy makers with the tools to reflect, identify and act.
NEW IN PAPERBACK
How Ireland’s LGBTQI+ Youth Movement was Built
Civil Society in the Pursuit of Social Justice
Michael Barron , The Rowan Trust
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447368700
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447368694
ePUB ISBN 9781447368717
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Analysis of how LGBTI+ civil society organisations influenced Irish public policy between the 1993 decriminalisation of homosexuality, and the 2015 introduction of marriage equality and progressive gender-recognition legislations.
Street-Level Bureaucracy in Weak State Institutions
Edited by Rik Peeters, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Gabriela Lotta , Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and Fernando Nieto-Morales, El Colegio de México
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447368755
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447368748
ePUB ISBN 9781447368762
234 x 156 mm 264 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Street-level bureaucracy scholars from South Asia, subSaharan Africa, the Middle East and Latin America analyse the conditions that shape frontline work and citizens’ everyday experience of the state.
Public Policy Evaluation in the Middle East and North Africa
Edited by Anis Ben Brik, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447375678
ePUB ISBN 9781447375692
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book describes both prior developments and the current state of evaluation across the MENA region, focusing on three dimensions: the political, social and professional systems.
The Borders Within Causes and Fixes of Geographic Divides
Michael Donnelly, University of Bath
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447369066
ePUB ISBN 9781447369080
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Drawing on research with over 200 young people across 17 different localities in the UK, this book proposes an alternative framework for how we address borders within countries.
The Eco-Social Polity?
Theoretical, Conceptual and Empirical Issues
Edited by Ekaterina Domorenok , University of Padua, Paolo
Graziano, University of Padua and Katharina Zimmermann , University of Hamburg
Hardback
£85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781447372837
ePUB ISBN 9781447372844
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
The Making of a LefT Behind CLass
A vital contribution to the steadily growing, though extremely fragmented, academic and political debates on the impacts and trade-offs that arise as a consequence of climate change.
Pathways to Sustainable Welfare
Inertia, Emergence and Transformation in Swedish Cities
Kajsa Emilsson , Lund University, Martin Fritz, Friedrich Schiller
University of Jena, Roger Hildingsson , Lund University, Håkan Johansson , Lund University, Jamil Khan , Lund University and Max Koch , Lund University
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781447372585
ePUB ISBN 9781447372592
203 x 127 mm 192 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
An examination of how cities can address the dual challenges of climate change and sustainability while ensuring the welfare of their populations.
The Making of a LeftBehind Class
Educational Stratification, Meritocracy and Widening Participation
Fred Powell, Margaret Scanlon, Pat Leahy, Hilary Jenkinson and Olive Byrne, University College
Cork
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447367956
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447367949
ePUB ISBN 9781447367963
234 x 156 mm 214 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
An analysis of the ‘left-behind’ phenomenon that explains how denied educational equality undermines social cohesion and what we can do about it.
The Politics of Food Insecurity in Canada and the United Kingdom
Edited by Zsofia Mendly-Zambo, York University and Dennis Raphael, School of Health Policy and Management
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447370680
ePUB ISBN 9781447370703
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK January 2025
US January 2025
This book provides a vision of a future whereby public control over the distribution of resources – including food – will eliminate food insecurity and other conditions that threaten health.
Qualitative Research Methods for Everyone
An Essential Toolkit
Karen O’Reilly, Loughborough University
Whether you’re a student, academic or practitioner working in an applied setting, this text will lead you through the complex terrain of qualitative research methods.
Written by renowned sociologist Karen O’Reilly, the book distils decades of experience into a valuable toolkit of lessons and insights. Key highlights include:
• tackling challenging issues like determining the optimal number of interviews and maintaining objectivity in research;
• a keen focus on what the time-constrained researcher needs to know, delivering essential knowledge efficiently;
• pedagogical features like exercises, dos and don’ts and summaries.
Bridging theory and practice, and packed with a wealth of advice, useful tips and resources for further reading, this is the definitive guide to qualitative research for beginners and seasoned researchers.
The book is accompanied by a podcast series that features lively discussions between Karen O'Reilly and students, academics and professionals worldwide about how the toolkit approach can make navigating today’s complex world of qualitative research easier and more exciting.
Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781447372158
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781447372141
ePUB ISBN 9781447372165
244 x 170 mm 288 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Creative Research Methods in Practice
Series Editor: Helen Kara, We Research It Ltd.
Poetic Inquiry as Research A Decolonial Guide
Edited by Heidi van Rooyen, Human Sciences Research Council and Raphael d’Abdon, University of South Africa
This insightful guide sheds light on the transformative power of poetic inquiry in academic research. Blending poetry with scholarly work, it offers practical advice on crafting research poems, distinguishing them from literary poems and determining when to incorporate them into your studies.
Sandboxing in Practice
Qualitative Interviewing with Sand, Objects and Figures
Dawn Mannay and Victoria Timperley, Cardiff University
This is the ultimate guide to the innovative technique of sandboxing, a groundbreaking method transforming qualitative research. Complete with insightful case studies and practical advice, it equips readers with the tools needed to effectively implement sandboxing in their research practice.
Ella Harris
Amanda Taylor-Beswick and Eva Hornung
Paperback £16.99 | US $25.50
ISBN 9781447373247
Hardback £60.00 | US $90.00
ISBN 9781447373230
ePUB ISBN 9781447373254
216 x 140 mm 160 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Paperback £14.99 | US $22.50
ISBN 9781447372912
Hardback £60.00 | US $90.00
ISBN 9781447372905
ePUB ISBN 9781447372929
216 x 140 mm 144 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Becky Tipper and Leah Gilman
Key Texts on Interdisciplinary Higher Education
Edited by Iris van der Tuin, Utrecht University
Created to support course developers, this reader offers essential guidance for designing interdisciplinary higher education courses. It offers foundational extracts and practical advice to save time, gain expert insights and create impactful courses that meet today’s challenges.
Embracing the Unknown Experiences of Studying for a PhD in the Social Sciences
Edited by Sarah Jones, Mikahil Azad, Liam Miles and Adam Lynes, Birmingham City University
This book provides a real-world view of undertaking a PhD in the social sciences within environments that are underpinned by precarity, insecurity and competition. Demystifying the PhD journey with insightful guidance, it offers strategies to beat imposter syndrome, boost confidence and make connections and networks in higher education.
Research Justice Methodologies for Social Change
Edited by Andrew J. Jolivette, UC Santa Barbara
“I would recommend it to anyone studying research methods or ethics.”
LSE REVIEW OF BOOKS
Building on the groundbreaking frameworks developed by the DataCenter Research for Justice, this updated edition challenges traditional research models and highlights the intersections between research, knowledge and political power. It’s an essential resource for anyone committed to transforming structural inequities in research and society.
Hardback £100.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781447376439
ePUB ISBN 9781447376453
244 x 170 mm 368 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Paperback £28.99 | US$43.50
ISBN 9781447373896
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447373889
ePUB ISBN 9781447373902
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Paperback £30.00 | US $40.00
ISBN 9781447375593
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781447375586
ePUB ISBN 9781447375609
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Planning without Growth
Yvonne Rydin, University College London
Many planning systems are currently locked into growthdependence, encouraging market-led development which can widen social inequalities and produce adverse environmental outcomes.
This accessible book introduces students to the debates around growth and planning and sets out the solutions to promote genuinely sustainable communities. It includes:
• a positive proposal for reform of the planning system;
• focused discussions from the UK and Europe providing lessons for future planning;
• analysis of the challenges of implementing reform.
Covering chapters on cooperatives, community land trusts, local economic development and community assets and infrastructure, as well as commoning, it provides a roadmap for planning system reform with social justice and sustainability at its heart.
Paperback £21.99 | US $32.99
ISBN 9781447369776
ePUB ISBN 9781447369783
244 x 170 mm 304 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
Published in conjunction with the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics.
Beyond Bricks and Mortar
Building Homes, Communities, and Neighbourhoods
Anne Power, London School of Economics and Political Science
For over 150 years, social landlords, including councils, housing associations, philanthropic and private individuals have met both social and housing needs together. Providing far more than ‘bricks and mortar’, they have played a crucial role in helping the lowest income communities to survive, supplying jobs and skills, helping elderly and vulnerable tenants, supporting families and improving local environments.
Social housing has a largely unsung role, yet is increasingly important in filling the gaps left by declining public services. Through the voices of tenants and frontline staff, Anne Power shows the immeasurable value of the social role of social housing, both for low-income tenants and for society as a whole.
Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781447357544
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781447357537
ePUB ISBN 9781447357551
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Edited by Ruth Lupton, Tania Burchardt, John Hills, Kitty Stewart and Polly Vizard
An Equal Start?
Edited by Ludovica Gambaro, Kitty Stewart and Jane Waldfogel
Cities for a Small Continent
Anne Power
Social Policy in a Cold Climate
Planning in a Failing State
Reforming Spatial Governance in England
Edited by Olivier Sykes, University of Liverpool and John Sturzaker, University of Hertfordshire
Paperback
£26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781447365051
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781447365044
ePUB ISBN 9781447365068
234 x 156 mm 202 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
This topical book offers an analysis of the current state of the planning system in England and an evidence-based review of over a decade of change. With a critique of ongoing UK planning reforms, the book argues that the planning system is often blamed for a range of issues that are in fact the fault of ineffective policy making.
Slow Planning?
Timescapes, Power and Democracy
Mark Dobson and Gavin Parker, University of Reading
Paperback
£24.99 | US $38.50
ISBN 9781447367710
Hardback £100.00 | US $150.00
ISBN 9781447367703
ePUB ISBN 9781447367727
234 x 156 mm 188 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Private Renting in the Advanced Economies Growth and Change in a Financialised World
Edited by Peter A. Kemp, University of Oxford
Paperback £28.99 | US $49.50
ISBN 9781447362098
Hardback £85.00 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781447362081
ePUB ISBN 9781447362104
234 x 156 mm 264 pages
UK February 2025
US February 2025
This edited collection analyses recent changes in the private rental housing market, using case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA, and assesses the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A deep exploration on how questions of time and its organisation affect planning practice, this book questions ‘project speed’: where time to think, deliberate and plan has been squeezed. The authors demonstrate the many benefits of slow planning for the key participants, multiple interests and planning system overall.
The Gated
City Planning Practice and the Challenges of Urban Fragmentation in Mexico
Emma Regina Morales, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447375371
ePUB ISBN 9781447375388
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
The book tells the story of the proliferation of gated communities in Mexico over the last three decades. Weaving together the multiple influences of housing policy, predatory financial markets and an increased fear of crime, the book sets out how policy makers and planners can provide non-gated solutions to urban anxiety.
NEW IN PAPERBACK
RadicalApproachestotheCare Crisis
Solidarity,CommunityandaNationalCareService
Anne M. Gray, formerly London South Bank University
“Animportantandthought-provokingcontributiontothe vitaldebateabouthowwemeetthegrowingcareand supportneedsofanageingpopulation.”
RICHARDHUMPHRIES,HEALTHFOUNDATION
This book explores the critical issue of how to manage the everincreasing demand for social care in Britain’s ageing society. With informal care from family members and friends now the dominant form of adult social care in the UK, this precarious system is struggling to provide enough support.
Exploring the relationship between formal and informal care, this book develops ideas for a ‘caring economy’, showing the potential to integrate paid-for and unpaid care within a framework of solidarity based on the strengths of the community, working to improve the quality and quantity of state-funded care provision while sharing unpaid support more widely as a community responsibility.
Paperback £24.99 | US $38.50
ISBN 9781447374084
ePUB ISBN 9781447374091
216 x 140 mm 208 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Transforming Care
Series Editors: Costanzo Ranci, Polytechnic University of Milan and Tine Rostgaard, Stockholm University and Roskilde University
Long-Term Care and Older People in Western Europe
Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Edited by Eloísa del Pino, Spanish National Research Council and Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes, Spanish National Research Council
This book highlights the institutional, organisational and management challenges facing care homes, both in continuing to provide services to an increasingly ageing population and in future public health crises following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Care Poverty and Unmet Needs
Inequalities in Theory and Practice
Edited by Teppo Kröger, University of Jyväskylä, Nicola Brimblecombe, London School of Economics and Political Science, Ricardo Rodrigues, University of Lisbon and Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling
This book is the first collective effort to analyse the issue of population ageing at an international level and from a social policy perspective.
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781447367284
ePUB ISBN 9781447367307
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447370093
ePUB ISBN 9781447370116
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
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Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes
Edited
by Pat Armstrong
Reablement in Long-Term Care for Older People
Edited by Tine Rostgaard, John Parsons and Hanne Tuntland
A Care Crisis in the Nordic Welfare States?
Edited by Lise Lotte Hansen, Hanne
Marlene Dahl and Laura Horn
Ageing in a Global Context
Series Editors: Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester, Toni Calasanti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Anna Wanka, Goethe University Frankfurt
Diverse Transnational Care Ageing and Migration in Bolivia
Tanja Bastia, University of Manchester and Claudia Calsina, Universidad de San Simón
Available open access digitally under CCBY-NC-ND licence. Drawing on original interviews with the parents of migrants in Bolivia who stayed in their country of origin, this book analyses diverse practices of transnational care within a single country and examines the impact on these parents.
Civic Engagement in Later Life
Edited
by Rodrigo Serrat, University of Barcelona
Available open access digitally under CCBY-NC-ND licence. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary perspective on older adults’ civic engagement. It proposes a conceptual framework which understands civic engagement to be a multidimensional concept that encompasses the diverse activities through which older people contribute to their communities.
Edited by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran and Sophie Yarker
Marion Repetti and Toni Calasanti
Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781447365204
ePUB ISBN 9781447365211
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447373537
ePUB ISBN 9781447373544
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Ageing, Men and Social Relations
Edited by Paul Willis, Ilkka Pietilä and Marjaana Seppänen
Lockdown Life
The Pandemic Experience for Older Diarists
Nicola Madge, Kingston University London
The COVID-19 pandemic took many by surprise when it arrived in Britain in early 2020. Daily lives changed dramatically with the introduction of unprecedented restrictions and lockdowns. How did people react?
This book draws on the diaries of 68 men and women aged 70 and above, capturing their thoughts and experiences over the following months. Although these older diarists considered themselves among the more fortunate at the time, their entries reveal both highs and lows. There were anxieties and frustrations but also much positivity and, often, a reluctance for an over-hasty return to pre-pandemic times.
Through these personal and contemporaneous accounts, the book offers a unique contribution to our understanding of the pandemic and its significance in modern social history.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447372523
ePUB ISBN 9781447372547
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
• Sociology Collection
Research in Social Work
Series Editors: Anna Gupta, Royal Holloway, University of London and John Gal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sense and Sensibility in Social Work with Families and Children
European Perspectives on Developments in Child Protection and Welfare
Edited by Sara Serbati, University of Padova, Edgar Marthinsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Brid Featherstone, University of Huddersfield
Practitioners and managers in child protection often struggle to focus on the needs of children and families in the face of ever-expanding bureaucracy.
This book brings together authors from across Europe to explore the strategies and solutions that promote doing things right by those in need rather than to the letter of procedure. It argues that more flexible, community/ partnership-based approaches are required to meet the needs of parents and children experiencing difficulties and risk of harm.
Essential reading for academics, managers and policy makers in social work and child welfare, it contributes to the development of reflective thinking and spotlights the potential of coproduction and co-creation.
Social Work and Social Innovation
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447374473
ePUB ISBN 9781447374497
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Living on the Edge
Edited by Samuel Keller, Inger Oterholm, Veronika Paulsen and Adrian van Breda
Edited by Jean Pierre Wilken, Anne ParpanBlaser, Sarah Prosser, Suzan van der Pas and Erik Jansen Migration and Social Work
Edited by Emilio José Gómez-Ciriano, Elena Cabiati and Sofia Dedotsi
Decolonising Social Work in Finland
Racialisation and Practices of Care
Edited by Kris Clarke, University of Helsinki, Leece Lee-Oliver, California State University and Satu Ranta-Tyrkkö, University of Jyväskylä
“Exposing and dismantling the prevailing colonial structures and knowledge systems in social work, this powerful book offers a deep understanding of coloniality in the Nordic countries and beyond.”
KRISTÍN LOFTSDÓTTIR, UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND
This book examines the contemporary social care realities and practices of Finland, a small nation with a history enmeshed in social relations as both coloniser and colonised.
Decolonising Social Work in Finland:
• interrogates coloniality, racialisation and diversity in the context of Finnish social work and social care;
• brings together racialised and mainstream White Finnish researchers, activists and community members to challenge relations of epistemic violence on racialised populations in Finland;
• critically unpacks colonial views of care and wellbeing.
It will be essential reading for international scholars and students in the fields of social work, sociology, indigenous studies, health sciences, social sciences and education.
Paperback £29.99 | US $44.99
ISBN 9781447371434
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781447371427
ePUB ISBN 9781447371441
234 x 156 mm 296 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Doing Real Life Change in Children’s Social Care
Embedded Research in Practice
Jenny Lloyd and Rachael Owens, Durham University
Too many young people face harm and danger – sometimes fatal – in their own communities. We need to build more effective, rightsbased and equitable social care systems that will protect adolescents and prioritise the place of relationships, emotions and culture in our societies. But how can we achieve this?
Based on significant research into contextual safeguarding system change, this book uses research, real-life stories and creative writing to explore three key areas applicable to many human services:
• Methods and tools for changing systems, including practical guidance;
• Relationships and their role in creating and sustaining change; and
• The wider meaning and implications of doing embedded research.
Accessible for researchers, students, professionals and anyone committed to creating positive change in adolescent safeguarding, this book brings together sociological approaches to understanding social systems with psychosocial theories, giving insights into the emotional and relational contexts of organisational change.
Paperback £24.99 | US $38.50
ISBN 9781447372387
ePUB ISBN 9781447372394
216 x 140 mm 208 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
• Children, Young People and Families Collection
A Critical Approach to Youth Sector Peacebuilding
Dialogue, Politics, and Power
Andy Hamilton, Mark Hammond and Eliz McArdle, Ulster University
Drawing on empirical research and practice underpinned by an integrated conceptual, theoretical and methodological framework, this book looks at the role of youth in peacebuilding, with a particular focus on Northern Ireland.
Understanding Parent Blame
Edited
by Luke Clements and Ana Laura Aiello, University of Leeds
This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners, activists, parents and young people to explore the nature and causes of parent–carer blame. It interrogates its prevalence, impact and potential pathways for reform.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447373438
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447373421
ePUB ISBN 9781447373445
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Paperback £24.99 | US $38.50
ISBN 9781447375234
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447375227
ePUB ISBN 9781447375241
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Youth Work
Improving the Lives of Young People and Communities
Tracie Trimmer-Platman, University of East London
This book gives clear and practical evidence of the significant benefits of open access youth work, with guidance on replicating best practice in similar urban environments.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447368656
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447368649
ePUB ISBN 9781447368663
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK July 2025
August 2025
Children, Young People and Families Collection
Children, Young People and Families Collection
• Children, Young People and Families Collection
Key Issues in Social Justice
Series Editors: Kalwant Bhopal, University of Birmingham, Martin Myers, University of Nottingham, Karl Kitching, University of Birmingham and Kenzo Sung, Rowan University
Low-income Female Teacher Values and Agency in India
Implications for Reflective Practice
Ruth Samuel, Cranfield University
“This book fills a gap about the lived experiences of low-income female teachers in India. It draws on a unique methodology to explore the voice and agency of individual teachers and helps drive the agenda of social justice education.”
CAMILLE KANDIKO HOWSON, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
Education in India focuses on exam performance and consequently teachers often act as disseminators of textbook material, while maintaining class discipline and respect. This book explores low-income female teachers’ speech and syntax as a crucial resource in which agency, freedom and empowerment is enacted within a strong oral tradition in India.
It demonstrates how this socially and economically marginalised group overcome prejudices to develop relational agency and embed their authority. It shows how they establish their values and why their beliefs shape attitudes to aspiration, achievement and freedom of choice. It concludes with recommendations for policy and improvements to reflective practice in teaching.
Paperback £24.99 | US $42.95
ISBN 9781447360988
Hardback £85.00 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781447360971
ePUB ISBN 9781447360995
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Disrupting
Edited by Maree Higgins and Caroline Lenette
Transformative
Rob Smith and Vicky Duckworth Permanent
Paul Warmington
Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities
Edited by Brian Callan, Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, Goldsmiths, University of London
Drawing on the voices and experiences of refugees, activists and professional practitioners, this collection illustrates the complexities of migration with real-world case studies, and presents the possibilities of innovative and compassionate interventions.
Highlighting the use of creative and narrative methods in the social, therapeutic and community sectors, all chapters provide clear practice implications. Rather than presenting migration as a problem to be avoided, this book offers original insights into how research and practice can be better informed by the voices of those seeking a better way.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447372790
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447372783
ePUB ISBN 9781447372806
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Social Work and Community Development Collection
Sociology of Children and Families
Series Editors: Esther Dermott and Debbie Watson, University of Bristol
Belonging and Belongings
Children’s Sense of Home in Shared Custody Arrangements
Laura Merla and Bérengère
Nobels, Catholic University of Louvain
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529236583
ePUB ISBN 9781529236590
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Based on in-depth fieldwork with Belgian children aged 10 to 16, this book examines how children in shared physical custody define and negotiate their place within the household of each parent.
Reimagining Stepmother
A Feminist Analysis of Step(m)otherings
Patrycja Sosnowska-Buxton, The University of Stavanger
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529236996
ePUB ISBN 9781529237016
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Drawing on interviews with British stepmothers, this book reimagines their roles through a feminist sociological lens, exploring stepfamily dynamics and how stepmothers navigate gendered and social structures.
Couples at Work
Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework and Childcare
Emily Christopher, Aston University
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529224962
ePUB ISBN 9781529224979
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book examines how couples navigate paid work, housework and childcare, revealing how employment policies and individual attitudes either reinforce or challenge gender inequalities in domestic life.
Thinking Through Family
Narratives of Care Experienced Lives
Janet Boddy, University of Sussex and Oslo Metropolitan University
Paperback
£24.99 | US $42.95
ISBN 9781529214727
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529214710
ePUB ISBN 9781529214734
234 x 156 mm 196 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Drawing on longitudinal research, this book uses the perspectives of people who have been in care to redefine the concept of family. Through a narrative analysis of the complexity of family lives, the author challenges the idea that some families are ‘ordinary’, while others are troubled, problematic and ‘other’.
Turning Global Rights into Local Realities
Afua Twum-Danso Imoh
Understanding Muslim Family Life
Joanne Britton
Critical Perspectives on Research with Children
Edited by Sarah Richards and Sarah Coombs
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Sociology of
Global Migration and Social Change
Series Editors: Nando Sigona, Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham, UK and Alexandra Délano Alonso, The New School, US
Borders, Citizenship and Pregnancy
Migrant Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Maternity Care in the UK
Gwyneth Lonergan, Northumbria
University
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529234510
ePUB ISBN 9781529234534
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Using the analytical framework of reproductive justice, this book examines migrant women’s experiences of pregnancy and maternity care within the context of gendered and racialised discourses around health, reproduction and citizenship, austerity and an expanding border regime.
Entangled Asylum in the Nordic Region
Legal Sociology and Human Rights
Sarah Scott Ford, University of Copenhagen
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529242027
ePUB ISBN 9781529242034
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK July 2025
US September 2025
This book explores human rights oversight in asylum decision making through a sociolegal lens, focusing on the Nordic countries. It examines how institutional contexts shape interactions between national and international law, highlighting how national decision makers navigate and contest international norms.
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Intimacy as a Lens on Work and Migration
Jingyu Mao
Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
Paolo Novak, SOAS University of London
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529234206
ePUB ISBN 9781529234220
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book examines the buildings used as reception centres for asylum seekers in central Italy, revealing how they reflect the European migration crisis and EU border management.
Refugee Reception and Camps
Local and Global Perspectives
Edited by Lucas Oesch, Université de Neuchâtel, Léa Lemaire, Université
Libre de Bruxelles
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529222838
ePUB ISBN 9781529222845
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This collection offers new insights into refugee reception camps by examining the interplay between local and global governance dynamics, enhancing understanding of the complex realities faced in refugee camps worldwide.
The Shape of Belonging for Unaccompanied Young Migrants Özlem Ögtem-Young
Migration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border Kudakwashe Vanyoro
Sarah Scott Ford
Paolo Novak
Sociology Collection
Sociology Collection
Sociology Collection
Sociology Collection
Death and Culture
Series Editors: Ruth Penfold-Mounce, University of York, Kate Woodthorpe, University of Bath and Erica Borgstrom, The Open University
Death and Institutions
Processes, Places and the Past
Edited by Kate Woodthorpe and Helen Frisby, University of Bath and Bethan Michael-Fox, The Open University
This interdisciplinary collection combines chapters on process, place and the past to examine the relationships both within and between institutions, institutionalisation and death in international contexts. Of broad appeal to students and academics in areas including social policy, health sciences, sociology, psychology, anthropology, cultural studies, history and the wider humanities, this collection spans multiple disciplines to offer crucial insights into the end of life, body disposal, bereavement and mourning.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529236668
ePUB ISBN 9781529236675
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025 ALSO AVAILABLE
Dissection Photography Brandon Zimmerman
Death’s Social and Material Meaning beyond the Human
Edited by Jesse D. Peterson, Natashe Lemos Dekker and Philip R. Olson
Decolonization and Social Worlds
Series Editors: Alana Lentin, Western Sydney University, Australia, Ali Meghji, University of Cambridge, UK, Syed Farid Alatas, National University of Singapore and Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores, Texas Tech University, US
Decolonizing Feminist Economics
Possibilities for Just Futures
Gisela Carrasco-Miró, Central European University
This book introduces a decolonizing approach to feminist economics, offering insights that move beyond the boundaries of modern Eurocentrism. The author explores the relationship between colonialism, capitalism, heteropatriarchy and ecological degradation, while offering critical feminist and decolonizing tools. By investigating global struggles, the author illuminates our hijacked present and imagines a decolonizing feminist economic landscape that is under transformation. Transdisciplinary and innovative, this book fills a vital gap by exploring the interplay between decolonization and feminist economics, challenging the growth logic, capitalism and Western-centrism, and imagining new possibilities for more just futures.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529236484
ePUB ISBN 9781529236491
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025 ALSO AVAILABLE
Critical Racial and Decolonial Literacies
Edited by Debbie Bargallie and Nilmini Fernando
White Supremacy and Racism in Progressive America
Miguel Montalva Barba
Coloniality and Meritocracy in Unequal EU Migrations
Simone Varriale
Interpretive Lenses in Sociology
Series Editors: Thomas DeGloma, City University of New York and Julie B. Wiest, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Interpreting Identities
Dimensions of Power, Presence, and Belonging
Edited by Wayne Brekhus, University of Missouri, Susie Scott, University of Sussex
This edited collection brings together social scientists to interpret identity from a wide range of analytical perspectives. Drawing on multiple interpretive traditions from the last 100 years, the book explores how underlying social, cultural and psychological forces shape the dimensions of identity.
Interpreting Subcultures
Approaching, Contextualizing, and Embodying Sense-Making Practices in Alternative Cultures
Edited by J. Patrick Williams, Nanyang Technological University
“This fascinating international collection explores the meanings that lie behind the living and researching of subcultural identities. Essential reading for students and researchers alike.”
PAUL HODKINSON, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
This book explains the interpretive processes through which subcultural phenomena are studied. Examining dimensions of interpretivism, it reveals how and why people use specific conceptual frames or methodologies and how they shape their interpretations of everyday realities.
Edited by Anne Marie Champagne and Asia Friedman
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529228144
ePUB ISBN 9781529228168
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529218626
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529218619
ePUB ISBN 9781529218633
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Thomas
Edited by Andrea Cossu and Jorge Fontdevila
Gender and Sociology
Series Editors: Sue Scott, Newcastle University and Stevi Jackson, University of York
University Audit Cultures and Feminist Praxis
An Institutional Ethnography
Órla Meadhbh Murray, Northumbria University Newcastle and Durham University
Being ‘REF-able’. The impact agenda. The student experience. University audit culture has infiltrated academic life, but how should we respond?
Drawing on a five-year Institutional Ethnography of UK universities, the author provides a feminist take on the neoliberal university and abolitionist reflections on audit culture.
For feminist and other critical academics, the interpretative power involved in audit processes provides an opportunity to collectively challenge and subvert, re-read and re-write institutions. This book challenges the myths and misinterpretations around how academic audit processes work, arguing that if we are complicit then we have agency to do them differently.
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529214321
ePUB ISBN 9781529214338
234 x 156 mm 184 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Embodying Irish Abortion Reform
Aideen O’Shaughnessy
North Korean Women and Defection
Hyun-Joo Lim
Feminist Politics in Neoconservative Russia
Inna Perheentupa • Sociology Collection
Developing a Critical Pedagogy of Migration Studies
Ethics, Politics and Practice in the Classroom
Teresa Piacentini, University of Glasgow
Paperback
£27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529227147
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529227130
ePUB ISBN 9781529227154
234 x 156 mm 194 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Complete with pedagogical features that provide space for reflection and discussion, this book invites readers to examine their own relationships with migration, ethics, politics and power, encouraging teachers, students and practitioners to think critically about their position in relation to the knowledge they both bring and gain.
Post-Multiculturalism, Religion and Recognition
Thomas Sealy, University of Bristol
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529240511
ePUB ISBN 9781529240528
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
This book explores the evolving relationship between multiculturalism, religion and religious diversity in Western Europe. The author develops new theoretical thinking through a unique critical conversation between multicultural theory and political theology, bridging gaps between these overlapping but previously disconnected areas.
Global Crises
Complexity Based Research and Practice for Social Transformation
David Byrne and Gill Callaghan, Durham University and Emma Uprichard, University of Warwick
Hardback
£85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781447370833
ePUB ISBN 9781447370857
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Featuring examples from the UK, China, Brazil, South Africa and the US, this book demonstrate how an action research programme based around the use of existing social research methods embedded in processes of co-production and participation can drive real-time social change.
Sheltering Strangers
Critical Memoirs from Hosting Ukrainian Refugees
Daniel Briggs, Northumbria University
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447373629
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781447373612
ePUB ISBN 9781447373643
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
This book documents the experiences of 16 Ukrainian families seeking refuge in a Spanish town near Madrid, highlighting their experiences and the experiences of local families who volunteered to host them with limited state support or EU planning.
Racism and Austerity
Tory Ideology, Migrants, Muslims and the Working Class
Mike Cole, University of East London and Bishop Grosseteste University
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529239782
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529239775
ePUB ISBN 9781529239799
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the Conservative Party’s policies on racism, the hostile environment and austerity under Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. It’s essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary politics, as well as students studying the sociology and politics of racism or social class.
Intersectional Socialism
A Utopia for Radical Interdependence
Charles Masquelier, University of Exeter
Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529212594
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529212587
ePUB ISBN 9781529212600
234 x 156 mm 218 pages
UK February 2025
US February 2025
“Both utopian and pragmatic, this book offers a bold, inclusive invitation. Foregrounding womenof-colours' and decolonial theories, Masquelier reframes socialism in a broader, radically interconnected framework. Highly recommended.”
ANA LOUISE KEATING, TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY
This book offers a unique and timely reformulation of socialism adapted to current challenges. It makes explicit the ‘silent utopia’ of intersectionality theory and lays the conceptual groundwork for an emancipatory politics.
Liquid Racism
Brexit, Education and Road Culture
Nathan Kerrigan, Damian Breen and Yusef Bakkali, Birmingham City University
Paperback
£24.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529218480
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529218473
ePUB ISBN 9781529218497
234 x 156 mm 200 pages
UK April 2025 US May 2025
This innovative book takes Bauman’s notions of ‘liquid modernity’ one step further to develop a theory of ‘liquid racism’. Through case studies on Brexit, education, and Black youth culture, the authors reveal how racism persists in new forms, despite post-race claims.
Rethinking Migration
Challenging Borders, Citizenship and Race
Edited by Bridget Anderson, University of Bristol
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529234473
ePUB ISBN 9781529234480
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This interdisciplinary collection rethinks migration by exploring human and non-human mobility, offering fresh perspectives on migration as a force that connects rather than divides.
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The Culture of Care in Britain since the Second World War
Bernice Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London
This book examines the evolving value of caregiving in Britain, from the establishment of the welfare state to the present day. It explores the shifts in discourses surrounding care, charting key social, economic, political and cultural changes which have led to the current ‘care crisis’.
The Personal Life of Debt
Coercion, Subjectivity and Inequality in Britain
Ryan
Davey, Cardiff University
The first full-length ethnography of debt problems in Britain, this book uses long-term fieldwork on a southern English housing estate to challenge stigmatising portrayals of debt and bring new insights to the emerging field of debt studies.
The Politics of Intersectional Practice
Representation, Coalition and Solidarity in UK NGOs
Ashlee Christoffersen, York University, Toronto
“This is an unflinching analysis of the realities of applying intersectionality ‘on the ground’ in equality organizations.”
LEAH BASSEL, COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
This book examines the use of intersectionality in UK policy and practice, with a specific focus on NGOs, outlining five distinct interpretations of intersectional practice and their implications.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529248173
ePUB ISBN 9781529248180
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529239423
ePUB ISBN 9781529239430
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529236101
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529236095
ePUB ISBN 9781529236118
234 x 156 mm 264 pages
UK May 2025
UK May 2025
Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
Series Editors: Lara Monticelli, University College London and Torsten Geelan, University of Bristol
Land, Capital and Extractive Frontiers
Social Conflict and Ecological Crisis in the Senegalese River Delta
Maura Benegiamo, University of Pisa
This book examines ‘land grabbing’ - its colonial roots and the fraught relationship between capital and nature amid the current ecological crisis.
Remaking Money for a Sustainable Future Money Commons
Ester Barinaga Martín, Lund University “This is a sophisticated inquiry into the origins and diversity of money.”
BILL MAURER, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
Available open access digitally under CC-BYNC-ND licence. Engaging imaginatively with the future of money, this book examines the real-life efforts of grassroots movements and activists from across the world.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529237825
ePUB ISBN 9781529237832
234 x 156 mm 152 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529225389
Hardback £90.99 | US $159.95
ISBN 9781529225372
ePUB ISBN 9781529225396
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK April 2024
US May 2024
Michel
Prefiguring Utopia
Suryamayi Aswini
Clarence-Smith
Politics
Frank Adloff Aswini
Clarence-Smith
From Capital to Commons
Hannes Gerhardt
The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics
Edited by Lara Monticelli
Organizations and Activism
Series Editors: Daniel King, Nottingham Trent University and Martin Parker, University of Bristol
Organising for Change
Social Change Makers and Social Change Organisations
Silke Roth, University of Southampton and Clare Saunders, University of Exeter, Cornwall
“Challenges us to think differently about activists and social change organisations.”
DAVID LEWIS, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
This book explores global social change processes through the concepts of social change organisations (SCOs) and social change makers (SCMs).
Organizing Food, Faith and Freedom
Imagining Alternatives
Ozan Alakavuklar, Utrecht University
“A much-needed account of the power of alternatives: highly political, self-reflexive and hopeful.”
PATRIZIA
ZANONI, HASSELT UNIVERSITY
Based on an autoethnographic study about a free food store in Aotearoa New Zealand, this book examines how community solutions could offer blueprints to organize differently against capitalist dynamics.
Studying Political Parties as Organizations
Emil Husted
Food Politics, Activism and Alternative Consumer Cooperatives
Beyza Oba and Zeynep Özsoy
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529236019
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529236002
ePUB ISBN 9781529236026
234 x 156 mm 270 pages
UK February 2024
US March 2024
Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529216240
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529216233
ePUB ISBN 9781529216257
234 x 156 mm 154 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Co-operation and Co-operatives in 21st-Century Europe
Edited by Julian Manley, Anthony Webster and Olga Kuznetsova
Business, Finance and International Development
Series Editors: Catherine Dolan and Farwa Sial, SOAS University of London, Paul Gilbert and Dinah Rajak, University of Sussex, Lena Lavinas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Emma Mawdsley, University of Cambridge and Jessica Sklair, Queen Mary University of London
State, Capitalism and Finance in Emerging Markets
Between Subordination and Statecraft
Edited by Johannes Petry and Andreas Nölke, Goethe University Frankfurt
What is the role of emerging markets within the global financial system? Are they subordinate or do they have autonomy to use finance for state objectives? This book brings together leading scholars to address these important questions, offering profound insights into how emerging markets are reshaping global finance.
Varieties of Impact Investing
Creating and Translating a Label in Local Contexts
Edited by Philip Balsiger and Daniel Burnier, University of Neuchâtel and Noé Kabouche, University of Neuchâtel and Sciences Po Paris
This book explores the malleability of impact investing, and how it overlaps with the development sphere to give finance a new role.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529243345
ePUB ISBN 9781529243369
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK June 2025
US June 2025
Edited by Juan Bohoslavsky and Mariana Rulli
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529238167
ePUB ISBN 9781529238174
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Understanding Work and Employment Relations
Series Editors: Andy Hodder, University of Birmingham and Stephen Mustchin, University of Manchester
The Politics of Migrant Labour
Exit, Voice, and Social Reproduction
Gabriella Alberti, University of Leeds and Devi Sacchetto, University of Padova
“A must-read for anyone interested in work in the modern world.”
CHRIS SMITH, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
The turnover of labour and its significance for workers and employers has usually been considered at the organizational level as individual exit behaviour, and seldom in relation to the cross-border mobility practices of migrant workers within and without the workplace.
Drawing from labour process theory, the autonomy of migration, social reproduction and industrial relations, this book explores the relationship between labour mobility and international migration under a global and historical perspective.
Uncovering both the individual and collective actions by migrants inside and outside worker organizations, the authors develop a new understanding of migrants’ everyday mobilities as creative and life-sustaining strategies of social reproduction and labour conflict.
Edited by Andy Hodder and Stephen Mustchin
ISBN 9781529227741
Hardback
ISBN 9781529227734
ePUB ISBN 9781529227758
234 x 156 mm 286 pages
UK July 2025
US July 2025
Crises
Steve Williams and Mark Erickson
Donatella della Porta, Riccardo Emilio Chesta and Lorenzo Cini
Dollar Dominance
Why It Rules the Global Economy and How to Challenge It
Photis Lysandrou
, City, University of London
In a world shaken by crises, why does the dollar continue to dominate? This book explores the interaction between global instability and the enduring strength of the dollar.
COVID-19 Stories from the Swedish Welfare State
The Pandemicracy
Barbara Czarniawska and Elena Raviola, University of Gothenburg and Josef Pallas, Uppsala University
This book offers a unique perspective on Sweden’s COVID-19 response in its publicly funded welfare sector which stood out as exemplary on the global stage.
Corporeal Ethics for Feminist Work
(Dis)organized Bodies
Daniela Pianezzi, University of Verona
Drawing on diverse feminist perspectives, this book examines how societal and organizational processes shape our perception of work, value and significance.
Capitalism Reloaded
The Rise of the Authoritarian-Financial Complex
Peter Bloom, University of Essex
Exploring the ‘authoritarian–financial complex’ that shapes modern capitalism, this book unveils how neoliberalism fosters state and corporate repression in our lives.
Hardback £45.00 US $75.00
ISBN 9781529249705
ePUB ISBN 9781529249712
203 x 127 mm 176 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529243123
ePUB ISBN 9781529243130
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK January 2025
US February 2025
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529241518
ePUB ISBN 9781529241525
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK January 2025
US February 2025
Feminist Perspectives on Work and Organization
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529233858
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529233841
ePUB ISBN 9781529233865
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Perspectives on Whistleblowing
Cases and Theories
Edited by Iain Munro, Newcastle University, Marianna Fotaki, University of Warwick and Kate Kenny, National University of Ireland
Examining high-profile cases including Kiriakou, Snowden, Foxley and Assange, this book offers crucial insights into the subject of whistleblowing.
On Practicing Diversity
Maddy Janssens, KU Leuven and Chris Steyaert, University of St Gallen
Drawing on critical theories, real-world examples and personal insights, this book offers a fresh perspective on creating meaningful, inclusive change in diverse workplaces. It is an urgent call to action for those committed to true organizational transformation.
Paperback £24.99 | US $42.95
ISBN 9781529216929
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529216912
ePUB ISBN 9781529216936
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529235524
ePUB ISBN 9781529235548
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Subjectivism in Economics and Philosophy
Karl Mittermaier, University of the Witwatersrand
Available open access digitally under CC-BYNC-ND licence. Mittermaier’s posthumous work bridges the gap between philosophy and economics by integrating subjectivism from both fields.
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529250084
ePUB ISBN 9781529248159
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS
Series Editors: Mike Michael, University of Exeter and Alex Wilkie, Goldsmiths, University of London
1000 Platforms
Ensembles as Ontological Experiments
Adrian Mackenzie, Australian
National University
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529237405
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529237399
ePUB ISBN 9781529237412
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Mackenzie explores a wide range of digital platforms to offer fresh perspectives on how platforms, media and devices function and evolve.
More-Than-Human Aesthetics
Venturing Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature
Edited by Melanie Sehgal, University of Wuppertal and Alex Wilkie, Goldsmiths, University of London
Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529227796
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529227789
ePUB ISBN 9781529227802
234 x 156 mm 258 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
This imaginative collection invites readers to explore how a broader view of aesthetics can reshape areas like medicine, arts and education, challenging how we think about knowledge.
Revisiting Reflexivity
Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond
Edited by Sarah R. Davies, Andrea Schikowitz, Elaine Goldberg, Esther Dessewffy, Bao-Chau
Pham and Ariadne Avkıran, University of Vienna, Fredy Mora Gámez, TEMA, Linköping University and University of Vienna and Kathleen Gregory, Leiden University
Paperback £29.99 | US $44.99
ISBN 9781529244878
ePUB ISBN 9781529244885
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book explores the concept of reflexivity in science and technology studies and how it can be applied to address practical and ethical issues in research.
Rhythm and Vigilance
Ethnographies of Surveillance and Time
Edited
by Vita Peacock, Mikkel Kenni Bruun, Claire Dungey and Matan Shapiro, King’s College London
Available open access digitally under CC-BYNC-ND licence.
Historical studies of surveillance have emphasised how technology is used to control space. This innovative collection examines how new monitoring technologies are also affecting the experience of time.
Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s concept of rhythm, the book brings together ethnographic research from Europe, China and the US, to show how digital monitoring is transforming spatio-temporal relations across the Global North.
The Analogue Idyll
Disconnection, Detox and Departure from the
Digital World
Edited by Alexander Taylor, University of Exeter
Written by wide-ranging experts across Europe and UK, this volume explores the significance of the "analogue" in our increasingly digital world and sheds light on its sociocultural and economic impact. It demystifies the myth of rekindling vanishing forms of pre-digital sociality by going analogue, pushing the boundaries of digital disconnection studies.
This is a timely intervention to growing public debates surrounding social media addiction, digital detoxing, slow computing and offline living.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529246520
ePUB ISBN 9781529246537
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529233704
ePUB ISBN 9781529233711
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK November 2025
US November 2025
The Realities of Autonomous Weapons
Edited by Thomas Christian Bächle, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and University of Bonn, Jascha Bareis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Available open access digitally under CCBY-NC-ND licence. This book reviews the social, political, cultural, ethical and military dimensions of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). The book uncovers the practices that construct LAWS as both a technological reality and a futuristic possibility in military and political contexts.
The Ethics of AI Power, Critique, Responsibility
Rainer Mühlhoff, University of Osnabrück
Available open access digitally under CC-BYNC-ND licence. This book offers a new way to think about AI ethics by exploring how machine learning shapes society. Instead of focusing on doomsday scenarios, it highlights how AI changes our interactions and social norms. By understanding the complex relationship between humans and AI, it encourages more responsible use of these technologies.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529251098
ePUB ISBN 9781529237207
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Paperback £24.99 US $41.99
ISBN 9781529249248
ePUB ISBN 9781529249255
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Diverse Voices
Series Editors: Se-shauna Wheatle, Durham University and Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford
Diverse Voices in Health Law and Ethics
Important Perspectives
Edited
by Elizabeth Chloe Romanis, Durham University, Sabrina Germain, City St George’s, University of London and Jonathan Herring, University of Oxford
Illuminating the often-overlooked perspectives of marginalised groups, this essential textbook offers a transformative exploration of health law and ethics.
Designed as a complement to foundational health law and ethics textbooks, the book amplifies the voices of those frequently silenced in teaching materials: racialised communities, ethnic minorities, women, disabled individuals, LGBTQI+ people and those disadvantaged by socioeconomic and structural factors.
Chapters cover key topics such as abortion, medical negligence and public health, scrutinising how traditional legal narratives can neglect the nuanced impacts on diverse groups. Contributors challenge readers to reflect on the production and perpetuation of health inequalities, enriching the curriculum with critical viewpoints.
Teaching tools include:
• accessible summaries throughout the chapters;
• critical reflection questions at the end of each chapter for students and teachers;
• further reading lists and links to external resources.
Paperback £29.99 | US $44.99
ISBN 9781529236545
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529236538
ePUB ISBN 9781529236552
244 x 170 mm 400 pages
UK February 2025
US February 2025
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Diverse Voices in Tort Law
Edited by Kirsty Horsey
Diverse Voices in Public Law
Edited by Se-shauna Wheatle and Elizabeth O’Loughlin
Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Collection
Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice
Series Editors: Alan Bogg, University of Bristol and Virginia Mantouvalou, University College London
Class and Social Background Discrimination in the Modern Workplace
Mapping Inequality in the Digital Age
Angelo Capuano, Central Queensland University
This book exposes how inequalities based on class and social background arise from employment practices in the digital age.
It considers instances where social media is used in recruitment; where algorithms assess socioeconomic data to filter candidates; where human interviewers are replaced by artificial intelligence; and where already vulnerable groups become victims of digitalisation and remote work.
Discrimination, Equality and Health Care Rationing
Rachel Horton, University of Reading
Available open access digitally under CC-BYND licence. When deciding who to treat, those engaged in priority setting and resource allocation need to comply with their obligations under the Equality Act 2010.
This book provides an examination of how anti-discrimination laws intersect with health care rationing. It critiques how existing legal frameworks apply to resource allocation, questioning whether utilitarian principles should be adjusted.
Paperback £29.99 | US $49.95
ISBN 9781529222951
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529222944
ePUB ISBN 9781529222968
234 x 156 mm 252 pages
UK July 2025
US July 2025
NEW IN PAPERBACK
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529231946
ePUB ISBN 9781529231960
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
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Access to Social Justice
Katie Boyle, Diana Camps, Kirstie English, Jo Ferrie, Aidan Flegg and Gaurav Mukherjee
Labour Law and the Person
Lisa Rodgers
Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers
Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello and Sarah Fraser Butlin
Perspectives on Law and Access to Justice
Series Editors: Jess Mant, Monash University and Daniel Newman, Cardiff University
Rethinking Family Mediation
The Role of the Family Mediator in Contemporary Times
Rachael Blakey, University of Warwick
Over several decades, policies have made mediation a key part of the English and Welsh family justice system. As the process faces increasing demand from a diverse and complex client base, some argue for a return to a fully funded court system.
However, this dominant view overlooks the longstanding problems with the court process, as well as the potential value of mediation. This book, based on original research, highlights the evolving role of mediators who assist families without legal support.
The Hidden World of the Legal Aid Lawyer
Upholding the Heart of Justice
Emma Cooke, University of Kent
Since the 2012 LASPO cuts, legal aid in England and Wales has faced serious challenges, affecting justice access and traditional practices.
This book examines how this has altered the identity of legal aid lawyers amid shrinking resources. Based on extensive research, the book captures the first-hand experiences of those on the front lines.
Access to Justice, Digitalization and Vulnerability
Naomi Creutzfeldt, Arabella Kyprianides, Ben Bradford and Jonathan Jackson
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529232967
ePUB ISBN 9781529232974
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529232929
ePUB ISBN 9781529232936
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
• Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Collection
• Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Collection
Law, Society, Policy
Series Editors: Rosie Harding, University of Birmingham
Future Directions in Surrogacy Law
Law and Policy Reform in the UK and Beyond
Edited by Kirsty Horsey, University of Kent, Zaina Mahmoud, University of Liverpool and Katherine Wade, University of Bristol
This edited collection brings together a range of experts on surrogacy at a time when the law in the UK has been fully reconsidered for the first time in generations.
Society has developed significantly since surrogacy laws were first written and the existing law is out of date and no longer fit for purpose. Each chapter in this collection considers one aspect of surrogacy regulation and analyses the potential effectiveness of proposed reforms or suggests what changes should be made based on experience in other jurisdictions.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529238761
ePUB ISBN 9781529238778
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Edited by Beverley Clough and Laura Pritchard-Jones
Children’s Voices, Family Disputes and Child-Inclusive Mediation
Jean McHale and Laura Noszlopy
Anne Barlow and Jan Ewing
• Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Collection
Constitutional Fracture
How Brexit Revealed Deep Fault-Lines in the British Constitution
Tom Hickman , University College London and Gavin Phillipson , University of Bristol
Hardback
£40.00 | US $60.00
ISBN 9781529245646
ePUB ISBN 9781529245653
203 x 127 mm 144 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book offers a thorough examination of the events that led to a deep governance crisis following the UK’s departure from the EU, shedding light on the intense political battles between Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Parliament.
Russia’s Strategy in Ukraine
Modern Suzerainty, Borders and International Law
Rilka Dragneva , Kataryna Wolczuk and Roman Wolczuk , University of Birmingham
Hardback
£45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529242799
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203 x 127 mm 192 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Lawless Borders
The Rule of Law Deficit in Immigration Control
Valsamis Mitsilegas, University of Liverpool, Elspeth Guild and Niovi Vavoula , Queen Mary University of London
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529237788
ePUB ISBN 9781529237795
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book explores the evolving preventive immigration control system, analysing its impact on the rule of law. Examining state practices, EU agency operations and digital innovations like AI, it offers a critical look at how these layers erode legal norms and sheds light on modern border management challenges.
This book explores Moscow’s use of ‘legal smokescreens’ to selectively exploit agreements and undermine neighbouring states’ sovereignty. By examining these tactics, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of Russia’s strategy to maintain dominance and its impact on international law and regional stability.
Russia, the Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights
A Troubled Membership and Its Legacy
Ed Bates, University of Leicester, Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool and Andrew Forde, University of Galway
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529232806
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529232790
ePUB ISBN 9781529232813
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
In 2022, Russia became the first country to be expelled from the Council of Europe due to its invasion of Ukraine. The profound impact of its exit on international human rights is hard to overestimate. This book chronicles and examines the events leading up to Russia’s expulsion, the negative legacy left by it and strategies for the future policy.
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Modern Slavery in Global Context
Human Rights, Law and Society
Edited by Elizabeth A. Faulkner, Keele University
Paperback £29.99 | US $49.95
ISBN 9781529224719
Hardback £90.99 | US $159.95
ISBN 9781529224702
ePUB ISBN 9781529224726
234 x 156 mm 362 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
This collection brings together academics from a range of disciplines to examine modern slavery. Providing a platform to critique the legal, ideological and political responses to the issue, experts interrogate the construct of modern slavery and the anti-trafficking discourse which have dominated contemporary responses to exploitation.
Climate Technology and Law in the Anthropocene
Edited by Leonie Reins, TILT, Tilburg Law School and Alexander Zahar, Macquarie Law School
Paperback £149.99 | US $195.99
ISBN 9781529232882
ePUB ISBN 9781529232905
234 x 156 mm 624 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Challenging Judicial Core Values
Consent-Based Rape Legislation In Practice
Åsa Wettergren , Moa Bladini and Sara Uhnoo, University of Gothenburg
Paperback £29.99 | US $44.99
ISBN 9781529237535
ePUB ISBN 9781529237559
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK June 2025
US June 2025
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
This book examines how Sweden’s consent-based rape laws challenge outdated legal frameworks and offers insights applicable globally. It reveals how emotional and contextual factors impact legal reasoning and advocates training in emotional reflexivity and empathy.
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing.
This book explores the urgent technological and legal changes needed to keep global warming below 2°C and navigate the Anthropocene. Revealing the controversies of rapid technological adoption and legal reform, experts provide realistic solutions for a complex future.
Feminist Revolt and the Constitution
Abortion Activism on the Island of Ireland
Jane Rooney, Durham University
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529237108
ePUB ISBN 9781529237115
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
This project gathers personal stories to examine abortion law reform in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It investigates the capacity of constitutions and constitutionalism to support feminist demands, advocating a feminist constituent power. This is a significant contribution to global discussions on reproductive rights.
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Hashtag Activism and Women’s Rights
Are Social Media Campaigns Really Making Laws Better for Women and Girls?
Reilly Willis, University of Suffolk
This book sheds light on the global legal impact of international social media campaigns on women’s rights. It makes a significant contribution to literature on human rights change, women’s rights and social media activism.
Politics and Administrative Justice
Postliberalism, Street-Level Bureaucracy and the Reawakening of Democratic Citizenship
Nick O’Brien, University of Liverpool
This book argues there is urgent need for a radical reassessment of the way the law mediates between citizens and the state. Drawing on public inquiries into high-profile cases, this book examines how the regulation of streetlevel bureaucracy can play an integral part in reimagining postliberal politics and the role of the law.
Public Health and International Economic Law
Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases and Promoting Better Health for All
Amandine Garde, University of Liverpool and Gregory Messenger, University of Bristol
Available open access digitally under CC-BYNC-ND licence.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529241280
ePUB ISBN 9781529241303
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK February 2025
US February 2025
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529230598
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ISBN 9781529230581
ePUB ISBN 9781529230604
234 x 156 mm 168 pages
UK June 2025
US June 2025
This book tackles crucial and timely questions regarding the impact of international trade and investment law on state regulatory autonomy in crafting and executing measures to prevent noncommunicable diseases. NEW IN PAPERBACK
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ISBN 9781529242768
ePUB ISBN 9781529242775
203 x 127 mm 176 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
50 Facts Everyone Should Know about the Police
Edited by John Bahadur Lamb, Staffordshire University, Max Hart, Birmingham City University, James Treadwell, Staffordshire University, Adam Lynes and Craig Kelly, Birmingham City University
"A fascinating, readable and easily accessible introduction to some of the key contemporary issues and controversies in policing, crime control and criminal investigation."
PETER SQUIRES, UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
Have you ever wondered whether crime dramas reflect the reality of police work? Or what the future of policing could look like in the context of recent controversies?
Offering thought-provoking insights into understanding, addressing and preventing crime, this fascinating ‘go to’ book reveals the myths and realities of policing in the 21st century. The 50 facts take in crime prevention, the investigative process, forensics, models of policing, the limits of police powers and a range of other provocative themes. Offering a deeper and richer understanding of the profession, this book will equip you to think critically about modern perceptions of policing.
Paperback £16.99 | US $25.50
ISBN 9781447370475
ePUB ISBN 9781447370482
203 x 127 mm 224 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
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New Horizons in Criminology
Series Editor: Andrew Millie, The Open University
Onlife Criminology
Virtual Crimes and Real Harms
Janos Szakolczai, University of Glasgow
Digital tools such as smart devices, personal trackers and social media have become part of daily life for many. ‘Onlife’ (online+life) criminology is the study of crime and social harm produced by the blurring lines between digital engagement and our everyday lives that we may not even be aware of.
From AI, security breaches to the proliferation of conspiracy theories, this thought-provoking book analyses the serious threats of surveillance, targeted indoctrination and abuse of personal data that can potentially affect us all. The book explores alternatives to the current situation and presents practical and more sustainable solutions for internet use.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529235906
ePUB ISBN 9781529235920
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
John Scott and Zoe Staines
Aaron Pycroft and Clemens Bartollas
Bill McClanahan
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Studies in Social Harm
Series Editors: Christina Pantazis, University of Bristol and Simon Pemberton, University of Birmingham
Social Harm and Neoliberalism
Political and Philosophical Issues
John Gregson, Leeds Beckett University
This book links criminological, political, moral and philosophical issues to offer a deeper understanding of the problem of social harm within the neoliberal environment. With case studies illustrating the direct and indirect harms that result from neoliberal policies or harmful inaction, it also demonstrates the harms caused by individualism.
The Harms of Beauty
Sam Barnes, Arden University
This groundbreaking ethnographic study lifts the lid on the dark side of beauty – revealing why young people are willing to inflict self-harm in the pursuit of ‘perfection’ and exploring the motivations for using, buying and selling counterfeit beauty products and services.
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529223613
ePUB ISBN 9781529223637
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529235333
ePUB ISBN 9781529235357
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Against Youth Violence
Border Harms and Everyday Violence
Evgenia Iliadou
Luke Billingham and Keir Irwin-Rogers
The Harms of Work
Anthony Lloyd
Research in Rural Crime
Series Editors: Alistair Harkness, University of New England in New South Wales and Jessica Peterson, Southern Oregon University
Rural Policing in Global Contexts
Edited by Wendell Wallace, University of the West Indies
"This landmark collection offers a new horizon in policing scholarship left largely unexplored to date."
NICOLE L. ASQUITH, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA
Addressing a lack of research on rural policingparticularly in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean - this groundbreaking edited collection draws on northern, southern and post-colonial perspectives in global contexts. Key scholars explore the lived experiences of rural crime and policing, police responses to domestic violence and people with mental illness, skilfully setting out the ways in which rural policing differs from its urban counterpart.
This is a timely, forward-looking book for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in understanding successful rural policing dynamics in the present and future.
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529239928
ePUB ISBN 9781529239935
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Rural Criminology in Global Perspective
Edited by Matt Bowden and Gorazd Meško
Gender-based Violence and Rurality in the 21st Century
Dark Tourism and Rural Crime
Jenny Wise
Edited by Ziwei Qi, April N. Terry and Tamara J. Lynn
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Sound, Order and Survival in Prison
The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown
Kate Herrity, University of Cambridge
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529229486
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529229455
ePUB ISBN 9781529229493
234 x 156 mm 210 pages
UK July 2025
US July 2025
Winner of the British Society of Criminology Annual Book Prize 2024
The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? This book is the story of a year spent with a UK prison community, bringing its social world vividly to life through aural ethnography.
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Gendering Green Criminology
Edited by Emma Milne, Durham University, Pamela Davies, Northumbria University, James Heydon , University of Nottingham, Kay Peggs, Kingston University and Tanya Wyatt , Northumbria University
Paperback
£29.99 | US $44.99
ISBN 9781529229622
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529229615
ePUB ISBN 9781529229639
234 x 156 mm 322 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
The first volume in green criminology devoted to gender, this book investigates gendered patterns to offending, victimisation and environmental harms. The collection advances debate on green crimes and climate change and will inspire students and researchers to foreground gender in reducing the challenges affecting our planet’s future.
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Climate Change as a Crisis of Imagination
Avi Brisman , University of Newcastle, Australia
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529235715
ePUB ISBN 9781529235722
203 x 127 mm 1 60 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
This book encourages a radical rethinking of how we tell stories about climate change. Considering the contrasting perspectives of writer Amitav Ghosh and theorist Mark Bould, it reconciles their storytelling for criminologists and all those concerned about- and working towards avoidingcatastrophic climate change.
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Preventing Violence
The Past, Present and Future of the Public Health Approach
Keir Irwin-Rogers and Luke Billingham, The Open University, Fern Gillon and Alistair Fraser, University of Glasgow, Susan McVie, University of Edinburgh and Tim Newburn, London School of Economics and Political Science
Paperback £24.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781447373841
ePUB ISBN 9781447373858
216 x 140 mm 144 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
This book argues that we can move towards safer and better societies by advancing holistic public health approaches to violence prevention. It makes clear recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and researchers working to improve the lives of children and young people.
Envisioning Abolition
Edited by David Gordon Scott , The Open University and Emma Bell , University of Savoy Mont Blanc
Hardback £140.00 | US $160.00
ISBN 9781529234770
ePUB ISBN 9781529234794
234 x 156 mm 400 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Abolitionist thought visualises a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, showing how their ideas can assist those engaging in emancipatory struggles against penal and social injustice today.
Sentencing Serious Sex Offenders
How Judges Decide when Discretion is Wide
Diarmuid Griffin , University of Galway
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529234732
ePUB ISBN 9781529234749
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Addressing a lack of high-quality sentencing information in Ireland, this important book explores the factors that influence judges to impose a sentence of long-term imprisonment in sexual offence cases. The book is designed to be used in the classroom and the court, as well as providing a solid evidence base to inform policy makers.
Abolitionist Voices
Edited by David Gordon Scott , The Open University
Hardback £90.99 | US $159.95
ISBN 9781529224030
ePUB ISBN 9781529224054
234 x 156 mm 320 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
Why have so many radical thinkers called for the abolition of prisons and punishment and why have their ideas been so difficult to communicate and garner widespread support? This book outlines the long and nuanced history of penal abolitionism and shows how these ideas have continued topicality.
Criminal Justice, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene
Edited by Ragnhild A. Sollund and Martine S.B. Lie, University of Oslo
Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529223361
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529223354
ePUB ISBN 9781529223378
234 x 156 mm 232 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
This book addresses one of today’s most urgent issues: the loss of wildlife and habitat. Combining conservation studies with a focus on animal rights, the chapters explore the successes and failures of the international treaties CITES and the BERN Convention.
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Drug Policy Constellations
The Role of Power and Morality in the Making of Drug Policy in the UK
Alex Stevens, University of Kent
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529231427
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529231328
ePUB ISBN 9781529231434
234 x 156 mm 192 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
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Drawing on the author’s participation in high-level policy discussions, this book presents three key issues in UK illicit drug policy – medical cannabis, drug-related deaths and the government’s 10-year drug strategy.
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The Recovery Capital Handbook
Edited by David Best , Leeds Trinity University and Emily Hennessy, Recovery Research Institute
Paperback
£24.99 | US $38.50
ISBN 9781529240283
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529240276
ePUB ISBN 9781529240290
234 x 156 mm 288 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
This book brings together all the existing evidence on recovery capital measurement and its application to addiction recovery, and is the ‘go to’ book on this topic for researchers, policy makers, practitioners and people in recovery.
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Exploring Urban Youth Culture Outside of the Gang Paradigm
Critical Questions of Youth, Gender and Race On-Road
Edited by Jade Levell , University of Bristol, Tara Young, University of Kent and Rod Earle, The Open University
Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529225587
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529225570
ePUB ISBN 9781529225594
234 x 156 mm 208 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Young people ‘on-road’ are often criminalised due to interlocking structural inequalities. Looking beyond concerns about gangs, the book addresses the concerns of practitioners, policy makers and scholars in analysing aspects and misinterpretations of the shifting realities of young people’s urban life.
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True Crime
Key Themes and Perspectives
Ian Cummins, University of Salford, Martin King, independent scholar and Louise Wattis, Northumbria University
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529238198
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529238150
ePUB ISBN 9781529238211
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
True crime is a huge cultural industry yet behind it lies the real-life victims and a disconnect between representations of violent crime and its reality. This book is a go-to guide for students and researchers in understanding the development of this phenomenon and its social and cultural impacts.
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Understanding France
Helen Drake, Loughborough University
This concise yet comprehensive volume provides a compelling introduction to the politics, society, economy and culture of France.
Following on from the success of its predecessor volume, Contemporary France, this thoroughly revised and updated new edition critically examines recent societal shifts, from concerns about flawed democracy to the influence of President Emmanuel Macron, and from the impact of populist political movements, BLM and #MeToo to the reception of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The book provides:
• rich empirical data presented in a jargon-free and accessible text;
• the most up-to-date analysis of the French political landscape today;
• an invaluable primer for students across disciplines as well as general readers.
Examining the key debates in contemporary France, this is a thoroughly authoritative text that considers how well equipped the country is to meet the challenges which face it today.
Paperback £24.99 | US $38.50
ISBN 9781529229950
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529229943
ePUB ISBN 9781529229967
216 x 140 mm 240 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Global Discourse
Critical Explorations of Crisis
Politics, Precariousness and Potentialities
Edited by Helle Rydstrom, Mo Hamza, Lund University, Thomas GammeltoftHansen, Københavns Universitet and Vanja Berggren, Karolinska Institutet
Bringing together a team of international contributors, this book argues for a broader, interdisciplinary field of crisis studies. Chapters reject the tendency to oversimplify the complex intersections of environmental, socioeconomic, political and health factors that together define a crisis. In doing so, the book demonstrates the transformative character of crisis and its connections to conditions of uncertainty in global-local dynamics, politics, a ‘post-fact’ environment and diversity in human suffering and resilience.
Intersections of Housing Precarity, Health and Wellbeing in Diverse Global Settings
What Is Happening to Housing?
Edited by Kelly Greenop, University of Queensland and Johanna Brugman Alvarez, University of Technology (UTS)
This book examines the specific manifestations and causes of housing precarity across a diverse range of geographic settings and housing types.
It argues that, while causes are often structural, the forms of housing precarity need to be deeply and specifically understood in order to propose solutions.
The Trouble with Speculation Edited
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529246384
ePUB ISBN 9781529246407
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529243857
ePUB ISBN 9781529243864
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
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The Politics of Negative Emotions
Edited by Dan Degerman
Bristol Studies in International Theory
Series Editors: Felix Berenskötter, King’s College London, Neta C. Crawford, University of Oxford and Stefano Guzzini, European University Institute
Benevolence in International Relations
A Political Essay
Frédéric Ramel, Sciences Po Center for International Sudies
In this first English-language edition of a soleauthored book by Frédéric Ramel, benevolence is defined as a moral principle which promotes temperance and attention to vulnerability. Ramel unpacks this concept, analyses its received meanings in different contexts and spells out its practical and ethical implications in detail.
In preparing this work for an English-speaking readership, the author undertook extensive revisions and included two additional chapters. It also includes a foreword by Chris Brown, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The French edition was published as La bienveillance dans les relations internationales
Hardback £75.00 | US $115.00
ISBN 9781529240016
ePUB ISBN 9781529240030
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
International Theory at the Margins
Felix Anderl Care and the Pluriverse
Maggie FitzGerald
Gender, Sexuality and Global Politics
Series Editors: Ali Bilgic, Loughborough University, Synne L. Dyvik, University of Sussex, Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Thomas Gregory, University of Auckland and Swati Parashar, University of Gothenburg
Queer Conflict Research
New Approaches to the Study of Political Violence
Edited by Jamie J. Hagen, Queen’s University Belfast, Samuel Ritholtz, University of Oxford and Andrew Delatolla, University of Leeds
Bringing together a team of international scholars, this volume provides a foundational guide to queer methodologies in the study of political violence and conflict.
Contributors provide illuminating discussions on why queer approaches are important, what they entail and how to adopt a queer approach to political violence and conflict. The chapters explore a variety of methodological approaches, including fieldwork, interviews, cultural analysis and archival research. They also engage with broader academic debates, such as how to work with research partners in an ethical manner.
Including valuable case studies from around the world, the book demonstrates how these methods can be used in practice. It is the first critical, in-depth discussion on queer methods and methodologies for research on political violence and conflict.
Katharina Kehl
Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529225051
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529225044
ePUB ISBN 9781529225068
234 x 156 mm 278 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Jenn Hobbs
NATO’s Northern Enlargement
Finland and Sweden’s Path to Membership
Tuomas Forsberg, University of Tampere and Magnus Christiansson , Swedish Defence University
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529245042
ePUB ISBN 9781529245059
203 x 127 mm 192 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
This book, written by leading experts on European defence, analyses NATO’s northern expansion, detailing the unique dynamics that forged Finland and Sweden’s path to NATO membership.
Confucian Governmentality and Socialist Autocracy in Contemporary China
Chih-yu Shih , National Taiwan University
Paperback
£27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529238914
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529238907
ePUB ISBN 9781529238921
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Exploring Confucian and socialist principles, this book examines the relationship between citizens and leaders in Chinese autocracy, challenging the binary of authoritarianism and democracy.
Children, Childhoods and Global Politics
Edited by J. Marshall Beier, McMaster University and Helen Berents, Griffith University
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529232318
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529232301
ePUB ISBN 9781529232325
234 x 156 mm 248 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Written by an international list of contributors, this book presents highly nuanced accounts of children and childhoods across global political time. The analysis demonstrates how international relations are quite deeply invested in a particular rendering of childhood as, primarily, a time of innocence, vulnerability and incapacity.
Europe’s World
Policy Paradigms, Strategic Thinking and the Anti-Liberal Challenge
Edited by Knud Erik Jørgensen, Tonny Brems Knudsen, Aarhus University and Laura Landorff, University of Southern Denmark
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529243611
ePUB ISBN 9781529243635
234 x 156 mm 304 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
The EU’s international environment is increasingly characterized by power-politics, growing great-power rivalry and war on its borders. This has challenged the liberalinternationalist identity that has been at the heart of the European Union since its birth. This book analyses how the EU has responded to these new realities in world politics.
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Contemporary Public Administration in New Zealand
Stories, Culture, Values
Rodney Scott , University of New South Wales, Peter Hughes, Public Service Commissioner
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529238853
ePUB ISBN 9781529238877
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK March 2025
US April 2025
This book provides an updated account of New Zealand public administration, including insider stories of leading reform. Co-authored by the head of the New Zealand public service, it describes decades of change, what worked, what didn’t, and what challenges remain.
Governance and Public Policy in Wales
Promise and Performance
Since Devolution
Jonathan Bradbury, Swansea University and Andrew Davies, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529209518
ePUB ISBN 9781529209532
234 x 156 mm 224 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
Written by leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive account of devolved politics and government in Wales and the powers and policy of the National Assembly.
Human Rights Compliance in Europe
The Local Politics of Culture and Legitimacy
Zoë Jay, University of Helsinki
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529241334
ePUB ISBN 9781529241341
234 x 156 mm 256 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
The European Court of Human Rights depends on the good faith cooperation of its members to implement judgement and maintain legitimacy. This book presents an innovative framework for understanding how local cultures dynamically shape states’ ideas about what is and is not legitimate in international human rights regimes.
Narrating China and Europe in Uncertain Times
Edited by Ágota Révész, CHERN, China-in-Europe Research Network, Duncan Freeman, Brussels Management School, Magnus Feldmann, University of Bristol, Steven Langendonk, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529238044
ePUB ISBN 9781529238068
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Unravelling the narratives surrounding EU–China relations, this book sheds light on how these diverse and often contradictory perspectives can play a crucial role in shaping decisions, and warns of their influence on policy making.
Nigerian Security
The Tragedy of Latent Great Powers
Manu Lekunze, University of Aberdeen
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529245851
ePUB ISBN 9781529245875
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Despite Nigeria’s critical role in African security, global policy makers often overlook the gravity of its security challenges. This book addresses this gap by developing a comprehensive framework for assessing national security in Nigeria.
The British Civil Service
Current Issues and Future Challenges
Janice Morphet , University College London
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529234923
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529234916
ePUB ISBN 9781529234930
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Taking account of its evolution in recent decades, this book provides an up-to-date account of the role of the Civil Service in the UK.
The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy
The Curious Persistence of a Flawed Instrument
Gustav Meibauer, Radboud University
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529244274
ePUB ISBN 9781529244298
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK July 2025
US August 2025
The no-fly zone is a frequently used tool in the US foreign policy arsenal, despite detrimental, or even catastrophic, results. This book examines why the tool has such a hold on leaders’ imaginations and rhetoric in spite of its patchy record in practice.
The United States and China in the Era of Global Transformations
Geographies of Rivalry
Edited by Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr., Leiden University
Paperback
£27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529228458
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529228441
ePUB ISBN 9781529228465
234 x 156 mm 260 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
This book provides a multifaceted and spatially oriented analysis of how China’s re-emergence as a global power impacts the dominance of the United States as well as domestic state and non-state actors in various world-regions, including the Asia-Pacific, Africa, South America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe and the Arctic.
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Transforming Protection
The Implications of Unarmed Civilian Protection
Rachel Julian , Leeds Beckett University
Paperback £26.99 | US $40.50
ISBN 9781529233902
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529233896
ePUB ISBN 9781529233919
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK June 2025
US July 2025
Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) is practised globally by trained civilians protecting fellow civilians without the use of weapons. This book argues that while UCP is useful and transformative in its own right, its principles and values mean it has the potential to be disruptive in a wide range of social contexts.
Nuclear Arms Control in Peril
Why the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty Matters and How to Save It
Thomas Grant, University of Cambridge
Hardback £19.99 | US $29.99
ISBN 9781529247794
ePUB ISBN 9781529247800
203 x 127 mm 192 pages
UK December 2024
US December 2024
In this book, a former US Department of State senior arms control official critically analyses two pivotal nuclear arms control treaties: the established Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the rising Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis A New Subfield
Edited by Karin Aggestam , Lund University and Jacqui True, Monash University
Paperback £24.99 | US $38.50
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529239461
ePUB ISBN 9781529239485
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK November 2024
US December 2024
This groundbreaking book provides the state-of-the-art in the study of gender, feminisms and foreign policy. Bringing together contributors from around the world, chapters offer new analyses of foreign policy topics, including trade, defence, environment, peacebuilding, disinformation and development assistance.
Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education
Series Editors: Michael Crossley, Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett, University of Bristol and Julia Paulson, University of Saskatchewan
Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean
Global Forces and Local Responses
Edited by D. Brent Edwards Jr., University of Hawaii, Mauro C. Moschetti, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pauline Martin, Central America University, Ricardo Morales-Ulloa, National Pedagogical University Francisco Morazán
Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC).
Rethinking Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe
Insights from Education and Political Research
Edited by Nina Kolleck, University of Potsdam and Ireneusz Karolewski, University of Leipzig
Bringing together contributors from across Europe, this volume explores citizenship practice in Central and Eastern Europe.
Recognizing that citizenship can assume different meanings, chapters examine citizenship practices in education settings and political landscape at micro, meso and macro levels.
Paperback £29.99 | US $44.99
ISBN 9781529231724
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529231717
ePUB ISBN 9781529231731
234 x 156 mm 380 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529240788
ePUB ISBN 9781529240801
234 x 156 mm 272 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Indigenous Peoples and UN Sustainability Goals in South America
The Case for Change
Darren R. Reid, Neil Renwick, Coventry University, Leonel
Piovezana and Claudia Battestin, Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529239256
ePUB ISBN 9781529239263
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
This book uses three communities as case studies to reveal patterns of anti-Indigenous behaviours among governments and private organisations, which in turn limit progress towards achieving the SDGs.
Global Development and Environment
Joe Williams, Cardiff University and James Duminy, University of Bristol
Paperback
£24.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529231700
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529231564
ePUB ISBN 9781529231571
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
This book develops a much-needed, theoretically rigorous and politicised concept of the planetary scale within the field of environment and development.
Horizontal Development
Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid
Shonali Banerjee, University of Cambridge, Anne-Meike Fechter, University of Sussex and Thabani Mutambasere, University of Edinburgh
Paperback £18.99 | US $32.95
ISBN 9781529224597
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529224580
ePUB ISBN 9781529224603
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK May 2025
US June 2025
Providing an overview of emerging and evolving forms of development, including technology for development, faith-based aid and South-South humanitarianism, this book explores to what extent they disrupt existing models and how they can lead to more equitable and grassroots-led approaches.
Contested Civil Society in Myanmar
Local Change and Global Recognition
Maaike Matelski, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529236521
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529230543
ePUB ISBN 9781529230550
234 x 156 mm 212 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
ePDFs of chapters 4, 5 and 7 are available open access under CC-BYNC-ND licence. This book illustrates the ways in which contestations in Myanmar society are reflected in civil society.
HIV, Gender and the Politics of Medicine
Embodied Democracy in the Global South
Elizabeth Mills, University of Sussex
Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529221947
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529221916
ePUB ISBN 9781529221954
234 x 156 mm 288 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
This book highlights the value of understanding the embodied and political dimensions of health policy and reveals the networked threads that weave women’s precarity into the governance of technologies and the technologies of governance.
Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid
Shonali Banerjee, Anne-Meike Fechter and Thabani Mutambasere
Planetary Justice
Stories and Studies of Action, Resistance and Solidarity
Edited by Michele Lobo and Eve Mayes, Deakin University and Laura Bedford, University of Melbourne
“ Planetary Justice offers essential reading about solidarity and justice, bringing together voices from diverse contexts to provide critical, grounded and generative responses to confront global climate, environmental and social injustices.”
FARHANA SULTANA, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
“This book is essential reading. It amplifies voices of struggle, urging us to collectivize solidarity and resistance for planetary justice.”
ANDREA VALDIVIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
Bringing together interdisciplinary climate change scholarship and grassroots activism, this book considers the possibilities of planetary justice across human difference, generations, species and the concept of life and non-life. Writing amid bushfires, cyclones, global climate strikes and a global pandemic, contributors from the Earth Unbound Collective share stories from India, Australia, Canada and Scotland. Chapters draw on Indigenous, Black, Southern, ecosocialist and ecofeminist perspectives to call for more radical and interconnected ideas of justice and solidarity.
This accessible book features diverse voices that speak with the planet in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and extinction. It explores the politics and practices of working towards a future where the planet thrives.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529235296
ePUB ISBN 9781529235302
234 x 156 mm 268 pages
UK July 2024
US August 2024
Urban Transport Futures
Series Editor: William Riggs, University of San Francisco
Roads Not Yet Travelled Transport Futures Beyond 2050
Marcus Enoch, Loughborough University
What will the world be like in 2050? This book explores possible future worlds through eight hard science fiction stories, taking in automation, big data, climate catastrophe and government dysfunction. It will encourage all those interested in a positive future for public mobility to take the steps to ensure we get there.
Transport Truths Planning Methods and Ethics for Global Futures
Greg Griffin, University of Texas at San Antonio
Ideal for researchers and practitioners looking for fresh approaches to transport problems, this book combines cutting-edge qualitative and qualitative knowledge to inform transport futures. It uses engaging case studies based in The Gambia and the US to show how and why a transdisciplinary approach can result in better planning decisions.
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529232189
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529232172
ePUB ISBN 9781529232196
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK April 2025
US May 2025
Hardback £80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529227451
ePUB ISBN 9781529227475
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Spaces and Practices of Justice
Series Editor: Agatha Herman, Cardiff University
The Practice of Collective Escape
Politics, Justice and Community in Urban Growing Projects
Helen Traill, University of Glasgow
“This accessible and engaging book is one that anyone interested in community building, the concept of place and the everyday politics of urban life would find worthwhile.”
MEGAN BLAKE, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Escape is an enticing idea in contemporary cities across the world. Austerity, climate breakdown and spatial stigma have led to retreatist behaviours such as gated communities, enclave urbanism and white flight. By contrast, urban community growing projects are often considered by practitioners and commentators as communal havens in a stressful cityscape.
Drawing on ethnographic research in urban growing projects in Glasgow, this book explores the spatial politics and dynamics of community, asking who benefits from such projects and how they relate to the wider city. A timely consideration of localism and community empowerment, the book sheds light on key issues of urban land use, the right to the city and the value of social connection.
Edited by Agatha Herman and Joshua Inwood
Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529220698
Hardback £79.99 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529220681
ePUB ISBN 9781529220704
234 x 156 mm 216 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
Edited by Corine Wood-Donnelly and Johanna Ohlsson
Edited by Edward Hall, John Clayton and Catherine Donovan
Contemporary Economic Geographies
Inspiring, Critical and Plural Perspectives
Edited by Jennifer Johns, University of Bristol and Sarah Marie Hall, University of Manchester
Paperback
£28.99 | US $49.50
ISBN 9781529220575
Hardback £95.99 | US $167.95
ISBN 9781529220568
ePUB ISBN 9781529220582
234 x 156 mm 436 pages
UK May 2025
US May 2025
Economic geography has a long and varied history, and recent work has pushed the field to diversify even further. This collection takes this agenda forward by showcasing inspiring, critical and plural perspectives. With sections on thought leaders and future research agendas, it calls for greater openness and inclusivity.
Turning Water into a Commodity
Digital Innovation and the Private Sector as Development Agent
Christiane Tristl, University of Münster
Hardback
£80.00 | US $120.00
ISBN 9781529245479
ePUB ISBN 9781529245486
234 x 156 mm 240 pages
UK July 2025
US July 2025
Pay-as-you-go water dispensers are used in many areas in the Global South: this book examines the increasing influence of private sector companies in the supply of water kiosks within Kenya. It shows how remote regions are being opened to market-based development, while excluding local approaches and actors.
Precarious Intimacies
Generation, Rent and Reproducing Relationships in London
Faith MacNeil Taylor, Royal Holloway, University of London
Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529224863
Hardback £85.99 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529224856
ePUB ISBN 9781529224870
234 x 156 mm 162 pages
UK March 2025
US March 2025
In a time of increasing social and economic inequality, this book illustrates the precarity experienced by millennials facing both rising rents and wage stagnation. Featuring the voices of those with lived experience of precarity, the book reveals the crucial role of British housing policies in deepening inter- and intra-generational injustice.
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Cities of Banal Warfare
Affective Geographies in Violent Times
Sunčana Laketa, University of Neuchatel
Paperback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529250015
ePUB ISBN 9781529242935
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK February 2025
US March 2025
This book analyses the impact of terrorist events on urban dwellers in Paris and Brussels, cities perceived as non-war zones for a considerable time. From lockdowns to states of emergency, the book considers questions of agency and resistance and how to rethink notions of urban peace.
The Legal and Political Geography of Pluralism
Supporting Diverse Public and Private Spaces in Contemporary Cities
Francesco Chiodelli , The University of Turin and Stefano Moroni , Milan Polytechnic
Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00
ISBN 9781529237566
ePUB ISBN 9781529237573
203 x 127 mm 160 pages
UK January 2025
US February 2025
This book addresses questions of pluralism in a time of increasing ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in the public and private spaces of our cities. It analyses different types of regulation - property rights, municipal ordinances and urban planning - and their role in protecting and supporting diversity.
Infrastructural Times
Temporality and the Making of Global Urban Worlds
Edited by Jean-Paul D. Addie, Georgia State University, Michael R. Glass, University of Pittsburgh and Jen Nelles, Oxford Brookes University
Paperback £27.99 | US $41.99
ISBN 9781529229721
Hardback £85.00 | US $130.00
ISBN 9781529229714
ePUB ISBN 9781529229738
234 x 156 mm 310 pages
UK April 2025
US April 2025
This agenda-setting volume disrupts conventional notions of time through a robust examination of the relations between temporality, infrastructure and urban society. With global coverage of diverse cities and regions from Berlin to Jayapura, this book re-evaluates the temporal complexities that shape our infrastructured worlds.
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