Tally offers an inspiring perspective on representations of a new kind of female character who first appeared on US TV in the mid-2000s, the anti-heroine. She studies several TV women and shows, like Homeland, Weeds and Scandal, to show the dominance of the anti-heroine on US TV.
Joining Complexity Science and Social Simulation for Innovation Policy
This book investigates how complexity science and social simulation can be used to improve and inform policy-making in both research and innovation, and discusses a research initiative funded by the Irish government focusing on innovation policy simulation for economic recovery.
Organ Transplantation and Society
Transplant medicine has progressed massively, but due to insufficient donations, patient waiting lists grow. This book analyzes the medical, ethical-legal, psychosocial, and religious problems of transplantation to provide a clear understanding of this serious health crisis.
Everlasting Countdowns
Politics, not demographics, is at the core of censuses. This book argues that there is no objective method for counting social identities. Using studies from Latin America, it shows how ethnic and racial categories are defined by states to serve political goals.
This book explores the politics and aestheticization of the Ugly in contemporary Malayalam cinema. Analyzing unconventional characters and raw storytelling, it challenges conventional notions of beauty and highlights societal realities through the lens of identity and gender.
This book analyses the sociocultural adaptation and integration of temporary migrants and refugees. Based on global research, it explores the interpersonal dimensions of these processes, from the friendships of students to the family dynamics of refugees in camps.
We Need to Talk about Family
As the dream of upward mobility dissipates, the family ‘haven’ is unravelling. This collection explores the hypercompetitive neoliberal family, which seeks to maximize its children’s futures amid the anxiety of being left behind.
Religious Minorities’ Migration from Iran
This book explores the marginalization of non-Muslim religious minorities by state authorities and the mechanisms these groups develop to survive. It examines the dynamics of extremism, its impact, and the responses of these communities in Iran.
This book examines critical issues in the intellectual disability field, including the workforce crisis, systematic underfunding, and complex regulations. Challenging economic conditions require a re-examination of our commitment to support such individuals.
Saudi Arabia’s demographic progress resulted from development and a high quality of life, not coerced family planning. This book traces the Kingdom’s journey from an agrarian to a modern society, exploring the demographic, socio-economic, and health aspects of this transition.
Feminism and the Body
Feminist scholars grapple with the interplay between corporeal differences and power. This collection takes the reader on a journey into myriad domains, from medical surgery and law to feminist film, reinvigorating feminism’s emphatic engagement with the body.
This volume explores Utopia from diverse, contemporary perspectives. From literature to media and philosophy, its interdisciplinary character is a main asset. As leading authority Lyman Towers Sargent states, “Utopia has universal relevance, but the way it is applied… varies.”
Critical Interculturality
Dervin offers new critical insights into intercultural communication and education, assembling previously unpublished lectures delivered in different countries (namely, Canada, China, Finland, Russia and the USA), as well as notes on intercultural events and encounters.
The Reflexive Diversity Research Programme
This book introduces key theories in diversity research. Using a case study of UC Berkeley’s diversity strategy, it illustrates intersectional, multi-level, and reflexive research approaches, reflecting on the practice of research itself.
‘And there’ll be NO dancing’
Fourteen essays by scholars from Australia and Germany examine contexts and discourses of the “Northern Territory National Emergency Response” and subsequent policies impacting Indigenous Australia since 2007 from various perspective including history, law, and literature.
The Sochi Predicament
Sochi was an unlikely host for the Winter Olympics, a prestige project for Russia. This book analyzes the profound challenges of identity, security, and ethnic relations from Russian, Georgian, Abkhazian, and Circassian perspectives.
Researching Experiences
This book focuses on how people experience and construct meaning from visual culture. It presents video-based methods for researching experiences, introducing methodological tools like the reflexivity lab for students, researchers, and practitioners.
Aged Care in Context and Across Disciplines
Addressing challenges in aged care highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, this collection compares practices in China and the Nordic regions. It uncovers commonalities, disparities, and opportunities for collaboration to develop innovative and effective policies and practices.
This hands-on guide shows HR practitioners and researchers how to measure organizational diversity. It details the application of diversity indices and regression methods to assess how workplace factors influence age, gender, and ethnic diversity, with examples throughout.
This collection of essays offers new perspectives on female authors of Spanish crime fiction. The studies analyze how their versatile narratives explore gender, sexuality, and social issues while reformulating the crime genre—and sometimes departing from it entirely.