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South Sudanese Diaspora in Australia and New Zealand

Reconciling the Past with the Present

Edited By: Daniel Harris, Tanya Lyons, Jay Marlowe

£49.99

This collection of contemporary research offers crucial insights into the South Sudanese resettlement experience in Australia and New Zealand. Diverse scholars examine the challenges, opportunities, and successes of one of the region's fastest-growing communities.

Suffrage, Gender and Citizenship – International Perspectives on Parliamentary Reforms

Edited By: Pirjo Markkola, Seija-Leena Nevala-Nurmi, Irma Sulkunen

£49.99

This publication studies suffrage, citizenship and parliamentary reforms in various socio-political contexts. By highlighting national differences, this collection argues that the age of suffrage narratives based on universal emancipation is over.

Questions of Civil Society

Category-Position-Functionality

Edited By: Adam Jarosz, Adam Jarosz

£49.99

This interdisciplinary volume explores civil society, stimulating new research questions. Avoiding a fixed definition, it examines civil society's pivotal role in 21st-century upheavals and in the renegotiation of relations between the state and society.

This interdisciplinary volume explores civil society, stimulating new research questions. Avoiding a fixed definition, it examines civil society’s pivotal role in 21st-century upheavals and in the renegotiation of relations between the state and society.

Changing Landscapes for Childhood and Youth in Europe

Edited By: Vassiliki Deliyianni

£49.99

Globalisation and technological change are transforming young people's lives. This collection explores the social construction of the life-course, the contours of belonging through migration and poverty, and the potential of virtual worlds.

Globalisation and technological change are transforming young people’s lives. This collection explores the social construction of the life-course, the contours of belonging through migration and poverty, and the potential of virtual worlds.

Migrants and Minorities

The European Response

Edited By: Adam Luedtke

£49.99

Europe is being irrevocably changed by immigration. This book pinpoints the trends shaping its future, exploring EU-level regulations, the challenges of Islam and xenophobia, and how different nations are integrating migrants and minorities.

Reel Politics

Reality Television as a Platform for Political Discourse

Edited By: Lemi Baruh, Ji Hoon Park

£49.99

This volume explores reality television’s potential as a platform for political engagement. It cautions readers against both quickly dismissing reality TV’s potential for political discourse and subscribing to celebratory rhetoric about its democratic potential.

Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change

Edited By: William Osgerby

£49.99

From zoot-suiters to punks and clubbers, style-based subcultures have defined our cultural landscape by blending fashion and music. This book explores their historical and cultural significance, considering global issues of class, gender, identity, and resistance.

East Central Europe in Exile Volume 2

Transatlantic Identities

Edited By: Anna Mazurkiewicz

£49.99

This two-volume series examines the East Central European émigré experience. The first volume focuses on the reasons for migration and adaptation, while the second explores the negotiation of new identities and maintaining ties to the abandoned homeland.

The Future of Asian Feminisms

Confronting Fundamentalisms, Conflicts and Neo-Liberalism

Edited By: Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, Saskia E. Wieringa

£49.99

This book on Asian feminisms confronts fundamentalisms, conflicts, and neo-liberalism. A critical contribution from Asian women’s studies scholars and activists, it stimulates a unique “Asian voice” in the global women’s movement.

Songs of Memory in Islands of Southeast Asia

Edited By: Nicole Revel

£49.99

Emerging from international collaboration, this collection of essays seeks to safeguard the ancient sung narratives of Southeast Asia. It explores the vitality of this Intangible Heritage in today’s changing world through pioneering studies and new technology.

De-Centring Cultural Studies

Past, Present and Future of Popular Culture

Edited By: Patricia Bastida-Rodríguez, José Igor Prieto-Arranz

£49.99

This volume proves that cultural studies is blooming, even in Southern and Eastern Europe. These interdisciplinary essays explore the borders between popular and canonical culture, studying film, pop music, and literature from the perspectives of gender and age.

Football Fans, Their Information, The Web and The Personal Home Page

By: Shant Narsesian

£49.99

This book examines the role of the Personal Home Page (PHP) as an information resource, using English professional football as a case study. While rich with unique information, these fan sites are often underused. This study proposes a new blueprint for a communal website.

Youth Unemployment and Joblessness

Causes, Consequences, Responses

Edited By: Alfredo Sánchez-Castañeda, Francesca Sperotti

£49.99

Youth unemployment is a major global issue. This book analyzes the school-to-work transition, exploring policies for enabling youth access to the labour market. It seeks a better understanding of causes, consequences, and responses through an interdisciplinary approach.

Imagining Spaces and Places

Edited By: Saija Isomaa, Kirsi Saarikangas

£49.99

This interdisciplinary volume explores how art, literature, and culture forge “scapes”—from landscapes to mindscapes. It examines how cultural works shape our perception and experience of place, contributing to a deeper understanding of space itself.

Academic Identities—Academic Challenges? American and European Experience of the Transformation of Higher Education and Research

Edited By: Tor Halvorsen, Atle Nyhagen

£49.99

EU reforms promote the US university system as a model for economic growth. This book demonstrates that this contradicts basic European values, ignores the social costs of copying an elite system, and neglects crucial issues of elitism and democracy.

Socio-Economic Impacts of Landmines in Southern Kurdistan

By: Almas Heshmati, Nabaz T. Khayyat

£49.99

Iraq's Kurdistan Region is massively contaminated by landmines used by the Baathist government to de-populate the area. This work investigates the landmine problem's devastating social, health, and economic impacts and the actions taken to rebuild.

Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is massively contaminated by landmines used by the Baathist government to de-populate the area. This work investigates the landmine problem’s devastating social, health, and economic impacts and the actions taken to rebuild.

Evaluation as a Tool for Research, Learning and Making Things Better

Edited By: Satu Kalliola

£49.99

Leading international experts share multidisciplinary perspectives on evaluation, illustrating its potential to demonstrate the impact of social interventions. This guide offers practical examples of contrasting methods and helpful advice with a human-centred focus.

Sex and Sexuality in a Feminist World

Edited By: Katherine A. Hermes, Karen A. Ritzenhoff

£49.99

This book assembles essays that explore sex and sexuality in historical and contemporary times. Using feminist lenses, these articles reevaluate familiar topics from early religious practices and medieval literature to current films and advertising.

Gangs in the Caribbean

Edited By: Randy Seepersad

£49.99

The first book on gangs in the Caribbean. Criminal gangs are increasing in number and are responsible for a rising proportion of violent crimes. This volume presents empirical data and analysis to understand the issues and examine strategies for dealing with them.

Continuity and Change

Gestalt Therapy Now

Edited By: Dan Bloom, Philip Brownell

£49.99

This book highlights contemporary gestalt therapy through the lens of the tenth biennial conference of a unique organization, the AAGT. It includes papers and presentations from the most compelling thinkers and practitioners in the world of gestalt therapy.