Community Practices in India
This ground-breaking collaboration by Indian practitioners and academics presents indigenous knowledge in community organizing. Through case studies of social justice for marginalized communities, it captures locally relevant approaches and engages readers in critical reflection.
Processes of Immigration in Rural Europe
This anthology sheds light on the diversity of in-migration, its specific implications for development and strategies for coping. The contributions encourage theoretical discussions, and provide stimuli for practitioners involved in migration and development issues.
New Media and the Mediatisation of Religion
New media has transformed religious practice and expression. This book offers a unique, Africa-centred perspective on how technology influences religious engagement, shapes discourses, and enables beliefs to reach a broader audience.
The Contemporary Arab Contribution to World Culture
This book challenges the projected image of a dominant West as a necessary model for a dependent ‘rest of the world.’ It calls for a decolonization of human knowledge, using recent Arab contributions as an example of an alternative to the globalization of Western norms.
International Migration in the 21st Century
This anthology tackles the problems surrounding international migration, raising the question of the reasons for, and consequences of, being a migrant in the 21st century. Some of the issues it investigates include migrant identities, integration, voting behavior and citizenship.
The Quest for a Liberal-Socialist Democracy and Development
This book explains why democratic ideologies like liberalism and socialism develop an affinity for authoritarianism. Their self-contained nature eroded their democratic potential. It also provides a set of liberal socialist policies for democratic and sustainable development.
Engendering Difference
From the pronouns we use to the more salient issues concerning abuse of power and exertion of violence, gender runs as a seemingly inevitable divide. This volume addresses the continuing relevance of the quest to diminish that gap, from a wide range of perspectives.
Disrespected Neighbo(u)rs
Media, fictional and non-fictional texts, feature prominently in producing and propagating cultural difference and stereotypes in ideologically effective ways. This text analyses media representations from various angles, dealing with ethnic groups from three world areas.
The Disaster of European Refugee Policy
This volume addresses the 2015-2016 arrival of migrants and refugees in Europe and the resulting crisis of response. It explores why people fled and critiques state reactions, linking the crisis to the rise of hate speech, racism, and authoritarianism.
Trumpism
This collection by scholars and activists focuses on the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump as it relates to gender. Chapters explore Trump’s hyper-masculine posturing, the effect on marginalized populations and survivors of sexual assault, and how to teach and parent in this era.
Ideas in Development
This book studies the history of powerful philosophical ideas, treating them as living things that require minds concerned with them. Ideas progress through a conversation between thinkers including Duns Scotus, Leibniz, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Peirce, and James.
This book explores important developments in contemporary Indonesian cultural productions. The first part reflects on the traumatic 1965 coup and its place in collective memory. The second part explores how globalisation impacts local religion, urban development, and traditions.
Transnational Resilience and Change
This global collection explores the strategies Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities use to preserve their identities and cultures. It examines cultural maintenance but also takes a critical stance on the implications of cultural isolation for these groups.
Islamic Sisterhood
In a hostile post-9/11 America, why do young Muslim women choose to wear a headscarf? This book finds it’s not just devotion, but a way to cope with sexism, racism, and patriarchy from both their own ethnic community and the larger Western society.
New Ritual Society
Consumerism has established itself as a dominant lifestyle, but the reasons for this are often unclear. This study revisits a large amount of research, arguing that consumerism is a powerful ritual “machine” that can make up for the modern lack of values with new symbols.
Women in Higher Education in India
This collection explores the role of women in higher education in India, their emergence as a strong force for social change, and the implications on society. It also discusses technology’s impact, constraints, and the issues and challenges for women in the workplace.
The Effects and Consequences of Migration and Immigration on the Lebanese Economy and Tourism Sector
This book analyses Lebanon’s economy, tourism, migration, and immigration after the Syrian conflict. It provides insight into public and private policies, offering a holistic analysis with recommendations for scholars and practitioners in Middle Eastern politics and economics.
This volume explores linguistic understandings of gender non-conformity and diverse masculinities. Contesting stereotypes and prejudices, it demonstrates that language matters in the everyday experience of gender diversity beyond the traditional binary.
The Seventh Age of Man
The contributors to this text focused on old age are drawn from a wide range of fields of expertise, and utilise various methodological approaches, from sociological case studies to discourse analysis, to address questions centred around what it means to be old.
Financialisation, Capital Accumulation and Economic Development in Nigeria
Udeogu adds to the field of Nigeria studies by filling gaps in research on the country’s development, deviating from the general approach of analysing the nation’s problems purely based on internal factors. Rather, he explores Nigeria’s issues in connection with the world system.