Gender and Sexual Dissidence on Catalan and Spanish Television Series
This book examines how gender roles and non-heteronormative sexualities are constructed in Spanish and Catalan television series. It challenges the rhetoric of “normalisation” and represents a major contribution to these fields in the Spanish and Catalan contexts.
Social Media in Asia
Written by Asian academics and practitioners, this book explores social media in Southeast Asia. Discover how it has changed the paradigm of communication: as an avenue for free expression, a tool for news distribution, an aid in crime prevention, and a means to find a partner.
A World Beyond Global Disorder
This collection is a summons to responsible care-taking, and it approaches the subject from an intercultural perspective. The topics covered range from accounts of major global calamities today to explorations of possible political, economic and societal reforms.
Presence of the Cross in Public Spaces
This collection discusses the debate on the presence of the cross in the public space in a number of European states and it considers its potential effects. The analyses presented concern not only the established democracies of Western Europe, but also post-communist states.
Binaries in Battle
Binary opposition – Us vs. Them, good vs. evil – is fundamental to human thinking in peace and war. This wide-ranging anthology explores conflicts from history to the near future, deconstructing black-and-white imageries to reveal softer shades of grey.
Realising Critical HRD
Critical Human Resource Development has stalled, focusing on theory over action. This book moves the project from problem recognition to meaningful change, offering practical interventions to challenge power structures through Reflecting, Voicing, and Enacting.
Intersections of Displacement
A new, hidden homelessness has emerged among asylum seekers. Examining refugee experiences in London and Toronto, this book argues that this requires a new perspective from refugees themselves, asking how they reconstruct ‘home’ in the face of differing national policies.
This book explores global efforts to engage men in building gender equality, bridging the gap between scholarship and practice. It combines practical lessons from activists with critical understandings of men and masculinities from leading writers in the field.
This volume explores the ways traditional polarized images of women have been used and challenged in the Hispanic world by both writers and the media, discussing the usage of such images in specific political periods.
A Trip to Africa
Using sources from all over the world, Dario and Hannah Salvi piece together, for the first time, a complete libretto, in English, German and Italian, with the original stage directions, as well as images of some of the productions.
Sustainable Tourism in the Global South
Given the importance of the global south in achieving sustainable tourism, this collection brings together a compilation of profound conceptual and empirical research findings from diverse socio-economic and environmental settings in the developing South.
Digital Diversities
Digital Diversities is a study of the ‘digital turn’s’ impact on global mobility and everyday life. It explores the shift to remote relationships, new forms of political expression, and intercultural encounters in the digital global hive.
Envisioning Sustainabilities
The essays within consider the relationship between the social sciences and sustainability studies. They present a range of commentaries to interrogate the evolution of ‘sustainability imaginaries’, arguing for the value of the social sciences in considering sustainability.
The Safe Operating Space Treaty
Traditional law, based on borders, is ecological nonsense. This book redefines our Common Home not as a place, but as a fragile state of the Earth System, arguing for its legal recognition as a Common Natural Heritage for all humankind.
This book interprets the feminist theories of Rajam Krishnan, a doyen of Tamil literature, who has been a forerunner of many contemporary ideologies. It provides much-needed tools for the vast corpus of contemporary research in the global domain of Indian women’s literature.
Good Governance and Civil Society
Governance provides an answer to the challenges of globalization by combining cooperative forms of governing with the private sector and social partners. This book offers interdisciplinary research and case studies to analyse the many facets of this concept.
Rethinking Romantic Love
This book explores contemporary conceptions of romantic love in different countries and social groups. It shows that Western ideals of romantic love persist despite varied experiences. The public will find many ‘love stories’ from this detailed study of our society.
Astrology in Time and Place
These contributions explore astrology across cultures, from China and the ancient Near East to early modern Europe and Mesoamerica. Topics include ritual, magic, science, and time. An essential read on humanity’s long relationship with the cosmos.
In bringing together examples from different parts of the world, including both Western and Eastern societies, and focusing on separate determinants of individual, communal, political, and national Muslim identities, this edited volume offers a blueprint for identity studies.
Work-Life Balance and the Economic Crisis
Contemporary society and international organisations are giving increasing consideration to the issue of reconciling work and private life. Following on from this, these volumes provide a detailed analysis of work-life balance and its regulation in a number of EU countries.