The Politics of Culture
This volume examines the impact of popular culture on politics and social issues. Contributions explore diverse topics including ecofeminism, queer identity, socio-political satire, and conservatism, showcasing the interplay between the personal and the political.
This text debates how interpretations of the past served the realization of transitional objectives in various countries. It considers how governments’ remembrance policies made a new citizen, changed a political culture and justified a vision of society promoted by new elites
The Politics of Memory in Post-Authoritarian Transitions, Volume Two
This text debates how interpretations of the past served the realization of transitional objectives in various countries. It considers how governments’ remembrance policies made a new citizen, changed a political culture and justified a vision of society promoted by new elites
This volume brings together internationally renowned academics, arts practitioners and thinkers to examine the nature of the creative process and its possibilities for social and individual change, challenging common misconceptions about creativity.
What is a smart city? This book describes the phenomenon through sociological lenses, exploring its challenges, limits, and potentialities. It provides a holistic definition to guide readers who want to analyse the smart city and explore its future developments.
The Public Sphere and Satellite Television in North Africa
Hadj-Moussa explores the relationship between the media and the public sphere, showing that the simple act of watching satellite television rather than national television mobilizes novel ways of expressing identities and a range of critical positions targeting political regimes.
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.
This book chips away at racial hierarchies obstructing human rights and social justice. While many authors write from an Australian perspective, the issues—from Indigenous sovereignties to media representations—have clear relevance beyond national borders.
When rapid immigration challenged the Irish police, a pioneering solution was born: specialist Garda Ethnic Liaison Officers dedicated to building relations with new minorities. This book details that initiative, offering vital lessons for police and policymakers worldwide.
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.
This study highlights the attitudes of the residents of Mytilene, Lesvos, regarding the recent massive migration flow towards Europe and how it has affected the island. It will act as a useful tool for better policy implementation and is of great contemporary relevance.
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.
This book illustrates how a small, disordered protein in the AIDS virus controls its structure, replication, and genetic variability. It highlights how proteins lacking a defined 3D structure can act as molecular adaptors through a series of interactions with RNA molecules.
This book explores non-governmental organisations empowering women in Saudi Arabia. Given the unique cultural context, this empowerment follows unconventional paths, revealing the tactics and negotiation processes used by these organizations and by women in their daily lives.
This book reveals how masked activists in Saudi Arabia use social media to challenge a patriarchal society. It connects their hidden online identities to influential newspaper columns, investigating the true extent and consequences of a Saudi woman’s freedom of expression.
This book explores education’s impact on women’s equality, focusing on technical education and entrepreneurship. It shows how, when given their rightful place in decision-making and economic freedom, women become powerhouses of innovation and partners for prosperity and peace.
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 links the science behind training and recovery with practical, easy-to-understand examples. It outlines simple tools and techniques to improve rugby player performance, making it an invaluable resource for coaches, players, and sports science professionals.
The Secret Keepers
Secrecy around childhood abuse creates a traumatic legacy passed through generations. This book demonstrates the use of narrative as a therapeutic process, finding creative ways for people to break the silence and live beyond being defined by abuse and violence.
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.