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Yesterday’s Tomorrows

On Utopia and Dystopia

Edited By: Pere Gallardo, Elizabeth Russell

£54.99

In 2012, a year of crises and forebodings, the world became a stage for new beginnings and utopian movements. The essays in this book discuss utopia and dystopia in literature and film, using science fiction, gender politics and social sciences to understand the present.

The European Culture for Human Rights

The Right to Happiness

Edited By: Filomena Maggino, Elena Zamfir

£59.99

This pioneering analysis frames happiness as a human right, linking our quality of life to collective responsibility. It offers a pragmatic vision for improving our inner and outer worlds in a complex, modern society.

Civilization at Risk

Seeds of Strife

By: Ron D. Petitte

£39.99

A devastating human rights war has unfolded. With 30 million people in slavery, this scourge puts Civilization at Risk. This evil cannot be combated by indifference, but by the education and the courage to stand and fight.

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.

On Intangible Heritage Safeguarding Governance

An Asia-Pacific Context

By: SeongYong Park

£44.99

What is governance for intangible cultural heritage (ICH)? This book explores ICH safeguarding through the 2003 Convention, analyzing major issues and the interaction between global and local governance. Case studies provide tools to enhance safeguarding.

Press, Propaganda and Politics

Cultural Periodicals in Francoist Spain and Communist Romania

Edited By: Rubén Jarazo Álvarez, Andrada Fatu-Tutoveanu

£44.99

This study compares media in Francoist Spain and Communist Romania, revealing startling similarities in the propaganda of two opposing regimes. It challenges old paradigms and forges a new, unified framework for understanding totalitarian systems.

Gendered

Art and Feminist Theory

By: Tal Dekel

£44.99

Challenging disciplinary boundaries, this volume moves beyond an art-history survey to explore the bond between feminist art, theory, and politics. It compares American and European artists to reveal the continuing relevance of both for the contemporary reader.

Beyond Natural Resources to Post-Human Resources

Towards a New Theory of Diversity and Discontinuity

By: Peter Baofu

£69.99

Are natural resources limited, or does demand create its own supply? This book rejects these opposing views and offers a new theory to fundamentally change the way we think about resources, diversity, discontinuity, and the future of humanity.

Whiteness and Social Change

Remnant Colonialisms and White Civility in Australia and Canada

By: Colin Salter

£44.99

Whiteness and Social Change compares the unearned privilege of whiteness in Australia and Canada. Examining community campaigns supporting First Peoples struggles, it identifies how collaborative struggle can destabilise whiteness and move towards a fair society.

Marronnage and Arts

Revolts in Bodies and Voices

Edited By: Stéphanie Melyon-Reinette

£44.99

Marronnage, the quest for freedom during Slavery, has infiltrated social relationships and the arts. This book explores how revolt is incarnated in bodies and voices through music and dance, from the French West Indies to Madagascar and Brazil.

Scottish Devolution and Social Policy

Evidence from the First Decade

Edited By: Murray Leith, Iain McPhee, Murray Leith

£39.99

This work examines the impact of devolution on Scottish social policy. Considering issues like class and equality, it judges whether the founding principles of the Scottish Parliament have successfully transferred from principles into actual policy.

Developments in the Theory and Practice of Citizenship

Edited By: Simon McMahon

£34.99

Citizenship is being reassessed and redefined. In a world of globalisation, migration, and social change, this book's contributions analyze the evolution of our understanding of citizenship and the individual’s relationship to the state.

Citizenship is being reassessed and redefined. In a world of globalisation, migration, and social change, this book’s contributions analyze the evolution of our understanding of citizenship and the individual’s relationship to the state.

Crisis, Rupture and Anxiety

An Interdisciplinary Examination of Contemporary and Historical Human Challenges

Edited By: Will Jackson, Bob Jeffrey, Mattia Mariano

£39.99

This interdisciplinary collection critically interrogates ‘crisis,’ a defining concept of our times. Leading scholars unsettle common notions by exploring crises across politics, society, and the humanities, examining the roots of our understanding and its representation.

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.

Diversity, Inclusion and Citizenship in Scandinavia

Edited By: Ann-Helén Bay, Bo Bengtsson, Per Strömblad

£44.99

This book sheds light on how the welfare-states of Scandinavia struggle with diversity, inclusion and citizenship. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, migration challenges social citizenship, creating new tensions between rights, obligations, and identity.

The East and the Idea of Europe

Edited By: Pekka Korhonen, Katalin Miklóssy

£34.99

How is the line between East and West drawn? This book examines the linguistic tools used to build and dismantle geopolitical boundaries, shaping identities and power struggles across the Eurasian space.

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.

Between Jihad and McWorld

Voices of Social Justice, Papers presented at a Conference with Benjamin Barber

Edited By: David Perusek

£39.99

Inspired by Benjamin Barber's bestseller *Jihad vs. McWorld*, contributors grapple with inequality, democracy, and power in our times. Barber joins them with an insightful essay on democracy and terrorism in a world shaped by globalization and conflict.

Inspired by Benjamin Barber’s bestseller *Jihad vs. McWorld*, contributors grapple with inequality, democracy, and power in our times. Barber joins them with an insightful essay on democracy and terrorism in a world shaped by globalization and conflict.

Mobilising against Marginalisation in Europe

Edited By: Didier Chabanet, Frédéric Royall

£39.99

This book examines the collective action of marginalised people in Western Europe. It analyses how they organise to overcome obstacles, act collectively, and intervene in public space, exploring their political significance amid new forms of inequality.

Women, Islam and Globalization in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By: Nilgun Anadolu-Okur

£39.99

This pioneering study explores the new female Muslim identity. Through interdisciplinary essays, it examines the daily struggles, challenges, choices, and rights of Muslim women globally, both within and outside the Muslim world, in the twenty-first century.