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Debt trap nation
This blistering expose takes the reader inside England's national scandal of homelessness to reveal how government choices have forced single mothers and their families into impossible hardship with hundreds of thousands of children living in temporary accommodation for months, years and sometime...
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The new age of genocide
With recent events in Gaza, Martin Shaw seeks to restore the idea of genocide to its central place in thinking about mass atrocities, to apply it to neglected cases, and ultimately to settle the question of ‘What is genocide’?
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The disorderly society
In this hard-hitting analysis, Bobo Lo argues that revitalizing global order is the central task of our time, the key to addressing the challenges of the twenty-first century. He proposes a new internationalism, centred on a broad view of self-interest, greater representativeness, and ideological...
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The campaign for nuclear disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) began in 1957 with a small group of public figures and grew into a mass movement. Martin Shaw details CND’s rise, the activists involved, the tensions around direct action, and the culture and social groups that the campaign mobilized to "ban the bomb".
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Crime, space and place
This critical introduction to the geographies of crime highlights the specific value that a geographical perspective adds to the study of crime. Examining crime through the lenses of space and place is shown to enhance our understanding of the nature of crime and how best to police it. The book c...
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Deglobalization
Edward Ashbee guides the reader through the intricate web of processes and forces of globalization that have shaped the world’s politics and economics over the last 40 years. This is an invaluable overview of one of the most important phenomena of our age.
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Heterodox economics
Andrew Trigg traces the heterodox tradition in economics from its origins in the anti-capitalism ideas of the first half of the nineteeth century, through to Keynes and the present day and considers the methodological challenge they present to mainstream economics.
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Social preferences
An introdution to one of the key areas of behavioural economics – social preferences – which explains in clear, untechnical language how experimental research in this area has provided economists with much greater understanding of economic behaviour.
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The ai matrix
Artificial intelligence counts as today’s great transformational force reshaping our societies and economies. A perspective that is as common as it is wrong. Corporate profit-seeking and competitive politics have moulded AI from its inception, which serves to reinforce hierarchies between industr...
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Coronations and defenestrations
How do Tory leadership elections work? Lee Evans takes a lively look at how the Conservatives appoint (and depose) their leader, from the early history of the party to the present day.
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Growth, democracy or climate action?
Governments face a conflicting choice between economic growth, democracy and tackling the climate crisis. They cannot achieve all three objectives simultaneously and the growing tensions between them are being played out in countries across the world. It is the new trilemma of advanced capitalist...
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Working for each other
Deryn Thomas challenges the anti-work narrative by showing work not to be an individual need, but a collective one, a social activity that we do together with others, in response to their needs. Recognising this role is key to reimagining the promise of work as part of a good life.
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Timber!
Planting trees is not enough to reduce carbon. Counterintuitive as it may seem, we must also cut them down and start using wood as a construction material. With the built environment responsible for 40 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, Brannen's message is clear: we must change how we build.
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Future finance
A systematic rethinking of financialization, which explores how financial capitalism – especially the asset management industry – is organised, how the locus of power has shifted from public to private authority, and how its consequences have defined finance’s societal purpose.
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Pension saving in a gendered lifecourse
Hayley James seeks to challenge the hetero-patriarchal assumptions in pension provision. She examines how pension systems are not gender-neutral, and argues that, to resolve gendered inequalities in pensions, we need to change pension systems to better suit the realities of lived experience.
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Finntopia
What have the Finns got right that other nations haven't?
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Analysing corruption
An authoritative and engaging introduction to the field of corruption analysis and the challenges facing its researchers.
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How to save the city
Paul Chatterton engages, inspires and empowers the reader to take action to make cities more sustainable, liveable and safer places. He guides the reader through a sequence of challenges, strategies, players, moves and practical tactics of how to save their city.
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False prophets of economics imperialism
In this deeply researched and wide-ranging intellectual history, Matthew Watson exposes the essential flaw in the claims of economics imperialists. Their market models reveal mathematical truths only about themselves, not social truths related to the world of directly lived experiences.
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Sustainable development and water security
This book uses Sustainable Development Goal 6 to consider the concept of sustainable water resources management and how to improve global water security. It provides a critical synthesis of water resources planning and management issues across all water-using sectors.
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Whose sovereignty?
In this carefully argued case for a federal Europe, Céline Spector proposes that national sovereignty has become increasingly untenable as mechanisms perpetuating fiscal, social and environmental inequities transcend borders. Indeed, in the face of Russian aggression and America’s apparent retrea...
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Postcolonial urban studies
Drawing on ideas from postcolonial theory and literary and cultural studies, in particular the work of Martinican poet and thinker Édouard Glissant, Garth Myers develops a new framework for re-imagining global urban studies.
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Slipping loose
Westlake argues that Brexit should be seen as a series of longer-term trends that were inexorably leading, or pushing, the UK away from full membership of the European Union, rather than as a sudden, impulsive act of rejection.
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The european social question
This analysis of EU social policy-making asks whether the EU's efforts contribute to social cohesion or, on the contrary, undermine it, and whether its action in the social realm should be intensified, or curtailed.
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New world new rules
The world needs collective action, but existing arrangements are unravelling or outmoded. Two of Europe's most-experienced policymakers tackle global governance across climate, health, trade, banking and finance, big business, migration and the digital economy, to establish what works and what do...
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Degrowth
This introduction to the topic of "degrowth", an increasingly influential idea within ecological economics, assesses what it would take for an economy to transition to a position that enabled it to prosper without growth.
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The spectre of price inflation
An accessible and authoritative overview of the role of inflation in the modern economy, from its place in monetary policy and in money supply to its effects on everyday business.
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The japanese economy
A concise and up-to-date survey of Japan’s recent economic history, the economy's characteristic features and the challenges it continues to face, from economic stagnation to an ageing population.
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Paris
An authoritative analysis of Paris's position, both globally and nationally, and the challenges that face its governance.
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Learning and sustainability in dangerous times
Stephen Sterling is a pioneer in sustainability education. This collection of his essential writings is freshly curated by the author and offers a new overview and chapter by chapter introductions that link together his thinking to inform the growing and urgent debate on the role and nature of ed...
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Lost in ideology
Lost in Ideology maps the ideological terrain of the past 200 years and asks whether the current disorientation engulfing the world’s liberal democracies is in no small part ideological in origin.
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Feminist political economy
A much-needed introduction to key topics in feminist political economy, this book takes a global perspective and engages in debates that are relevant for the Global North and/or the Global South. Essential reading for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of power relations in the economy.
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The italian economy
A concise overview of the workings of the modern Italian economy and its unique characteristics from the doyenne of Italian economic historians.
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The urban field
A critical examination of the relationship between capital and the state, and the generation of an urban governmentality centred on the economization of knowledge and technology. A rethinking of the role of contemporary urbanism in today’s knowledge-intensive capitalism.
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The war on terror
An enduring feature of American foreign policy for over two decades. This book shows how the War on Terror has changed global politics, why it has been fought and why it has proven so difficult to end despite multiple failed attempts at course correction.
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Gaia wakes
A bold and compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet, one which explores the development of a technologically enabled planetary brain capable of coordinating ecological functions and peering far into the future and universe.
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The return of the state
Bringing together some of the brightest and most-engaged scholars and thinkers in the UK, this book offers solutions and suggestions for how to re-establish the strong state, how to generate a new social settlement and how to manage a long-term and equitable economic recovery post-pandemic.
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The doreen massey reader
This collection of Doreen Massey’s writings brings together for the first time her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates. With introductions and explanatory notes from the editors, the collection provides an unrivalled introduction to the ran...
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The indian economy
This new title in the World Economies series charts and explains the development of the Indian economy since independence and partition and provides a unique up-to-date overview of the contemporary Indian economy and the reasons it has assumed its current form.
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Understanding corruption
Using case studies to understand the different forms of corruption (bribery, political corruption, kleptocracy and corrupt capital) the book builds a picture of the global threat that corruption poses and the responses that have been most effective.
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What is we?
The concept "we" is central to every field in the interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences, yet it has been overdetermined by the question of “who we are”, leaving its basic conceptual operations undertheorized. In What is We? Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan argues that “we” is not a collectiv...
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Liberalism
A short history of liberalism since the 1820s, one rooted in practical politics rather than abstract theorising. Liberalism is shown to be best understood as a political tradition that has been profoundly shaped by Britain’s unique and evolving political culture and by political realities.
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The economy of the gulf states
A new economic history and political economy of the Gulf States -- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE.
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Dictionary of corruption
Written by an expert team, this is a comprehensive resource for students, academics, practitioners and professionals. It establishes a common interpretation of the language and terminology in the field of corruption and anti-corruption studies. From amakudari to zero tolerance, over 250 key terms...
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The french economy
The first general economic history of France since 2004 and the first to include the impact of the global financial crisis.
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Max weber’s sociological thought on the economy
Max Weber (1864–1920) has long been considered a founding figure of sociology. This book offers a fresh reading of Weber’s work and highlights his thinking about the economy and economic interactions in society.
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The assetocracy
Parliament’s second chamber may no longer be home to hereditary peers, but elitism remains. This detailed analysis of the financial and political activity of the members of the House of Lords exposes the extent of the wealth elite's grip on power at the heart of British government.
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The china cure
An insider’s perspective on how China’s healthcare is developing, where it offers lessons for the West and how it could shape the practice and delivery of medicine worldwide.
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On the seas of the indo-pacific
The seas of the Indo-Pacific are at the centre of the global trading economy, yet these waters present complex security threats that defy boundaries and conventional understandings of conflict or sovereignty. This book examines the challenges and threats for shipping along these trade networks.
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Remembering difficult pasts
How does memory both divide and unite an increasingly globalized European populace? This book presents a range of case studies across Europe to better understand how countries have grappled with their difficult pasts – whether traumatic, controversial, exclusionary, propagandistic or even embarra...
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Capitalism's handmaidens
A powerful mythology has grown up around the idea of women’s entrepreneurship. Langworthy offers a political economy of women’s enterprise and asks what value women’s enterprise gives, not to women, but to the institutions that have shaped them and placed them in the centre of the global imaginary.
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Brothers of italy
This book charts the origin and evolution of Georgia Meloni and the Fratelli D’Italia, the first radical right party to lead a government in Europe since the Second World War. It examines its organization, political elite, ideological positioning, policy proposals and supporter base.
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The social foundations of global finance
A fresh collection of original contributions from a range of scholars inspired by the work of Tim Sinclair that critically engages and further applies the social foundations approach to global finance.
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Wars of neoliberalism
Initiated in response to the 9/11 attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan formed part of the Bush Administration’s War on Terror but they were also a strategic response to the United States' long hegemonic decline. In its chaotic withdrawal some 20 years later, the US had accelerated the disorg...
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Populism in the uk
With Reform riding high in the polls, Andy Knott charts the history of popular politics in the UK to consider whether the historical antecdents can shed light on the current resurgence.
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Making and unmaking peace in europe
Catherine Guisan considers what lessons can be learnt for future conflict resolution, especially the War in Ukraine, from the processes of peacebuilding in Europe since the Second World War.
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Vulnerability
To be alive is simply to be vulnerable. It is a condition inherent in being mortal, being embodied, being emotional, and being social creatures in a world with others. Erinn Gilson explores the meaning and significance of vulnerability, seeking to illuminate some of its complexity as an experienc...
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Convergence
Competing visions of the future are at the heart of debates on climate change. In navigating between entrenched geopolitical logics and transformative possibilities, this book provides readers with a vocabulary and framework for assessing climate risk rooted in current realities but not limited b...
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Settled unsettlements
Constitutional ambiguity has been an important enabler of European integration. Achim Hurrelmann argues that although this can cause problems, it often remains the best option for holding the European Union together and has shaped how the EU has responded to its recent crises. This book reinterp...
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Towards a decolonial european studies
As their empires ended, European states developed a new constellation of power via the European Union, one that, unsurprisingly, reproduces colonial attitudes and approaches. This book brings decolonial thinking to bear on the institutions, structures and policies of the EU to analyse the colonia...
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Who cares?
Why are there such massive disparities, globally, nationally and regionally, in the provision of healthcare services and access to them? Anthony Gatrell, one of the foremost geographers of health, seeks explanations for such diverse distribution, and in so doing offers students a critical analysi...
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Critical geographies of youth
Geography is central to understanding young people’s diverse and complex societal positioning. This critical introduction to the geographies of youth, suitable for a range of courses, examines how place and mobilities shape young people’s identities and agency.
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Decolonizing african agriculture
In a compelling analysis of the failures of agricultural development in Africa William Moseley advocates for a non-colonial, indigenous agronomy that creates the social innovation needed to support the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.
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Political racism
A compelling analysis of political racism in the Brexit campaign and in UK post-Brexit politics.
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The rise of state capital
A comprehensive analysis of the unprecedented rise in large-scale, state-led transnational investment from countries as diverse as China, Russia and Norway, and the rise of the state in the global economy.
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Sovereign wealth funds
An incisive discussion of the development of this class of investor, how they have become legitimate actors in global financial markets, and their role as providers of capital and in economic development at home and abroad.
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The rise of the platform music industries
A critical appraisal of the latest round of platform intermediation, centred on MusicTech, social media platforms and user-generated content, live streaming, crowdfunding and gamification, that is reshaping the contemporary music industry.
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Enough!
Our world is characterized by scarcity and surfeit: too much carbon, pollution and concentrated wealth; a shortage of livelihoods, safe water and security. In response, the authors develop the idea of a ‘modest imaginary’, showing how it differs from modern and anti-modern approaches to sustainab...
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Reflecting on practices
This collection of original essays aims to better understand what researchers do when they practice research. It reinforces a specifically geographic and spatial account that is needed for the development of practice theory while also shining new light on current debates in practice theory on pow...
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Climate finance
This book develops an expansive definition of climate finance and a critical framework for analysing its political economy. The authors highlight the diversity, scale and contradictions of climate finance entanglements – from funding renewable energy, putting a price on carbon, responsible invest...
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The diane elson reader
This volume brings together seminal papers and contributions from Diane Elson’s extensive back catalogue. The collection reflects the author’s enduring fascination with the interaction of gender, development and economics and the relevance of her thinking for tackling inequality and economic prob...
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Turkey and the liberal international order
This book examines Turkey’s increasingly unstable position in the liberal international order and its complicated relationship with the West.
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Artificial violence
Drawing on ideas from across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, James Tyner considers how the advent of the Anthropocene and and the coming age of artificial intelligence challenges us to rethink our notions of violence. Humanity’s destruction of the Earth system, which has com...
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Disappearance
Disappearance has become a defining problem of our times – the disappearance of humans, communities, cultures and life-sustaining systems. This book provides a much-need critique, which offers new thinking and aesthetic responses to understanding the deep political, cultural and philosophical sta...
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The hobbled state
Germany’s moral and political dilemma, as a nation unwilling to assume a leadership role in the international community, for fear of becoming dominant, is well rehearsed. Mark Vail traces Germany’s reluctant embrace of power from its state formation in the nineteenth century to its current recons...
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Downing street downfalls
Before Johnson’s rollercoaster ride, and the ensuing “blink and you missed it” premiership of Truss, the high wastage-rate among Britain’s prime ministers was becoming a cause for concern. This book examines 30 years of prime ministerial misadventures to answer why 10 Downing Street has become a ...
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Stupid rules
Our lives are imbued with rules and regulations, some of which are vital and sensible, but others are simply stupid. Natasha Hamilton-Hart maintains that time-wasting processes of compliance don’t improve anyone’s lives or wellbeing and burden companies and organizations with productivity-sapping...
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