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CONTENTS
General Interest | 4
Philosophy | 18
History | 23
Literature | 24
Politics | 25
Sociology | 39
Health Studies | 49
Anthropology | 52
Media and Communications | 54
A world-leading authority provides a hard-hitting account of why we were so poorly prepared for the pandemic
The COVID-19 Catastrophe What’s Gone Wrong and How to Stop It Happening Again RICHARD HORTON
The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest science policy failure in a generation. We knew this was coming. Warnings about the threat
of a new pandemic have been made repeatedly since the 1980s, and it was clear in January that a dangerous new virus was causing a devastating human tragedy in China. And yet the world ignored the warnings. Why?
In this short and hard-hitting book, Richard Horton, editor of the medical
journal The Lancet, which published much of the research describing the human impact of COVID-19, scrutinises the actions that governments around the world took – and failed to take – as the virus spread from its origins in Wuhan into the global pandemic that it is today. He shows that many Western 144 pages | June 2020 governments and their scientific advisors made assumptions about the virus and its lethality that turned out to be mistaken. Valuable time was lost while the virus spread unchecked, leaving health systems unprepared for the avalanche of infections that followed.
We need to learn the lessons of this pandemic and we need to learn them fast because the next pandemic may arrive sooner than we think.
This book has been an instant bestseller, reaching number 1 in the Amazon bestseller charts and selling over
10,000 copies in the first two weeks. Press coverage has included French newspaper Liberation, German newspaper Die Welt and it was serialized in the English paper The Sunday Times and discussed on national UK television (Good Morning Britain, Newsnight and Channel 4 News).
Rights sold: Italian (Il Pensiero), Japanese (Seidosha via The English Agency) and Korean (Charmdol via Icarias Agency)
‘This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.’ Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh
‘The Editor of The Lancet pulls no punches. The pandemic has shattered our belief in Western exceptionalism and exposed the harsh underbelly of global inequality. A must-read.’
Anthony Costello, Professor of Global Health and Sustainable Development, University College London
RICHARD HORTON is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet.
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How to rebuild the common good beyond COVID-19, extreme identity politics, and free-market capitalism
The Post-Liberal Moment Manifesto for a Post-Pandemic Politics
ADRIAN PABST
Hyper -capitalism and extreme identity politics are driving us to distraction. Both destroy the basis of a common life shared across ages
and classes. The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate these tendencies further, or it could herald something more hopeful: a post-liberal moment.
Adrian Pabst argues that now is the time for an alternative – post-
liberalism – that is centred around trust, dignity, and human relationships. Instead of reverting to the mutual suspicion and destabili sing inhumanity of ‘just-in-time’ free-market globalisation, we could build a politics upon the sense of localism and community spirit, 160 pages | May 2021 the valuing of family, place and belonging, which was a real theme of lockdown. We are not obliged to put up with the restoration of a broken status quo that erodes trust, undermines institutions and trashes our precious natural environment. Instead, we could build a pluralist democracy, decentralise the state, and promote mutualist markets embedded in the everyday economy.
ADRIAN PABST is Reader in Politics at the University of Kent, and a leading thinker in the ‘Blue Labour’ movement. His previous books include The Demons of Liberal Democracy.
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A masterly account of the impact of the digital revolution on the book publishing industry
Book Wars
The Digital Revolution in Publishing
JOHN B. THOMPSON
This book tells the story of the turbulent decade when the oldest of our media industries, the book publishing industry, collided with the great
technological revolution of our time. From the surge of ebooks to the self- publishing explosion and the growing popularity of audiobooks, this book provides a comprehensive and fine-grained account of technological
disruption in one of our most important and successful creative industries.
Like other sectors of the media and creative industries, the book publishing industry has been thrown into disarray by the digital revolution. As this revolution gathered pace, publishers and retailers found themselves facing 450 pages | March 2021 a proliferation of new players who were offering new products and services and challenging some of their most deeply-held principles. The old industry of book publishing was suddenly thrust into the limelight as bitter conflicts erupted between publishers and new entrants, including powerful new tech giants who saw the world in very different ways. The book wars had begun.
While ebooks were at the heart of many of these conflicts and have been the focus of much attention, Thompson argues that the most fundamental consequences of the digital revolution in publishing lie elsewhere. The print- on-paper book has proven to be a remarkably resilient cultural form but the
digital revolution has transformed the industry in other ways, spawning new players which now wield unprecedented power in the publishing field and giving rise to an array of new publishing forms. Most important of all, it has
transformed the broader information and communication environment within which publishing exists and of which it is part, creating new challenges and new opportunities for publishers as they seek to redefine their role in the digital age.
This account of the book publishing industry as it faces its greatest challenge since Gutenberg will be essential reading for students and scholars of culture and technology, for those who work in the publishing industry and for anyone interested in books and their future.
JOHN B. THOMPSON is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. His previous books include Merchants of Culture.
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A world-renowned Sinologist explores China’s post-revolutionary history through the prism of its leaders
China's Leaders From Mao to Now
DAVID SHAMBAUGH
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China over 70 years ago, five paramount leaders have shaped the fates and fortunes of the nation and the ruling Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping. Under their authoritative leadershi p, China has undergone an extraordinary transformation from an undeveloped and insular country to a comprehensive world power.
In this path-breaking study, renowned Sinologist David Shambaugh offers a refreshing account of China’s dramatic post-revolutionary history through the prism of those who ruled it. Exploring the persona, formative 288 pages | July 2021 socialisation, psychology, and professional experiences of each leader, Shambaugh shows how their differing leadership styles and tactics of rule shaped China domestically and internationally: Mao was a populist tyrant,
Deng a pragmatic Leninist, Jiang a bureaucratic politician, Hu a technocratic apparatchik, and Xi a modern emperor. Covering the full scope of these leaders’ personalities and power this commanding guide to China’s modern history is a must-read to understand how China has become the superpower of today.
DAVID SHAMBAUGH is an internationally recognised authority and award-winning author on contemporary China and the international relations of Asia. He is the Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science & International Affairs, and Director of the China Policy Program in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He was previously Reader in Chinese Politics in the University of London’s School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), where he also served as Editor of The China Quarterly. Professor Shambaugh is also a frequent commentator in the international media, serves on a number of editorial boards, and has been a consultant to the US and UK governments, research institutions, foundations, and private
corporations. As an author he has written or edited more than thirty books, several of which have been selected by The Economist among the ‘Best Books of the Year.’
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A devastating insider exposé of the industry that hides the plutocrats’ trillions from the taxman
The Wealth Hoarders
How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions
CHUCK COLLINS
For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defence Industry. These ‘agents of inequality’ are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%.
In this book, inequality expert Chuck Collins, who himself inherited a
fortune, interviews the leading players and gives a unique insider account of how this industry is doing everything it can to create and entrench hereditary dynasties of wealth and power. He exposes the inner workings
of these ‘agents of inequality’, showing how they deploy anonymous shell companies, family offices, offshore accounts, opaque trusts, and sham 226 pages | February 2021 transactions to ensure the world’s richest pay next to no tax. He ends by outlining a robust set of policies that democratic nations can implement to shut down the Wealth Defence Industry for good.
This shocking exposé of the insidious machinery of inequality is essential reading for anyone wanting the inside story of our age of plutocratic plunder and stashed cash.
‘This book, a primer to the secrets of the money river, is an essential reformers’ handbook for navigating these dangerous times now facing us – and future generations.’ Nicholas Shaxson, author, The Finance Curse and Treasure Islands
‘Skillfully blends personal narrative with social scientific research to create unique insights into a world of privilege that is ordinarily out of sight and out of mind for the rest of us.’
Brooke Harrington, author, Capital without Borders
CHUCK COLLINS is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and coedits Inequality.org. His previous books include Born on Third Base and Wealth and Our Commonwealth (with Bill Gates Sr.).
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How a longer weekend can make us happier, healthier and greener
The Case for a Four Day Week
ANNA COOTE, AIDAN HARPER, ALFIE STIRLING
Series: The Case For
Not so long ago, people thought that a ten-hour, six-day week was normal. Now, we assume that the eight-hour, five-day week represents a natural equilibrium of work and play. Will that soon be history too?
In this new book, three leading experts argue why it should be. They map out a pragmatic pathway to a four-day week that safeguards earnings for the lower-paid and keeps the economy flourishing. They argue that this radical vision will give workers time to be better parents and carers, allow men and women to share paid and unpaid work more equally, and help to save jobs – 142 pages | November 2020 and create new ones – in the age of automation. Not only that, but it will help to combat the stress and illness caused by overwork, as well as helping the environment and allowing us cut down on the kind of wasteful ‘convenience’ shopping that we all do when we’re in a rush.
This book will be essential reading for anyone who has ever felt like they could get so much more done if all weekends were three days long.
‘This is a hugely timely and important book. Working long hours takes a heavy toll on people’s mental and physical health, and it’s clearly time to turn our focus towards people’s health and well-being, rather than the relentless pursuit of GDP growth. A shorter working week is a vital step in that process. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, now is the time to re-think how we live our lives and care for our planet - this book sets out, clearly and powerfully, a compelling agenda for change.’ Caroline Lucas, MP UK Green Party
‘Timely and important. A punchy, persuasive analysis of how a shorter working week can boost our collective health and wealth. A must-read for anyone who wants real change at work.’ Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, UK Trades Union Congress
ANNA COOTE Anna Coote is Principal Fellow at the New Economics Foundation.
AIDAN HARPER Aidan Harper is Researcher at the New Economics Foundation.
ALFIE STIRLING Alfie Stirling is Head of Economics at the New Economics Foundation.
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The 21st century’s greatest scholar-politician unpicks the degraded politics of contemporary work and advocates an alternative
The Dignity of Labour
JON CRUDDAS
Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income?
In this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is
imperative that the Left rejects the siren call of technological determinism and roots its politics firmly in the workplace. Drawing from his experience of his own Dagenham and Rainham constituency, he examines the history of Marxist
and social democratic thinking about work in order to critique the fatalism of both Blairism and radical left techno-utopianism, which, he contends, have more in common than either would like to admit. He argues that, especially in
the context of COVID-19, socialists must embrace an ethical socialist politics 216 pages | April 2021 based on the dignity and agency of the labour interest.
This timely book is a brilliant intervention in the highly contentious debate on the future of work, as well as an ambitious account of how the left must rediscover its animating purpose or risk irrelevance.
JON CRUDDAS is the Labour Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham.
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Ground-breaking manifesto for a post-growth world from the bestsell ing author of Prosperity without Growth
Post Growth Life After Capitalism TIM JACKSON
Our prevailing vision of social progress is fatally dependent on a false promise: that there will always be more and more for everyone. Forged in the crucible of capitalism, this foundational myth has come dangerously unravelled . The relentless pursuit of eternal growth has delivered ecological destruction, financial fragility, social instability and the biggest global health crisis in a century.
What should we do when our myths desert us? How are we to adjust to a new economic normal? What does life after capitalism look like?
Weaving together philosophical reflection, economic insight and social vision, Tim Jackson’s provocative thesis is that a post growth society is a richer, not a poorer one. Material progress has changed our lives – in many 224 pages | April 2021 ways for the better. But the luxury of having can too easily obscure the happiness of belonging, the satisfaction of achieving and the simple lightness of being. A genuine prosperity demands a deeper respect for relationship and meaning than capitalism allows. Jackson’s far-reaching essay is both a manifesto for system change and an invitation to rekindle a deeper conversation about the nature of the human condition.
‘I remember exactly where I was when I first read Prosperity without Growth. It cuts through the intellectual clamor with clarity, courage – and hope.’ Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
‘Tim Jackson’s Prosperity without Growth systematises and renders tangible an essential project few believed to be practical: recovering the dream of shared prosperity and human development through decoupling it from the bandwagon of growth. Essential reading for those refusing to succumb to a dystopic future.’ Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens
TIM JACKSON is Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey in the UK. For over three decades, he has pioneered research on the moral, economic and social dimensions of prosperity on a finite planet. His landmark book
Prosperity without Growth was a Financial Times book of the year, and UnHerd’s book of the decade. In 2016, he was awarded the Hillary Laureate for exceptional international leadership in sustainability.
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A new agenda for how humanity can prepare for the breakdown of society in an age of climate collapse
Deep Adaptation
Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos
Edited by JEM BENDELL & RUPERT READ
This is the first book to show how professionals across different sectors are beginning to incorporate the acceptance of likely or unfolding societal breakdown into their work and lives. Deep Adaptation refers to the personal and collective changes that might help us to prepare for – and live with – a
climate-influenced breakdown or collapse of our societies. It is a framework for responding to the terrifying realisation of increasing and irrevocable disruption, by committing ourselves to reducing suffering while saving more
of society and the natural world.
The contributors to this book come from diverse fields including philosophy, 224 pages | May 2021 psychology, education, leadership, facilitation, community development and private enterprise. Unlike mainstream work on climate adaptation, these
writers do not assume that our current economic, social, and political systems can be made resilient in the face of rapid and dangerous climate change. Instead, they demonstrate the caring and creative ways that people are responding to the most difficult realisation with which humanity may ever have to come to terms.
This book is the essential introduction to the concept, practice and emerging global movement of Deep Adaptation to climate chaos. Edited by the originator of the concept, Professor Jem Bendell, and a leading figure in climate activism, Professor Rupert Read, it brings together scholarship and practical measures for policy and action.
JEM BENDELL is Professor of Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cumbria and the originator of the Deep Adaptation movement.
RUPERT READ is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, a Green Party campaigner, and spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion.
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A pioneer of virtual reality technology on why AR is the ‘next big thing in tech’
Augmented Reality Unboxing Tech's Next Big Thing
MARK PESCE
Slated as ‘the next big thing in tech,’ augmented reality promises to take the screen out of our hands and wrap it around the world via ‘smart spectacles’. As a pervasive, invisible interface between the world and our senses, AR offers unparalleled capacity to reveal hidden digital depths, but it also comes at a cost to our privacy, our property, and our reality.
In this crucial and provocative book, Mark Pesce draws on over thirty years’ experience to offer the first mainstream exploration of augmented reality. He discusses the exciting and beneficial features of AR as well as the issues and risks raised by this still-emerging technology – a technology that moulds us by shaping what we see and hear. 192 pages | November 2020
Augmented Reality is essential reading for anyone interested in the growing influence of this impressive but deeply concerning technology. As the book reveals, reality – once augmented – will never be the same.
PRAISE FOR MARK PESCE
2019 Finalist for Best Technology Podcast, Australian Podcast Awards 2018 Win ner Best Technology & Science Podcast Australian Podcast Awards 2018 Winner Best Columnist, ACS IT Journalism Awards
‘Mark Pesce’s Augmented Reality is the story of how we came to live in an increasingly augmented reality and what this might mean for the future of being human, told by one of this technology’s most brilliant and playful pioneers. Thrilling, scary, hopeful, and required reading.’ Dougla s Rushkoff, author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens and Team Human
‘Pesce is a master at distilling complex ideas down to their most important elements and explaining them in layman’s terms.’ Salon
MARK PESCE is an inventor, author, educator, entrepreneur, broadcaster and futurist. He hosts the award- winning podcast The Next Billion Seconds and is a regular columnist for The Register and IEEE Spectrum.
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An eye-opening debate on the nature of free will and punishment
Just Deserts Debating Free Will DANIEL C. DENNETT and GREGG D. CAUSO
Some thinkers argue that our best scientific theories about the world prove that free will is an illusion. Others disagree. The concept of free will is profoundly important to our self-understanding, our interpersonal relationships, and our moral and legal practices. If it turns out that no one is ever free and morally responsible, what would that mean for society, morality, meaning, and the law?
Just Deserts brings together two philosophers – Daniel C. Dennett and Gregg D. Caruso – to debate their respective views on free will, moral responsibility, and legal punishment. In three extended conversations, Dennett and Caruso present their arguments for and against the existence of free will and debate 234 pages | January 2021 their implications. Dennett argues that the kind of free will required for moral responsibility is compatible with determinism – for him, self-control is key; we are not responsible for becoming responsible, but are responsible for staying responsible, for keeping would-be puppeteers at bay. Caruso takes the opposite view, arguing that who we are and what we do is ultimately the result of factors beyond our control, and because of this we are never morally responsible for our actions in the sense that would make us truly deserving of blame and praise, punishment and reward.
These two leading thinkers introduce the concepts central to the debate about free will and moral responsibility by way of an entertaining, rigorous and sometimes heated philosophical dialogue. What emerges is a clear account of the latest thinking on free will, and what is at stake for our moral and legal practices.
‘Just Deserts is a delight: a sharp and interesting debate about punishment, morality, choice, and much else. It hits the sweet spot; it’s wonderfully clear and accessible – perfect for a newcomer to the free will debates – but also deep and subtle, with plenty to engage experts in the field.’ Paul Bloom, Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Psychology, Yale University, and author of Against Empathy
DANIEL C. DENNETT is Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Science and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of
Philosophy at Tufts University.
GREGG D. CARUSO is Professor of Philosophy at SUNY, Corning and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at
Macquarie University. He is also the Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network at the University of Aberdeen School of Law.
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A star scholar’s passionate treatise on how learning other languages can change how we see the world, for the better
Modern Languages Why It Matters
KATRINA KOHL
Series: Why It Matters
It might seem as if globalisation is making the whole world speak English. But spend time in any major city and you are likely to encounter a cornucopia of languages. Even monolingual people have different ways of speaking to their
bosses or teachers, their intimate friends or their pets. And if you live in India or Nigeria, you might use five different languages in the course of a normal day.
Bilingual Oxford professor Katrin Kohl makes a passionate case for why we must embrace languages in all their diversity. When you study a language, you
140 pages | December 2020 gradually open a unique doorway into the world, immerse yourself in a different way of seeing, and discover new ways of communicating with people from different cultures on their terms. Languages open our minds to the diversity of human life in its complex relationships with nature, culture and technology. They enable us to understand why cultural diversity matters, and why we should care about preserving it as much as we care about preserving the diversity of our biological world.
KATRINA KOHL is Professor of German Literature at the University of Oxford
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Seven Essays on Populism For a Renewed Theoretical Perspective
PAULA BIGLIERI
Translated by George Ciccariello-Maher
This important intervention interrogates keystone features of the dominant European theoretical landscape in the field of populism studies, advancing existing debates and introducing new avenues of thought in conjunction with insights from the contemporary Latin American political experience and perspectives. In each essay – the title a nod to the influential socialist thinker José Carlos Mariátegui, from whom the authors draw inspiration – leading Argentine scholars Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia pair key dimensions of populism with diverse themes such as modern-day feminism, militancy and 194 pages | January 2021 neoliberalism in order to stimulate discussion surrounding the constitutive nature, goals and potential of populist social movements.
Biglieri and Cadahia are unafraid to court provocation in their frank assessment of populism as a force which could bring about much-needed emancipatory social change to confront emerging right-wing trends in policy and leadership. At the same time, this fresh interpretation of a much-maligned political articulation is balanced by their denunciation of right-aligned populisms and their failure to bring to bear a sustainable alternative to contemporary neo-authoritarian forms of neoliberalism. In their place, they articulate a populism which offers a viable means of mobilising a response to hegemonic forms of neoliberal discourse and government.
PAULA BIGLIERI is Professor of Politics at the University of Buenos Aires and at the La Plata National University.
LUCIANA CADAHIA is Visiting Professor at Cornell University and Researcher at FLACSO-Ecuador.
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Why the great Native Son of 20th century African American literature still matters
Richard Wright An Unending Hunger for Life JERRY W. WARD, JR. Series: Black Lives From the depths of poverty and discrimination in the Deep South, Richard Wright rose to be among the 20th century’s leading chroniclers of the struggles surrounding race and social justice in America. His work, from Native Son and his autobiography Black Boy to his later essays, poems and novels, remains seminal.
In this new book, Jerry W. Ward Jr. combines close readings of these writings
with a broad appreciation of the cultural, political and social context in order to shed new light on Wright’s contributions to African American literature and intellectual history. He argues that Wright’s vision was not only to forge a 224 pages | June 2021 radical consciousness uniting Marxist analysis with the imperatives of African American cultural and political nationalism, but also to use writing as a means of negotiating a broader set of existential choices within the context of man’s endless quest for meaning.
Written in accessible, conversational style, Richard Wright will be a must-read for anybody interested in American culture and politics before and during the Cold War, and how we can draw upon this history to shape the present.
JERRY W. WARD JR. is Professor Emeritus of English at Tougaloo College.
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An ambitious and wide-ranging synthesis of the history of environmental thought by a leading philosopher
Environmental Thought A Short History
ROBIN ATTFIELD
Environmental thought has a rich and extensive history. Leading philosopher Robin Attfield guides readers through the key developments and debates that have defined the field from ancient times to the present.
Attfield investigates ancient, medieval and early modern environmental contributions; Darwin and his successors; the debate in America involving Thoreau, Marsh, Muir and Pinchot; and the foundation of the science of ecology in the western world. He goes on to discuss the central themes of key
environmentalist works of the 1970s and 1980s, along with the major debates in environmental philosophy, including Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis. Ultimately, 268 pages | March 2021 he confronts the current environmental emergency and the crises of climate
change, air pollution and biodiversity loss. Each chapter concludes with a list of recommended reading, selected to invite readers to explore the book’s fascinating topics in greater depth.
A pivotal text in its field, Environmental Thought: A Short History will be of
interest to students and scholars of history, philosophy, ethics, geography, religion, biology and environmental studies.
ROBIN ATTFIELD is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University.
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The most student-friendly short introduction to philosophy of mind available
What is Philosophy of Mind?
TOM McCLELLAND
Series: What is Philosophy?
We all have minds, but what exactly is a mind? Is my mind the same thing as my brain? How does my mind cause my behaviour? Can I know what’s going on in other people’s minds? Can I even be sure what’s going on in mine? Is a baby conscious? How about a cat? Or a self-driving car?
The philosophy of mind grapples with these and similar questions about who we are and how we fit into the world. Tom McClelland introduces the key ideas in philosophy of mind, showing why they matter and how philosophers have tried to answer them. He covers the major historical moments in philosophy of mind, from Descartes and his troubles with 144 pages | April 2021 immaterial souls, up to today’s ‘consciousness wars’. Additionally, he explores the implications philosophy of mind has for psychology, artificial intelligence and even particle physics, presenting a uniquely grounded, practical picture of the field for students.
Rich with real-world examples and written for the absolute beginner, What is Philosophy of Mind? gives students the tools to delve deeper into this dynamic field of philosophy.
TOM McCLELLAND is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.
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Philosophy of Psychology An Introduction
KENGO MIYAZONO and LISA BORTOLOTTI
Are humans rational creatures? Do we have free will? Can we ever know
ourselves? These are some of the fundamental questions that have been discussed by philosophers over millennia. But recent empirical findings in psychology and neuroscience suggest we should reconsider them.
This textbook provides an engrossing overview of contemporary debates in the philosophy of psychology and explores the ways in which the interaction and collaboration between psychologists and philosophers contributes to a better understanding of the human mind, cognition, and behaviour. Bortolotti and Miyazono discuss pivotal studies in cognitive psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, evolutionary psychology, clinical psychology, and 224 pages | March 2021 neuroscience, and their implications for philosophy.
Combining the latest philosophical and psychological research with an accessible style, Philosophy of Psychology is a crucial resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students from either discipline.
KENGO MIYAZONO is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hiroshima University.
LISA BORTOLOTTI is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham.
Existentialism An Introduction
Second Edition
KEVIN AHO
In this expanded second edition of his popular textbook, Kevin Aho draws on a range of existentialist thinkers, adding new material on existentialism’s relationship with Marxist thought and its impact on feminist phenomenology
and critical race theory.
Chapters centre on the key themes of freedom, authenticity, being-in-the-world, alienation, and nihilism. Aho also addresses important but often overlooked issues, including the role of embodiment, existentialism’s contribution to ethics,
political theory and environmental and comparative philosophies, among others.
256 pages | June 2020 Aho shows why existentialism cannot be easily dismissed as an outdated movement, but instead endures as one of the most important and vibrant areas of philosophy. Existentialism remains so influential because it deals with fundamental questions such as ‘Who am I?’ and ‘How should I live?’.
KEVIN AHO is Professor of Philosophy at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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The much-anticipated second edition of this celebrated introduction to phenomenology
Phenomenology An Introduction
Second Edition
STEPHAN KÄUFER and ANTHONY CHEMERO
A classic in its field, this comprehensive book introduces the core history of phenomenology and assesses its relevance to contemporary psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. Käufer and Chemero trace how phenomenology has produced a valuable framework for analysing cognition and perception, whose impact on contemporary psychological and scientific research, and philosophical debates, continues to grow.
New to this second edition are a treatment of nineteenth-century 288 pages | May 2021 precursors of experimental psychology; a detailed exploration of Husserl’s analysis of the body; and a discussion of the work of Aron Gurwitsch and other philosophers and psychologists who explored the intersection of phenomenology and Gestalt psychology. The new material also includes an expanded consideration of enactivism, and an up-to-date examination of current work in phenomenologically informed cognitive science.
PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITON
‘This is an extremely well-conceived and well-executed project. By focusing on perception and cognition, the authors show the contemporary relevance of phenomenology, and also provide an excellent introduction to the phenomenological movement in philosophy. I know of no other introductory text on phenomenology that is so relentlessly clear and jargon free. The authors have done a magnificent job of offering a coherent, sensible, illuminating, and fascinating review of the development of phenomenology and a justification of its enduring importance to philosophy.’ Mark Adam Wrathall, University of California, Riverside
STEPHAN KÄUFER is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College.
ANTHONY CHEMERO is Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati.
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A rich and authoritative guide to one of the greatest living thinkers
Achille Mbembe PETER GRATTON
Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers
Achille Mbembe is one of the most important francophone thinkers and public intellectuals writing today. Dubbed by different critics as a sociologist, historian, political scientist, post-colonial theorist, and
philosopher, Mbembe first came to wide attention in the 1990s with his articles on the ‘postcolony.’ Since then, he has offered searing and visceral histories of enslavement, colonialism, and apartheid that seek to uncover the continuing legacies of colonialism for today.
Peter Gratton investigates Mbembe's extraordinary oeuvre, from his earliest writings on the state of Cameroon to his most recent works calling 224 pages | July 2021 for a borderless world. He shows how Mbembe is far more than a commentator on African philosophy and the postcolonial tradition: his writings are global in reach, confronting the digitalisation of the human, our common ecological plight, and the dangerous ‘exits from democracy’ to be found wherever there are resurgent nationalisms and racism. Often written in a poetic style and influenced by a range of European and African
thinkers, Mbembe's work can be challenging for the uninitiated, but Gratton expertly elucidates the vast range of ideas and debates in which Mbembe is engaged, offering the first comprehensive guide to this
important living thinker.
This accessible, timely introduction is essential reading for students and scholars across the rich array of disciplines in which Mbembe has written.
PETER GRATTON is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University.
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Wh at is Medieval History? Second Edition JOHN H. ARNOLD Series: What is History?
John Arnold’s text has established itself as the leading introduction to the craft of the medieval historian.
What is it that medieval historians do? Arnold discusses the creation of medieval history as a field, the nature of its sources, the intellectual tools used by medievalists, and some areas of thematic importance from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Reformation. The case studies include a magical plot against a medieval pope, and the importance of a kiss exchanged between two noblemen. Throughout, readers are shown not only what medieval history is, but the cultural and political contexts in which it has been written. 184 pages | November 2020 This anticipated second edition includes further exploration of the interdisciplinary techniques that can aid medieval historians, and addresses some of the challenges of the idea of a ‘global middle ages.’
JOHN H. ARNOLD is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge.
Wha t is Early Modern
History? MERRY WIESNER-HANKS
What is Early Modern History? offers a concise guide to investigations of the era from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Wiesner-Hanks showcases the new research and innovative methods that have altered our understanding of this fascinating period. She examines various subfields and approaches in early modern history, and the marks of modernity that scholars have highlighted in these, from individualism to the Little Ice Age. Moving beyond Europe, she surveys the growth of the Atlantic 164 pages | January 2021 World and global history, exploring key topics such as the Columbian Exchange, the slave trade, cultural interactions and blending, and the environment. She also considers popular and public representations of the early modern period, which are often how students – and others – first become curious.
Elegantly written and passionately argued, What is Early Modern History? MERRY WIESNER-HANKS is Distinguished Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies (Emerita) at the provides an essential invitation to the field for both students and scholars. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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A team of leading scholars explore the rich and varied literatures of modern Spain
Modern Literatures in
Spain
JO LABANYI and LUISA ELENA DELGADO
Series: Cultural History of Literature
Jo Labanyi and Luisa Elena Delgado provide the first cultural history of modern literatures in Spain. With contributors Helena Buffery, Kirsty Hooper and Mari Jose Olaziregi, they showcase the country’s cultural complexity by working across its four major literary cultures – Castilian, Catalan, Galician and Basque – from the eighteenth century to the present.
Engaging critically with the concept of the ‘national’, Modern Literatures in Spain traces the uneven institutionalisation of Spain’s diverse literatures in 288 pages | April 2021 a context of Castilian literary hegemony, as well as examining literary production by Spaniards outside of Spain. The thematically organised chapters explore literary constructions of subjectivity, gender and sexuality; urban and rural imaginaries; intersections between high and popular
culture; and the formation of a public sphere. Throughout, readings are attentive to the multiple ways in which literature serves as a barometer of cultural responses to historical change.
An introduction to major historical debates as well as an original analysis of
key texts, this book is important reading for students and scholars with an interest in the literatures and cultures of Spain.
JO LABANYI is Professor of Spanish at New York University.
LUISA ELENA DELGADO is Professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois (Urbana).
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An ideal student primer exploring why, and how, the study of politics should be decolonised
Decolonizing Politics An Introduction ROBBIE SHILLIAM Series: Decolonizing the Curriculum Political Science emerged as a response to the challenges of imperial administration and the demands of colonial rule. While not all political scientists were colonial cheerleaders, their thinking was nevertheless framed by colonial assumptions that influence the study of politics to this day.
This book offers students a lens through which to decolonize the main themes and issues of Political Science - from human nature, rights, and citizenship, to
development and global justice. Not content with revealing the colonial legacies that still inform the discipline, the book also introduces students to a wide range of intellectual resources from the (post)colonial world that will 200 pages | February 2021
help them think through the same themes and issues more expansively.
Decolonizing Politics is a much-needed critical guide for students of Political Science. It shifts the study of Political Science from the centres of power to its margins where the majority of humanity lives. Ultimately, the book argues that those who occupy the margins are not powerless. Rather, marginal positions afford a deeper understanding of politics than can be provided by mainstream approaches.
ROBBIE SHILLIAM is Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University.
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A timely critique of political short-termism and what we can do to counter it
Can Democracy Safeguard
the Future? GRAHAM SMITH
Series: Democratic Futures Our democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the future. From pensions to
pandemics, health and social care to climate, and biodiversity to emerging technologies, democracies have been unable to deliver robust policies for the long term.
In this book, Graham Smith, a leading scholar of democratic theory and
practice, asks why. Exploring the drivers of the short-termism that dominate contemporary politics, he considers ways of reshaping legislatures and constitutions and proposes strengthening independent offices whose 160 pages | January 2021 overarching goals do not change at every election. More radically, Smith argues that forms of participatory and deliberative politics offer the most effective democratic response to the current political myopia as well as a powerful means of protecting the interests of generations to come.
‘Crystal clear and utterly persuasive, Graham Smith makes a compelling case for bringing future generations into the democratic process.’ Roman Krznaric, author of The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
GRAHAM SMITH is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster.
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How assets dictate the new class system
The Asset Economy
Property Ownership and the New Logic of
Inequality LISA ADKINS, MELINDA COOPER and MARTIJN KONINGS
Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion’s share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society a middleclass existence is out of reach. What exactly are the economic shifts that have driven the social transformations taking place in Anglo-capitalist societies?
In this timely book, Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper and Martijn Konings argue
that the rise of the asset economy has produced a new logic of inequality. Several decades of property inflation have seen asset ownership 128 pages | September 2020 overshadow employment as a determinant of class position. Exploring the
impact of generational dynamics in this new class landscape, the book advances an original perspective on a range of phenomena that are widely debated but poorly understood – including the growth of wealth inequalities and precarity, the dynamics of urban property inflation, changes in fiscal and monetary policy and the predicament of the ‘millennial’ generation. Despite widespread awareness of the harmful effects of Quantitative Easing and similar asset supporting measures, we appear to have entered an era of policy ‘lock-in’ that is responsible for a growing disconnect between popular expectations and institutional priorities. The resulting polarization underlies many of the volatile dynamics and rapidly shifting alliances that dominate today’s headlines.
‘Adkins, Cooper and Konings make a timely and persuasive attack on generational and electoral understandings of contemporary class conflict and class reproduction. This is a must read for understanding the politics around the increasingly Minsky-like dynamics of the housing market.’ Herman Mark Schwartz, University of Virginia
‘In teasing out the logic of the booming asset economy, Lisa Adkins and her co-authors brilliantly update the analysis of class and inequality for the twenty-first century. This outstanding book will prove a vital point of reference to academics, students, and the wider public.’ Mike Savage, London School of Economics
LISA ADKINS is Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney.
MELINDA COOPER is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney.
MARTIJN KONINGS is Professor of Political Economy and Social Theory at the University of Sydney.
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Crisis and Inequality The Political Economy of Democratic Capitalism MATTIAS VERMEIREN
Spiralling inequality since the 1970s and the global financial crisis of 2008 have been the two most important challenges to democratic capitalism since the Great Depression. We cannot, therefore, understand the political economy of contemporary Europe and America without putting inequality
and crisis at the heart of the picture.
In this innovative new textbook Mattias Vermeiren does just this, demonstrating that both the global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis resulted from an unsustainable relationship between
288 pages | January 2021 countries with conflicting debt-led and export-led growth models, models fundamentally shaped by soaring income and wealth inequality. He traces the emergence of these models by giving a comprehensive overview of
recent developments in the four domains that have shaped these dynamics: macroeconomic policy, social policy, corporate governance, and financial policy. He goes on to assess the prospects for the emergence of a more egalitarian and sustainable form of democratic capitalism.
MATTIAS VERMEIREN is Associate Professor of International Political Economy at Ghent University.
Migration Beyond Capitalism
HANNAH CROSS
Harshly exploited migrant labour plays a fundamental role in the political economy of contemporary capitalism. The abstract and utopian theorising of liberals and leftists on the migration question often ignores or downplays these brutal class dynamics.
In this new book, Hannah Cross soberly analyses the class antagonisms of
migration in the context of the nation, social democracy, and the racialised ordering of the world. Bringing Marxist methodology and strategy to a careful analysis of existing emancipatory movements, she sets out the approaches
that are needed to promote global worker solidarity and create a future in which cheap labour is no longer a mainstay of wealthy economies. This focus on the labouring classes allows her to identify some important new directions
224 pages | November 2020 for migration in a world beyond capitalism, exploitation and injustice. This book will be essential reading for students, scholars and general readers interested in the politics and political economy of migration in a world unhelpfully caught between racist authoritarian capitalism and the wishful- thinking of contemporary left-liberalism.
HANNAH CROSS is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Westminster.
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A comprehensive overview of how political theorists are grappling with the great issue of our times
Migration and Political
Theory Series: And Political Theory
GILLIAN BROCK
Migration dominates contemporary politics across the world, and there has been a corresponding surge in political theorising about the complex issues that it raises. In a world in which borders seem to be solidifying while the number of displaced people soars, how should we think about the political and ethical implications of human movement across the globe?
In this book, Gillian Brock, one of the leading figures in the field, lucidly introduces and explains the important historical, empirical, and normative 226 pages | January 2021 context necessary to get to grips with the major contemporary debates. She exa mines issues ranging from the permissibility of controlling borders and the criteria that states can justifiably use to underpin their migration management policies through to questions of integration, inclusion, and resistance to unjust immigration laws.
Migration and Political Theory is essential reading for any student, scholar, or general reader who seeks to understand the political theory and ethics of migration and movement in the twenty-first century.
‘This excellent book provides a careful, clear, comprehensive, and engaging overview of current debates about migration. Sophisticated, and yet highly accessible, it connects normative questions to factual information about migration as it actually occurs.’
Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto
‘Gillian Brock explores a wide range of issues central to debates around migration at an impressive level of theoretical depth, but at the same time with great clarity. This book is an invaluable contribution to an increasingly important field.’ Phil Cole, University of the West of England, Bristol
GILLIAN BROCK is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland.
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Anarchism CARISSA HONEYWELL
Series: Key Concepts in Political Theory
Is it possible to abolish coercion and hierarchy and build a stateless, egalitarian social order based on non-domination? There is one political tradition that answers these questions with a resounding yes: anarchism.
In this book, Carissa Honeywell offers an accessible introduction to major
anarchist thinkers and principles, from Proudhon to Goldman, non- domination to prefiguration. She helps students understand the nature of anarchism by examining how its core ideas shape important contemporary social movements, thereby demonstrating how anarchist principles are relevant to modern political dilemmas connected to issues of conflict, justice and care. She argues that anarchism can play a central role in tackling our major global problems by helping us rethink the essentially militarist 184 pages | November 2020 nature of our dominant ideas about human relationships and security. Dynamic, urgent, and engaging, this new introduction to anarchist thought will be of great interest to both
students as well as thinkers and activists working to find solutions to the multiple crises of capitalist modernity.
CARISSA HONEYWELL is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Sheffield Hallam University.
Conservatism
EDMUND NEILL
Series: Key Concepts in Political Theory
Conservatism is often labelled as a ‘disposition’ or ‘tradition’ rather than an ideology. Its suspicion of grand theorising has lent itself to this characterisation, but in this book leading political theorist Edmund Neill challenges this view.
He argues that conservatism is better identified as an ideology, albeit one that conceptuali ses human conduct as being partially dependent on forces beyond human volition, and prioritises cautiously managing change. He proceeds to chart the evolution of conservative thought from the French Revolution to the present, examining how conservatives responded to disruptions to traditional order across the 19th and 20th centuries. Drawing on examples from British, France and the United States, Neill concludes 180 pages | April 2021 with some reflections on the challenges (and opportunities) that contemporary populism presents for conservatism. This accomplished primer is essential reading for any student or scholar working in political theory and political philosophy, especially those with particular interest in ideologies and conservatism.
EDMUND NEILL is Lecturer in Modern History at the New College of the Humanities.
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Why the liberal left will regret sneering at community, family and the nation
Despised Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class PAUL EMBERY The typical contemporary Labour MP is a university-educated Europhile who is more comfortable in the leafy enclaves of fashionable north London than the party’s heartlands. As a result, many feel that Labour is out of step with the culture and values of working-class Britain.
Drawing on his background as a firefighter and trade unionist from Dagenham, Paul Embery argues that this disconnect has been inevitable since the Left political establishment embraced economic and social liberalism. They have come to despise traditional working-class values of patriotism, family and faith and instead champion globalisation, rapid
demographic change and a toxic brand of identity politics. Embery contends 218 pages | November 2020 that the Left can only revive if it changes course and speaks to working-class people by combining socialist economics with the cultural politics of
belonging, place, and community.
‘Most voters lean left on economics and conservative on culture but no one represents them. Embery delivers a tight, passionately -argued plea for the left to rediscover its roots in social solidarity. Despised confirms Embery’s place as a leading force in the emerging left-conservative movement.’
Eric Kaufmann, Birkbeck College, University of London
‘[Paul Embery] is one of the most interesting, insightful and original voices to have emerged in British journalism
for some time.’ Douglas Murray, Spectator columnist, author of The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
PAUL EMBERY is a firefighter, trade union activist, and prominent proponent of Blue Labour. He is a regular columnist for UnHerd. 31 | POLITICS
A rigorous expose of the practice of gerrymandering and its impact on US democracy
Gerrymandering The Politics of Redistricting in the United States STEPHEN K. MEDVIC
For nearly as long as there have been electoral districts in America, politicians have gerrymandered those districts. Intended to maximise the number of legislative seats for one party and to gain what appears to be an unfair advantage in elections, it is reviled by the public. Nevertheless, gerrymandering is not well understood by most people and this lack of understanding leads to a false sense that there are easy solutions to this complex problem.
Gerrymandering unpacks the complicated process of gerrymandering, 224 pages | May 2021 reflecting upon the normative issues to which it gives rise. Tracing the history of partisan gerrymandering from its 19th century roots to the present day, the book explains its legal status and implementation, its consequences, and possible options for reform. The result is a balanced analysis of gerrymandering that acknowledges its troubling aspects while recognising that, as long as district boundaries have to be drawn, there is no perfect way to do so.
‘Medvic’s nuanced analysis unpacks the complex dynamics of gerrymandering. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the topic.’ David Dulio, Oakland University
STEPHEN K. MEDVIC is The Honorable & Mrs. John C. Kunkel Professor of Government at Franklin & Marshall College.32 | POLITICS
The best one-volume introduction to American Political Thought available
American Political Thought An Invitation KEN KERSCH
How do Americans think about foundational political questions? Covering the full span of US history, this new textbook offers a lively yet sophisticated overview of the nature and dynamics of American Political Thought for students and general readers alike.
Award-winning scholar Ken Kersch’s engaging introduction situates the key debates in their historical, political and cultural context. He introduces the touchstone frameworks and ideas that are both deeply ingrained and yet have been actively re-made in a country that has spent 250 years of shifting circumstances battling over their real-world implications. Covering thinkers
ranging from Jefferson to Rawls, Du Bois to Audre Lorde, he examines the 260 pages | February 2021 ambiguities of the purportedly ‘consensus’ American principles of liberty, equality, and democracy as well as addressing questions ranging from ‘What
are the foundations of a legitimate political order?’ and ‘What is the appropriate role of government?’ to ‘What are the appropriate terms of full civic membership?’ – and beyond.
Politically balanced and inclusive, American Political Thought introduces the contested terrain concerning these core political questions as they were raised over the course of the USA’s often dramatic history.
KEN KERSCH is Professor of Political Science at Boston University. 33 | POLITICS
A penetrating diagnostic of the world’s most powerful military alliance
What’s Wrong with NATO and How to Fix It
MARK WEBBER, JAMES SPERLING and MARTIN A. SMITH Series: What’s Wrong?
NATO, the most successful alliance in history, is beset by unresolved tensions and divergent interests that are undermining its cohesion, credibility and capability.
This book explores four key post-Cold War developments that threaten NATO’s survival: an overextended geostrategic reach and an unwieldly security policy portfolio; a failure to address capability short-falls and meet defen ce spending benchmarks; US weariness and European wariness that 304 pages | March 2021 call NATO into question; and intra-alliance discord over Russia’s place in the
European security order and how to deal with Moscow’s destabilisation of Georgia and Ukraine. The authors propose in response a range of policy options that could reinvigorate NATO, but conclude with a note of caution.
If NATO is to avoid a doomed fate it must not only address the major problems that trouble it, but also get to grips with future challenges to alliance cohesion and credibility, from Brexit to the emerging contest with
China.
‘The only book to offer a systematic and up to date treatment of NATO with a problem-solving attitude. Theoretically informed and policy orientated, it’s an excellent source for teaching NATO to novices.’ Lorenzo Cladi, University of Plymouth
‘If you're looking for a concise text that deftly identifies the present challenges facing NATO and then goes just beyond pointing out the problems, but actually offers workable solutions to address these ills, then this is the text for you. What's Wrong with NATO and How to Fix It is a well-paced, yet comprehensive read that will be of interest to scholars and policy-makers alike.’ Michael John Williams, Syracuse University
MARK WEBBER is Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham.
JAMES SPERLING is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Akron.
MARTIN A. SMITH is Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).
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National Identity and State
Formation in Africa Edited by MANUEL CASTELLS and BERNARD LATEGAN
This book examines how the interplay between globalisation and the
assertion of local identities is reshaping the political landscape of Africa. While defending their values against external forces, people simultaneously – and paradoxically – use the interconnectivity of global networks to
maximise their particular interests. Focusing on the relation between national identity and state formation, the authors explore the far-reaching consequences of these contradictory dynamics.
A region characterised by the increased mobility of people, goods and ideas challenges some conventional assumptions of statecraft and also highlights 222 pages | January 2021 the advantages of federalism. The book further explores emerging types of state formation in the same political space, as exemplified by the combination of elements of a kingdom.
MANUEL CASTELLS is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley.
BERNARD LATEGAN is Founder and former Director of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study in South Africa.
China and Africa
The New Era
DANIEL LARGE
Series: China Today
China’s engagement in Africa was once associated primarily with economic interests – from oil and mining to infrastructure construction and business – but following the end of a long economic boom, and China’s more ambitious
foreign policy since 2012, politics has become more central.
In this new book, expert Daniel Large provides a comprehensive and up-to- date guide to contemporary China-Africa relations. China’s ‘new era’ under Xi Jinping revealed a self-proclaimed major power that presents itself as both the model and enabler for African development. Often depicted as either 250 pages | January 2021 predatory or benign, Large goes beyond such superficial categories to explore how Africa is – and isn’t – integral to China’s global ambitions (from the Belt and Road Initiative to strategic competition with the United States) and how African actors shape and constrain China’s engagement in the region. He also shows that, as China seeks to protect its investments, security has become a particularly notable new area of engagement.
DANIEL LARGE is Assistant Professor at the Central European University. 35 | POLITICS
A timely re-assessment of the role of the British Prime Minister from Thatcher to Johnson
The British Prime Minister
in an Age of Upheaval
MARK GARNETT
Have the Prime Minister’s opportunities become compromised by unrealistic media-driven public expectations? In this timely book, leading analyst of UK politics Mark Garnett provides a re-assessment of the role of the British Prime Minister, from Margaret Thatcher’s controversial tenure to Boris Johnson’s autocratic post-Brexit regime. Taking a thematic approach, he explores the impact of major political developments and personalities on key aspects of the prime ministerial function as party leader, cabinet maker, chief diplomat and electoral talisman.
Much of the controversy over the position of Prime Minister, he 288 pages | March 2021 concludes, arises from a confusion between the occupant’s inevitable political prominence and his or her – often limited – ability to achieve positive policy outcomes. In view of the enforced resignations of David Cameron and Theresa May since the referendum, the book questions whether the nature of the job has become a deterrent for politicians who hope to find personal satisfaction in public service, opening the way for individuals with much less laudable motivations.
‘This is a timely attempt at helping us to better understand the role of the British Prime Minister and the challenges of providing effective political leadership. Mark Garnett has developed a thematic study which provides us with a range of new insights: a must-read for students and scholars with an interest in UK politics.’ Timothy Heppell, University of Leeds
MARK GARNETT is Senior Lecturer of Politics at Lancaster University.
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Fully revised third edition of this essential introduction to Latino politics in America
Latino Politics Third Edition LISA GARCÍA BEDOLLA and CHRISTIAN HOSAM
The third edition of this popular text provides a comprehensive introduction to Latino political engagement in US. Using the tension between individual agency and structural constraints as its central organising theme, the discussion situates Latino migrants, and their children, within larger macroeconomic and geo-political structures that influence their decisions to migrate and their ability to adapt socially, economically, and politically to their new country.
Fully revised and updated, the new edition explores the state of Latino politics under both the Obama and Trump administrations. It encourages
294 pages | February 2021 students to think critically about what it means to be a racialised minority group within a majoritarian US. political system, and how that position structures Latinos’ ability to achieve their social, economic, and political
goals.
‘This informative, accessible volume analyzes the diversity among Latinos and emphasizes their disparate histories of migration to the United States. Required reading for those attempting to increase Latinos’ political integration through voting or to mobilize them in the face of US nativist policies and rhetoric.’ Patricia Zavella, University of California, Santa Cruz
LISA GARCÍA BEDOLLA is Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Dean of the Graduate Division and Professor at the
University of California, Berkeley.
CHRISTIAN HOSAM is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. 37 | POLITICS
New edition of the leading introduction to peacekeeping in the contemporary world
Understanding
Pe acekeeping Third Edition
PAUL D. WILLIAMS with ALEX J. BELLAMY
Peace operations remain a principal tool for managing armed conflict and protecting civilians. The fully revised, expanded and updated third edition of Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, history, and politics of peace operations.
Drawing on a dataset of nearly two hundred historical and contemporary missions, this book evaluates the changing characteristics of the contemporary international environment in which peace 498 pages | January 2021 operations are deployed, the strategic purposes peace operations are intended to achieve, and the major challenges facing today’s peacekeepers. All the chapters have been revised and updated and five new chapters have been added on stabilisation, force generation, use of force, organised crime, and exit strategies.
‘This book is the perfect introduction to peacekeeping – complete with little-known facts, reliable statistics, insightful theories, provoking debates, and in-depth analyses. It will be incredibly useful to students and experienced researchers alike.’ Séverine Autesserre, Author of Peaceland and The Frontlines of Peace
‘This book is by far the most comprehensive and readable overview of the evolution, challenges, and controversies of peace operations yet written. It will be exceptionally valuable not only as an introduction to the subject but also as a reference document for experts.’ Roland Paris, University of Ottawa
PAUL D. WILLIAMS is Professor in the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University.
ALEX J. BELLAMY is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland, and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
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The unrivalled one-stop textbook for all sociology students
Sociology
Ninth Edition
ANTHONY GIDDENS and PHILIP W. SUTTON
The indispensable guide to understanding the world we make and the lives we lead.
This thoroughly revised and updated ninth edition remains unrivalled in its vibrant, engaging and authoritative introduction to sociology. The authors provide a commanding overview of the latest global developments and
new ideas in this fascinating subject. Classic debates are also given careful coverage, with even the most complex ideas explained in a straightforward way.
Written in a fluent, easy-to-follow style, the book manages to be
1152 pages | March 2021 intellectually rigorous but still very accessible. With a strong focus on interactive pedagogy, it aims to engage and excite readers, helping them to see the enduring value of thinking sociologically.
The ninth edition sets the standard for introductory sociology in a complex
world. It is the ideal teaching text for first-year university and college courses, and will help to inspire a new generation of sociologists.
The ninth edition includes:
• A solid foundation in the basics of sociology: its purpose, methodology and theories. • Up-to-the-minute overviews of key topics in social life, from gender, personal life and poverty, to globalization, the media and politics.
• Stimulating examples of what sociology has to say about key issues in our contemporary world, such as climate change, growing inequality and rising polarization in societies across the world. • A strong focus on global connections and the ways that digital technologies are radically transforming our lives. • Quality pedagogical features, such as ‘Classic Studies’ and ‘Global Society’ boxes, and ‘Thinking Critically’
reflection points, as well as end-of-chapter activities inviting readers to engage with popular culture and original research articles to gather sociological insights.
ANTHONY GIDDENS is the former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
PHILIP W. SUTTON is an independent researcher, formerly of the University of Leeds and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
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Decolonizing Sociology An Introduction ALI MEGHJI Series: Decolonizing the Curriculum Sociology was institutionalised as a discipline at the height of global colonialism and imperialism. Over a century later, sociology is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This book explores why, and how, sociology needs to be decolonised. It analyses how sociology was integral in reproducing the colonial order and how colonialism continues to shape the discipline today. Meghji reveals the Eurocentric domination of both social theory and the practice of sociology, how exporting the sociological canon erased social theories from the Global South, and how sociologists continue to ignore the relevance of coloniality in their work. 212 pages | December 2020 This critique and guide will be necessary reading for any student or proponent of sociology, providing key suggestions for what the sociological community can do to decolonise sociology going forward. Because, with curriculum reform and innovative teaching, it is possible to make sociology more equitable on a global scale. ALI MEGHJI is Lecturer in Social Inequalities at the University of Cambridge.
Empires A Historical and Political Sociology KRISHAN KUMAR Empires have been the commonest form of political organisation for most of recorded history. How should we best understand them?
This book explores this question through a fascinating analysis of the major empires of world history and the present. Kumar argues that ‘empire’ is an intellectual ideal and model upon which authority and vast political structures have been built and moulded. Far from undermining their power, he shows that they have been much more stable than previously acknowledged. Analysing not just the modern overseas empires of the Europeans, but also the ancient empires of the Middle East and Mediterranean, the Islamic empires of the Arabs, Mughals, and Ottomans, and the two-thousand-year Chinese Empire, Kumar shows how 224 pages | November 2020 understanding empires and their lasting legacy helps us to better understand the politics of our own times. ‘A marvellous book, the best available on this subject: fluent, authoritative and blessed with enormous range.’ John A. Hall, McGill University KRISHAN KUMAR is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.
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Critical Humanism
A Manifesto for the 21st Century
KEN PLUMMER It may be true that the narrow view of western humanity has had its day, but with this manifesto Ken Plummer critically reflects upon and re- imagines humanism for the 21st Century. What is now needed, he argues, is a fresh, wide-ranging imaginary of open plural humanity that takes both a critical stance towards older ideas of what it means to be human while also connecting to newer stances around the rich diversity of world life in the multiverse. Critical Humanism shows that we simply cannot afford to be anti-human or post-human. To do so will mean losing the battle for the survival of who we are as fleshy but symbolic creative creatures.
In an age of post- and trans-humanist turns, this is a personal and
passionate call for social scientists to not turn their backs on humanism. 224 pages | April 2021 The book encourages us to build our humanist vision: we have actually achieved much and can achieve much more. Restoring our belief in
humanity has never been more important. KEN PLUMMER is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex.
Planetary Social Thought
The Anthropocene Challenge to the Social Sciences NIGEL CLARK and BRONISLAW SZERSZYNSKI
The Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. It proposes that human activity is tipping the whole Earth system into a new state, with unpredictable consequences.
How should the social sciences respond to the opportunities and
challenges posed by this development? In this innovative book, Clark and Szerszynski bring together the social with the planetary to outline ‘planetary social thought’: a transdisciplinary way of thinking social life with and through the Earth. Using a range of case studies, they show how 240 pages | October 2020 familiar social processes can be radically recast when looked at through a planetary lens, revealing how the world-transforming powers of human social life have always depended on the forging of relations with the inhuman potentialities of our home planet.
NIGEL CLARK is Professor of Human Geography at Lancaster University’s Environment Centre.
BRONISLAW SZERSZYNSKI is Reader in Sociology at Lancaster University.
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Why colonial histories are crucial to understanding migration today
Migration Studies and
Colonialism LUCY MAYBLIN & JOE TURNER
The history of migration is deeply entangled with colonialism. To this day, colonial logics continue to shape the dynamics of migration as well as the responses of states to those arriving at their borders. And yet migration studies has been surprisingly slow to engage with colonial histories in making sense of migratory phenomena today.
This book starts from the premise that colonial histories should be central
to migration studies, and explores what it would mean to really take that serio usly. To engage with this task, Lucy Mayblin and Joe Turner argue that scholars need not forge new theories, but must learn from and be 254 pages | December 2020 inspired by the wealth of literature that already exists across the world. Providing a range of inspiring and challenging perspectives on migration, the authors’ aim is to demonstrate what paying attention to colonialism through using the tools offered by postcolonial, decolonial, and related scholarship can offer those studying international migration today.
‘This book is sorely needed. If your students, or you yourself, need to navigate the complex terrain of global violence, expropriation and the movement of people over a very long period, let them read this.’ Gargi Bhattacharyya, University of East London
LUCY MAYBLIN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield.
JOE TURNER is Lecturer in Politics at the University of York.
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The pioneering work of America's greatest black nineteenth-century thinker explained
Du Bois
A Critical Introduction REILAND RABAKA
Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers
W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the greatest African-American intellectual
figures of all time. A pioneering historian, sociologist and civil rights activist, his masterpiece The Souls of Black Folk remains an all-time classic of American literature.
In this new book, Reiland Rabaka critically explores W.E.B. Du Bois’s
multidimensional legacy, lucidly introducing his main contributions in areas ranging from American sociology and black Marxism to Pan- 240 pages | March 2021 Africanism and black internationalism. Rabaka argues that Du Bois’s
corpus, particularly when attention is given to his contributions to the critique of racism and sexism and capitalism and colonialism, can persuasively be interpreted as both an undeniable and unprecedented contribution to the origins and evolution of one of our most important contemporary critical concepts: intersectionality.
REILAND RABAKA is Professor of African, African American, and Caribbean Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also a Research Fellow in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
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The essential introduction to a persistent social ill
Poverty
Second Edition
RUTH LISTER Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to the meaning and experience of poverty in the contemporary world.
The book opens with a lucid discussion of current debates around the definition and measurement of poverty in industrialised societies, before embarking on a multifaceted exploration of its varied interpretations. Drawing on thinking in the field of international development and real- life accounts, the book emphasises key aspects of poverty such as
powerlessness, lack of voice, insecurity, loss of dignity and respect. 294 pages | December 2020
In so doing, Lister embraces the relational, cultural, symbolic as well as material dimensions of poverty and makes important links between poverty and other concepts such as capabilities, agency, human rights
and citizenship. She concludes by making the case for reframing the politics of poverty as a claim for redistribution and recognition. The result is a rich and insightful analysis, which deepens and broadens our understanding of poverty today and will be essential reading for all students in the social sciences, as well as researchers, activists and policy- makers.
RUTH LISTER is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Loughborough, and sits in the House of Lords of the UK Parliament.
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Beyond the drama and fanfare, what do social movements actually achieve?
How Social Movements
(Sometimes) Matter
DAVID S. MEYER
People protest to try to change the world, because they think they can help change the world, and sometimes they do. But not by themselves, and generally not just how and when they want.
How Social Movements (Sometimes) Matter explains how groups of ordinary individuals can affect the world, what makes it possible when it
works, and why it sometimes doesn’t go to plan. Starting with the United States, but drawing examples from around the world, and digging into previous scholarship on social movements, David S. Meyer looks at the
origins of social movements, how they contrast with revolutionary 224 pages | May 2021 campaigns, and assesses the periodic influence of activists on politics, policy, culture, and the way people live their lives. He concludes by stressing the narratives about political change that activists construct and the power that lies in these stories.
With sharp insight and a wealth of intriguing cases, this book offers a fuller understanding of the politics and potential payoffs of protest politics.
DAVID S. MEYER is Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Irvine.
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Childhood in a Global
Perspective Third Edition
KAREN WELLS
This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children’s lives, showing how the notion of childhood varies widely and is continuously being radically re-shaped.
Taking children seriously as active participants in society, the book explores key social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed, and gendered subjects; how school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood; and how children both shape and are 274 pages | March 2021 shaped by politics, culture, and the economy. The book discusses wide- ranging topics including children’s rights, the family, play, labour, migration, and trafficking. In addition, this revised third edition includes extensiv e new material on children’s activism, politics and war, and a whole new chapter on juvenile justice.
KAREN WELLS is Reader in International Development and Childhood Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.
The Urban Planning
Imagination An International Survey NICHOLAS A. PHELPS Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination: a stock of wisdom and an array of useful methods for making decisions and getting things done.
Nicholas A. Phelps uncovers and celebrates this imagination. He explores the key themes and driving questions in the circulation of planning ideas and methods over time and across spaces, identifying the contrasts and
commonalities between urban planning systems and cultures. He argues 248 pages | March 2021 that the tools for inclusive urban planning are today, more than ever, not solely restricted to the hands of planning bodies, but are distributed across
citizens, organisations, and states. As a result, the book sets the ground for the new arrangements between these groups and actors which will be central to the future of urban planning.
NICHOLAS A. PHELPS is Professor and Chair of Urban Planning at the Melbourne School of Design.
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An important invitation to unlock the potential of creative methods
Problem Spaces How and Why Methodology Matters CELIA LURY
In this innovative book, Celia Lury argues that we need to explore the world not only with new methods, but with a new approach to methodology itself. Fundamental changes are taking place in how we produce knowledge, how
we communicate it and, indeed, what we consider to be knowledge. These changes demand innovative and creative responses to research questions.
Lury starts by foregrounding the concept of problem space as a space of methodological potential. Problems are not static or a ‘given’: rather, they are created and continually recomposed as part of the methodological process itself. Taking methods to be practices that articulate as much as capture a social problem, Lury further develops the notion of compositional 256 pages | November 2020 methodology to think through the implications. With remarkable fluency, the book draws into conversation a range of thorny issues, both longstanding and novel, from observation, reflexivity, and feminist methodologies, to participation, datafication, and platformisation.
‘This jewe l of a book addresses the wicked problem of thinking about problems by treating problems as emergent, contingent, circulating spaces in which forms generate methods in an open series of linked processes.
Celia Lury brings great clarity and originality to this novel approach to the problem of method.’ Arjun Appadurai, New York University
‘Only Celia Lury could bring together insights from various disciplines to track the profound changes in knowledge production in relationship to a new regime of truth and to respond with what she discusses as compositional methodology and epistemic infrastructures. This is precisely the book to read right now no matter your discipline or practice! I look forward to sharing it with my colleagues and students.’ Patricia Ticineto Clough, The City University of New York and author of The User Unconscious
CELIA LURY is Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at the University of Warwick.
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A unique critical introduction to the fastest-growing minority group in the US
Asian America Second Edition
PAWAN DHINGRA and ROBYN MAGALIT RODRIGUEZ
Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a unique lens on the wider experiences of immigrants and minorities in the United States, both historically and today. Pawan Dhingra and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez’s acclaimed introduction to understanding this diverse group is here updated in a thoroughly revised new edition. Incorporating cutting-edge thinking and discussion of the latest current events, the authors critically examine key topics in the Asian American experience, including education and work, family and culture, media and politics, and social hierarchies of race, gender, and sexuality. 355 pages | April 2021
Through vivid examples and clear discussion of a broad range of theories, the authors explore the contributions of Asian American Studies, sociology, psychology, history, and other fields to understanding Asian Americans, and vice versa. The new edition includes further pedagogical elements to help readers apply the core theoretical and analytical frameworks encountered. In addition, the book takes readers beyond the boundaries of the United States to cultivate a comparative understanding of the Asian experience, as it has become increasingly global and diasporic.
This engaging text will continue to be a welcome resource to those looking for a rich and systematic overview of Asian America, as well as for undergraduate and graduate courses on immigration, race, American PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION society, and Asian American Studies.
‘A splendid, much-needed text, Asian America reveals how the social sciences inform some of the key concepts and debates in Asian American and ethnic studies. Required reading for scholars and students alike.’ Gary Y. Okihiro, Columbia University
‘Dhingra and Rodriguez are well-established scholars whose partnership has provided one of the best overviews on Asian Americans and race that I have read in recent years. With insightful analysis, clear writing, and incorporating an impressive range of material, this is an outstanding book.’ Leland Saito, University of Southern California
PAWAN DHINGRA is Professor of Sociology at Amherst College.
ROBYN MAGALIT RODRIGUEZ is Professor of Asian American Studies at University of California, Davis.
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Leading medical sociologist investigates the social factors that determine our health
The Social Causes of Health
and Disease Third Edition
WILLIAM C. COCKERHAM
This stimulating book has become a go-to source for understanding the role that social factors play in the experience of health and many diseases. This extensively revised and updated third edition offers the most compelling case yet that stress, poverty, unhealthy lifestyles, and unpleasant living and
work conditions can all be directly associated with illness.
The book continues to build on the paradigm shift that has been emerging in twenty-first-century medical sociology which looks beyond individual 288 pages | November 2020 explanations for health and disease. William Cockerham’s work has been
at the forefront of these changes, and he here marshals evidence and theory for those seeking a clear and authoritative guide to the realities of the social determinants of health. This engaging introduction to social epidemiology will be indispensable reading for all students and scholars of medical sociology, especially those with the courage to confront the possibility that society really does make people sick.
‘The third edition of Cockerham's classic text on the social causes of health and illness is most welcome. Notable features of this masterful and comprehensive contribution are the coverage of theory as well as research, its international reach and its erudition. This will be an indispensable volume for teachers, students and practitioners alike.’ Graham Scambler, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at University College London and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
‘As in the previous editions, Cockerham presents us with a powerful understanding of the social determinants of health. This time, he updates his perspective, weaving in novel dynamic dimensions from life course research and important structural elements from social capital.’ Bernice A. Pescosolido, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Indiana University
WILLIAM C. COCKERHAM is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Research Scholar of Sociology at the College of William & Mary in Virginia.
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Fourth edition of a best-selling textbook which has become a standard resource in the field
The Sociology of Health
and Illness
Fourth Edition SARAH NETTLETON
This fourth edition of Sarah Nettleton’s celebrated textbook integrates fresh insights from the current literature with the core tenets of traditional medical
sociology, providing students with a thorough grounding in the sociology of health and illness.
The text covers a diversity of topics and draws on a wide range of analytic approaches, spanning issues such as the social construction of medical
knowledge, the analysis of lay health beliefs, concepts of lifestyles and risk, 336 pages | November 2020 the experience of illness and the sociology of the body. It also explores matters which are central to health policy, such as professional–patient relationships, health inequalities and the changing nature of health care work. The book includes a whole new chapter on the sociology of mental health, and each chapter has been updated with questions for discussion and illustrative examples.
Thoroughly revised and fully updated, the fourth edition of Sarah Nettleton’s book will prove invaluable to anyone looking for a clear and engaging introduction to contemporary debates within the sociology of health and illness.
‘Sarah Nettleton’s new edition blends older and newer studies into an updated, authoritative, theoretically- informed, and critical account of medical sociology. A new chapter on mental health is exceptionally informative.’ William C. Cockerham, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus, University of Alabama at Birmingham and College of William & Mary
SARAH NETTLETON is Professor of Sociology at the University of York.
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Practical Health Promotion Third Edition JOHN HUBLEY, JUNE COPEMAN and JAMES WOODALL
The third edition of this popular introductory textbook provides a totally up- to-date and hands-on guide to the practical aspects of health promotion. Focusing on the range of skills needed to become an effective practitioner, it
takes readers step-by step through the different settings in which health promotion takes place and the various tools they might employ.
The updated edition includes new and expanded material on community initiatives and alliances, social media, health literacy, understanding health behavio urs, stress in the workplace, and much more. Throughout the text there are activities and real-life case studies to develop students’ 400 pages | December 2020 understanding, enable practical application, and encourage reflective practice.
JOHN HUBLEY was formerly Principal Lecturer in Health Promotion at Leeds Beckett University.
JUNE COPEMAN is retired Principal Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at Leeds Beckett University.
JAMES WOODALL is Reader and Head of Subject in Health Promotion at Leeds Beckett University.
Contemporary Health Studies An Introduction Second Edition LOUISE WARWICK-BOOTH, RUTH CROSS and DIANE LOWCOCK
Contemporary Health Studies provides an accessible introduction to current issues and key debates in understanding and promoting health. Part One sets
the scene by looking closely at the definition of ‘health’ and outlining the aims of health studies. Part Two explores the different disciplines that underpinning this, such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, and health psychology, incorporating new frameworks to help readers understand health. Part Three applies this knowledge to address the determinants of health, including 392 pages | April 2021 chapters on individual factors, the role of public health, the latest policy influences on health, and the growing importance of the global context.
LOUISE WARWICK-BOOTH is Reader in Health Promotion and an Associate Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University.
RUTH CROSS is Course Director in the School of Health and Community Studies at Leeds Beckett University.
DIANE LOWCOCK is a retired former Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion at Leeds Beckett University.
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A comprehensive introduction to the study of the planet’s most captivating species
Introducing Anthropology What Makes Us Human? Second Edition LAURA POUNTNEY and TOMISLAV MARIĆ
Across a series of fourteen chapters, Introducing Anthropology addresses the different fields and approaches within anthropology, covers an extensive range of themes and emphasizes the active role and promise of anthropology in the world today. The new edition foregrounds in particular the need for anthropology in understanding and addressing today’s environmental crisis, as well as the exciting developments of digital anthropology.
This book has been designed by two authors with a passion for teaching and a commitment to communicating the excitement of anthropology to 368 pages | April 2021 newcomers. Each chapter includes clear explanations of classic and contemporary anthropological research and connects anthropological theories to real-life issues at the local and global levels. The vibrancy and importance of anthropology is a core focus of the book, with numerous interviews with key anthropologists about their work and the discipline as a whole, and plenty of ethnographic studies to consider and use as inspiration for readers’ own personal investigations. A clear glossary, a range of activities and discussion points, and carefully selected further reading and suggested ethnographic films further support and extend students’ learning.
IntroducingPRAISE FOR AnthropologyTHE PREVIOUS aims EDITIO to Ninspire and enthuse a new generation of anthropologists. ‘A lively and comprehensive introduction to a broad range of anthropological themes, peppered with ethnographic examples showcasing the diversity of human lives and societies, this book fills a gap and not only reveals the knowledge contributions of anthropology but also gives a hint of its magic.’ Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo
‘A thorough introduction to anthropology which is as engaging as it is informative. A must-read for all students starting in the subject, as well as an excellent book for those who simply want to know more about the subject matter and methods of anthropology.’ Dave Latham, Birmingham Metropolitan College
LAURA POUNTNEY delivers teaching training for secondary education and is the author of a number of anthropology and sociology textbooks. She teaches at Colchester Sixth Form College.
TOMISLAV MARIĆ is Assistant Head Teacher at Bentley Wood High School.
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A leading anthropologist examines the violence of everyday life in the slums of Delhi
Slum Acts
VEENA DAS Series: After the Postcolonial
This book examines the ways in which knowledge that is inordinate,
excessive, and overwhelming comes to mark everyday life in low- income, poor neighbourhoods in Delhi with crumbling infrastructures and pervasive violence.
Based on long term ethnography in these spaces, this book provides a detailed analysis of the institutions of the state, particularly of policing and law in India. It argues that catastrophic events at the national level and the techniques of governance through which they are handled secrete forms of knowing that get embedded into the nooks and crannies of everyday life, eroding trust, sowing suspicions, and leading 160 pages | June 2021 to an exhaustion of capacity for care. Yet the paths to survival honed within these spaces generate critique that compels us to ask how punishment and torture become routinised in democracies. Following
the paths of those who struggle with these questions in these neighbourhoods, the book finds that deep philosophical questions, such as the inhuman as a possibility of the human rather than its boundary,
arise in the weaves of these lives and are experienced as a dimension of the social.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in anthropology and throughout the social sciences and humanities.
VEENA DAS is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.
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A star scholar’s nuanced investigation of how the media both amplify and challenge rape culture
MeToo How Rape Culture in the Media Impacts Us MEENAKSHIAll GIGI DURHAM In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of recurrent and widespread misconduct – in workplaces from doctors’ offices to factory floors – are precipitating firings, legal actions, street protests, and policy punditry.
Meenakshi Gigi Durham situates media culture as a place in which these
broader social struggles are enacted and reproduced. The media figures whose depravity sparked the #MeToo movement are symbolic markers of the complexities of sexual desire and consent. Pop culture sparks
controversies about rape culture; social media users have launched feminist resistance that turned to real-world activism; investigative 176 pages | April 2021 journalists have broken stories of assault, offering a platform for survivors to speak truth to patriarchal power. Arguing that the media are a linchpin in these events, Durham provides a feminist account of the interrelated contexts of media production, representation, and reception. She situates media as the key site where the establishment of sexuality and social relations takes place and traces the media’s powerful role in both reifying and challenging rape culture.
This timely and stimulating book will be of interest to students and scholars of media, communication, gender studies, and sociology, as well as anyone concerned by the current state of sexual politics.
‘An accessible and thorough interrogation of the media, rape culture, and MeToo. The book does a fantastic job of detailing rape culture (as it is conceived by many feminist theorists and activists) as well as outlining, in a really impressive way, the complexity of the MeToo movement.’ Catherine Rottenberg, University of Nottingham
MEENAKSHI GIGI DURHAM is Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa.
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An anticipated third edition of the go-to text on agenda-setting
Setting the Agenda The News Media and Public Opinion
Third Edition
MAXWELL McCOMBS and SEBASTIÁN VALENZUELA
News media play a significant and sometimes controversial role in determining which topics are at the centre of public attention. Setting the Agenda has become the go-to textbook on this topic.
In this third edition, McCombs and Valenzuela have expanded and
updated the book for a new generation of students. In describing the media’s influence on what we think about and how we think about it, they also examine the sources of media agendas, the psychological
explanation for their impact on the public agenda, and their 256 pages | November 2020 consequences. New to this edition is a discussion of agenda-setting in the widened media landscape, including a full chapter on network
agenda-setting and a lengthened presentation on agenda-melding. The book also contains expanded material on social media and the role of agenda-setting beyond public affairs.
‘Agenda setting remains THE core theoretical foundation of political communication research and the McCombs and Valenzuela edition of “Setting the Agenda” should be considered a canonical text for the field. All students of political communication need to consume this valuable and approachable overview of the theory’s central tenets.’
R. Lance Holbert, Temple University
‘To explore and understand how traditional and new media influence the public opinion process, theory-driven approaches are greatly needed. Agenda-setting theory, as this book does demonstrate, has been and still is an excellent guide for scholars pursuing this problem.’ Toshio Takeshita, Meiji University
MAXWELL McCOMBS is Professor Emeritus in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.
SEBASTIÁN VALENZUELA is Associate Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Three leading scholars offer the first book-length exploration of tumblr
Tumblr Curation, Creativity and Community KATRIN TIIDENBERG, CRYSTAL ABIDIN and NATALIE ANN HENDRY Series: Digital Media and Society Launched in 2007, tumblr became a safe haven for LGBT youth, a launch pad for social justice movements, and a NSFW rabbithole. It had more
users than Twitter, but remained an obscure subculture. In 2018 it catapulted to popular consciousness by banning all NSFW content, shifting to rigid censorship almost overnight.
Tiidenberg, Abidin and Hendry offer the first overarching guide to
tumblr and its role in shaping digital culture. Drawing on nine years of in-depth, qualitative data, they examine how tumblr has developed, 240 pages | June 2021 where it belongs in the social media ecosystem, and its prominent practices of creativity, curation and community making. The authors introduce the concept of ‘silosociality’ to describe the intensely affective and often-sequestered structures of feeling that organise users’ experiences of tumblr.
KATRIN TIIDENBERG is Associate Professor of Social Media and Visual Culture at Tallinn University.
CRYSTAL ABIDIN is Senior Research Fellow and DECRA Fellow in Internet Studies at Curtin University, Affiliate Researcher at Jönköping University, and Research Fellow at Curtin University.
NATALIE ANN HENDRY is Lecturer in Education at Deakin University.
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How Facebook came to be, how it works, and why it is more powerful than ever
Facebook TAINA BUCHER Series: Digital Media and Society
Facebook has fundamentally changed how the world connects. No other company has played a greater role in the history of social networking online.
Taina Bucher shows how Facebook has become a thing and an idea of its own: something that cannot be fully described using broader categories. Facebook has become so commonplace that most people have a conception of what it is, yet it increasingly defies categorisation. If we want to understand Facebook’s power, Bucher argues, we need to start by challenging our widespread conception of what Facebook is. Tracing the development and evolution of Facebook as a social networking site,
platform, infrastructure and advertising company, she invites readers to 288 pages | May 2021 consider Facebook anew. Contrary to the belief that nobody uses Facebook anymore, Facebook has never been more powerful.
This timely book is important reading for students and scholars of media and
communication, as well as anyone seeking to understand the Facebook phenomenon.
‘Professor Bucher has authored the best book in the rapidly growing literature on Facebook. This is the most rigorous analysis of Facebook to-date in its theoretical nuance and sweeping empirical scope. It sets the standard for accounts of the platform and should be required reading for researchers and journalists grappling with what Facebook means for political, social, and cultural life around the world.’ Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina
TAINA BUCHER is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo.
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Platforms and Cultural
Production
THOMAS POELL, DAVID B. NIEBORG and BROOKE ERIN DUFFY
The spread of digital platforms like YouTube and Instagram is reconfiguring cultural production in complex ways. Longstanding media industries are experiencing upheaval, while new industrial formations are evolving at a breakneck pace.
This book explores both the processes and implications of platformisation in the cultural industries. Poell, Nieborg and Duffy identify changes in markets, infrastructures, and governance at play in this ongoing transformation, as well as shifts in the practices of labour, creativity, and citizenship. While foregrounding three industries – news, gaming, and social media 260 pages | June 2021 entertainment – they also draw upon examples from music, television, advertising, and more. THOMAS POELL is Senior Lecturer in New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam.
DAVID B. NIEBORG is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Toronto.
BROOKE ERIN DUFFY is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University.
Apps
From Mobile Phones to Digital Lives
GERARD GOGGIN
Series: Digital Media and Society Since the rise of the smartphone, apps have become entrenched in billions
of users’ daily lives and routines, an inescapable feature of current culture.
Goggin provides an authoritative guide to the development and evolving design of apps as a digital media technology. Covering the technological, social, cultural, and policy dynamics of apps, the issues explored in the book include the economic and business models of apps, privacy and surveillance, controversies, challenges, and regulation. Goggin argues that apps represent a pivotal moment in the development of digital media, acting as a hinge between the visions and realities of the ‘mobile’, ‘cyber’, and ‘online’ 154 pages | June 2021 societies envisaged from the late 1980s, and the imaginaries and materialities of the digital societies that emerged from 2010. Apps offer frames, construct tools, and constitute ‘small worlds’ for users to reorient themselves in digital media settings.
GERARD GOGGIN is Wee Kim Wee Professor of Communication Studies at Nanyang Technological University.
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