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  • Getting By

    Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain

    de Lisa Mckenzie ...
    While the 1% rule, poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and media scorn, blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa Mckenzie lived on the St Ann’s estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her ‘insider’ status enables us to hear the stories of its residents, often wary of outsiders. St Ann's has been stigmatised as a place where gangs, guns, ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Affective Polarisation

    Social Inequality in the UK after Austerity, Brexit and COVID-19

    Inequality is an ever-present danger in our society. This important book addresses the crucial nexus between the lived experience of inequality and how it shapes political responses.With contributors from the UK and Continental Europe, the book compiles case studies with theoretically informed discussions of the relationship between affective polarisation, social inequality and the fall-out from ... Leer más

    $47.99 USD

  • Contested Britain

    Brexit, Austerity and Agency

    A distinctive and original analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lives of British citizens have evolved in the first decades of the twenty-first century, this book provides an interdisciplinary critical examination of the roots, ideology and consequences of austerity politics, the Brexit vote and the rise of populist politics in Britain.Bringing together case studies and perspectives from ... Leer más

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  • Building Better Societies

    Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart

    What would it take to make society better? For the majority, conditions are getting worse and this will continue unless strong action is taken. This book offers a wide range of expert contributors outlining what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society.The book looks at what is needed to prevent the ... Leer más

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    Mobilisation, Collectivism and Long Waves

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    Series series Routledge Studies in Employment Relations
    This original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human resource management. It covers:central problems in industrial relationsthe mobilization theory of collective actionthe growth of non-union workplaces and the prospects and desirability of a new labour-management social partnershipan historical account of ... Leer más

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  • The Myth of Meritocracy

    Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs (Provocations Series)

    The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the children of the wealthy. Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult for bright but poor kids to transcend their circumstances. This state of affairs should not only worry the less well-off. It hurts the middle classes too, who are increasingly locked out of the top professions by those from affluent backgrounds.Hitherto, Labour and ... Leer más

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  • Community Development in an Uncertain World

    Vision, Analysis and Practice

    de Jim Ife ...
    In Community Development in an Uncertain World, Jim Ife draws on the principles of social justice, ecological responsibility and post-Enlightenment and Indigenous perspectives to advance new holistic approaches to community development. The book explores the concept of community development on a local and international scale in the context of globalisation and postcolonial theory. Students will ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Anthropology of Policy

    Perspectives on Governance and Power

    Edición de Cris Shore, Susan Wright ...
    Series series European Association of Social Anthropologists
    Arguing that policy has become an increasingly central concept and instrument in the organisation of contemporary societies and that it now impinges on all areas of life so that it is virtually impossible to ignore or escape its influence, this book argues that the study of policy leads straight into issues at the heart of anthropology. ... Leer más

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  • Anthropology and Development

    Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

    In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. This ... Leer más

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  • Policing

    Politics, Culture and Control

    Edición de Tim Newburn, Professor Jill Peay ...
    Bringing together a range of leading social scientists and criminologists, this volume explores a number of key themes raised by the work of Robert Reiner. Arguably the leading policing scholar of his generation, Reiner's work over some 40 years has ranged broadly in this field, taking in the study of police history, culture, organisation, elites and relationships with the media. Always carefully ... Leer más

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  • Children and Families

    Edición de Paul Michael Garrett ...
    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
    Recent years have witnessed a number of 'child protection' scandals where children, often from the poorest and most marginalised communities, have been on the receiving end of violence, abuse and social harm. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Paul Michael Garrett looks at the impact of marketisation of social work services in both Ireland and ... Leer más

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  • Defending Politics

    Why Democracy Matters in the 21st Century

    If the twentieth century witnessed the triumph of democracy then something appears to have gone seriously wrong. Citizens around the world have become distrustful of politicians, sceptical about democratic institutions, and disillusioned about the capacity of democratic politics to resolve pressing social concerns. This shift in global attitudes has been explored in a vast body of writing that ... Leer más

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