Social discrimination and social justice Books

Book SynopsisThis book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies.Trade Review“For those interested in being able to discuss the just city with conceptual clarity in a globalized and urbanized world, this collection is essential reading.” Mark Davidson, Clark University, USATable of ContentsUnderstanding justice and fairness in and of the city ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi; Section One: Local environmental justice; Urban greenspace and environmental justice claims ~ Simin Davoudi and Elizabeth Brooks; The school in the city ~ Pamela Woolner; Transport poverty and urban mobility ~ Roberto Palacin, Geoff Vigar and Sean Peacock; Food justice and the city ~ Jane Midgley and Helen Coulson; Section Two: Spatial justice and the right to the city; Fit and miss-fit: the global spread of urban spatial injustice ~ Suzanne Speak and Ashok Kumar; Toonsformation: skateboarders' renegotiation of city rights ~ Lee Pugalis, Jon Swords, Michael Jeffries and Bob Giddings; Young people and their everyday experience of the city ~ Teresa Strachan and Elisa Lopez-Capel; Section Three: Participation, procedural fairness and local decision making; Public perceptions of unfairness in urban planning ~ Neil Stanley; The importance of the past: cultural legacy and making fairness real ~ David Webb; Section Four: Social justice and life course; Fair shares for all: the challenge of demographic change ~ Rose Gilroy and Elizabeth Brooks; Educating urban youth: fair or foul? ~ Karen Laing, Laura Mazzoli Smith and Liz Todd; Fairness in Newcastle: theory and practice ~ Jan Deckers; A fairer city: towards a pluralistic, relational and multi-scalar perspective ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies.Trade Review“For those interested in being able to discuss the just city with conceptual clarity in a globalized and urbanized world, this collection is essential reading.” Mark Davidson, Clark University, USATable of ContentsUnderstanding justice and fairness in and of the city ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi; Section One: Local environmental justice; Urban greenspace and environmental justice claims ~ Simin Davoudi and Elizabeth Brooks; The school in the city ~ Pamela Woolner; Transport poverty and urban mobility ~ Roberto Palacin, Geoff Vigar and Sean Peacock; Food justice and the city ~ Jane Midgley and Helen Coulson; Section Two: Spatial justice and the right to the city; Fit and miss-fit: the global spread of urban spatial injustice ~ Suzanne Speak and Ashok Kumar; Toonsformation: skateboarders' renegotiation of city rights ~ Lee Pugalis, Jon Swords, Michael Jeffries and Bob Giddings; Young people and their everyday experience of the city ~ Teresa Strachan and Elisa Lopez-Capel; Section Three: Participation, procedural fairness and local decision making; Public perceptions of unfairness in urban planning ~ Neil Stanley; The importance of the past: cultural legacy and making fairness real ~ David Webb; Section Four: Social justice and life course; Fair shares for all: the challenge of demographic change ~ Rose Gilroy and Elizabeth Brooks; Educating urban youth: fair or foul? ~ Karen Laing, Laura Mazzoli Smith and Liz Todd; Fairness in Newcastle: theory and practice ~ Jan Deckers; A fairer city: towards a pluralistic, relational and multi-scalar perspective ~ Derek Bell and Simin Davoudi.

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Book SynopsisWhy we can't afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others. With an updated Afterword, Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to hide their wealth, create indebtedness and expand their political influence.Trade Review"The value of Sayer's account lies in his readable and persuasive attack on the idea that the very richest have accumulated their wealth fairly and deserve to be allowed to accumulate more." The London School of Economics and Political Science"massive admiration for the delightful eloquence of the author, who guides readers carefully and enlighteningly through political-economic terms, concepts and theories that can often be, in the hands of other writers, opaque and/or dangerously misleading" Soundings"[This book's] brilliant dissection of where the rich get their wealth from, and how they seek to justify it, ought to be required reading for anyone seeking to understand what is wrong with our problem-filled world." Noel Castree, Progress in Human Geography"Sayer shows compellingly...just how much tolerating grand accumulations of private wealth is costing us." Too Much."A timely and insightful guide to how the rich managed top shape a language and political agenda that suited their purposes just perfectly." Tax Justice Focus"This is a powerful book deserving a wide readership." People, Place and Policy"Why We Can't Afford the Rich presents a nuanced, well-formed vision, which speaks from the perspective of a moral economy." Marx & Philosophy Review of Books."In his book, [Sayer] reveals the crippling and unfair means by which the 1% manage to personally gain wealth that's been created by others' labor." Jewish Currents"Packed with useful information and insights, this is a useful complement to Thomas Pikkety’s Capital in the Twenty First Century, and makes a serious challenge to the many claims propagated by rich people and their minions." Tax Justice Network"This is a quietly angry book, full of facts and figures that show the rich to be a major cause of the inequality that Wilkinson and Pickett revealed in their book The Spirit Level and of the injustice that Danny Dorling described in his book Injustice." Citizen's Income Trust"This timely and important book exposes the pernicious influence of the super rich on our economic and social fabric. It underlines the need for radical action to redistribute wealth, rebalance our economy and tackle inequality. A must read for politicians and policymakers alike" Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary"Sayer's penetrating analysis of asset-based unearned income is a powerful case for socialism, supporting as he does land nationalisation and the creation of banks with the remit to lend for productive investment in ethical and environmentally sustainable business." Morning Star"Sayer does an impressive job of bringing home to the reader the scale of the threat capitalism now poses to humanity. As an introduction to critical political economy, the book is one of the best available." Counterfire?"A refreshing antidote to a public discourse that has allowed the perpetrators of the financial crisis to make massive gains, while the full burden of costs falls on those innocent of its causes. A must-read for all those who want to reverse that injustice and a wake-up call for the rich." Ann Pettifor, Director, Prime: Policy research in macroeconomics"Sayer puts forth a cogent and thoroughly convincing argument that will enlighten and inform—and may even help instigate the radical changes he puts forth." Publishers Weekly"Sayer proceeds with arguments that are internally coherent and does not invent economic mechanisms in the way that populists often do, never forgetting that cake-making must come before cake distribution." The Times Literary Supplement"Adds to the growing body of work that challenges mainstream economic thinking and traditional self-justifications for inequality." New Left Project“Unmatched in persuasive argument and compelling illustrations, Andrew Sayer shows how the rich and the super-rich are destroying not just the economy but the planet too. Everyone should read Why we can’t afford the rich and spread the word.” Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley"?Cuts through the hype so often used to defend growing inequality and gets to the core of the problem, with suggestions about where solutions may come from." Danny Dorling, University of OxfordTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: A Guide to Wealth Extraction; Slippery Terms and Vital Distinctions; For rent . . . for what?; Interest . . . for what? or We need to talk about usury; Profit from production: or capitalists and rentiers: what’s the difference?; Other ways to skin a cat; Don’t the Rich Create Jobs? – and other objections; Part II: Putting the Rich in Context: What Determines What People Get?; To what do we owe our wealth?: Our dependence on the commons; So what determines pay?; The myth of the level playing field; Part III: How the Rich Got Richer: Their Part in the Crisis; The roots of the crisis; Key winners; Summing up: the crisis and the return of the rentiers; Part IV: Rule by the Rich, for the Rich; Silent power, pol donations lattice of influence; Hiding it; Illegal? + poachers; What about philanthropy?; Plutonomy; Part V: Ill-gotten and Ill-spent: From Consumption to Ill-Being and CO2; Spending it; Global warming trumps everything; Conclusion: back to basics – what kind of economy do we need?.

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Book SynopsisThis collection examines the nexus between the emancipation of women, and their role(s) in civil service organisations. It covers the role of social media in organising, the significance of religion in many cultural contexts, activism in Eastern Europe and the impact of environmental degradation on women's lives.Trade Review"This anthology is a testament to both women's activism and the idea that together women's CSOs across the world can make a collective difference." Voluntas"An essential guide to research on civil society organisations and women's empowerment in a wide range of international contexts." Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths, University of London?"Rife with important insights for researchers and practitioners with emancipatory ambitions, and a wonderful example of the value of cross-fertilizing gender studies and research into civil society organizations." Charlotte Holgersson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SwedenTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Schwabenland, Christina Schwabenland; Chris Lange, Sachiko Nakagawa and Jennifer Onyx: `Empowerment’ as women’s emancipation? A global study in the influence of feminism in women’s NGOs ~ Ruth Phillips; Section One “Se non or quando?” (If not now, when ?) Birth, growth and challenges of a new voice within the feminist scenario in Italy ~ Elena Elia; Street harassment activism in the 21st century ~ Rochelle Keyhane; New gender-political impulses from Eastern Europe: the case of Pussy Riot ~ Eva Maria Hinterhuber and Gesine Fuchs; How a feminist activist group builds its repertoire of actions: a case study ~ Fabien Hildwein; From feminist extravagance to citizen demand: the movement for abortion legalization in Uruguay ~ Ines Pousadela; Sustainability from the bottom up: Women as change agents in the Niger delta ~ Charisma Acey; Section two: Emancipating organisation(s); A Women’s NGO as an incubator: promoting identity-based associations in Nepalese civil society ~ Masako Tanaka; Gender Democracy and Women’s Self Empowerment: A case of Somali diaspora civil society ~ Marco Tavanti, Cawo Abdi and Blaire MacHarg; The role of civil society organisations in the emancipation of Portuguese Roma women ~ Raquel Rego; Breaking down dichotomies in the narratives of women’s activism in Morocco ~ Aura Lounasmaa; Working within associations: Recognition in the public space for women? ~ Annie Dussuet and Erica Flahault; Flexible working practices in charities: supporting or hindering women’s emancipation in the workplace? ~ Sally East and Gareth Morgan; Examining and contextualising the impact of Kenya’s Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization Organization (MYWO) through an African feminist lens ~ Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Brenda Nyandiko Sanya and Dorothy Owino Rombo; Conclusions: Organizing for emancipation/ emancipating organizations? ~ Christina Schwabenland; Chris Lange, Sachiko Nakagawa and Jennifer Onyx.

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Book SynopsisThis collection examines the nexus between the emancipation of women, and their role(s) in civil service organisations. It covers the role of social media in organising, the significance of religion in many cultural contexts, activism in Eastern Europe and the impact of environmental degradation on women’s lives.Trade Review"This anthology is a testament to both women's activism and the idea that together women's CSOs across the world can make a collective difference." Voluntas"An essential guide to research on civil society organisations and women's empowerment in a wide range of international contexts." Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths, University of London?"Rife with important insights for researchers and practitioners with emancipatory ambitions, and a wonderful example of the value of cross-fertilizing gender studies and research into civil society organizations." Charlotte Holgersson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SwedenTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Schwabenland, Christina Schwabenland; Chris Lange, Sachiko Nakagawa and Jennifer Onyx: `Empowerment’ as women’s emancipation? A global study in the influence of feminism in women’s NGOs ~ Ruth Phillips; Section One “Se non or quando?” (If not now, when ?) Birth, growth and challenges of a new voice within the feminist scenario in Italy ~ Elena Elia; Street harassment activism in the 21st century ~ Rochelle Keyhane; New gender-political impulses from Eastern Europe: the case of Pussy Riot ~ Eva Maria Hinterhuber and Gesine Fuchs; How a feminist activist group builds its repertoire of actions: a case study ~ Fabien Hildwein; From feminist extravagance to citizen demand: the movement for abortion legalization in Uruguay ~ Ines Pousadela; Sustainability from the bottom up: Women as change agents in the Niger delta ~ Charisma Acey; Section two: Emancipating organisation(s); A Women’s NGO as an incubator: promoting identity-based associations in Nepalese civil society ~ Masako Tanaka; Gender Democracy and Women’s Self Empowerment: A case of Somali diaspora civil society ~ Marco Tavanti, Cawo Abdi and Blaire MacHarg; The role of civil society organisations in the emancipation of Portuguese Roma women ~ Raquel Rego; Breaking down dichotomies in the narratives of women’s activism in Morocco ~ Aura Lounasmaa; Working within associations: Recognition in the public space for women? ~ Annie Dussuet and Erica Flahault; Flexible working practices in charities: supporting or hindering women’s emancipation in the workplace? ~ Sally East and Gareth Morgan; Examining and contextualising the impact of Kenya’s Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization Organization (MYWO) through an African feminist lens ~ Anne Namatsi Lutomia, Brenda Nyandiko Sanya and Dorothy Owino Rombo; Conclusions: Organizing for emancipation/ emancipating organizations? ~ Christina Schwabenland; Chris Lange, Sachiko Nakagawa and Jennifer Onyx.

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Book SynopsisEducation systems and inequalities compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities.Trade Review"A standout volume for critical discussion of education systems and inequalities that helps move the debate decisively from outlining a general problem to refined analysis, highlighting what needs to be done where." Elaine Unterhalter, UCL Institute of EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction: Education systems and educational inequalities ~ Andreas Hadjar and Christiane Gross; Theorising the impact of education systems on educational inequalities ~ Christiane gross, Heinz-Dieter Meyer and Andreas Hadjar; Comparing policies in a globalising world: methodological reflections ~ Susan Robertson and Roger Dale; Education systems and intersectionality ~ Christiane Gross, Anja Gottburgsen and Ann Phoenix; Measuring educational institutional diversity: External differentiation, vocational orientation and standardisation ~ Thijs Bol and Herman G. Van De Werfhorst; Sorting and (much) more: Prior ability, school-effects and the impact of ability tracking on educational inequalities in achievement ~ Hartmut Esser; Data analysis techniques to model the effects of education systems on educational inequalities ~ Christiane Gross; Education systems and inequality based on social origins: The impact of school expansion and design~ Gabriele Ballarino, Fabrizio Bernardi and Nazareno Panichella; Education systems and gender inequalities in educational attainment ~ Andreas Hadjar and Claudia Buchmann; Tracking, schools’ entrance requirements and the educational performance of migrant students ~ Jaap Dronkers and Roxanne A. Korthals; From exclusion and segregation to inclusion? Dis/ability and inequalities in the education systems of Germany and Nigeria ~ Julia Biermann and Justin J.W. Powell; Education systems and meritocracy: Social origin, educational and status attainment ~ Andreas Hadjar and Rolf Becker; Education systems and gender inequalities in educational returns ~ Concetta Mendolicchio; Education systems and migrant-specific labour market returns ~ Irena Kogan; Health returns to education and educational systems ~ Johann Carstensen and Monika Jungbauer-Gans; Good and bad education systems: Is there an ideal one? ~ Jutta Allmendinger; Conclusions and summary ~ Christiane Gross and Andreas Hadjar.

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Book SynopsisThe nuanced interconnections of poverty and educational attainment across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are explored in this unique analysis. Experts investigate how different educational structures and policies affect teachers’ engagement with marginalised groups and consider how inequalities might be reduced.Table of ContentsForeword ~ Danny Dorling; Introduction: The Landscape of Poverty and Education across the UK ~ Ian Thompson and Gabrielle Ivinson; Policy, Education and Poverty across the UK ~ Gabrielle Ivinson and Ian Thompson; Poverty and Education in Northern Ireland: The Legacy of Division and Conflict ~ Ruth Leitch and Erik Cownie; Poverty and Education in Scotland: Reality and Response ~ Stephen McKinney, Stuart Hall and Kevin Lowden; Poverty and Education in Wales: Enabling a National Mission ~ David Egan; Poverty and Education in England: A School System in Crisis ~ Ian Thompson; Diffracting Educational Policies through the Lens of Young People’s Experiences ~ Gabrielle Ivinson

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Book SynopsisThe nuanced interconnections of poverty and educational attainment across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are explored in this unique analysis. Experts investigate how different educational structures and policies affect teachers’ engagement with marginalised groups and consider how inequalities might be reduced.Table of ContentsForeword ~ Danny Dorling; Introduction: The Landscape of Poverty and Education across the UK ~ Ian Thompson and Gabrielle Ivinson; Policy, Education and Poverty across the UK ~ Gabrielle Ivinson and Ian Thompson; Poverty and Education in Northern Ireland: The Legacy of Division and Conflict ~ Ruth Leitch and Erik Cownie; Poverty and Education in Scotland: Reality and Response ~ Stephen McKinney, Stuart Hall and Kevin Lowden; Poverty and Education in Wales: Enabling a National Mission ~ David Egan; Poverty and Education in England: A School System in Crisis ~ Ian Thompson; Diffracting Educational Policies through the Lens of Young People’s Experiences ~ Gabrielle Ivinson

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Book SynopsisIn the UK, as in other rich countries, the `playing-field' is anything but level and the family plays a surprisingly crucial part in maintaining inequality. This book explores how seemingly mundane aspects of family life raise fundamental questions of social justice and calls for a rethink of what equality of opportunity means.Trade Review"A must for everyone interested in making the UK a fair, just and rewarding society... Gideon Calder asks difficult questions and offers thoughtful and thought-provoking ideas."?? Kate Pickett, University of York."Reveals the role of families in reproducing inequalities and shows what’s unjust about this - a brilliant critique of popular thinking about social mobility and meritocracy." Andrew Sayer, Lancaster University"Calder combines penetrative data-analysis with philosophical insights to myth-bust and shed much needed light on families, inequalities, and social mobility." Steve Smith, University of South Wales"Calder is to be congratulated on producing a book that merits wide reading, not only by social science/social policy students...it makes a valuable contribution to the canon." - People, Place and Policy"Thought provoking for academics, students, and any members of the public who happen to pick this book up. Placing the family at the centre of analysis allows Calder to create a refreshing and accessible insight into social mobility debates. Assessing key theories of social justice, equality, and social mobility, he is able to make clear the complex web of considerations and contradictions that rest at the heart of inequality debates in contemporary Western societies." Social Policy & AdministrationTable of ContentsIntroduction The family and social justice Social mobility and class fate Unpacking equality of opportunity Towards real equality of life chances? Seven conclusions

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Book SynopsisWe now enjoy the highest living standard in history yet spend more of our income on pointless luxury. Instead, we should tax more in order to invest much more in societal needs, which will in turn reinvigorate the economy and reduce economic inequality and environmental degradation.Trade Review"an accessible and clearly written book for anyone with an interest in economics who is wondering “where next” for government economic policy." Nat O’Connor, Ulster University"In our world of “necessary luxuries”, incorrect investment incentives, disparate and worsening income distribution, this cogent, important, skeptical, provocative analysis proposes what must change in the US, Japan, Germany, and elsewhere." Hugh Patrick, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School"A timely and urgent read given that western economies are at a political and environmental tipping point." Ann Pettifor, Policy Research in Macroeconomics"A bold and heterodox diagnosis of capitalism's illness, and a bracing prescription: It's time for government to invest in basic needs, rather than encouraging us to make and buy growing mounds of junk. We will be talking about this book for years." Walter Hatch, Oak Institute for Human Rights, Colby College"A compelling argument for a fairer, smarter form of capitalism which prioritises spending on public goods like health, infrastructure, education, and the environment. At a time of sharpening political end economic divides, this book is a must read." Miranda Schreurs, Bavarian School of Public Policy, Technical University of Munich"This book is right on time: the leading post-WWII economies are losing economic momentum and facing threats to their democratic institutions. Kozo Yamamura demands a prompt systemic change of the capitalist system in order to revitalize growth and secure democracy." Guenter Heiduk, World Economy Research Institute, Warsaw School of EconomicsTable of ContentsA new perspective on capitalism's "sickness"; Inspiration in the Kaufhaus des Westens; Unreal tax rates; Printing money; Inequality and discontent; Buckling bridges and crumbling mountains; The United States: stagnation and gridlock; Japan: bubbles, "lost years" and Abenomics; Unified Germany: a divided nation; Four European economies; Reform to the rescue; Adapting capitalism and changing politics; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisOffers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor across the UK, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position within it.Trade Review"Scary but crucial reading. Edmiston's analysis of lived narratives shows how policy framing the poor as `bad' and the rich as `good' shape public attitudes towards poverty and inequality." Louise Humpage, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Auckland "A must read for anyone interested in inequality and social citizenship, this book provides a careful - but damning - assessment of current policies and politics." Tracy Shildrick, University of Newcastle "Through rigorous empirical fieldwork and informed theorising this excellent book explores how lived experiences of inequality generate particular forms of knowledge, understanding and action among affluent and disadvantaged citizens." Peter Dwyer, University of YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction Unequal citizenship? The new social divisions of public welfare Lived experiences of poverty and prosperity in austerity Britain The sociological imagination of rich and poor citizens Heterodox citizens? Conceptions of social rights and responsibilities Identity, difference and citizenship: a fraying tapestry? Deliberating the structural determinants of poverty and inequality Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAuthor and activist Asheem Singh explores how a movement of tiny ventures evolved into a global humanitarian and financial juggernaut, revealing new ways to fight privilege and inequality, rewire philanthropy, government and even capitalism itself.Trade Review"The Moral Marketplace puts the hype around social entrepreneurship into a wider political and ethical context, providing a hopeful vision for turning enthusiasm into positive social action." David Floyd, Managing Director, Social Spider "A remarkable book in dangerous times. Asheem Singh shows with brio, verve and wit, how civic and social activism is retaking its rightful place at the heart of all that is good about our world. He presents us with a carnivalesque cast of characters of dizzying variety and a book whose prescriptions should influence at the highest level. Singh is one of this generation's most exciting and accessible young thinkers." Phillip Blond, Director, Respublica "The Moral Marketplace is the most important work on social activism and the third sector to emerge this decade. Asheem Singh argues that only a fiercely progressive approach to changing the world will work. The future lies in these pages: not just for charities or social entrepreneurs, but for all of us." Sir Stephen Bubb, CEO of Charity Futures "Bursting with timely insights The Moral Marketplace makes an important contribution to our thinking about communities and social entrepreneurs. Far from being a dry academic treatise, Asheem Singh's book reads like a novel. Highly recommended." Professor Matt Qvortrup, Coventry University, author of 'Angela Merkel: Europe's Most Influential Leader' "This book is the rallying cry for the socially conscious, business-savvy radical who knows that it's not enough to make a difference: today you can be the difference." Doug Miller, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network Chairman "This book whirls the reader around the world and through history, telling stories which show a way forward that really will change things." Kate Welch OBE DL, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise Acumen CICTable of ContentsIntroduction: Behold, the social entrepreneur!; The man who invented a chicken: introducing a global generation of entrepreneurial social activists; Raising the voices of girl-children: pyramids, incubators and the the fight for equality; The incredible rise of co-operatives: conscious consumption … slow fashion … ethical exploration … and more …; How do you know you are making a difference? The metrics and measures that keep social enterprise on-mission; A trip to the favela: The death and life of traditional charity; Inside the social enterprise city: how change happens, locally and globally The bull market of the greater good: fact, fiction and the rise of big-money activism; The digital device in the wall: #peoplepower meets the block-chain; Reclaiming the heart of government: ideas for inspiring power in the age of the moral marketplace; Conclusion: creating a new kind of capitalism.

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Book SynopsisProvides a comparative international perspective on superdiversity in cities, with explicit attention given to social inequality and social exclusion on a neighbourhood level.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Living with Diversity in Deprived and Mixed Neighbourhoods. Stijn Oosterlynck, Gert Verschraegen and Ronald van Kempen 2. Diversity on the doorstep: living in socially and ethnically heterogeneous residential buildings in Geneva. Maxime Felder 3. Neighbourhood diversity in London: local perspectives and practices. Jamie Kesten and Tatiana Moreira de Souza 4. “Others” in diversified neighborhoods: What does social cohesion mean in diversified neighborhoods? A case-study in Istanbul. Ayda Eraydin 5. Nurturing solidarity in diversity: complementary currencies as a transformative practice in Ghent, Belgium. Anika Depraetere, Bart Van Bouchaute, Stijn Oosterlynck and Joke Vandenabeele 6. Interculturalism as Conservative Multiculturalism? New generations from an immigrant background in Milan, Italy, and the challenge to categories and boundaries. Eduardo Barberis 7. Bringing inequality closer. A comparative outlook at socially diverse neighborhoods in Chicago and Santiago de Chile. Javier Ruiz-Tagle 8. Ambiguities of vertical multiethnic coexistence in the city of Athens. Living together but unequally… Between Conflicts and Encounters. Dimitris Balampanidis and Panagiotis Bourlessas 9. Beyond the middle classes: Neighbourhood choice and satisfaction in the hyper-diverse contexts. Anouk K. Tersteeg and Ympkje Albeda 10. Living with diversity or living with difference? International perspectives on everyday perceptions of the social composition of diverse neighbourhoods. Katrin Großmann, Georgia Alexandri, Maria Budnik, Annegret Haase, Christian Haid, Christoph Hedtke, Katharina Kullmann and Galia Shokry

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Book SynopsisAs the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life.Trade Review“How do social divisions and differences determine the experience of ageing? Higgs and Gilleard’s unique perspective and intellectual rigour challenge preconceptions of how the social location of later life is constituted.” Kevin McKee, Dalarna University“Health and economic disparities among older adults are a critically important concern. This rich, multidisciplinary analysis provides an excellent overview of late-life inequalities and policy solutions for mitigating these inequities.” Deborah Carr, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; Social divisions and social differences; Social class and inequality in later life; Ageing and gender; Ethnicity, race and migration in later life; Disability and later life; Identity and intersectionality; Division, difference and division in later life

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Book SynopsisAs the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life.Trade Review“How do social divisions and differences determine the experience of ageing? Higgs and Gilleard’s unique perspective and intellectual rigour challenge preconceptions of how the social location of later life is constituted.” Kevin McKee, Dalarna University“Health and economic disparities among older adults are a critically important concern. This rich, multidisciplinary analysis provides an excellent overview of late-life inequalities and policy solutions for mitigating these inequities.” Deborah Carr, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; Social divisions and social differences; Social class and inequality in later life; Ageing and gender; Ethnicity, race and migration in later life; Disability and later life; Identity and intersectionality; Division, difference and division in later life

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Book SynopsisExamining topics from criminal justice to media concerns, environmental problems, economic problems and issues concerning sexualities and gender, the 2020 agenda provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems.Table of ContentsSection I ~ Ethnicity, Race, and Gender; Islamophobia ~ Aneesa A. Baboolal; Latinos Are Each of Us: Fair and Just Immigration Policies for All ~ Noreen M. Sugrue and Sylvia Puente; Gender and Race in U.S. Family Law: Persistent Social Inequities and Rollback Reforms ~ Bronwen Lichtenstein; Section II ~ Health and Families; Reproductive Rights ~ Sujatha A. Jesudason; In Pursuit of Justice in U.S. Health Care Policy: Pathways to Universal Coverage ~ Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda and Amelia Pittman; The Problem of Unpaid Parental Leave ~ Ronald E. Bulanda and Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda; Section III ~ Education; Power, Privilege, and #MeToo in Academia ~ Sarah Jane Brubaker and Brittany Keegan; They Tested with Stress: Solving Racial Injustice in Assessment by Acknowledging Adverse Childhood Experiences ~ Mawule A. Sevon and LaTrice L. Dowtin; Black Girls and School Suspension ~ Cherrell Green; Section IV ~ Crime and In(Justice); Police Homicides: The Terror of ‘American Exceptionalism’ ~ Robert Aponte and Hannah Hurrle Crimmigration: The Presumption of Illegality and the Criminalization of Immigrants ~ Kristen M. Budd and Bianca E. Bersani; Alleviating the Mark of a Criminal Record: Prisoner Reentry and Post-Prison Employment ~ Sadé L. Lindsay; Section V ~ Enduring Challenges; The Persistence of Homelessness ~ R. Neil Greene and Wayne Centrone; Risks to Journalists’ Safety and the Vulnerability of Media Freedom in the U.S. ~ Sadia Jamil and Glenn W. Muschert; Environmental Justice ~ David Naguib Pellow; Protecting and Rewarding Workers in the 21st Century ~ Arne L. Kalleberg; Looking Forward; The Contested Construction of Social Problems ~ Stephen Pfohl; Afterword ~ Michelle Christian

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Book SynopsisOffers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor across the UK, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position within it.Trade Review"Scary but crucial reading. Edmiston’s analysis of lived narratives shows how policy framing the poor as `bad’ and the rich as `good’ shape public attitudes towards poverty and inequality." Louise Humpage, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Auckland"A must read for anyone interested in inequality and social citizenship, this book provides a careful - but damning - assessment of current policies and politics." Tracy Shildrick, University of Newcastle"Through rigorous empirical fieldwork and informed theorising this excellent book explores how lived experiences of inequality generate particular forms of knowledge, understanding and action among affluent and disadvantaged citizens." Peter Dwyer, University of YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction Unequal citizenship? The new social divisions of public welfare Lived experiences of poverty and prosperity in austerity Britain The sociological imagination of rich and poor citizens Heterodox citizens? Conceptions of social rights and responsibilities Identity, difference and citizenship: a fraying tapestry? Deliberating the structural determinants of poverty and inequality Conclusion

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Book SynopsisForgotten Wives examines how marriage has contributed to the active ‘disremembering’ of women’s achievements. Ann Oakley uses case studies of four women married to well-known men to ask questions about gender inequality and contributes a fresh vision of how the welfare state developed in the early 20th century.Table of Contents1 The condition of wifehood 2 Mary Booth 3 Charlotte Shaw 4 Jeannette Tawney 5 Janet Beveridge 6 A life of her own

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Book SynopsisUsing Qualitative Comparative Analysis to explore 11 developed countries' health services, this ambitious text identifies which factors are associated with the strongest outcomes.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Social determinants 3. Healthcare funding 4. Spending on health 5. COVID-19 6. Comparing health systems 7. Conclusion Appendix: Method and data

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Book SynopsisStuart Rees exposes politicians’ fascination with cruelty in their deliberations about policies. Through empirical analysis, human stories and poetic commentary, he identifies non-destructive exercise of power, courageous public action and compelling humanitarian alternatives as the key to achieving a future in which dignity and equality flourish.Table of ContentsForeword by Richard Falk Introduction: Towards a Theory Perpetrators and Victims Values, Attitudes, Behaviour Explaining Causes Cruelty as Policy Humanitarian Alternatives Cruel or Compassionate World? Humanity on a Bonfire Language for Humanity

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Book SynopsisStuart Rees exposes politicians’ fascination with cruelty in their deliberations about policies. Through empirical analysis, human stories and poetic commentary, he identifies non-destructive exercise of power, courageous public action and compelling humanitarian alternatives as the key to achieving a future in which dignity and equality flourish.Table of ContentsForeword by Richard Falk Introduction: Towards a Theory Perpetrators and Victims Values, Attitudes, Behaviour Explaining Causes Cruelty as Policy Humanitarian Alternatives Cruel or Compassionate World? Humanity on a Bonfire Language for Humanity

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Book SynopsisExploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional debates. It challenges neoliberal governmentality and shows how food charity maintains inequalities of class, race, religion and gender.Table of ContentsForeword - Kate Pickett 1. Introduction 2. Revising perspectives on neoliberalism, hunger and food insecurity 3. Food aid and neoliberalism: an alliance built on shared interests? 4. Soup and salvation: realising religion through contemporary food charity 5. Whiteness, racism and colourblindness in UK food aid 6. Lived neoliberalism: food, poverty and power 7.Racial inequality or mutual aid? Food and poverty among Pakistani British and White British women 8. Seeds beneath the snow

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Book SynopsisAdopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion of young people and derives crucial new policy recommendations. Contributors offer fresh insights into areas including youth well-being, health, leaving home and risks of poverty.Table of Contents1. Introduction: youth transitions in times of labour market insecurity - Michael Gebel, Marge Unt, Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, and Dirk Hofäcker Part 1: Labour market insecurity and youth well-being and health 2. Effects of unemployment and insecure jobs on youth well-being in Europe: economic development and business cycle fluctuations - Olena Nizalova, Gintare Malisauskaite, Despoina Xanthopoulou, Katerina Gousia, and Christina Athanasiades 3. Health effects of unemployment in couples: does becoming unemployed affect a young partner’s health? - Anna Baranowska-Rataj and Mattias Strandh 4. Multiple routes to youth well-being: a qualitative comparative analysis of buffers to the negative consequences of unemployment - Triin Lauri and Marge Unt 5. Experiencing unemployment and job insecurity in two European countries: German and Italian young people’s well-being and coping strategies - Christoph Schlee, Rosy Musumeci, and Chiara Ghislieri Part 2: Labour market insecurity and youth autonomy 6. Meanings of work in the narratives of Italian, Estonian, and Polish young people who experience labour market insecurity - Eve-Liis Roosmaa, Epp Reiska, Jędrzej Stasiowski, Sonia Bertolini, and Paola Maria Torrioni 7. Housing autonomy of youth in Europe: do labour and housing policies matter? - Valentina Goglio and Sonia Bertolini 8. Is housing autonomy still a step towards adulthood in a time of job insecurity? - Sonia Bertolini, Rosy Musumeci, Christina Athanasiades, Anastasia Flouli, Lia Figgou, Vassiliki Deliyanni- Kouimtzi, Veneta Krasteva, Maria Jeliazkova, and Douhomir Minev 9. Becoming economically autonomous: young people in Italy and Poland in a time of job insecurity - Antonella Meo, Valentina Moiso, Jędrzej Stasiowski, and Zofia Włodarczyk 10. The role of informal social support for young people in unemployment and job insecurity in Italy, Estonia, and Germany - Antonella Meo, Roberta Ricucci, Christoph Schlee, Jelena Helemäe, and Margarita Kazjulja 11. How young people experience and perceive labour market policies in four European countries - Roberta Ricucci, Chiara Ghislieri, Veneta Krasteva, Maria Jeliazkova, Marti Taru, and Magdalena Rokicka Part 3: Labour market insecurity and the socio-economic consequences for youth 12. Can labour market policies protect unemployed youth from poverty? A cross-European comparison - Małgorzata Kłobuszewska, Marta Palczyńska, Magdalena Rokicka, Jędrzej Stasiowski, Kadri Täht, and Marge Unt 13. Unemployment and job precariousness: material and social consequences for Greek and Italian youth - Lia Figgou, Martina Sourvinou, Christina Athanasiades, Valentina Moiso, and Rosy Musumeci 14. Syntheses of long-term socio-economic consequences of insecure labour market positions for youth in Europe - Dirk Hofäcker, Sina Schadow, and Janika Kletzing 15. Conclusions: Integrating perspectives on youth transitions and the risk of social exclusion - Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, Michael Gebel, Dirk Hofäcker, and Marge Unt

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Book SynopsisThis survey shows how the speech and syntax of low-income female teachers in India's education system establishes a special form of relational agency and empowerment.Table of ContentsThe need for understanding female teacher agency in India; Social relationships as collective achievement and teacher affirmation; Negotiating the social spaces of the female teacher; Attitudes to authentic knowledge and transformation; Policy recommendations.

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Book SynopsisWritten by an international team of authors, this ambitious volume offers radical alternatives to staid ways of thinking on the most crucial global challenges of our times. Bridging real examples of political agency, collective action and mutual aid with big-picture concepts, the book encourages readers to ‘be a Zapatista’, wherever they are.Table of Contents1. Introduction: From Liberal Bystanding to Emancipatory Praxis 2. A World Where Many Worlds Fit 3. The Coloniser’s Model/Neoliberal State of the World 4. Modernity-Coloniality and Indigenous Realities 5. Dispossession, Extractivism, and Violence 6. Critical Consciousness and Praxis 7. Political Education and Radical Pedagogy 8. Gender Justice and Social Reproduction 9. Health, Food Sovereignty, Solidarity Economies 10. The Battle for the Soul of Education

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Book SynopsisSocial work education and interventions with Black African families are frequently impaired because of structural discrimination and racism. Rooted in rich empirical work with practitioners and educators, this urgent, scholarly and accessible book emphasises that Black Lives Matter'.Trade Review"This book invites an honest, respectful, and critical rumination on social work theory and practice with Black Africans in western countries…It seeks to fuse multiple perspectives and philosophies on the disempowerment of the Black African diaspora because of universalised European hierarchies of power within and beyond the social work profession. In short, it is a very important intellectual work. Indeed, it is…probably the only book of this kind currently available." Critical Social Policy ‘It is energising to see writers articulate how their positionality and political commitment influence their academic interests and writings…I am a Black American trained social worker who grew up in the state’s care with more than half a dozen social workers assigned to my case throughout my childhood. This book affected me and gave me hope because it provides theoretical tools for progressive educators and practitioners to promote a greater awareness of ‘social change’ within social work education and training’. Antoine Rogers, Ethics and Social Welfare, 2023 ‘This book, Social Work with the Black African Diaspora, is a welcome addition to the library of emerging African social work scholars in western societies. It is a well-overdue contribution to combatting age-long racial and political knowledge in social work. Although the book is focused on Ireland, its theoretical terrain has significant resonance for the profession, society and, most importantly, policymakers worldwide’. Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2023"This work expands social work education and explicitly centres diverse, global multicultural theoretical voices, including those platforming economic liberation-orientated concepts and paradigms. As a former service user and a practitioner, I believe this knowledge makes for better social workers." Ethics and Social WelfareTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Keywords, concepts and terminology 3. Decolonising theory 4. Afrocentricity and its critics 5. Social Work in neoliberal, ‘multicultural’ Ireland 6. ‘When in Rome, you do as the Romans do’? Social work with the Black African diaspora 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the journey of victims/survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking into and within the UK, from recruitment to representation to (re)integration. It offers crucial suggestions for better public awareness, policies and practices that will impact interventions in the UK and beyond.Table of ContentsForeword by Patricia Hynes Introduction: Victim journeys, survivors’ voice - Runa Lazzarino, J. Julia, Emily, and Carole Murphy Part I: Recruiting: business and tools 1. Criminal pyramid scheme: organised crime recruitment strategies - Sasha Jesperson and Rune Henriksen 2. Organ trafficking: a neglected aspect of modern slavery - Trevor Stammers 3. Online child sexual exploitation in the Philippines: addressing demand - Imogen Fell and Sasha Jesperson 4. The role of business in the exploitation and rehabilitation of victims of modern slavery - Colleen Theron Part II: Being a victim: discourses and representations 5. Trafficking on film: a critical survey - Jon Hackett 6. Discursive representations of the ‘invisible migrants’ on British social media - Thi-Diem-Tu Tran and Karen Sanders 7. Racialising and criminalising vulnerable migrants: the case of human trafficking and modern slavery - Neena Samota and Debbie Ariyo 8. Victims perpetrating a crime: a critique of responses to criminal exploitation and modern slavery in the UK - Craig H. Barlow Part III: Caring: practices and resilience 9. Subject-making in ambiguous systems: trafficking aftercare in the UK and beyond - Runa Lazzarino and Anne-Marie Greenslade 10. Sexual exploitation: framing women’s needs and experiences - Kathryn Hodges, Anta Brachou and Sarah Burch 11. Survivor support: how a values-based service can enhance access to psychological capital - Carole Murphy and Karen Anstiss 12. Imagining otherwise: art and movement as tools for recovery - Anna Westin 13. Monitoring and evaluating anti-trafficking measures - Ruth Van Dyke and Mike Dottridge Conclusion: Interrupting the journey - Carole Murphy and Runa Lazzarino

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically exposed weaknesses in UK housing, with housing inequality contributing to the unequal impact of the disease. Becky Tunstall assesses the position of housing in public policy and health, and the most immediate responses to the pandemic in one convenient resource for students, scholars and practitioners.Table of Contents1. COVID-19, housing and home 2. UK households and homes before the pandemic 3. The pandemic and pandemic policy in the UK 4. People, households and time at home in the pandemic 5. The role of household and home in COVID-19 infection and death 6. Being vulnerable or ill at home in the pandemic 7. The impact of COVID-19 and COVID-19 policy on incomes, housing costs and housing security 8. The impact of COVID-19 and COVID-19 policy on the housing market 9. Summary and conclusions

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Book SynopsisAddressing previously neglected groups of care leavers such as unaccompanied migrants, street youth, young parents and those with a disability, this book considers the precarity often experienced by many care leavers. It makes research relevant to practitioners and policy-makers aiming to enable, rather than label, vulnerable groups.Trade Review"The profound insights of ‘Living on the Edge’ shed light on a path towards a more empathetic and informed understanding of care-leaving journeys. This gem of a book is a must-read for anyone dedicated to the wellbeing of our youth, offering essential guidance on how to effectively engage with them and ethically co-create knowledge." Rawan W. Ibrahim, PhD, INTRACTable of ContentsIntroduction: Moving Towards the Edge – Samuel Keller, Inger Oterholm, Veronika Paulsen and Adrian D. van Breda Part 1: Groups of Care Leavers Living on the Edge 1. Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Leaving Care in Spain: How Their Journeys Differ from Those of Other Care Leavers – Laura García Alba, Federica Gullo 2. ‘The Question Is: Will the Street Leave Us?’ Care-Leavers with a Street-Connected Past – Marcela Losantos Velasco 3. Care-Leavers’ Reflections on Resilience Processes Acquired While Living on the Street Prior to Coming Into Residential Care in South Africa - Malose Samuel Mokgopha, Adrian D. Van Breda and Sue Bond 4. LGBTQIA+ Foster Care Leavers: Creating Equitable and Affirming Systems of Care – June Paul Part 2: Methods of Care Leaving Research 5. Institutional Ethnography: Linking the Individual and the Institutional in Care Leaving Research – Ingri-Hanne Braenne Bennwik and Inger Oterholm 6. Methodological Issues When Interviewing Disabled Care Leavers: Lessons Learned from South Africa, Norway and Northern Ireland – Wendy Mupaku, Ingri-Hanne Braenne Bennwik and Berni Kelly 7. Trauma-Informed Research with Young People Transitioning From Care: Balancing Methodological Rigour With Participatory and Empowering Practice – Jade Purtell 8. Care Foundations: Making Care Central in Research with Care-Experienced People – Róisín Farragher, Petra Göbbels-Koch, John Paul Horn, and Annie Smith Part 3: Theory and Conceptualisation of Leaving Care 9. Stability in Residential Out of Home Care in Australia: How Can We Understand it? – Jenna Bollinger 10. Living an Unstable Life: Exploring Facets of Instability in the Lives of Care Leavers in Denmark – Anne-Kirstine Mølholt 11. Understanding the Risk of Suicide Among Care Leavers: The Potential Contribution of Theories – Petra Göbbels-Koch 12. Getting By and Getting Ahead in Australia: A Conceptual Approach to Examining the Individual Impact of Informal Social Capital on Care Leaver Transitions – Jacinta Waugh, Philip Mendes and Catherine Flynn Conclusion: Going Over the Edge – Adrian D. van Breda, Veronika Paulsen, Inger Oterholm and Samuel Keller

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking and compelling book shows in fine detail the life struggles of those who live on a public housing estate in Dublin. Combining long-term research into residents’ lived experience with critical realist theory, it provides a completely fresh perspective on public housing in Ireland and arguably, beyond.Table of Contents1. Introduction PART I: Ethography 2. Should I Stay or Should I Go? 3. Work Ethic 1 4. Work Ethic 2 5. The Food Chain 6. Means Ends 7. What Goes Around Comes Around 8. Fragile Beings 9. The Word PART II: Critical Realism and Public Housing 10. From Manifest Phenomena to Generative Structures 11. Class as The Production of Scarcity: Wage, Price, Debt, Food 12. Women and the Affective Domain of the Bridgetown Estate 13. Class Geography: Part of No Part

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection explores and illustrates the nature of research for social justice. Drawing on a diverse range of social research projects, it sets out what a rights-based approach to research looks like, why this framework matters and how we can translate them into operational research.Table of Contents1. Researching for social justice: an introduction - Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley and Gloria Kirwan PART I: Contextualising and theorising research for social justice 2. Epistemic privilege as a social justice issue: knowing injustice and justice for knowers - Kathryn McGarry 3. Epistemology, research design and social justice - Ciara Bradley and Lynsey Kavanagh 4. Using a social justice lens in research engagements for community work and youth work practice - Sinead McMahon, Ciara Bradley and Hilary Tierney PART II: Designing and operationalising methodologies for social justice 5. Using Poststructural Policy Analysis for social justice - Sinead McMahon 6. Research with deaf and hard-of-hearing women: reimagining social justice as flourishing - Grainne Meehan 7. Sanctuary: trespassing the enclosure of rights - David Donovan 8. Using peer engagement to support the participation of people who use drugs in research - Brian Melaugh and Andy O’Hara PART III: Exploring case studies in research for social justice 9. Beyond research extractivism in environmental justice research - Jamie Gorman 10. When objects speak louder than words: material ethnography in social justice research - Gloria Kirwan and Calvin Swords 11. An expanded conceptualisation and definition of engaged research - Rory Hearne 12. Social justice as tool and process in research: progressing insight into children’s right to participation through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Breda O’Driscoll and Gloria Kirwan 13. The potential for Q-Methodology in promoting human rights and social justice: a case of social workers in practice research - Johanna O’Shea 14. Reflecting as a pracademic in policy land: using research and practice to advance social justice in the hate crime policy domain - Seamus Taylor 15. Concluding thoughts - Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley and Gloria Kirwan

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrologue: Health and civilisation Crisis: A Timeline Part 1: Growth 1. Growth, Wealth and Health 2. Health and Trade 3. 'They Go on Because They Have Begun' Part 2: Freedom 4. The Nature of Freedom 5. The Vaccine Society 6. The Freedom to Fail 7. The Dead Hand of Care Part 3: Justice 8. The Poverty of Justice 9. Just Health, Just Care 10. A Kingdom of Ends Part 4: Security 11. War and Peace 12. The Risk Society Part 5: Democracy 13. One for All Part 6: Truth 14. Who Counts? 15. Conclusion Postscript: Crisis in the UK 2022

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Book SynopsisWhat part do the values of growth and prosperity, freedom and justice, security and democracy play in social policy and human welfare? How can we judge the validity of these the founding principles of Western liberalism and the policies they shape, as the recipe for progress?At a time of global permacrisis', Sebastian Taylor applies his extensive frontline experience working with health systems and healthcare in the Global North and South to assess the concrete impact of contemporary liberal values on our welfare, development and environmental survival. Drawing on research from around the world, he uses health as an objective metric to assess how effective these policies are for individuals and society as a whole.Table of ContentsPrologue: Health and civilisation Crisis: A Timeline Part 1: Growth 1. Growth, Wealth and Health 2. Health and Trade 3. 'They Go on Because They Have Begun' Part 2: Freedom 4. The Nature of Freedom 5. The Vaccine Society 6. The Freedom to Fail 7. The Dead Hand of Care Part 3: Justice 8. The Poverty of Justice 9. Just Health, Just Care 10. A Kingdom of Ends Part 4: Security 11. War and Peace 12. The Risk Society Part 5: Democracy 13. One for All Part 6: Truth 14. Who Counts? 15. Conclusion Postscript: Crisis in the UK 2022

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Book SynopsisePUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), this book presents new evidence of ethnic inequalities and sheds new light on underlying racisms, opening them up to debate as crucial social concerns.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Need for Evidence for Equality - Nissa Finney, James Nazroo, Laia Bécares, Dharmi Kapadia and Natalie Shlomo 2. The Making of the EVENS Survey - Natalie Shlomo, James Nazroo, Nissa Finney, Laia Bécares, Dharmi Kapadia, Andrea Aparicio-Castro, Daniel Ellingworth, Angelo Moretti and Harry Taylor 3. Ethnic Identities - Magda Borkowska, James Nazroo, Nissa Finney and Joseph Harrison 4. Racism and Racial Discrimination - Dan Ellingworth, Laia Bécares, Michaela Kyclova and James Nazroo 5. Health and Wellbeing - Harry Taylor, Dharmi Kapadia, Laia Bécares, Michaela Kyclova and James Nazroo 6. Housing, Place and Community - Joseph Harrison, Nissa Finney, Hannah Haycox and Emma Hill 7. Work and Employment - Nico Ochmann, Ken Clark, Michaela Kyclova and James Nazroo 8. Socioeconomic Circumstances - Michaela Kyclova, Dharmi Kapadia , Ken Clark, , James Nazroo and Nico Ochmann 9. Political Participation and Black Lives Matter - Magda Borkowska, Neema Begum, Nissa Finney and Joseph Harrison 10. Conclusion - James Nazroo, Nissa Finney, Laia Bécares, Dharmi Kapadia and Natalie Shlomo

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Book SynopsisProviding perspectives from the global North and South, faith leaders, scholars and activists demonstrate the complex connections between faith and abortion, how women and pregnant people are positioned in society and how morality is claimed and challenged.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Kellie Turtle and Fiona Bloomer 2. Redeemed by reproduction? Exploring compulsory motherhood and abortion stigma - Selina Palm 3. Suspending judgement: exploring pedagogical approaches that centre the contextual embodied experiences of those affected in the process of sexual reproductive health and rights decision making and ethical reflection - Charlene van der Walt 4. Pastoral guidelines through a reproductive justice lens - Emilie Weiderud 5. Abortion in Malaysia: challenges and necessity - Syarifatul Adibah 6. The power of religious voice in abortion law reform advocacy: inter-faith approaches to abortion law reform in Malawi - Brian Ligomeka 7. Abortion and faith in Latin America: an interfaith perspective - María de los Ángeles Roberto 8. Sri Lanka: abortion and Buddhism – a conversation with Dakshitha Wickremarathne - Dakshitha Wickremarathne and Fiona Bloomer 9. Reflections on faith-based abortion advocacy as the US faces a future without Roe: a conversation with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg - Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg and Kellie Turtle 10. Marking the absence of an embodied theology: an analysis of how people of faith talk about abortion in Northern Ireland - Nóirín MacNamara and Fiona Bloomer 11. Seeds of hope in progressive Christian discourse on abortion in Northern Ireland - Kellie Turtle 12. Faith voices for reproductive justice in Northern Ireland - Kellie Turtle and participants from Faith Voices for Reproductive Justice 13. Conclusion - Kellie Turtle and Fiona Bloomer

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book traces the history of ideas and policymaking concerning population growth and infant and maternal welfare in Caribbean colonies wrestling with the aftermath of slavery. Focusing on Jamaica, Guyana, and Barbados from the nineteenth century through the 1930s, when violent labor protests swept the region, Juanita De Barros takes a comparative approach in analyzing the struggles among former slaves and masters attempting to determine the course of their societies after emancipation. Invested in the success of the great experiment of slave emancipation, colonial officials developed new social welfare and health policies. Concerns about the health and size of ex-slave populations were expressed throughout the colonial world during this period. In the Caribbean, an emergent black middle class, rapidly increasing immigration, and new attitudes toward medicine and society were crucial factors. While hemispheric and diasporic trends influenced the new policies, De Barros sh

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Book SynopsisThe South's system of Jim Crow racial oppression is usually understood in terms of legal segregation that mandated the separation of white and black Americans. Yet, as Stephen A. Berrey shows, it was also a high-stakes drama that played out in the routines of everyday life, where blacks and whites regularly interacted on sidewalks and buses and in businesses and homes.

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Book SynopsisAnalysing the ideology and rhetoric around race in Cuba and south Florida during the early years of the Cuban revolution, Devyn Spence Benson argues that ideas, stereotypes, and discriminatory practices relating to racial difference persisted despite major efforts by the Cuban state to generate social equality.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"While Gaines is an adept close reader of the white unconscious and of literary narrative, she also demonstrates a keen understanding of historical contexts that shape debates about race from the 1940s to the present. [...] In doing so, Gaines’s work admirably demonstrates a multidisciplinary American studies methodology. [...]Black for a Day offers convincing and important analysis of the failures of white allies and skewers facile claims of cross-racial alliance, and in that way participates in a “hermeneutics of suspicion,” uncovering racism lurking within narratives of seemingly liberal whiteness." — ALH Online Review, XXVI.1 (2018)

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Trade Review"While Gaines is an adept close reader of the white unconscious and of literary narrative, she also demonstrates a keen understanding of historical contexts that shape debates about race from the 1940s to the present. [...] In doing so, Gaines’s work admirably demonstrates a multidisciplinary American studies methodology. [...] Black for a Day offers convincing and important analysis of the failures of white allies and skewers facile claims of cross-racial alliance, and in that way participates in a “hermeneutics of suspicion,” uncovering racism lurking within narratives of seemingly liberal whiteness." — ALH Online Review, XXVI.1 (2018)

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Book SynopsisIn this history of the social and human sciences in Mexico and the United States, Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt reveals intricate connections among the development of science, the concept of race, and policies toward indigenous peoples. Focusing on experts who collaborated across borders, Rosemblatt traces how intellectuals forged shared networks in which they discussed ethnic minorities.

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Book SynopsisMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the four-century story of race and democracy in America’s capital. Tracing D.C.'s massive transformations, this is an engaging narrative peppered with unforgettable characters, a history of deep racial division but also one of hope, resilience, and interracial cooperation.Trade ReviewAn ambitious, comprehensive chronicle of the civic experience of blacks, whites and other races over more than two centuries in Washington. . . . [It] succeeds in being both scholarly and accessible to the general reader." - Robert McCartney, The Washington Post"An ambitious, kaleidoscopic history of race and politics in Washington, D.C. . . . Essential American history, deeply researched and written with verve and passion." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review"[The authors] embrace the funk band Parliament's moniker for the District of Columbia and deliver a narrative as grand as the city itself. . . . This enriching journey showcases the underappreciated saga of African-American success in the face of adversity." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Book SynopsisTells the story of race and voting rights, from the end of the Civil War until the present day. The authors show that battles over the franchise have played out through cycles of emancipatory politics and conservative retrenchment.

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Book SynopsisWomen are treated as marginal, if not overlooked altogether, in histories of the criminal legal system. In this history - the first on the relationship between women and police in the modern United States - Anne Gray Fischer narrates how sexual policing fuelled a dramatic expansion of police power.

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Book SynopsisAs downward mobility continues to be an international issue, Robin Brooks offers a timely intervention between the humanities and social sciences by examining how Black women’s cultural production engages debates about the growth in income and wealth gaps in global society during the late twentieth- and early twenty-first centuries.

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