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Abundance in the Anthropocene (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Abundance in the Anthropocene. Sociological Review, 357-373

Numerous attempts have been made to understand the Anthropocene in relation to overwhelming species and habitat loss. However, amidst these losses ecological niches have emerged and been taken as signs of resilience and hope: from mushrooms that flou... Read More about Abundance in the Anthropocene.

The Ordinary Presidency of Donald J. Trump (2019)
Book
Herbert, J., McCrisken, T., & Wroe, A. (2019). The Ordinary Presidency of Donald J. Trump. Springer

The Ordinary Presidency of Donald J. Trump provides a detailed explanation for the discrepancy between Trump’s extraordinary approach and the relative mediocrity of his achievements.

Against the Humiliation of Thought: The university as a space of dystopic destruction and utopian potential (2019)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2019). Against the Humiliation of Thought: The university as a space of dystopic destruction and utopian potential. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 51(3), 297-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2018.1477044

My objective in this paper is to write a pharmacology of the university by thinking about its relationship to systemic stupidity, intelligence, and the possibility of becoming. Starting with an exploration of the contemporary dystopia of drive-based... Read More about Against the Humiliation of Thought: The university as a space of dystopic destruction and utopian potential.

Introduction: Contemporary policing and non-warranted volunteering (2019)
Journal Article
Millie, A., & Wells, H. (2019). Introduction: Contemporary policing and non-warranted volunteering. Policing and Society, 29(4), 371-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1584624

Research on policing has tended to focus on paid and warranted officers, often overlooking the large and, in many jurisdictions, expanding army of volunteers working with or for the police. Where there has been research on police volunteering this ha... Read More about Introduction: Contemporary policing and non-warranted volunteering.

Red capital in Hong Kong (2019)
Journal Article
Wang-Kaeding, H., & Kaeding, M. P. (2019). Red capital in Hong Kong. Asian Education and Development Studies, 8(2), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeds-02-2018-0032

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to recount the scale, composition and agents of red capital in Hong Kong; second, to conceptualise the peculiarity of red capital; and third, to explore the impact of red capital on the politica... Read More about Red capital in Hong Kong.

A Cultural Account of Ecological Democracy (2019)
Journal Article
Hammond. (2019). A Cultural Account of Ecological Democracy. Environmental Values, 28(1), 55-74. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327119X15445433913578

In the debate around ecological democracy, a pivotal point of contention has long been the question why democracy should actually be expected, as some claim, to deliver (more) ecological outcomes. This point is empirical as well as conceptual: it is... Read More about A Cultural Account of Ecological Democracy.

DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN (2019)
Journal Article
Shahi, A. (2019). DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. Asian Affairs, 50(1), 18-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2019.1567100

Approximately 97% of the country is experiencing drought conditions. Due to gross water mismanagement and its damaging impact on the country, Iran faces the worst situation in water resources of any industrialized nation. Tens of thousands of village... Read More about DROUGHT: THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.

Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology (2019)
Book
Dharamsi, K., D'Oro, G., & Leach, S. (Eds.). (2019). Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology. Springer: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02432-1

Explores an under-served area: investigates Collingwood's main treatises in specific relation to the field of philosophical methodology

Offers currency: shows the relationship between Collingwood and contemporary philosophical pragmatism, and so d... Read More about Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology.