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US Climate Change Policy (2016)
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(2016). US Climate Change Policy

The United States is often perceived as sceptical, if not hostile, to the need to address man-made climate change. US government policy has undoubtedly disappointed environmentalists and scientists who believe more concerted action is needed, but a c... Read More about US Climate Change Policy.

Climate Change in World Politics (2015)
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Vogler. (2015). Climate Change in World Politics. Springer

John Vogler examines the international politics of climate change, with a focus on the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC). He considers how the international system treats the problem of climate change, analysing the ways in which this has... Read More about Climate Change in World Politics.

Sexing War/Policing Gender Motherhood, Myth and Women’s Political Violence (2015)
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(2015). Sexing War/Policing Gender Motherhood, Myth and Women’s Political Violence

Overall, this book argues that maternalist war stories function to reiterate traditional heteronormative gender roles. This is how a ‘body politics’ of war is not only policing gender norms but actually writing ‘sex’ itself.

Understanding Statebuilding Traditional Governance and the Modern State in Somaliland (2014)
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Richards, R. (2014). Understanding Statebuilding Traditional Governance and the Modern State in Somaliland. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Much analysis of state building focusses on dissecting specific projects and attempting to identify what has gone ’wrong’ in states such as Afghanistan and Iraq. What draws less attention is what has gone ’right’ in non-interventionist statebuilding... Read More about Understanding Statebuilding Traditional Governance and the Modern State in Somaliland.

Ages and Stages: the cultural value of older people’s experiences of theatre making (2014)
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(2014). Ages and Stages: the cultural value of older people’s experiences of theatre making

Ageing, Drama and Creativity is a critical review focused on the cultural value older people derive from their involvement in theatre and drama. Though there are existing published reviews on the impact of participatory arts on older people, there is... Read More about Ages and Stages: the cultural value of older people’s experiences of theatre making.

Globalization and Work (2013)
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Williams, S., Bradley, H., Devadason, R., & Erickson, M. (2013). Globalization and Work. Wiley

This engaging book offers a lively and rigorous synthesis of the varied interconnections between work and globalization. Drawing on relevant sociological insights, and based on extensive, up-to-date research studies of work and employment, it brings... Read More about Globalization and Work.

Progressive Education : A critical introduction (2013)
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Howlett, J. (2013). Progressive Education : A critical introduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472553188

Sustainable School Transformation: An Inside-Out School Led Approach explores how we can best build a truly world class education system. It presents a theoretical and practical case for an alternative approach that combines the rigour of traditional... Read More about Progressive Education : A critical introduction.

The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia (2013)
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Shahi, A. The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315884547

Exploring the management of ‘truth’ in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this book aims to investigate the ways in which the official ‘truth’ is constructed and institutionalised in the country. The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia argues t... Read More about The Politics of Truth Management in Saudi Arabia.

Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity: The Politics of Friends of the Earth International (2013)
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Doherty, B., & Doyle, T. (2013). Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity: The Politics of Friends of the Earth International. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316714

Drawing from a rich mix of survey data, interviews, and access to internal meetings, Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle show how FoEI has developed a distinctive environmentalism, which allows for the differences in context between regions and across th... Read More about Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity: The Politics of Friends of the Earth International.

Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption (Ed. L Martens) (2013)
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Martens, L. (2013). S. O'Donohoe, M. Hogg, P. Maclaran, L. Martens, & L. Stevens (Eds.). Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption (Ed. L Martens). Taylor and Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203469729

It takes more than a baby to make a mother, and mothers make more than babies. Bringing together a range of international studies, Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption examines how marketing and consumer culture constructs particular images of what m... Read More about Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption (Ed. L Martens).

Reasons and Causes (2013)
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Laitinen, A., Sandis, C., & D'oro, G. (Eds.). (2013). Reasons and Causes. Springer

Are the reasons for which we act the causes of our actions? In the nine essays collected here (including a major historical overview by the editors), experts in the field re-evaluate the history and current state of the reasons/causes debate.

Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays (2013)
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Timmons, M., & Baiasu, S. (Eds.). (2013). Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780195395686.001.0001

The literature on Kantian accounts of practical justification has been growing of late. This is not surprising given that Kant’s approach seems so promising: he claims to be able to justify unconditional normative claims without recourse to assumptio... Read More about Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays.