Grassroots Feminist Economies
Grassroots feminist economies champion social justice against systemic barriers. Rooted in the African principle of utu-ubuntu—“I am because you are”—women mobilize collective strengths, fostering solidarity and communal well-being to craft a more equitable economic landscape.
This multidisciplinary book explores artisanal maritime fishing from the Middle Ages to the present. Featuring international case studies, it links past, present, and future socio-environmental challenges to preserve the heritage and collective memory of fishing communities.
Access and the Making of Mass Higher Education
This book explains the growth of Access to Higher Education, pivoting between the 1970s and today. Comparing Britain and Australia, it examines how hierarchies create new inequalities. Access is a hope that lives on, as long as people demand and support it for a better future.
The Self, the Other and the World
This book examines Joseph Conrad’s narratives and the protagonists’ confrontation with alterity—the self, the other, and the external world. It uniquely links Conradian ethics to the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, arguing that the meeting with the Other determines self-knowledge.
Trade and Gender
How can Indian law empower female entrepreneurs? This book challenges societal norms and calls for reforms to laws on credit, property, and trade. It offers actionable solutions for an equitable landscape that enables women’s participation in global business and leadership.
This pioneering book offers a statistical approach to analysing the styles of the Trinity of Carnatic music. It demonstrates that Indian music, adhering to the Markov property, is neither deterministic nor random, opening new avenues for research in comparative music.
Museums as Places of People, Time, and Memory
Museums are more than custodians of the past. This book explores how they navigate social change and technological innovation to foster inclusivity and representation, offering insights into their evolving role as active spaces of dialogue, learning, and social change.
The Moroccan Diasporic and Transnational Experiences
Moroccan diasporic narratives navigate the spaces between the country of origin and residence. These spaces are central to cultural survival and community identity, forging identities that are dynamic and plural rather than fixed and singular.
Performing Crisis
This book re-examines crisis and its presentation in theatre from diverse scholarly perspectives. It explores how artists use performance to negotiate identity, reimagine crisis, and facilitate survival, offering a theoretical and artistic inquiry into how we confront our times.
As gay men lead lives increasingly similar to their straight counterparts, what is the basis for gay culture? This book argues that theatricality, not identity, is what defines it. Gay culture is a practice, accessible to anyone with a flair for the theatrical.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her Circle
In Victorian Florence, women forbidden education or the vote used pens and scalpels. They educated themselves and each other with novels, poems and sculptures, fighting in solidarity for the liberation of slaves, children, and nations, whose oppression mirrored their own.
This book researches the theoretical and practical aspects of Geopolitics, from ancient thought to current realities after the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war. It analyzes the new geopolitical order, globalization, national security, and the interests of the USA, EU, China, and Russia.
This book is a roadmap for attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. With practical strategies and insights from leading experts, this essential guide empowers leaders to build high-performing teams and create a culture where people and performance thrive.
Communication for Development
In Northeast Nigeria, where insurgency fuels a malnutrition crisis, this book shows how strategic communication becomes a lifeline. Based on fieldwork during the Boko Haram conflict, it presents a groundbreaking analysis of Communication for Development (C4D) in action.
The Comprehensive Legacy of Michael Polanyi
Michael Polanyi’s exemplary insights took him from physical chemistry to philosophy. The articles in this book build upon his broad-based thought in ways fitting today, interpreting his work and reflecting on its rich possibilities for further development.
This volume moves beyond the deadlock between war’s inevitability and peace as a naïve chimera. Drawing from the humanities, these essays examine war not just as a destructive force but as a catalyst for creative expression, exploring themes of exile, memory, and resistance.
The Christian Understanding of Animal Immortality
What becomes of the animals we love after death? Drawing on the Church Fathers, this book argues that Orthodox theology possesses the tools to speak credibly about the immortality of animals with philosophical and theological rigour.
From Missiles to Microbes
Personal essays from an inventor and polymer chemist take you behind the scenes of Cold War defense, aerospace, and biomedicine. A rare combination of heart and science, this collection shows what happens when curiosity leads to inventions with worldwide impact.
Landscape of Play
This book explores how urban design can integrate children into city life. It highlights innovative, inclusive approaches to play environments and re-naturing cities that support children’s development, fostering a sense of belonging for all ages and abilities.
This book highlights the public’s knowledge, attitude, and practices towards COVID-19 and its preventive measures. With contributors from fields like medicine, psychology, and sociology, it deepens understanding and narrows the gap between health professionals and the public.
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