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  • Remembering Difficult Pasts
    Remembering Difficult Pasts

    Remembering difficult pasts

    How does memory both divide and unite an increasingly globalized European populace? This book presents a range of case studies across Europe to better understand how countries have grappled with their difficult pasts – whether traumatic, controversial, exclusionary, propagandistic or even embarra...

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  • Critical Geographies of Youth
    Critical Geographies of Youth

    Critical geographies of youth

    Geography is central to understanding young people’s diverse and complex societal positioning. This critical introduction to the geographies of youth, suitable for a range of courses, examines how place and mobilities shape young people’s identities and agency.

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  • Settled Unsettlements
    Settled Unsettlements

    Settled unsettlements

    Achim Hurrelmann reinterprets European integration using the concept of “constitutional abeyances”, which are unresolved issues that subsequent political elites avoid politicizing to prevent conflict. It illuminates what the EU is, how it works, why it sometimes does not and how it responds when ...

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  • Populism in the UK
    Populism in the UK

    Populism in the uk

    With Reform riding high in the polls, Andy Knott charts the history of popular politics in the UK to consider whether the historical antecdents can shed light on the current resurgence.

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  • Vulnerability
    Vulnerability

    Vulnerability

    To be alive is simply to be vulnerable. It is a condition inherent in being mortal, being embodied, being emotional, and being social creatures in a world with others. Erinn Gilson explores the meaning and significance of vulnerability, seeking to illuminate some of its complexity as an experienc...

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  • Disappearance
    Disappearance

    Disappearance

    Disappearance has become a defining problem of our times – the disappearance of humans, communities, cultures and life-sustaining systems. This book provides a much-need critique, which offers new thinking and aesthetic responses to understanding the deep political, cultural and philosophical sta...

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  • Who Cares?
    Who Cares?

    Who cares?

    Why are there such massive disparities, globally, nationally and regionally, in the provision of healthcare services and access to them? Anthony Gatrell, one of the foremost geographers of health, seeks explanations for such diverse distribution, and in so doing offers students a critical analysi...

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  • Wars of Neoliberalism
    Wars of Neoliberalism

    Wars of neoliberalism

    A revealing analysis of the political economy of the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. The book sheds fresh light on the lucrative private contracts for reconstruction projects, largely unregulated and unsupervised, that contributed to the further degradation and immiseration of the occupie...

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  • Convergence
    Convergence

    Convergence

    Competing visions of the future are at the heart of debates on climate change. In navigating between entrenched geopolitical logics and transformative possibilities, this book provides readers with a vocabulary and framework for assessing climate risk rooted in current realities but not limited b...

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  • Brothers of Italy
    Brothers of Italy

    Brothers of italy

    This book charts the origin and evolution of Georgia Meloni and the Fratelli D’Italia, the first radical right party to lead a government in Europe since the Second World War. It examines its organization, political elite, ideological positioning, policy proposals and supporter base.

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  • Artificial Violence
    Artificial Violence

    Artificial violence

    The book shows how the Anthropocene and artificial intelligence, fields that have come to define the early decades of the twenty-first century, have mediated practices of violence and transformed how violence is realised, requiring a reworkng of the concept.

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  • Towards a Decolonial European Studies
    Towards a Decolonial European Studies

    Towards a decolonial european studies

    As their empires ended, European states developed a new constellation of power via the European Union, one that, unsurprisingly, reproduces colonial attitudes and approaches. This book brings decolonial thinking to bear on the institutions, structures and policies of the EU to analyse the colonia...

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  • On the Seas of the Indo-Pacific
    On the Seas of the Indo-Pacific

    On the seas of the indo-pacific

    The seas of the Indo-Pacific are at the centre of the global trading economy, yet these waters present complex security threats that defy boundaries and conventional understandings of conflict or sovereignty. This book examines the challenges and threats for shipping along these trade networks.

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  • Making and Unmaking Peace in Europe
    Making and Unmaking Peace in Europe

    Making and unmaking peace in europe

    Catherine Guisan considers what lessons can be learnt for future conflict resolution, especially the War in Ukraine, from the processes of peacebuilding in Europe since the Second World War.

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  • Max Weber’s Sociological Thought on the Economy
    Max Weber’s Sociological Thought on the Economy

    Max weber’s sociological thought on the economy

    Max Weber (1864–1920) has long been considered a founding figure of sociology. This book offers a fresh reading of Weber’s work and highlights his thinking about the economy and economic interactions in society.

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  • Want
    Want

    Want

    Helen Barnard asks what it takes to slay "Want" in modern Britain and explores what we can learn from our past to build a better, fairer, more equal and more hopeful society.

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  • The Gig Economy
    The Gig Economy

    The gig economy

    The “gig economy” is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors.This books...

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  • Deglobalization
    Deglobalization

    Deglobalization

    Edward Ashbee guides the reader through the intricate web of processes and forces of globalization that have shaped the world’s politics and economics over the last 40 years. This is an invaluable overview of one of the most important phenomena of our age.

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  • Climate Finance
    Climate Finance

    Climate finance

    This book develops an expansive definition of climate finance and a critical framework for analysing its political economy. The authors highlight the diversity, scale and contradictions of climate finance entanglements – from funding renewable energy, putting a price on carbon, responsible invest...

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  • Decolonizing African Agriculture
    Decolonizing African Agriculture

    Decolonizing african agriculture

    In a compelling analysis of the failures of agricultural development in Africa William Moseley advocates for a non-colonial, indigenous agronomy that creates the social innovation needed to support the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.

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  • Idleness
    Idleness

    Idleness

    We are stuck in a low-pay, low-productivity rut, with far too many people working in poor quality jobs, with barely any training and little chance of getting on. Bold thinking is required to reverse this trend. This book considers what can be done.

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  • New York
    New York

    New york

    A comprehensive analysis of the political, economic and social dynamics that have made New York a megacity today.

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  • Thatcherism
    Thatcherism

    Thatcherism

    A lively analysis of how Thatcherism became an ideology for politics to conjure with, its relationship with its eponymous leader and with the Conservative Party, as well as the long-term implications for the British people.

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  • Capitalism, Socialism and Property Rights
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    Capitalism, socialism and property rights

    Mateusz Machaj offers an in-depth examination of one of the defining issues that separates capitalism from socialism—the system of ownership or property rights—to highlight fundamental problems in the market socialism model. He shows that the mechanism of efficiency in market socialism is unable ...

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  • The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities
    The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities

    The cultural infrastructure of cities

    This collection of essays offers a fresh perspective on infrastructure, inviting readers to (re)consider the ways that culture is produced and expressed within cities by examining the geographies of its spaces, venues, performances and embodiments.

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  • The Political Economy of Brexit
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    The political economy of brexit

    This collection of essays explores the ramifications of the Brexit decision for the UK and European economies. These essays provide an important first step in assessing the threats and challenges that a Brexit poses for the UK and wider EU economy and will be welcome reading for anyone in search ...

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  • The Natural Dividend
    The Natural Dividend

    The natural dividend

    How might we best negotiate the world’s scarce pool of natural resources? This book advocates a management regime that is both politically, as well as environmentally, sustainable, and shows how such management might work to protect our common heritage and secure the benefits we can expect from s...

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  • The Russian Economy
    The Russian Economy

    The russian economy

    A new introduction to the modern Russian economy, one that explores Russia's continued tentative and inconsistent use of the market and the microfoundations and leadership norms of Russia's "sistema" that continue to inhibit liberalization.

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  • The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

    The campaign for nuclear disarmament

    The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) began in 1957 with a small group of public figures and grew into a mass movement. Martin Shaw details CND’s rise, the activists involved, the tensions around direct action, and the culture and social groups that the campaign mobilized to "ban the bomb".

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  • Okinawa
    Okinawa

    Okinawa

    Located between the tip of Japan and Taiwan, Okinawa is a tiny island of huge geopolitical importance. Its sovereignty is contested by China and as a strategic asset for US and Japanese military it is a potential target for North Korean missiles.

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  • A Modern Migration Theory
    A Modern Migration Theory

    A modern migration theory

    How does the EU square the seemingly contradictory objectives of bringing about less migration – its current approach to the refugee crisis – and more migration, which is its current response to the Union’s demographic deficit? Peo Hansen explores how this might be resolved.

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  • The War on Terror
    The War on Terror

    The war on terror

    An enduring feature of American foreign policy for over two decades. This book shows how the War on Terror has changed global politics, why it has been fought and why it has proven so difficult to end despite multiple failed attempts at course correction.

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  • Inside the Deal
    Inside the Deal

    Inside the deal

    This frank and uncompromising account gives the inside view from the EU side of what it was really like to negotiate the Brexit agreement with the UK.

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  • Europe's Brexit
    Europe's Brexit

    Europe's brexit

    This book offers an in-depth, ground-up analysis of the attitudes and opinions of the rest of Europe towards Brexit. Drawing on the research of country experts, the book provides essential context and insight into the likely approach of the European nations towards the UK at this historic juncture.

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  • Conservatism
    Conservatism

    Conservatism

    An account of British conservativism which avoids the usual confusion between the ideology and the stated principles of a party which prides itself on an ability to change its views according to circumstances.

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  • The Future of UK-China Relations
    The Future of UK-China Relations

    The future of uk-china relations

    At a time when China’s role in the world is becoming the focus of international business strategy and Brexit is pushing the UK to look to the rest of the world for trade and investment, Kerry Brown assesses the potential for a new “golden age” of UK–China relations and what the UK needs to unders...

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  • Bounded Rationality
    Bounded Rationality

    Bounded rationality

    This short book introduces the field of bounded rationality to a beginning readership in economics. It is intended to be a tour of the key concepts involved in the modeling of bounded rationality, the approaches that have been adopted and some of the most revealing, and at times surprising, findi...

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  • The Political Economy of Housing Financialization
    The Political Economy of Housing Financialization

    The political economy of housing financialization

    Greg Fuller explores the growing role of mortgage markets in the macroeconomy and provides a comparative analysis of housing finance and its growth across a number of European economies and the United States. The book offers an insightful and timely discussion of the key political-economic conseq...

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  • Pessimism, Quietism and Nature as Refuge
    Pessimism, Quietism and Nature as Refuge

    Pessimism, quietism and nature as refuge

    How do we, as individuals, accommodate a pessimistic and misanthropic view of the world? If the human condition is impossible to ameliorate, then how should we live? To bring about the wellbeing and happiness we seek, argues Cooper, requires a quietism that seeks refuge from the everyday human wo...

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  • The Money Laundering Market
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    The money laundering market

    This volume takes an integrated look at money laundering, by considering the laws, the launderers, and the new economics of money laundering in the digital age.

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  • Farming as Financial Asset
    Farming as Financial Asset

    Farming as financial asset

    Stefan Ouma seeks to debunk the misconceptions and assumptions about “finance-gone-farming” with a penetrating analysis of case studies taken from both the developed and developing world. The book provides fascinating insights into the inner workings of the agri-focused asset management industry.

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  • Feminist Political Economy
    Feminist Political Economy

    Feminist political economy

    A much-needed introduction to key topics in feminist political economy, this book takes a global perspective and engages in debates that are relevant for the Global North and/or the Global South. Essential reading for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of power relations in the economy.

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  • Populocracy
    Populocracy

    Populocracy

    Populism has become a significant feature of mature democracies in the twenty-first century and the rise of populist parties is proving a powerful and disruptive force. Catherine Fieschi offers a comparative analysis of the rise of populist parties in France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK in ...

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  • Labour Regimes and Global Production
    Labour Regimes and Global Production

    Labour regimes and global production

    The book considers a range of conceptual debates around labour regimes and global production relating to issues of scale, informality, race, social reproduction, the labour process and migration as well as in relation to methods, theory and research practice.

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  • Of Time and Lamentation
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    Of time and lamentation

    Time’s mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound philosopher. In Of Time and Lamentation, Raymond Tallis rises to this challenge and explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand ...

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  • Righting the Economy
    Righting the Economy

    Righting the economy

    This collection of essays from both civil society professionals and academics advocates for a new economy, one built on the foundation of human rights.

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  • Gaia Wakes
    Gaia Wakes

    Gaia wakes

    A bold and compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet, one which explores the development of a technologically enabled planetary brain capable of coordinating ecological functions and peering far into the future and universe.

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  • The Rise of State Capital
    The Rise of State Capital

    The rise of state capital

    This book is a comprehensive analysis of the unprecedented rise in large-scale, state-led transnational investment from countries as diverse as China, Russia and Norway, and the rise of the state in the global economy.

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  • The Economics of Arms
    The Economics of Arms

    The economics of arms

    This book explains how the arms industry makes its money. Keith Hartley offers an authoritative nontechnical introduction to the economics of arms industries and considers future trends, such as whether arms industries are better under state or private ownership, and how they can meet the challen...

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  • The Economics of Construction
    The Economics of Construction

    The economics of construction

    The construction of housing, commercial property and infrastructure projects – roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, airports – for both the private and public sectors is one of the biggest industries in the world. It contributes around 10 per cent of world GDP, employs 7 per cent of the global work...

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  • Whose Sovereignty?
    Whose Sovereignty?

    Whose sovereignty?

    This carefully argued case for a federal Europe proposes that national sovereignty has become increasingly untenable as mechanisms perpetuating fiscal, social, and environmental inequities transcend borders. A federal, democratized EU would strengthen Europe in the face of geopolitical uncertainty.

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  • The Price of Football
    The Price of Football

    The price of football

    This revised and updated third edition of the bestselling guide to understanding football club finance includes analysis of the most recent club accounts, the latest legal rulings on club affairs, and coverage of recent club sales, bankruptcies and accounting irregularities.

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  • The Habitation Society
    The Habitation Society

    The habitation society

    A compelling analysis of our transition from an industrial economy to a habitation economy, which maps out how this new economy can work more effectively for people, their families and their communities.

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  • The Anthropocene
    The Anthropocene

    The anthropocene

    An authoritative desk-top reference work for students of geography, the environment and sustainability, which through a series of 101 interconnected questions and answers spanning ten thematic sections, provides a comprehensive survey of humankind's impact on the global environment from the Late ...

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  • The Economics of Airlines
    The Economics of Airlines

    The economics of airlines

    This updated and expanded new edition explains the economic realities of the airline industry and the challenges that the sector now faces after the seismic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  • Degrowth
    Degrowth

    Degrowth

    This book summarizes the core elements of degrowth, a critique of the idea (and ideology) of economic growth. It grounds degrowth squarely within the field of ecological economics and, in addition to outlining its key ideas, explores what it would take for an economy to transition to a position t...

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  • Supercharge Me
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    Supercharge me

    Supercharge Me is a fast-paced, clearly written manual on how to accelerate the green transition.

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  • Belt and Road
    Belt and Road

    Belt and road

    China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most talked about and little understood policy initiatives of China. This short book offers a comprehensive, balanced and policy-oriented analysis of the BRI and what it means for western businesses and polities.

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  • Turkey and the Liberal International Order
    Turkey and the Liberal International Order

    Turkey and the liberal international order

    This book examines Turkey’s increasingly unstable position in the liberal international order and its complicated relationship with the West.

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  • The Economy's Other Half
    The Economy's Other Half

    The economy's other half

    Choices made in macroeconomic policies – such as government spending, taxation, monetary policy and financial regulation – have distinct distributive consequences for women and men. They also shape the constraints within which efforts to advance gender equality must operate. The implications of g...

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  • Social Democracy
    Social Democracy

    Social democracy

    A short history of one of the most successful European political ideologies and movements.

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  • Everyday Economics
    Everyday Economics

    Everyday economics

    This book explores the role played by the individual in the economy, in particular, how the individual experiences the economy. It shows the role of government, markets, and welfare in shaping our lives, providing an overview of the workings of the economy that takes as its starting point the int...

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  • Future Finance
    Future Finance

    Future finance

    A systematic rethinking of financialization, which explores how financial capitalism – especially the asset management industry – is organised, how the locus of power has shifted from public to private authority, and how its consequences have defined finance’s societal purpose.

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  • Macroeconomic Policy Since the Financial Crisis
    Macroeconomic Policy Since the Financial Crisis

    Macroeconomic policy since the financial crisis

    Starting from the premise that all models are wrong, but some are useful, Iannizzotto introduces and explains the working of the various macroeconomic models available for policymaking. Students are challenged to consider the strengths and weaknesses of each model so that they develop their own c...

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  • The Social Foundations of Global Finance
    The Social Foundations of Global Finance

    The social foundations of global finance

    A fresh collection of original contributions from a range of scholars inspired by the work of Tim Sinclair that critically engages and further applies the social foundations approach to global finance.

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  • The Handbook of Labour Unions
    The Handbook of Labour Unions

    The handbook of labour unions

    This collection of newly commissioned essays from an international cast of contributors provides an authoritative assessment of the continued economic, social and political relevance of labour unions and their potential to bring about progressive societal change.

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  • Whatever it Takes
    Whatever it Takes

    Whatever it takes

    Europe is at a crossroads: a restructuring at the very least, if not a new settlement of power, is in the cards. This book attempts to understand what "post-crisis Europe" will look like, and what the opportunities are to rethink its economic, social, and institutional architecture as well as to ...

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