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Igniting a new field of scholarly inquiry, this pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of the radical idea of participatory democracy within organizations.

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The gender pay gap is economically irrational and yet stubbornly persistent. Focusing on the finance industry which is known for its gender pay disparity, this book explores the efforts being made to fix gendered inequities in the workplace and the factors stalling progress for the future.

This volume challenges the idea of wage employment as the global norm, comparing lived experiences of ‘ordinary work’ across conceptual and geographical boundaries and opening up new possibilities for how work, income, identity and care might be woven together differently.

One of the most important manuscripts surviving from thirteenth-century England, the documents known as the Hundred Rolls for Cambridge have been incomplete until the recent discovery of an additional roll.

Offering new translations and additional appendices, this invaluable volume updates the inaccurate transcription of 1818.

Exploring the 'authoritarian–financial complex' that shapes modern capitalism, this book unveils how neoliberalism fosters state and corporate repression in our lives. Bloom shows how financial securitisation fuels oppression by exploiting social inequalities. This is must-read on capitalism's drive for profit and authoritarian power.

Crafted for those who dare to challenge the status quo, this revolutionary guide asks crucial questions about organising and social movements in the 21st century. Drawing from frontline experiences of activists, it explores essential themes from leadership to the art of negotiation, empowering changemakers of today for a more just world.

Adopting a spatial approach to labour and social movements, this book explores how collective action shapes economic landscapes by examining the workers' movement in Spain’s metal sector, one of the country’s most unionised industries.

This volume offers an important vision of co-operation as an alternative to the neoliberal market, exploring the cooperative model’s potential for driving environmental and socio-economic transformation in the post-COVID world.

It may seem like a recent trend, but the businesses have been practicing “Compassionate Capitalism” for nearly a thousand years. Based on the recently discovered historical documents on Cambridge’s urban property market, this transdisciplinary study presents an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism.

Drawing on diverse feminist perspectives, this book examines how societal and organizational processes shape our perception of work, value and significance. Pianezzi's book disrupts the mind–body dualism, offering a profound analysis that challenges established norms and advocates for meaningful change.

This book offers a unique perspective on Sweden’s COVID-19 response in its publicly funded welfare sector which stood out as exemplary on the global stage. It is an insightful analysis, sparking wider debates on adapting to unforeseen challenges in public welfare.

This book analyses poverty in India as being intimately connected with the advent of caste, untouchability, colonialism, indentured servitude and slavery, and their relation to modern practices. It recommends a slew of bold domestic and international policies to eliminate poverty.