Faith and spirituality
Indigeneity: A Politics of Potential
Australia, Fiji and New Zealand
This is the first comprehensive integration of political theory to explain indigenous politics. It assesses how indigenous and liberal political theories interact to consider the policy implications of the indigenous right to self-determination.
Veiled Threats
Representing the Muslim Woman in Public Policy Discourses
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence
Uses original scholarship and empirical research to examine how Muslim women are represented in social policy discourse and situated within national debates about Britishness, the death of multiculturalism and international terrorism.
Religion, spirituality and the social sciences
Challenging marginalisation
This edited collection brings together an international panel of contributors to explore ways of engaging with issues of religion and spirituality when carrying out social science research.
Faith-Based Organisations and Exclusion in European Cities
This timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context.
Religion and Welfare in Europe
Gendered and Minority Perspectives
Compares regional conceptions and variations of welfare in relation to national religious traditions across key parts of Europe. Using comparative case studies, the book examines the transition from research to practical policy recommendations, highlighting the similarities and differences between selected European countries.