Social discrimination
Representation, Resistance and the Digiqueer
Fighting for Recognition in Technocratic Times
Digital media technologies have enabled some LGBTQ+ individuals and communities to successfully organise for basic rights and justice, albeit at a risk of harassment and assault. Justin Ellis brings a ‘digiqueer’ perspective to LGBTQ+ identity formation through social media networks and considers the effects of surveillance technologies.
COVID-19 and Racism
Counter-Stories of Colliding Pandemics
This book addresses the prejudices that emerged out of the collision of the two pandemics of 2020: COVID-19 and Racism.
Managing Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Global Policies, Narratives and Practices
This book provides an accessible guide to the key elements of risk in policy making and shows how its use and misuse has shaped policy makers’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a range of countries.
Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis
Findings from the Evidence for Equality National Survey
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Drawing from the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS), this book presents new evidence of ethnic inequalities and sheds new light on underlying racisms, opening them up to debate as crucial social concerns.
The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune
Prospects for Prosperity in Our Times
Bringing together philosophical insights with social theory, this book develops a better understanding of the role luck plays in generating and reinforcing inequality. The author offers a political economy of life chances and an analysis of durable and demonstrable social inequalities, revealing how they are sustained and reproduced.
Children, Family and the State
A Critical Introduction
This book gives students a critical insight into how children and families' everyday lives and experiences are shaped by policy and legislation. Providing guidance on developing academic assignments throughout, it covers concepts such as the family within multicultural societies, poverty, social mobility and life-chances.
Northern Exposure
COVID-19 and Regional Inequalities in Health and Wealth
Using original data analysis from a wide range of sources, this book addresses the vital contemporary issue of regional inequality through the impact of COVID-19.
Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe
The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity
Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion of young people and derives crucial new policy recommendations. Contributors offer fresh insights into areas including youth well-being, health, leaving home and risks of poverty.
It’s Not Where You Live, It's How You Live
Class and Gender Struggles in a Dublin Estate
This ground-breaking and compelling book shows in fine detail the life struggles of those who live on a public housing estate in Dublin. Combining long-term research into residents’ lived experience with critical realist theory, it provides a completely fresh perspective on public housing in Ireland and arguably, beyond.
Making a Life on Mean Welfare
Voices from Multicultural Sydney
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and the author’s own experience, this book explores how diverse welfare users navigate the personal and practical hurdles of Australia’s social security system.
The Reformation of Welfare
The New Faith of the Labour Market
Inspired by ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment.
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
The Victim Journey
This book traces the journey of victims/survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking into and within the UK, from recruitment to representation to (re)integration. It offers crucial suggestions for better public awareness, policies and practices that will impact interventions in the UK and beyond.