Research

The book tells the story of the proliferation of gated communities in Mexico over the last three decades. Weaving together the multiple influences of housing policy, predatory financial markets, and an increased fear of crime, the book sets out how policy makers and planners can provide non-gated solutions to urban anxiety.

This edited collection brings together social scientists to interpret identity from a wide range of analytical perspectives. Drawing on multiple interpretive traditions from the last 100 years, the book explores how underlying social, cultural and psychological forces shape the dimensions of identity.

Using Northern Ireland as a compelling case study, this book offers a critique of peacebuilding approaches with young people in contested societies. Offering a new model to understand peacebuilding, the authors urge peacebuilding communities around the globe to embrace an increasingly politicising and participative youth peace praxis.

This book brings together all the existing evidence on recovery capital measurement and its application to addiction recovery, and is the ‘go to’ book on this topic for researchers, policy makers, practitioners and people in recovery.

Young people’s mental health is in crisis, with many – especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds – struggling academically and with the later transition to employment. This book provides a blueprint for a fundamental shift in how schools support young people.

Building on the groundbreaking frameworks developed by the DataCenter Research for Justice, this updated edition challenges traditional research models and highlights the intersections between research, knowledge, and political power. It’s an essential resource for anyone committed to transforming structural inequities in research and society.

This book documents the intimate lives of Ukrainian families as they fled their homeland in search of a safe and stable place to stay. It focuses on the lives of 16 Ukrainian families in a small Spanish town near Madrid, and the local families that volunteered to host them despite a lack of state support and a clear EU plan for the refugees.

This book boldly introduces a decolonizing approach to feminist economics. The author provides valuable insights into feminist and decolonial perspectives on economics, moving beyond the boundaries of modern Eurocentrism. In doing so, she reveals profound insights into the relationship between colonialism, capitalism and patriarchy.

Featuring examples from the UK, China, Brazil, South Africa and the US, this book demonstrate how an action research programme based around the use of existing social research methods embedded in processes of co-production and participation can drive real-time social change

Demonstrating the value of the ‘Housing Plus’ approach, this book outlines the role social landlords can play in tackling community problems. With the voices of tenants and frontline staff at the forefront, Anne Power demonstrates how policy and practice can aid the re-expansion of social housing.

This book provides an up-to-date account of New Zealand public administration, including insider stories of leading reform. Co-authored by the former head of the New Zealand public service, it describes decades of change, what worked, what didn’t, and what challenges remain.

This edited collection brings together a range of experts in the field of surrogacy, at a time when the law in the UK has been fully reconsidered for the first time in generations. The book scrutinizes outdated laws, paving the way for overdue change. This is an unprecedented contribution to the public and parliamentary debate on surrogacy.