Research

This book, based on original research, highlights the evolving role of mediators who assist families without legal support. It offers a fresh perspective on access to justice, integrating court, mediation and other methods to address current challenges in family justice.

The European Court of Human Rights depends on the good faith cooperation of its members to implement judgement and maintain legitimacy. This book presents an innovative framework for understanding how local cultures dynamically shape states’ ideas about what is and is not legitimate in international human rights regimes.

This book examines the evolving value of caregiving in Britain, from the establishment of the welfare state to the present day when state expenditure on welfare is under strain. It explores the shifts in discourses surrounding care, charting key social, economic, political and cultural changes which have led to the current 'care crisis'.

This English-language edition of a sole-authored book from Frédéric Ramel offers a defence of benevolence in world politics and argues that a diplomacy based on this principle is possible and even desirable.

In 2022, Russia became the first country to be expelled from the Council of Europe due to its invasion of Ukraine. The profound impact of its exit on international human rights is hard to overestimate. This book chronicles and examines the events leading up to Russia’s expulsion, the negative legacy left by it and strategies for the future policy.

This collection investigates how to rethink migration without reinforcing it as a problematic subject. The book illustrates that conceptually based, critical and creative thinking is as important for practice as it is for theory and can help us understand and respond to migration as a force that connects rather than divides.

Given the destructive consequences of capitalism, it has never been more urgent to reconsider democratic planning. But how can we construct this in realistic terms? This accessible work bridges current movements with academic and public discourse to offer an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to planning in the 21st century.

This book sheds light on the global legal impact of international social media campaigns on women’s rights. It makes a significant contribution to literature on human rights change, women’s rights and social media activism.

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in adult social care and exacerbated pressures on people drawing upon or providing care and support. This book examines the tensions between legislation, policy and practice and identifies lessons for future pandemic preparedness and systemic reform.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book addresses the significant violations of social rights in the UK, as well as the gaps in access to justice to remedy them. This is a unique contribution to our understanding of human rights from the perspective of access to justice with key insights for policy and practice.

This edited collection crosses international boundaries to highlight rural criminological issues, offering research on rural crime, justice and security from the seven continents with a macroscopic perspective on issues of international concern.

This book traces the process of producing testimonio with the children of Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). Challenging the notion of war-torn countries as pure devastation, the author invites readers to see them as sites of knowledge and creativity with much to offer for education, peace studies, and social justice research.