Research

This interdisciplinary book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine this intriguing phenomenon in different political and cultural contexts. Written in an accessible, jargon-free style, it sets state-of-the-art agendas for understanding and strengthening the voluntary sector’s influence in place leadership.

An insider perspective of how LGBTQ+ civil society organisations influenced Irish public policy between 1993, the year when homosexuality was decriminalised, and 2015, when both marriage equality and progressive gender recognition legislation were introduced.

Drawing on longitudinal research involving ethnographic and narrative inquiry in the south Wales Valleys, this book attends to the everyday politics of welfare through its rhetorical imaginings, the practices of street level workers and across the interactions of women themselves.

Onlife criminology is the study of crime and social harm produced by the blurring lines between digital engagement and our everyday lives. This thought-provoking book analyses the threats of surveillance, indoctrination and abuse of personal data that can potentially affect us all.

Pay-as-you-go water dispensers are used in many areas in the Global South: this book examines the increasing influence of private corporations in the supply of water kiosks within Kenya. It shows how remote regions are being opened to market-based development, while excluding local approaches and actors.

In an era of exponential digital growth, this book shows how data centers are transforming urban landscapes and energy systems. Offering twenty case studies from Europe and the USA, it reveals the hidden impacts of our digital world, making essential reading for those shaping sustainable futures.

Climate change is often understood as a main driver of human mobility in Africa, but this book demonstrates the factors — from governance to household finance — that come into play in household mobility practices in Ethiopia and Ghana.

This book explores the evolving preventive immigration control system, analysing its impact on the rule of law. Examining state practices, EU agency operations and digital innovations like AI, it offers a critical look at how these layers erode legal norms and sheds light on modern border management challenges.

This edited collection brings together academics, practitioners, activists, parents and young people to explore the nature and causes of parent–carer blame. It interrogates its prevalence, impact and potential pathways for reform.

Examining high profile cases including Kiriakou, Snowden, Foxley and Assange, this book offers crucial insights into the subject of whistleblowing.

Against a backdrop of increasingly mixed economies of welfare, this book explores civil society responses to youth unemployment in a quasi-federal or devolved state post-Brexit and following COVID-19.