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Challenging the notion of the US as a singular market-driven economy, this book reveals the critical role that both the Federal and State governments play in shaping growth and how individual states vary significantly in fostering innovation and high-value industries.

In the context of a global backlash against migrant and LGBTIQA+ rights , this book examines the experiences of LGBTIQA+ people in the UK asylum system. By blending empirical data and critical theory, the text highlights the contradictions between the UK’s purportedly LGBTIQA+ inclusive narratives and its treatment of sexually diverse refugees.

This book links criminological, political, moral and philosophical issues to offer a deeper understanding of the problem of social harm within the neoliberal environment. With case studies illustrating the direct and indirect harms that result from neoliberal policies or harmful inaction, it also demonstrates the harms caused by individualism.

Available open access digitally under a CC-BY-NC-ND license. This book examines the significance of both historical and contemporary inequality in shaping diplomatic disagreements in international relations.

This book examines how biodata shapes human lives, science, and global justice. Drawing on anthropology and science and technology studies, the book redefines biodata as both context and connection across complex systems and histories.

This book assesses the impact of a unique youth and community space in East London, created to support local young people in addressing the challenges in their lives. It gives clear and practical evidence of the significant benefits of open access youth work, with guidance on replicating best practice in similar urban environments.

Human Resource Management has grown in influence, yet critical examinations remain rare. This book applies psychoanalytic ideas to challenge its core theories, exposing the darker sides of organizational life. Moving beyond Freud and Lacan, it offers fresh insights, reshaping HRM as both a field and practice.

This book examines the military-humanitarian strategies used to manage the movement of refugees, focusing on the Venezuelan migration crisis in northern Brazil. Shedding light on the intersecting logics of aid, security and vulnerability, it reveals the embodied experiences of migration in precarious environments.

With the increasing influence of digital technologies on society, this timely book examines the ways modern technologies can adversely influence human perception and behaviour.

This book examines the evolution of UK skills policy from the 1881 Royal Commission on Technical Instruction to the present day, revealing how shifting political ideologies have shaped workforce development. It challenges conventional thinking and offers insights into how future skills policies can be more effective.

How do academic spaces perpetuate racial and religious inequalities, and what can be done to challenge them? This bold book explores British South Asian Muslim identity, unpacks Islamophobia and sparks conversations about inequality in higher education.

This book explores how the past and future shape our work and aspirations. Offering a fresh perspective on navigating careers amid precarity and planetary crises, this is essential reading for academics, students and anyone rethinking work.