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This vital book brings together scholars from interconnected disciplines to discuss the eco-social debate, providing a critical overview on extant scholarship and reflecting on future research pathways on the eco-social nexus from a variety of analytical perspectives.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines how Sweden’s consent-based rape laws challenge outdated legal frameworks and offers insights applicable globally. It reveals how emotional and contextual factors impact legal reasoning and advocates for training in emotional reflexivity and empathy.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

This book reviews the social, political, cultural, ethical and military dimensions of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). The book uncovers the practices that construct LAWS as both a technological reality and a futuristic possibility in military and political contexts.

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.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Mittermaier's posthumous work bridges the gap between philosophy and economics by integrating subjectivism from both fields. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of economic theory, this is a key contribution to contemporary debates.

Published in association with the Social Policy Association, provides a comprehensive review of the past year’s key policy trends and most significant scholarship. Featuring expert contributions around elections, parties and comparative perspectives, it critically examines emerging issues, policy responses and theoretical advancements in the field.

This book develops a theoretically rigorous and politicized concept of the planetary to intervene in contemporary debates on global development, and to enhance our critical understanding of development as we approach the second quarter of the twenty-first century.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing. This book explores the technological and legal changes needed to keep global warming below 2°C. Revealing the controversies of rapid technological adoption and legal reform, experts provide solutions for a complex future.

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.

Based on in-depth fieldwork with Belgian children aged 10 to 16, this book examines how children in shared physical custody define and negotiate their place within the household of each parent. Challenging stereotypes, the book provides valuable insights for practitioners and scholars to better understand and support children and their parents.