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Accessible and comprehensive, this book puts forth an innovative perspective on international aid, going beyond top-down attempts to centre local voices and practices.

This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the Tory Party’s policies on racism, the hostile environment and austerity under the leadership of Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary politics, and undergraduate and postgraduate students studying the sociology and politics of racism or social class.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book explores how recognition and governance of the environmental issues facing our planet is transforming local and global politics and governance.

What is the role of emerging markets within the global financial system? Are they subordinate or do they have autonomy to use finance for state objectives? This book brings together leading scholars to address these important questions, offering profound insights into how emerging markets are reshaping global finance.

This innovative book takes Bauman’s notions of ‘liquid modernity’ one step further to develop a theory of ‘liquid racism’. The authors show that while post-race theory argues that society is moving beyond racism, in reality, historical manifestations of racism continue. Except, society is now faced with a racism whose structures have changed .

This book offers a unique look into how couples manage paid employment, housework and childcare. The author explores how employment structures, policies and practices intersect with individual attitudes to either reinforce or challenge gender inequalities in the domestic sphere through the ‘doing’ and ‘undoing’ of gender.

Drawing on fieldwork in post-violence Cambodia, Rwanda and Indonesia, this book explores how political actors draw on memories of violent pasts to generate political power and legitimacy in the present.

This book provides a real-world view of undertaking a PhD in the social sciences within environments that are underpinned by precarity, insecurity and competition. Demystifying the PhD journey with insightful guidance, it offers strategies to beat imposter syndrome, boost confidence and make connections and networks in higher education.

This book examines the buildings used as reception centres for asylum seekers in central Italy to reveal how they reflect the European migration crisis and EU border management. It highlights key debates on the EU border, including their logistical management, the profit-driven industry they create and their colonial implications.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How do immigration policies shape migrant women’s pregnancy and maternity care? This book examines how gendered and racialized policies create barriers to care. Drawing on interviews with mothers and NHS staff, it offers key insights into reproduction, citizenship, and border controls.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book revisits and redefines stigma in the context of health and illness, addressing its problematic legacy and expanding the area by contributing theoretical and empirical chapters to advance our understanding.

This book examines the progress of the development of public policy evaluation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from multiple perspectives. It describes both past developments and the current state of evaluation across the region, focusing on three dimensions: the political, social and professional systems.