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Climate change imagery on social and traditional media platforms can be formulaic and narrow in perspective. Going beyond polar bears and wildfires, this book is a manifesto for opening up the visual discourse on climate.

Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This volume brings together global scholars contributing to anti-colonial scholarship. It creates a dynamic conversation between anti-colonial perspectives and global social theory, inspiring readers to rethink social sciences in a global context.

The first book to provide systematic and comparative empirical insights into a major way that social workers engage with policy – by holding elected office – this book analyses how and why social workers engage in electoral politics in liberal democracies.

Amid growing public concern about the negative effect cross-examination has on vulnerable witnesses, this book examines the effect of recent reforms to cross-examination across the different jurisdictions of the UK and Ireland.

After over a decade of unprecedented cuts, this important book examines the radical transformation of legal advice funding and delivery in the UK. Using Liverpool as a case study, the authors analyse the impact of these changes on access to justice, social rights and health inequalities.

Using an interdisciplinary framework, this edited volume provides the first comprehensive, comparative analysis of social work professional organisations in 15 countries, bridging Global North and South perspectives.

Why are some harms defined as crimes while others are not? This pioneering collection disrupts the boundaries of criminology, offering a bold, innovative exploration of crime, state power and social harm across historical and global contexts.

Drawing on rich empirical data and a mixed-methods approach, this book reveals how transnational dynamics have shaped the rise of Chinese philanthropy in an authoritarian context – and how, in turn, it is increasingly influencing the future of global philanthropy.

This book explores the political economy of Chinese and Japanese infrastructure financing in Indonesia, examining how Chinese and Japanese actors utilize diverse modes including Official Development Assistant, commercial loans, export credits, business-to-business investments and public-private partnerships to ensure profitability and manage risks.

Migrant activism is a powerful force in today’s globalized world, but how effective is it as a tool for social change? This book provides a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on the role of migrant movements in challenging discriminatory policies and the continued struggle for equality and justice.

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.