Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What shapes our sense of connection in today’s world? This book explores the broader social forces that shape our interactions and experiences to tackle loneliness and foster belonging. It offers visionary ideas for reshaping policy and research, paving the way for a more connected future.

This book explores the diverse challenges faced by Pride organisers globally, particularly post-COVID-19, focusing on accessibility, grassroots politics and environmental sustainability, while rethinking how Pride reshapes notions of modernity in the Global North and South.

Responsibility and accountability are key concepts in global development, and no less so in the case of south-south cooperation (SSC). This book illustrates how donorship responsibility and accountability are being debated, negotiated and operationalised in the context of rising powers’ development cooperation.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This edited collection provides new insights into refugee reception and camps by focusing on the overlap between local and global dynamics in the governance of camps, providing valuable insights to understand the complex realities of refugee camps around the world.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What does it mean to age in a world shaped by inequity? This book explores the challenges faced by marginalized older adults and their carers in high-income countries—offering insights for policy and actionable steps for inclusive ageing futures.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Examining both pre-war and post-war Japan, this book investigates what Japanese prime ministers have done after stepping down from office and what influence they have continued to exert.

Using Norway as a case study, this book examines what role the supranational European Court of Human Rights plays in the development and contestation of child protection and children’s rights as they are laid out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Reflective practice is at the heart of probation training and the continual professional development of practitioners. Using case studies, this book will equip the reader to develop their own reflective practice in order to make defensible, ethical decisions and benefit their career progression in this challenging profession.

This compelling book considers the effects of the digital era on English defamation law. Exploring the challenges posed by affordable technology, viral sharing and technological advancements such as AI, the book highlights the complexities claimants face in the current environment.

Bringing together researchers from around the world, this book explores the main theoretical insights on ecosocial work and how social workers can already bring the ecological dimension into their daily practice.

Focusing on both attitudinal and institutional repercussions of the pandemic, and transcending Western-centric narratives and study cases, this book asks the question: has the COVID-19 pandemic facilitated the adoption of more generous and inclusive social policies in Southeast Asia?