Sociology
Migrants and Refugees in Europe
Work Integration in Comparative Perspective
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book explores the labour market integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers across seven European countries. It investigates how legal, political, social and personal circumstances combine to determine the work trajectory for migrants who choose Europe as their home.
Psychology at the Heart of Social Change
Developing a Progressive Vision for Society
This book shows why we need, and can create, a progressive politics that is profoundly informed by insights from the psychotherapeutic and psychological domain, moving us from a politics of blame to a politics of understanding.
Disrupted Urbanism
Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities
The ‘smart city’ is often promoted as a technology-driven solution to complex urban issues. Drawing on original research conducted in urban African settings, this book provides a much-needed alternative view, exploring how ‘home-grown’ digital disruption, driven and initiated by local actors, upending the mainstream corporate narrative.
Affective Capitalism in Academia
Revealing Public Secrets
Drawing on affect theory and research on academic capitalism and 11 international case studies, this book examines the contemporary crisis of universities, from the coloniality of academic capitalism to performance management and the experience of being performance-managed.
Migration and Social Work
Approaches, Visions and Challenges
With cross-cultural perspectives from eight European countries, this book provides much-needed research on migration and social work. Focusing on the experiences and integration of refugees and asylum seekers, the text considers the impact of EU policies on borders and integration, and the rise of racism across European societies.
Island Criminology
Ten percent of the world’s population lives on islands, but until now the place and space characteristics of islands in criminological theory have not been deeply considered. This book addresses issues of how, and by whom, crime is defined in island settings, informed by the distinctive social structures of their communities.
Precarious Urbanism
Displacement, Belonging and the Reconstruction of Somali Cities
This book explores relationships between war, displacement and city-making. Focusing on people seeking refuge in Somali cities after being forced to migrate by violence, environmental shocks or economic pressures, it highlights how these populations are actively transforming urban space.
Social Networks and Migration
Relocations, Relationships and Resources
This intersectional study provides fresh insights into the complex networks of migrants. More than 200 interviews with people following multiple routes over eight decades help to illustrate how social support and trust are developed, how networks evolve over time, and how they impact the opportunities and obstacles migrants encounter.
Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa
A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban Uganda and South Africa, the book offers a new way of seeing this through an exploration of the multiple ways in which people learn to have better livelihoods.
Mediated Emotions of Migration
Reclaiming Affect for Agency
Drawing on empirical research and mediated stories of migration and asylum seeking from the Global North, this book unpacks how emotions and affect are key conceptual lenses for understanding contemporary processes and discourses around migration.
Researching and Writing Differently
This book considers new and alternative ways of doing scholarship in management studies and the social sciences. Spotlighting new methods and voices, it will be an invaluable resource for current and future scholars.
Making a Life on Mean Welfare
Voices from Multicultural Sydney
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and the author’s own experience, this book explores how diverse welfare users navigate the personal and practical hurdles of Australia’s social security system.