The Artisan Brand: Entrepreneurship and Marketing in Contemporary Craft Economies (2022)
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Mulholland, J., Ricci, A., & Massi, M. (Eds.). (2022). The Artisan Brand: Entrepreneurship and Marketing in Contemporary Craft Economies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

Investigating the changing forms and dynamics of the artisanal and craft sector, this timely book considers the opportunities, challenges and uncertainties associated with artisanal businesses in new economic times. An international range of case stu... Read More about The Artisan Brand: Entrepreneurship and Marketing in Contemporary Craft Economies.

Global Politics in a Post-Truth Age (2022)
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Ahmadzai, A., Balla, E., Hansen, E. S., Hyvönen, A., Lee, T. M. L., Makris, S., …Viparelli, I. (2022). S. McGlinchey, L. S. Lin, Z. S. Balci, & P. Vernon (Eds.). Global Politics in a Post-Truth Age. Bristol, UK: E-International Relations

This book brings together ten chapters that reflect upon the state of global, regional and national politics in the twenty-first century within the context of post-truth. The Oxford Dictionary’s definition of post-truth describes it as circumstances... Read More about Global Politics in a Post-Truth Age.

The European Union as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor (2022)
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Kaunert, C., MacKenzie, A., & Leonard, S. (2022). The European Union as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor. Edward Elgar Publishing

After the death of Osama Bin Laden and the demise of Al Qaeda, the EU is increasingly threatened by new jihadi terrorist groups such as ISIS, as exemplified by recent terror attacks on Paris, Brussels, Nice, Berlin and Manchester. This book investiga... Read More about The European Union as a Global Counter-Terrorism Actor.

Politics of Impunity: Torture, the Armed Forces and the Failure of Transitional Justice in Brazil (2022)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (2022). Politics of Impunity: Torture, the Armed Forces and the Failure of Transitional Justice in Brazil. Edinburgh University Press

Foundations of International Relations (2022)
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McGlinchey, S. (2022). Foundations of International Relations. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

An engaging introduction to the core concepts, theories, actors and issues in global politics. Featuring a combination of chapters authored by leading scholars, researchers and practitioners from around the world, this textbook takes into account the... Read More about Foundations of International Relations.

Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide (2021)
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Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2021). Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide. London: Sage

Developed and adapted by the authors of this book, thematic analysis (TA) is one of the most popular qualitative data analytic techniques in psychology and the social and health sciences. Building on the success of Braun & Clarke's 2006 paper first o... Read More about Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide.

Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars The Politics of Sex (2021)
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Mackay, F. (2021). Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars The Politics of Sex. London: Bloomsbury

Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars provides important theoretical background and context to the 'gender wars' or 'TERF wars' – the violent feminist fracture at the forefront of the LGBTQ international conversation. Using queer and female mascul... Read More about Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars The Politics of Sex.

Essentials of Thematic Analysis (2021)
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Terry, G., & Hayfield, N. (2021). Essentials of Thematic Analysis. Washington DC: American Psychological Association

Terry, G. and Hayfield, N. (forthcoming, July 2021) Essentials of thematic analysis. American Psychological Association.

Visual Art and Self-Construction (2021)
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Mitcheson, K. (2021). Visual Art and Self-Construction. Edinburgh University Press

Critically examining Ricoeur’s narrative account of self-construction, this book makes the case that the narrative model overlooks the variety of processes that can contribute to forming a self and neglects the materiality of these processes. Visual... Read More about Visual Art and Self-Construction.

Mapping Social Memory: A Psychotherapeutic Psychosocial Approach (2021)
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Williams, N. (2021). Mapping Social Memory: A Psychotherapeutic Psychosocial Approach. Switzerland: Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66157-1

This book is based on psychosocial research that explores the complex relationships of memory transmitted intergenerationally within families and the transgenerational social issues that form a part of those memories. The organising framework of mov... Read More about Mapping Social Memory: A Psychotherapeutic Psychosocial Approach.

Policing County Lines: Responses to Evolving Provincial Drug Markets (2021)
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Spicer, J. (2021). Policing County Lines: Responses to Evolving Provincial Drug Markets. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54193-4

The County Lines phenomenon has become one of the most significant drug market developments in the UK over recent years. This book analyses how it is being responded to by the police in affected provincial areas. Drawing on unique ethnographic fieldw... Read More about Policing County Lines: Responses to Evolving Provincial Drug Markets.

Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach (2021)
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Walzenbach, G., & Alleweldt, R. (2021). Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach. Bristol: E-International Relations

Subsidiarity as a principle in favour of decentralised decision-making is a cornerstone of the very legal construction of the EU. Yet, the question of how decision-making powers should be distributed between the EU and the member states is not, or on... Read More about Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach.

Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens (2020)
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Gildart, K., Gough-Yates, A., Lincoln, S., Osgerby, B., Robinson, L., Street, J., …Worley, M. (Eds.). (2020). Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28475-6

This book assesses the legacy of Dick Hebdige and his work on subcultures in his seminal work, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979). The volume interrogates the concept of subculture put forward by Hebdige, and asks if this concept is still capabl... Read More about Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens.

Co-ordination in Context: Institutional Choices to Promote Exports (2020)
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Walzenbach, G. (2020). Co-ordination in Context: Institutional Choices to Promote Exports. London and New York: Routledge

Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation (2020)
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Hayfield, N. (2020). Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation. London: Routledge

This book draws on psychological and social sciences research to offer a unique and in-depth exploration of the in/visibility of sexualities. It evidences how early sexologists understood sexuality within a binary model which provided the underpinnin... Read More about Bisexual and Pansexual Identities: Exploring and challenging invisibility and invalidation.

Refugees, Security and the European Union (2019)
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Leonard, S., & Kaunert, C. (2019). Refugees, Security and the European Union. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This book analyses the extent and the modalities of the securitization of asylum-seekers and refugees in the EU. The book argues that the development of the EU asylum policy, far from 'securitizing' asylum-seekers and refugees, has led to the str... Read More about Refugees, Security and the European Union.

Gendering Nationalism: Intersections of Nation, Gender and Sexuality (2018)
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(2018). J. Mulholland, N. Montagna, & E. Sanders-McDonagh (Eds.), Gendering Nationalism: Intersections of Nation, Gender and Sexuality. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76699-7

The 21st century has witnessed, to date, a dramatic resurgence in the forces of nationalism, but nationalisms taking new forms, and engaging gender and sexuality in innovative and transformational ways. This book explores the shifting and complex rel... Read More about Gendering Nationalism: Intersections of Nation, Gender and Sexuality.

Euro-Caribbean Societies in the 21st Century: Offshore finance, local élites and contentious politics (2018)
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Chauvin, S., Clegg, P., & Cousin, B. (2018). Euro-Caribbean Societies in the 21st Century: Offshore finance, local élites and contentious politics. Routledge

This edited collection examines the realities of the last remnants of the European colonial empires in the Caribbean, namely the British, Dutch and French overseas territories. Although known and perhaps infamous for their role as high-end touris... Read More about Euro-Caribbean Societies in the 21st Century: Offshore finance, local élites and contentious politics.

The Palgrave handbook of disabled children's childhoods (2018)
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Runswick-Cole, K., Curran, T., & Liddiard, K. (2018). K. Runswick-Cole, T. Curran, & K. Liddiard (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of disabled children's childhoods. Palgrave

Disabled children’s lives have often been discussed through medical concepts of disability rather than concepts of childhood. Western understandings of childhood have defined disabled children against child development ‘norms’ and have provided the r... Read More about The Palgrave handbook of disabled children's childhoods.

Reinventing Couples: Tradition, Agency and Bricolage (2018)
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Carter, J., & Duncan, S. (2018). Reinventing Couples: Tradition, Agency and Bricolage. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58961-3

This book presents a new approach to understanding contemporary personal life, taking account of how people build their lives through a bricolage of ‘tradition’ and ‘modern’. The authors examine how tradition is used and adapted, invented and re-inve... Read More about Reinventing Couples: Tradition, Agency and Bricolage.