Robert Biel critiques the dominant industrial food and farming system, arguing it undermines ecological diversity and intensifies dependency on fossil fuels. He advocates for sustainable paradigms …
This edited volume explores how prehistoric, historical, and ethnographic evidence from Southeast Asia illuminates economic exchange as both material trade and social interaction. Contributors exam…
Aslanbeigui and Oakes chronicle how Joan Robinson built her identity as a Cambridge economist during the 1930s, overcoming gender norms and academic obstacles. Drawing on correspondence and institu…
Schreiter explores how East and West Germany used industrial design, furniture production, trade fairs, and domestic aesthetics to negotiate national identity, ideology, and modernity amid Cold War…
Willim explores how emerging technologies gradually become invisible, woven into everyday life through routines, infrastructures, and unremarked behaviour. He introduces the concept of “mundaniaâ…
In this book Hosli explores how the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) cooperate, compete, and interact within global governance. She analyses EU-UN relationships across crises, policy…
Explores how virtual reality can serve as a research tool in the social sciences and humanities. Examines practical methods for designing, implementing, and analyzing VR studies, including 360° vi…
Examines evolving security relations between the European Union and China, highlighting surprising cooperation in anti-terrorism, maritime piracy, and energy security despite ideological and strate…
Examines how legal advice and welfare-rights services are delivered to disadvantaged communities amid public service restructuring and austerity. Investigates Law Centres in Britain, exploring the …
Across Europe, many young people find themselves drifting between unstable jobs and uncertain futures. This book traces how insecure work shapes identity, belonging, and wellbeing. Through stories …