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Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements The Built Environment at Work

Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements The Built Environment at Work

Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements presents a detailed and comprehensive examination of the relationship between labour and the built environment and synergises these critical focus areas in innovative ways. This unrivalled edited collection of chapters analyses problems and presents possible solutions related to the employment and conditions of workers in the construction industry. It provides comprehensive coverage of the relationship between the global workforce and the built environment and is divided into four topical areas: how labour and the built environment relate to development; employment generation in the built environment; quality of employment in the built environment; and the impact of the built environment on labour in other sectors. Underpinning the entire book is the premise that the way the built environment is produced and its main products – buildings cities and towns – have an impact on large numbers of workers. At the same time the quality of the built environment requires construction workers who are well trained and with good working conditions. While cities and towns are the engines of economic growth they will not be able to fulfil their economic potential if poverty in the workforce is not addressed. Those who are unemployed underemployed or work in unfavourable conditions cannot fully contribute to production and at the same time are limited in their ability to purchase goods and services – therefore limiting economic growth and restricting improvements in their living standards. In addition investments in infrastructure housing and inner-city redevelopment cannot be sustainable if labour issues – i. e. poverty – are not addressed. This book aims at analysing this complex set of issues comprehensively and will be essential reading to a wide range of researchers across the interdisciplinary intersections of construction business and management economic development urban studies sociology political science and project management. | Routledge Handbook on Labour in Construction and Human Settlements The Built Environment at Work

GBP 160.00
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A History of Colombian Economic Thought The Economic Ideas that Built Modern Colombia

A History of Colombian Economic Thought The Economic Ideas that Built Modern Colombia

Ever since the quest for independence between 1810 and 1819 economic thought in Colombia has been shaped by policy debates and characterized by a pragmatic and eclectic approach. Economic thought in Colombia can only be revealed through the exploration of economists’ practices and the role of economic arguments within broader public debate. This history of Colombian economic thought provides a detailed account of major issues that have marked the constant feedback between economic ideas and economic practice in Colombia during the 19th and 20th centuries. This volume is thus a history of the interaction between ideas and policy. Those involved in these debates – politicians public officials journalists and latterly professional economists – established direct contact with what can be identified as the centers of production of economic theory (both in Europe and the US) and entered regional and local networks in economics but were not just importers of ideas or theories. The way in which they read discussed transformed and applied economic theories in Colombia makes for a rich environment for the production and implementation of economic policies that drew diverged and transformed the way economics was understood and used as a source of knowledge for practical concerns. This is why the history of Colombian economic thought does not fit into traditional typologies of economic schools and why it must be understood as part of a political debate and within a political social and cultural context that demanded specific solutions to urgent social demands. Through the study of what was taught when and how at the beginnings of the republican era and why and how professional economists came to lead public debate and economic policy making in the 20th century this book explores the foundations of this permanent interaction between theory and practice. This book will be of significant interest to readers of history of economic thought economic history and the history of Colombian and Latin American economic political and social life more broadly. | A History of Colombian Economic Thought The Economic Ideas that Built Modern Colombia

GBP 130.00
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Prevention of Premature Staining in New Buildings

Prevention of Premature Staining in New Buildings

The appearance of ugly staining early in a buildings life ruins an otherwise pleasing appearance tarnishes the image of the owners and gives rise to costly refurbishment works. In this book Phil Parnham raises a number of questions that should be considered whenever a new building is being designed or built. These are: why has staining become so prominent; what causes premature staining; which parts of new buildings are likely to be affected; how can it be avoided? By using a number of highly illustrated case studies the author answers these questions and ends by suggesting measures that should be taken by all design and construction professionals to prevent premature staining. | Prevention of Premature Staining in New Buildings

GBP 175.00
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Ethics in Planning

Ethics in Planning

Some planners limit discussions of ethics to simple though important questions about the propriety of their daily activities. This approach to ethics restricts discussion of professional ethics to the propriety of everyday social and professional relationships. It ignores the broader ethical content of planning practice methods and policies. While narrow definitions of ethical behavior can easily preoccupy public officials and professional associations they divert attention from more profound moral issues. Martin Wachs argues that ethical issues are implicit in nearly all planning decisions. For illustrative and educational reasons it is useful to divide ethics in planning into four distinct categories. The first category includes the moral implications of bureaucratic practices and rules of behavior regarding clients and supervisors. The second category includes ethical judgments which planners make in exercising their administrative discretion. More complex and represented by a third category are the moral implications of methods and the ethical content of criteria built into planning techniques and models. The final type represents the basic choices which society makes - those inherent in the consideration of major policy alternatives. Ethics in Planning contains a variety of representative papers to capture the current state of thinking. This book will be important as a text for survey classes in professional ethics given by university planning programs. It should also supplement short courses in planning ethics for practicing professionals and provide source materials for discussions of planning ethics sponsored by local chapters of the American Planning Association and similar organizations. It gathers together exemplary and critical works thus it will also interest individual planners in a field that only continues to grow in recognition and importance.

GBP 130.00
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The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities

The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities

The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities analyses violence in post-war cities from different perspectives and in different parts of the world with a shared attention to space and how it affects violent dynamics. The world is urbanising rapidly and cities are increasingly held as the most important arenas for sustainable development. Cities emerging from war are no exception but across the globe many post-war cities are ravaged by residual or renewed violence which threatens progress towards peace and stability. This volume addresses why such violence happens where and how it manifests and how it can be prevented. It includes contributions that are informed by both post-war logics and urban particularities that take intra-city dynamics into account and that adopt a spatial analysis of the city. They focus on cases around the world including Medellín (Colombia) Johannesburg (South Africa) and Mitrovica (Kosovo). The volume makes a threefold contribution to the research agenda on violence in post-war cities. First the contributions nuance our understanding of the causes and forms of the uneven spatial distribution of violence insecurities and trauma within and across post-war cities. Second the collection demonstrates how urban planning and the built environment shape and generate different forms of violence in post-war cities. Third the contributions explore the challenges opportunities and potential unintended consequences of conflict resolution in violent urban settings. Providing novel insights into the causes and dynamics of violence in post-war cities and challenges and opportunities for violence reduction The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities will be of great interest to scholars of peace violence conflict and its resolution urban studies built environment and planning. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Third World Thematics.

GBP 130.00
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Reconsidering Colonial Heritage in West African Cities Urban Space in Cape Verde Senegal and The Gambia

Reconsidering Colonial Heritage in West African Cities Urban Space in Cape Verde Senegal and The Gambia

The material heritage of the colonial era is built into Africa’s cities from their urban layouts to their architecture monuments and street names. This book discusses the varying responses to colonial heritage in West African cities with a particular focus on the case studies of Praia in Cape Verde Dakar in Senegal and Banjul in The Gambia. Europeans tended to focus on cities as centres of administration and they were often both the starting points for settlement and the locations in which power was formally handed over to new African governments. Colonialism in Praia Dakar and Banjul was abolished at different times under different colonial powers (Portuguese French and British) and amongst vastly different conditions of unrest. Based on extensive original research this book demonstrates that the contemporary approach to the contentious issue of urban colonial heritage is often determined by metropolis-colony relationship before decolonisation postcolonial diplomatic relations as well as present-day political decisions. The book uncovers a rich relationship between politics and urban space and between new and old. Combining insights from political sciences history critical geography heritage studies and urban planning this book will be of interest to a wide range of researchers. | Reconsidering Colonial Heritage in West African Cities Urban Space in Cape Verde Senegal and The Gambia

GBP 130.00
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Digitalization in Construction Recent trends and advances

Digitalization in Construction Recent trends and advances

This book highlights the latest trends and advances in applications of digital technologies in construction engineering and management. A collection of chapters is presented explicating how advanced technological solutions can innovatively address challenges and improve outcomes in the construction industry. Promising technologies that are highlighted include digital twins virtual reality augmented reality artificial intelligence robotics blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. The first section presents recent applications of extended reality technologies for construction education and advanced project control. The subsequent chapters explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) blockchain and BIM-enabled digitalization in construction through a series of case studies reviews and technical studies. Innovative technologies and digitalized solutions are proposed for improved design planning training monitoring inspection and operations management in Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) contexts. In addition to the technological perspectives and insights presented pressing issues such as decarbonization safety and sustainability in the built environment are also discussed. This book provides foundational knowledge and in-depth technical studies on emerging technologies for students academics and industry practitioners. The research demonstrates how the effective use of new technologies can enhance work methods transform organizational structures and bring profound advantages to construction project participants. | Digitalization in Construction Recent trends and advances

GBP 150.00
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Understanding Governance in South Asia

Understanding Governance in South Asia

The concept of good governance in South Asia poses a challenge at the implementation level mainly due to ethnocentricity regional disparities division between poor and rich and rural and urban division among the people. Concepts such as decentralization citizen engagement lean public service privatization autonomy public-private partnership may work well in developed countries but may not produce the same results in the region where the majority of poor people expect their government to fulfill their basic needs. Governance in South Asia needs to be reformed to ensure that poverty can be reduced if not completely eradicated. Poor governance and the various means by which governance has fallen short has led to lack of development and continuance of poverty in South Asian societies. South Asian countries have more or less similar objectives structures value systems cultures and standards of governance despite different forms of government. The colonial legacy of British administrative system had its impact on centralization. Secrecy elitism rigidity and social isolation is common to all South Asian countries. The post-colonial administrative system is built upon pre-colonial administrative traditions throughout the region. These countries can learn from each other’s experiences. They need to develop an indigenous model to find pragmatic solutions to the challenges of good governance. This book argues that countries in South Asian can achieve good results through good governance if they develop and adopt an indigenous model rather than simply borrowing models and ideas from the West. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Understanding Governance in South Asia

GBP 130.00
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Artistic Brotherhoods in the Nineteenth Century

Artistic Brotherhoods in the Nineteenth Century

This title was first published in 2000. The nineteenth century saw the emergence of numerous artistic brotherhoods - groups of artists bound together in communal production sharing spiritual and aesthetic aims. Although it is widely acknowledged that this is an unique feature of the period there has not previously been a separate study of the phenomenon. This collection of essays provides a thorough and wide-ranging exploration of the issue. Situating artistic brotherhoods within their historical context it offers unique insights into the social political economic and cultural milieu of the nineteenth century. It focuses on the most celebrated and influential brotherhoods while also bringing to light lesser-known or forgotten artists. The essays explore the artistic fraternity from a wide variety of perspectives probing issues of gender identity professional practices and artistic formation in Europe and the United States. This book investigates the Nazarenes the Pre-Raphaelites the Russian Abramatsova the Primitifs the Nabis as well as other leading groups. The book contains a substantial introduction which establishes the key questions and issues surrounding the phenomena of the artistic brotherhood including their relation to the larger artistic community their association with other social and political organizations of the period and the ways in which mythologies have been built around them in subsequent histories and recollections of the period. | Artistic Brotherhoods in the Nineteenth Century

GBP 105.00
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Social Mentality and Public Opinion in China

Social Mentality and Public Opinion in China

This book explores the relationship between social mentality public opinion media and other factors through mixed methods in China especially since the 21st century. The book deploys qualitative and quantitative research and adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective and diverse research methods. The studies are built on and contribute to the burgeoning literature seeking to anatomise the relationship between social mentality media and public opinion from the point of view of sociology and communication. It also aims to explore how media can be used to appease public opinion. As the first systematic study of the interconnection between social mentality and public opinion this book provides empirical support and a theoretical framework for both areas. It will thus be a great read for students and scholars of communication sociology and social psychology especially for those with a focus on China and new media. | Social Mentality and Public Opinion in China

GBP 120.00
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Occupational Mobility in Contemporary India Beyond One Generation Into the Future

Occupational Mobility in Contemporary India Beyond One Generation Into the Future

This book analyses the magnitude of the relationship between family background and adult occupational and educational outcomes and provides a comprehensive view of intergenerational mobility in the context of religious and caste dynamics in India. Based on nationally representative data sets the book tracks educational and occupational mobility experiences of different socio-religious groups in contemporary India. Examining primary and secondary data to comprehend the macro picture and the micro details the book offers insights into intra-generational occupational mobility and the perceptions and expectations of Muslim households. The book presents a classification of jobs and mobility analysis that is built on solid foundations of stratification theories. Moreover it identifies data and presents evidence on the neighborhood effects in India. Offering an analysis of intergenerational advancement this book is aimed at researchers in the field of economics sociology labor studies development studies minority and subaltern studies as well as those interested in the socio-economic issues of disadvantaged socio-religious groups in India. | Occupational Mobility in Contemporary India Beyond One Generation Into the Future

GBP 130.00
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Disability Diversity and Inclusive Education in Haiti Learning Exclusion and Educational Relationships in the Context of Crises

Disability Diversity and Inclusive Education in Haiti Learning Exclusion and Educational Relationships in the Context of Crises

This book examines disability diversity and schooling exclusion in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Defending a social and anthropological conception of disability as a consequence of any situation that makes a subject uncomfortable and unable to live or act properly the book explores the difficulties that disabled children face within the school system and considers how social exclusion provokes and exacerbates educational exclusion. With contributions from linguists educational sociologists educational psychologists educators and historians the chapters focus on a range of phenomena such as the balance of languages used for teaching gender equity associated disorders and the experiences of left-handed and deaf students. Ultimately the authors demonstrate how the educational relationships built and practiced in school influence the perceptions of people with disabilities with respect to both singular contexts and pedagogical practices. As such it represents an important study of the relationship between school exclusion disability and those with precarious socio-familial conditions and how they can be conceptualized and addressed in the context of crises. It will appeal to scholars researchers and academics with interests in diversity and inclusive education pedagogy crisis education and educational psychology. Chapters 1 3 7 and 8 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www. routledge. com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. | Disability Diversity and Inclusive Education in Haiti Learning Exclusion and Educational Relationships in the Context of Crises

GBP 120.00
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Other Voices The New Journalism in America

Other Voices The New Journalism in America

Conflicting journalistic voices that were raised in the past have become such a jumble that merely identifying them is difficult. Dennis and Rivers define categorize present and examine the voices that contributed to what became known as the new media environment in the 1970s. This new journalism came about as a result of dissatisfaction with existing values and standards of the early 1960s style of journalism. The authors are comprehensive in their concerns as reflected in the national scope presented. They cover developments in the major cities on both coasts in the Middle West and South in every major region of the United States. Most of the research required travel and interviews; all of it required reading almost endlessly and watching the video productions of journalists who built the structure of alternative television. Dennis and Rivers offer a representative view of forms and media as well as the people who fashioned the new orientation. The authors claim that the wrangling over objective and interpretative reporting misses the main point which is that neither is in close touch with reality. The best objective report may cover all surfaces of an event the best interpretative report may explain all its meanings but both are bloodless a world away from the experience. Color flavor atmosphere the ultimate human meaning all these the new journalists contend are far beyond the reach of traditional models of journalism. This is one of the central reasons for the emergence of different forms and practices in our time. This volume will help younger scholars understand the sources of quasi-journalistic practices extant today including blogging and electronic-only publications. | Other Voices The New Journalism in America

GBP 130.00
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iPad Music In the Studio and on Stage

iPad Music In the Studio and on Stage

Just as computer software changed the face of performing and recording over the past decades Apple's iPad tablet has the power to change how you produce music today. Author Mark Jenkins summarizes the iPad tablet's massive potential for music creation explaining in detail how all iPad models can connect to musically oriented accessories and reviewing the vast range of audio inputs microphones MIDI interfaces music keyboards drum controllers and even DJ and karaoke equipment now available. Keyboard players guitarists drummers vocalists DJs karaoke singers and experimental musicians whether experienced or just starting out can all benefit from expanding the amazing built-in abilities of the iPad using carefully chosen musical add-ons and accessories. Mark Jenkins explains and reviews the musical potential of iPad-oriented music equipment from dozens of manufacturers including Akai Alesis IK Multimedia Korg Line 6 M-Audio Novation Roland TASCAM and many others. The potential of Android tablets for music creation is also examined. Appendices list in detail the specifications for the iPad interface sockets and include links to Apple's schemes for software and hardware developers. | iPad Music In the Studio and on Stage

GBP 175.00
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Temporalities in/of Crises in Anglophone Literatures

Temporalities in/of Crises in Anglophone Literatures

Literary works play a crucial role in modelling and conceptualising temporalities. This becomes particularly apparent in times of crises which put conventionalised temporal patterns and routines under pressure. During crises past present and future appear to collapse into each other and give way to temporal disjunction and rupture. Offering pluralised and context-sensitive approaches to temporalities in and of crises this volume explores how literature’s engagement with crises suggests both the need for and possibility of rethinking ‘time’. The volume is committed to examining the affordances of specific genres and their potential in pointing beyond temporalities of crises to facilitate a sense of futurity. Individual essays are grounded in recent theories of temporality and literary form which are related to novel advancements in ecocriticism queer studies affect theory and postcolonial studies. The chapters cover a broad range of examples from different literary genres to reveal the knowledge of literature about temporalities in and of crises. | Temporalities in/of Crises in Anglophone Literatures

GBP 130.00
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Black Women Centre Stage Diasporic Solidarity in Contemporary Black British Theatre

Black Women Centre Stage Diasporic Solidarity in Contemporary Black British Theatre

This book examines the political alliances that are built across the diaspora in contemporary plays written by Black women playwrights in the UK. Through the concept of creative diasporic solidarity it offers an innovative theoretical approach to examine the ways in which the playwrights respond creatively to the violence and marginalisation of Black communities especially Black women. This study demonstrates that theatre can act as a productive space for the ethical encounter with the Other (understood in terms of alterity as someone different from the self) by examining the possibilities of these plays to activate the spectators’ responsibility and solidarity towards different types of violence experienced by Black women offering alternative modes of relationality. The book engages with a range of contemporary works written by Black women playwrights in the UK including Mojisola Adebayo Theresa Ikoko Diana Nneka Atuona Gloria Williams Charlene James or Yusra Warsama bringing to the fore a gendered and intersectional approach to the analysis of the texts. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in contemporary theatre gender studies and diaspora studies. | Black Women Centre Stage Diasporic Solidarity in Contemporary Black British Theatre

GBP 130.00
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Constructing Space A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants from Wenzhou in Paris

Constructing Space A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants from Wenzhou in Paris

This book presents the findings of a ten-year longitudinal study on the experience of Chinese immigrants from Wenzhou in Paris. The author examines the impact of the evolving spaces people from Wenzhou have built for themselves in the French capital both within immigrant communities and French society at large. The study discovers that over the course of a decade immigrants from Wenzhou in Paris have experienced notable changes in the industries they work in where they live their organizational structure how they interact with one another and their inter-generational dynamics. This book investigates four specific spaces: economic social cultural and policy-related all of which emerge from immigrants’ integration into local society and in turn impact their own integration. The author aims to reveal the paths and mechanisms of the community and how their social spaces have been constructed while the production mechanism of society from the theoretical point of view is also explored. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of Sociology Immigration Studies and East Asian Studies. It will also be an essential reading for those who are interested in Chinese immigration in general. | Constructing Space A Longitudinal Study of Immigrants from Wenzhou in Paris

GBP 120.00
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Partnering in the Construction Industry

Partnering in the Construction Industry

Partnering is the most effective way of tackling construction projects. This book explains how clients and construction firms using partnering can achieve ever higher levels of efficiency and certainty to provide world class buildings and infrastructure of all kinds. Detailed guidance about the actions that clients and professionals new to partnering need to take is given followed by advice about the actions individual firms can take to get the maximum benefits from partnering. Finally the book describes how highly developed forms of partnering are developing into strategic collaborative working that turns construction into a genuinely modern industry able to meet all customers needs. The book is designed to be used flexibly by a variety of readers with coloured sections and executive summaries built into the body of the text to enable senior managers to get a quick overview of the guidance provided. The detailed guidance provides those at the workface with the ammunition needed to cooperate with those around them in doing their best work. The guidance is supported by check lists that help ensure everyone involved knows what they need to do to match and then exceed today‘s best practice. Construction clients will learn how to get high quality reliable and fast completion and a firm price that represents best value for money. This book helps everyone in the construction industry be fairly rewarded for delivering best practice. The expert guidance also gives the construction industry the time and resources needed to give proper attention to all aspects of quality including sustainability and total life cycle costs. to match and then exceed today‘s best practice. | Partnering in the Construction Industry

GBP 175.00
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Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond Voices of the Unheard in the Global South

Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond Voices of the Unheard in the Global South

This collection presents a holistic picture of the sociolinguistic landscape in Bangladesh offering a critical understanding of language ideologies and social inequalities in the country as they connect more widely to dynamics in the Global South. The book seeks to untangle the voices embedded in the language practices of a range of communities and professions in the region which have been little studied in the literature and encourage a rethinking of the relationships between language and nationality class ethnicity race and gender. Highlighting perspectives from established and emerging researchers and drawing on a wide range of theoretical approaches and methodologies the volume is organized around such key themes as bilingualism and diglossia; language variation across domains; language and identity in literature; and the interconnectedness of language identity and globalization. Taken together the collection calls attention to the socially and spatially situated nature of language practices in Bangladesh and in turn the ways in which scholars in the Global South make sense of the sociolinguistic landscape at both the local and global levels. This book will appeal to scholars working in sociolinguistics particularly those working on language policy language and identity language variation and in or about the Global South. | Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond Voices of the Unheard in the Global South

GBP 130.00
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The Economics of Growth in Russia Overcoming the Poverty Trap

The Economics of Growth in Russia Overcoming the Poverty Trap

This book presents theoretical and empirical investigation of economic growth in Russia. The sharp decline in the national production that Russia endured in the 1990s linked directly to the exhausting and ill-planned transition from the planned economy to the market economy resulted in Russia plunging into the poverty trap. The goal of this book is to determine whether and how Russia manages to overcome the poverty trap and initiate and sustain economic growth. This book fills the gap between the volatile economic growth as an objective economic reality of Russia and the lack of scholarly literature on the issue. This study identifies the place and role of foreign aid in economic growth in the market-type post-transitional Russian economy and concludes that foreign aid does not play any significant role in the national economy contrary to what would follow from the classical poverty trap theory considered reviewed applied and tested in this study. Development economists should not overestimate the role of foreign aid in overcoming the poverty trap in those developing economic systems that are currently not in equilibrium and only move toward their steady state. The book will be of interest to those who want to learn more about specific problems in Russia’s newly built capitalism the country’s perspectives and its current semi-peripheral status. The book will also be an excellent supplement for students in Russian studies programs as well as for investors who want to do business in Russia and try to understand the country’s domestic economic conditions and processes. | The Economics of Growth in Russia Overcoming the Poverty Trap

GBP 130.00
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Architecture and Extraction in the Atlantic World 1500-1850

Architecture and Extraction in the Atlantic World 1500-1850

This edited collection examines the development of Atlantic World architecture after 1492. In particular the chapters explore the landscapes of extraction as material networks that brought people space and labor together in harvesting raw materials cultivating agriculture for export-level profits and circulating raw materials and commodities in Europe Africa and the Americas from 1500 to 1850. This book argues that histories of extraction remain incomplete without careful attention to the social physical and mental nexus that is architecture just as architecture’s development in the last 500 years cannot be adequately comprehended without attention to empire extraction colonialism and the rise of what Immanuel Wallerstein has called the world system. This world system was possible because of built environments that enabled resource extraction transport of raw materials circulation of commodities and enactment of power relations in the struggle between capital and labor. Separated into three sections: Harvesting the Environment Cultivating Profit and Circulating Commodities: Networks and Infrastructures this volume covers a wide range of geographies from England to South America from Africa to South Carolina. The book aims to decenter Eurocentric approaches to architectural history to expose the global circulation of ideas things commodities and people that constituted the architecture of extraction in the Atlantic World. In focusing on extraction we aim to recover histories of labor exploitation and racialized oppression of interest to the global community. The book will be of interest to researchers and students of architectural history geography urban and labor history literary studies historic preservation and colonial studies. | Architecture and Extraction in the Atlantic World 1500-1850

GBP 130.00
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Racism in Contemporary Germany Islamophobia in East and West

Racism in Contemporary Germany Islamophobia in East and West

This book presents a critical and empirically informed examination of Islamophobia and related issues of racism and nationalism in Germany today with particular attention to the East/West distinction. The authors representing several disciplines such as anthropology sociology and media and literary studies situate the topic in the global and German context of the 2015-16 migration crisis and its aftermath and of the ongoing transformations seen in the postsocialist regions of the European Union. Since the 2015-16 refugee crisis illiberal leaders and parties within Europe have instrumentalized Islamophobia in an attempt to dislodge the traditional political elites. Strikingly such illiberal movements have been most successful in the formerly socialist areas of the EU. This is mirrored within Germany itself where political formations with an Islamophobic agenda remain more popular in the East than in the West. This volume examines the reasons for this difference including not only the ideological heritage of Soviet-dominated socialism but also the effects of western interventions in the formerly socialist areas in and beyond Germany since the end of the Cold War. Some Islamophobic and other hateful tendencies were in fact introduced from and continue to prosper also in the West. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary European Studies. | Racism in Contemporary Germany Islamophobia in East and West

GBP 130.00
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Lying in the Dark Room Architectures of British Maternity

Lying in the Dark Room Architectures of British Maternity

Lying in the Dark Room: Architectures of British Maternity returns to and reflects on the spatial and architectural experience of childbirth through both a critical history of maternity spaces and a creative exploration of those we use today. Where conventional architectural histories objectify buildings (in parallel with the objectification of the maternal body) the book—in the mode of creative practice research—presents a creative-critical autotheory of the architecture of lying-in. It uses feminist subjective modes of thinking that travel across disciplines registers and arguments. The book assesses the transformation of maternity spaces—from the female bedchamber of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century marital homes to the lying-in hospitals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries purposely built by man-midwives to the late twentieth-century spaces of home and the modern hospital maternity wing—and the parallel shifts in maternal practices. The spaces are not treated as mute or neutral backdrops to maternal history but as a series of vital entangled atmospheres materials practices and objects that are produced by and in turn produce particular social and political conditions gendered structures and experiences. Moving across spaces systems protagonists and their subjectivities the book shows how hospital design and protocol altered ordinary birth at home and continues to shape maternal spatial experience today. As such it will be of interest to a wide range of readers from architectural historians theoreticians designers and students to medical humanities historians to English Literature humanities and material studies scholars as well as those interested in creative-critical writing. | Lying in the Dark Room Architectures of British Maternity

GBP 130.00
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New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

When technology has been applied in business environments its justification has usually been cast in terms of saving time or saving money. In the social sciences the justification must be different; the viability of sociology as a profession for example will not be enhanced by cost reductions. The focus in this volume is on a different bottom line: the quality and content of work. | New Technology in Sociology Practical Applications in Research and Work

GBP 130.00
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