Territorial politics, intergovernmental relations and federalism Territorial politics has become a field of study that covers a diverse range of disciplines, including geography, economics, sociology, law and of course politics, to study social and political communities as well as the multi- level structures within and also beyond state boundaries (Hepburn and Detterbeck 2018, 2–3).1…
This study marks a culmination of many years of housing activism, ex- perience providing front-line homelessness services and detailed research work. In the U.S. and UK, I have worked with homeless migrant groups in different capacities and contexts (as an inner-city community organiser, an anti-eviction campaigner and housing rights advocate), and my knowl- edge, experience and understand…
This book attempts to understand what data means for journalism but also explore the implications of data reporting for data while the control over data is tightened and transparency is weighed against accountability. Today, data has become an inseparable element of our lives and consequently is an invaluable resource for journalists. Data refers to any content or information in digital fo…
This book is the culmination of several years of research and would not have seen the light of day without support from friends and colleagues. I am thankful to all the interviewees for their time and cooperation (see full list of interviewees at the end of the book).
This book has come together over several years, as books often do. My thanks go to Palgrave Series Editor, Jonathan Crichton, who encouraged me to write the book and whose guiding words helped shape the early stages.
We live in interesting times, yet humanity is at a crossroad. Industrialization and digitalization have brought immense economic growth, but relatively few fully enjoy this prosperity. Products and services have been personalized and made available to consumers with increased accessibility and variety, but hunger and despair have become more pervasive in deprived regions. Production and distrib…
This book connects the work of US private foundations, the United States government, and Brazilian intellectuals to explore how they worked collaboratively to address racial disparities in Brazil during the Cold War. It reveals not only how anti-racism was promoted during this period, shaping the political and academic agenda, but also demonstrates the importance of American foundations, especi…
The purpose of this book is to provide some information on the context of the war, as well as to offer an assessment of the way the EU reacted to the confict. The war waged by Russia against Ukraine is a defning moment for Europe, as the strong emotional reactions and momentous strategic as well as political consequences witness. This book advances two interrelated key arguments. First, th…
This book discusses the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on international relations theories. As a phenomenon, AI is everywhere in the real world and growing. Through its transformative nature, it is simultaneously simplifying and complicating processes. Importantly, it also overlooks and “misunderstands”. Globally, leaders, diplomats and policymakers have had to familiarise themselve…
This volume presents contributions made by Daniel Druckman on the topics of negotiation, national identity, and justice. Containing research conducted and published over a half century, the volume is divided into seven thematic parts that cover: the multifaceted career, flexibility in negotiation, values and interests, turning points, national identity, and process and outcome justice. It roun…
Why do states still need diplomats? Despite instantaneous electronic communication and rapid global travel, the importance of ambassadors and embassies has in many ways grown since the middle of the nineteenth century. However, in theories of international relations, diplomats are often neglected in favor of states or leaders, or they are dismissed as old-fashioned. David Lindsey develops a …
This book analyzes international affairs in the post-Cold War era by taking a special look at identity, norms and interests and the limits of liberal normative universalism. The book assesses the causes of the deterioration of Russian – Western relations, the management of the liberal international order, the challenges liberal democracies face today, the rise of China and its consequences on…
There is hardly any aspect of social, political, and economic life today that is not also governed internationally. Drawing on debates around hierarchy, hegemony, and authority in international politics, this volume takes the study of the international “beyond anarchy” a step further by establishing the concept of rule as the defining feature of order in the international realm. The co…
The present book proposes a framework for understanding long- term change in world politics in terms of social evolution. ‘Change’ deliberately includes the very emergence of world politics as a recognizable realm in its own right within the social world and its constant transformation thereafter. In order to provide such a framework, this book offers a condensed, yet quite far-reaching, r…
This volume examines the ethical issues that arise as a result of national security intelligence collection and analysis. Powerful new technologies enable the collection, communication and analysis of national security data on an unprecedented scale. Data collection now plays a central role in intelligence practice, yet this development raises a host of ethical and national security proble…
A response to the depletion of the rhetoric of sociology and the spiritual capital of theology, this volume explores the remains of Christianity that still lurk as portents in a progressively de-Christianised society seeking replacements for belief. With the sociologist set in the role of an oracle seeking traces of Christianity in a discipline in which the intrusion of theological understandin…
This SAGE Handbook brings together cutting edge social scientific research and theoretical insight into the emerging contours of digital society. Chapters explore the relationship between digitisation, social organisation and social transformation at both the macro and micro level, making this a valuable resource for postgraduate students and academics conducting research across the social scie…
This book is about homemaking in situations of migration and displacement. It explores how homes are made, remade, lost, revived, expanded and contracted through experiences of migration, to ask what it means to make a home away from home. We draw together a wide range of perspectives from across multiple disciplines and contexts, which explore how old homes, lost homes, and new homes connect a…
This book is concerned with applying the top-down approach of systems engineering to the development of a contribution to our understanding of society and the forces that drive its evolution. It is motivated by my assertion that we are currently at a critical point in this evolution and that a failure to recognise this could have unfortunate consequences. But for such recognition to develop and…
It was shortly after dawn one morning in May 1979 when my rattling Soviet-made black Volga passed through the mist-covered mountains of northern Vietnam and descended into Lang Son, near the border with China. A key bridge south of the town had collapsed and lay buckled on its side as a makeshift bamboo raft ferried people across the river. The ruins of the former brick hospital could be recogn…
Managerial Accounting includes pedagogical elements that engage and instruct students without cluttering the pages or interrupting student learning. Garrison’s key pedagogical tools enhance and support students’ understanding of the concepts rather than compete with the narrative for their attention.