Naveed Ahmed examines the impact of structural reform strategies of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) on the r......more
"Analysis of the contemporary tech workers situated between billionaire owners and precarious gig workers. This group, t......more
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Paralympic Games Explained is the leading introduction to the Para......more
Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Paralympic Games Explained is the leading introduction to the Para......more
In the echo of marching boots and the clash of steel, the storied past of one of Britain’s most distinguished regiments ......more
The digital world promised universal connection, yet the chasm between the connected and the excluded continues to deepe......more
How you language is who you are; language shapes your identity, relationships, and experiences. The Crip Linguistics Rea......more
In recent decades, Latin America has grappled with crises, conflicts, and inherent contradictions deeply rooted in the c......more
A practical guide to more fully achieving a meritocratic society. As America’s most vaunted cultural value, meritocracy ......more
A practical guide to more fully achieving a meritocratic society. As America’s most vaunted cultural value, meritocracy ......more
A pathbreaking study of why, paradoxically, workforce specialization and job responsibilities have increased hand in han......more
Solidarity from the high seas to South American, Caribbean, and North American ports. The Atlantic world in the late nin......more
An Amazon Best History Title of the Month A revelatory history of enslaved people’s resistance and self-emancipation, ac......more
In the tradition of Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, a longtime housing activist presents a vivid and myth-breaking account of......more
The poems in Mixtape: Marginal States bear witness to members of our human family who exist just outside the mainstream ......more
Losing a job has always been understood as one of the most important causes of downward social mobility in modern societ......more
Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece explores the rich grassroots experience of social mov......more
Did ordinary Italians have a ’Renaissance’? This book presents the first in-depth exploration of how artisans and small ......more
It would have been hard to miss the pivotal role debt has played for contentious politics in the last decades. The North......more
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Informed by over two decades of anthropological research in Chhattisgarh, this book examines how the marginalized Adivas......more
This book ties together social and medical history, Disability Studies, and Monster Studies to argue that people discuss......more
This book reexamines the politics of disability in interwar and socialist Czechoslovakia as embedded into nation buildin......more
This book departs from the universalising and rescue narratives of poor children and technologies. It offers complex sto......more
This book offers a critical exploration of the emergence and establishment of temporary urbanism, as a seductive discour......more
Caring (1985) offers an account of the experiences of carers across the United Kingdom, spanning all ages and diverse ba......more
The book, originally published in 1980 argues that the politics of health go deeper than administrators will readily adm......more
How citizens can create meaningful change in a world of mega-bonuses, super-rich and Big Tech New book reveals why (and ......more
In the early 1900s, amidst the bustling transformation of 20th century America, a gripping tale of personal liberation u......more
This book offers a new analysis of why Trump’s Far Right populism helped him win the Presidency twice, and how it enshri......more
This book offers a new analysis of why Trump’s Far Right populism helped him win the Presidency twice, and how it enshri......more
Across America, millions go hungry not because we lack food-but because we waste it. Every day, grocery stores throw awa......more
This open access book offers a critical sociolegal examination of the rights of people with intellectual and psychosocia......more
"They are deceived who imagine that slavery is a cheerful state of contentment." - Solomon Northup Twelve Years a Slave ......more
The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine forced the Potsdam based photographer Frank Gaudlitz to add a new chapter to hi......more
In today’s Latin America, social policy is a battleground. At stake is not just poverty relief, but the very meaning of ......more
In the United States, the bottom 50 percent of households hold only 1 percent of the nation’s wealth. Scholars and comme......more
In the United States, the bottom 50 percent of households hold only 1 percent of the nation’s wealth. Scholars and comme......more
This empirically researched and grounded book presents a learning-systems approach for mass-scalable educational content......more
Across England, one of the wealthiest yet most unequal nations in the world, families are being trapped in debt and home......more
A racial demographic transition has come to rural northern New England. White population losses sit alongside racial and......more
A racial demographic transition has come to rural northern New England. White population losses sit alongside racial and......more
Arguing for equality as the necessary foundation of liberty During Ralph Waldo Emerson’s lifetime, the idea of universal......more
In the disability community, which can have multiple meanings in itself, we often experience poignant moments in sociocu......more
In the disability community, which can have multiple meanings in itself, we often experience poignant moments in sociocu......more
Active in ministry since 2,000, Mary Lozano serves the community in need of soul care and inner healing by offering fait......more
School music teachers have always taught students with (dis)abilities in their classes and ensembles, and occasionally, ......more
This book explores China’s unique approach to tackling poverty. Blending economic, social, political, cultural and envir......more
Adults with intellectual disabilities can often have their views and needs overlooked and are frequently not sufficientl......more
Arguing for equality as the necessary foundation of liberty During Ralph Waldo Emerson’s lifetime, the idea of universal......more
"Ableism is everywhere, and we cannot continue just burying our heads in the sand. To not stand up to ableism is to cont......more
The book analyses the politics and socio-cultural forces in Gujarat for the last five decades....more
The introduction of pediatric cochlear implants more than 30 years ago has changed the lives of deaf children and their ......more
Written by three veteran interpreters with deep roots in the Deaf community and the performing arts, Sign Language Inter......more
An exploration of the resilient lives and legacies of enslaved Africans in Africa Unlike narratives focused on enslaved ......more
A powerful memoir of a woman plunged into fraudulent debt that explores America’s broken student loan system and illumin......more
The Bailout Babies dives into the lives of a generation caught between Ireland’s crash and comeback. Born in the boom, t......more
Exposing the ableism underlying medical innovation As medical advancements continue to shape the detection, diagnosis, a......more
First published in 1975, Social Service Budgets and Social Policy compares the attempts by British and US federal govern......more
This book explores the development process of the agricultural areas in the central plains of China under rapid urbaniza......more
Uncovering Hollywood’s perpetual longing for a lost industrial America "We don’t make things in America anymore" like cl......more
Exposing the ableism underlying medical innovation As medical advancements continue to shape the detection, diagnosis, a......more
Worker redundancy has become a widespread social phenomenon in industrialised countries over the past 50 years. Original......more
Originally published in 1995, this innovative collection provides a multidisciplinary and cross-national perspective on ......more
A rich and long history of revolutions--the English Civil War, the American War of Independence, the French, Russian, an......more
Slavery has ravaged African societies since at least 2,500 BCE, from Egypt to the Cape; from Mauritania to Somalia. Most......more
A nuanced reassessment of US democratic responsiveness and public opinion on economic policy that explores the real reas......more
A nuanced reassessment of US democratic responsiveness and public opinion on economic policy that explores the real reas......more
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This book is a part of a young girl’s journey while she and her family are homeless. it allows her to speak her thoughts......more