Publications
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Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain: A Social History
(2017)
This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political ...
Care in Healthcare: Reflections on Theory and Practice
(2017)
This book examines the concept of care and care practices in healthcare from the interdisciplinary perspectives of continental philosophy, care ethics, the social sciences, and anthropology. Areas addressed include dementia ...
Chapter 1: 'Sensing Absence: How to See What Isn't There in the Study of Science and Security' from book: Absence in Science, Security and Policy: From Research Agendas to Global Strategy
(2015)
This is a chapter from Absence in Science, Security and Policy edited by Brian Rappert and Brian Balmer. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license. Part reflection on the forthcoming chapters, part analysis ...
Chapter 9: 'Crowd Spatial Patterns at Bus Stops: Security Implications and Effects of Warning Messages' from book: Safety and Security in Transit Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach
(2015)
This is a chapter from Safety and Security in Transit Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach edited by Vania Ceccato and Andrew Newton. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license. As other chapters ...
Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2018)
What are the challenges and action points for agricultural sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa? This collection of papers offers technical analyses, policy recommendations and an overview of success stories to date. Each ...
The Crisis for Young People: Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare
(2017)
This book provides an original and challenging analysis of one of the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it explores the extent and scope of ...
Bordieuan Field Theory as an Instrument for Military Operational Analysis
(2017)
This book uses Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory as a lens through which to examine military operations. Novel in its approach, this innovative text provides a better, more nuanced understanding of the modern ‘battlespace’, ...
Curriculum Reform in the European Schools: Towards a 21st Century Vision
(2018)
This open access book examines the modern role of the European School system within the European Union, at a time when the global economy demands a new vision for contemporary education. The European schools are currently ...
Disability, Health and Human Development
(2017)
This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally ...
Making Medicines in Africa: The Political Economy of Industrializing for Local Health
(2015)
This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The importance of the pharmaceutical industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, its claim to policy priority, is rooted in the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. Making ...
The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes: Domestic Politics and Governance Reforms
(2018)
This open access book analyses the domestic politics of African dominant party regimes, most notably African governments’ survival strategies, to explain their variance of opinions and responses towards the reforming ...
Collaborating Against Child Abuse: Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model
(2017)
This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as one of the most important reforms related to children who are the victims of crime in ...
Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas: Integrated Assessment for Policy Analysis
(2018)
This book answers key questions about environment, people and their shared future in deltas. It develops a systematic and holistic approach for policy-orientated analysis for the future of these regions. It does so by ...
Fallibility at Work: Rethinking Excellence and Error in Organizations
(2017)
This book addresses how organizations can deal with human fallibility in order to create space for excellence at work. Some mistakes in work settings put lives at risk, while others create openings for innovative breakthroughs. ...
Executing Magic in the Modern Era: Criminal Bodies and the Gallows in Popular Medicine
(2017)
This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and ...
Heterogeneity, High Performance Computing, Self-Organization and the Cloud
(2018)
This open access book addresses the most recent developments in cloud computing such as HPC in the Cloud, heterogeneous cloud, self-organising and self-management, and discusses the business implications of cloud computing ...
The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain
(2017)
This book is the first academic study of the post-mortem practice of gibbeting (‘hanging in chains’), since the nineteenth century. Gibbeting involved placing the executed body of a malefactor in an iron cage and suspending ...
Grassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela: The Revolutionary Petro-State
(2017)
This book presents an ethnographic study of how grassroots activism in Venezuela during the Chávez presidency can be understood in relation to the country's history as a petro-state. Taking the contested relationship between ...
History Education and Conflict Transformation: Social Psychological Theories, History Teaching and Reconciliation
(2017)
This volume discusses the effects, models and implications of history teaching in relation to conflict transformation and reconciliation from a social-psychological perspective. Bringing together a mix of established and ...
Tobacco Control Policy in the Netherlands: Between Economy, Public Health, and Ideology
(2018)
Governments have known since the 1960s that smoking results in irreversible health damage. This open access book examines why governments have done so little to combat this when they have been aware of the problem and its ...