Publications
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The New Russian Nationalism
(2016-03-01)
Assessing the transformation of Russian nationalist discourse in the 21st century Russian nationalism, previously dominated by ‘imperial’ tendencies – pride in a large, strong and multi-ethnic state able to project its ...
Writing Black Scotland
(2020)
Writing Black Scotland examines race and racism in devolutionary Scottish literature, with a focus on the critical significance of blackness. The book reads blackness in Scottish writing from the 1970s to the early 2000s, ...
The Edinburgh Companion to the New European Humanities
(2024)
This is the first collection that highlights the strengths and contributions of the Humanities, in the European region. The volume stresses the positive and multidimensional impact of the Humanities on core areas of human ...
Denying the Spoils of War
(2018)
Joseph O'Mahoney systematically analyses 21 case studies – including the Manchurian Crisis, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and Russia’s annexation of Crimea – to explore why so many states have adopted a policy of ...
Moralities of Drone Violence
(2023)
Moral uncertainty surrounding the use of armed drones has been a persistent problem for more than two decades. In response, Moralities of Drone Violence aims to provide greater clarity by exploring and ordering a variety ...
Urban Inequality in Finland
(2024)
Taking on Finland as its main case study, <i>Urban Inequality in a Nordic Welfare State</i> investigates urban governance, land and housing policies and the uneven development of the built environment. It analyses city ...
Rereading Heterosexuality
(2012)
Heterosexuality in contemporary novels, re-examined using the frameworks of feminism and queer theory
Drawing on feminist and queer theories of sex, gender and sexuality, this study focuses on female identities at odds ...
Metaphor in Illness Writing
(2022)
Listen to the interview with Anita Wohlmann about Metaphor in Illness Writing in New Books Network here. Metaphor in Illness Writing argues that even when a metaphor appears problematic and limiting, it need not be dropped ...
New Frontiers
(2013)
Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are increasingly being asked to conduct research in an interdisciplinary manner ...
Scottish Education and Society since 1945
(2023)
Scotland developed a series of educational surveys between the late-1940s and the early-21st century that allow the country’s experience of education to be studied in systematic detail. No other country has an archive of ...