This multidisciplinary volume explores the multifaceted nature of inequality in Jamaica and other Latin American and Caribbean countries, offering nuanced solutions to address the persistently high inequality in the Global South.
The Routledge International Handbook on the Histories of Sociology starts from a simple but powerful conviction: there is not one history of sociology, but a multitude of histories written in different parts of the world, from diverse standpoints, and through different theoretical and methodological lenses.
Analyzes how Taiwan's #MeToo movement emerged from the Netflix series Wave Makers, showing how fictional storytelling mobilized real survivors and then tracing how the movement spread-and met its limits-through Taiwanese social media.
This handbook explores Japanese architecture and the built environment from diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives, tracing the influences that have shaped modern Japanese architecture and urbanism.
The Routledge International Handbook on the Histories of Sociology starts from a simple but powerful conviction: there is not one history of sociology, but a multitude of histories written in different parts of the world, from diverse standpoints, and through different theoretical and methodological lenses.
Analyzes how Taiwan's #MeToo movement emerged from the Netflix series Wave Makers, showing how fictional storytelling mobilized real survivors and then tracing how the movement spread-and met its limits-through Taiwanese social media.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of LGBTQ+ centers and organizations in urban areas, a phenomenon that began in North American and Western European cities four decades ago and now flourishes around the world.
This incisive book presents conceptual and empirical insights to illustrate how regions can adopt sustainable industry practices in response to climate change.
This Springer Brief offers a comprehensive synthesis of research on four domains shaping regional economic competitiveness: industry clusters, economic geography of knowledge and innovation, occupation and skill clusters, and social networks.
This Springer Brief offers a comprehensive synthesis of research on four domains shaping regional economic competitiveness: industry clusters, economic geography of knowledge and innovation, occupation and skill clusters, and social networks.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of LGBTQ+ centers and organizations in urban areas, a phenomenon that began in North American and Western European cities four decades ago and now flourishes around the world.
This book collects the contributions from the VII edition of the "e;UPhD Green"e; Conference, held in Florence, Italy on November 7, 2024, as part of the Urbanpromo event.
This book collects the contributions from the VII edition of the "e;UPhD Green"e; Conference, held in Florence, Italy on November 7, 2024, as part of the Urbanpromo event.
At a pivotal moment in Vietnamese history, this pioneering collection brings together a new generation of Vietnamese scholars-both within Vietnam and in the diaspora-to examine how gender and sexualities are lived, taught, expressed, understood, and resisted in contemporary Vietnamese society.
This book explores the changing relations between people, place and environment in rural Wales in the twenty first century and provides new understandings of rural geography and rural sociology.
This book addresses an urgent need to rethink the future of human settlement in the context of significant economic, social and environmental changes, arguing that we must look beyond our current paradigm of ‘sustainability’ to envision a continuously evolving framework for human settlements.
This book addresses an urgent need to rethink the future of human settlement in the context of significant economic, social and environmental changes, arguing that we must look beyond our current paradigm of ‘sustainability’ to envision a continuously evolving framework for human settlements.
Going Driftless is a book that explores a whole world within a world in the upper Midwest and looks at the nostalgia of small towns and local living (eating, shopping, etc.
Going Driftless is a book that explores a whole world within a world in the upper Midwest and looks at the nostalgia of small towns and local living (eating, shopping, etc.
In From Back Alley to the Border, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine examines the history of criminal abortion in California and the role abortion providers played in exposing and exploiting the faults in Californias anti-abortion statute throughout the twentieth century.
This title examines how Nontsizi Mgqwetho, a Xhosa woman writing in the 1920s, appropriated the traditional male imbongi role to address social, cultural, and political concerns of black South Africans through newspaper poetry, including: Analysis of Nontsizi Mgqwetho's appropriation of the traditional male imbongi role in 1920s South Africa Examination of the transition from oral praise poetry to print media as a vehicle for political and cultural discourse Documentation of early African literary criticism and epistemic freedom concepts predating contemporary decolonial scholarship Study of African political leadership and national identity formation during the 1920s newspaper era Investigation of gender dynamics in African literary production and women's participation in public discourse This title has been co-published with UKZN Press.
Coastal towns and cities in Africa from Lagos and Cape Town to Victoria, Durban, Djibouti and Swakopmund sit at the front line of the climate crisis, while also sustaining their national economies.
Coastal towns and cities in Africa from Lagos and Cape Town to Victoria, Durban, Djibouti and Swakopmund sit at the front line of the climate crisis, while also sustaining their national economies.
This title examines how Nontsizi Mgqwetho, a Xhosa woman writing in the 1920s, appropriated the traditional male imbongi role to address social, cultural, and political concerns of black South Africans through newspaper poetry, including: Analysis of Nontsizi Mgqwetho's appropriation of the traditional male imbongi role in 1920s South Africa Examination of the transition from oral praise poetry to print media as a vehicle for political and cultural discourse Documentation of early African literary criticism and epistemic freedom concepts predating contemporary decolonial scholarship Study of African political leadership and national identity formation during the 1920s newspaper era Investigation of gender dynamics in African literary production and women's participation in public discourse This title has been co-published with UKZN Press.
Interrogating the notion of medical knowledge and public health practices in colonial India, this volume explores the complex encounters between Western medical systems and indigenous healing traditions during British rule.
Interrogating the notion of medical knowledge and public health practices in colonial India, this volume explores the complex encounters between Western medical systems and indigenous healing traditions during British rule.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) occupy a uniquely strategic position at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal, forming one of the most strategically located island chains in the world.
This book provides an in-depth case study of White Armband Day, a civic and transnational protest against the denial of genocidal violence in Prijedor during the early days of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995).
This book presents the essential ideas of influential Chinese philosophical traditions that have shaped the Chinese nation, explaining the core propositions of major thinkers in a clear and accessible way.
This book explores the intersections of gender, religion, ethnicity, and class in the fragile borderlands of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh against the backdrop of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
