Social groups, communities and identities

This book foregrounds socioecological stewardship in urban spaces.

This book explores the gendered and racial lived everyday and sporting experiences of Brown migrant young women and girls in Fiji.

This book is the first comprehensive overview of the history of female-presenting AI and robots in US and UK live-action, science fiction films from 1949 to 2023.

This short book examines the dynamic and complex nature of free speech, with reference to criminal law.

This book delves into the socialisation process in the distinctive spheres of the family, community, and school, which has an unfavourable impact on girls' schooling and their 'school life expectancy' in India.

This monograph explores how Chilean urban workers translated nineteenth-century European political philosophy according to their conditions, locality, and colonial history.

The exploitation of the vulnerable via sex and labour trafficking is an unfortunate yet persistent characteristic of human society.

In offering a holistic analysis of the vast array of evidence and literature pertaining to the Whitechapel Murders committed in London's East End in the Autumn of 1888, this volume offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional consideration of the entirety of the most infamous of crimes and their legacy for the first time.

Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals.

Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a transformative era that included depression, world wars, and dramatic changes in the role of women.

Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals.

In offering a holistic analysis of the vast array of evidence and literature pertaining to the Whitechapel Murders committed in London's East End in the Autumn of 1888, this volume offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional consideration of the entirety of the most infamous of crimes and their legacy for the first time.

How has it become possible for the Australian state to gain public acquiescence to develop one of world’s most punitive systems of processing asylum-seekers; one that not only contravenes Australia’s international humanitarian commitments, but that, in the words of activists, medical professionals, and the detainees themselves amounts to torture?

This book offers an unpacked version of the Nicene Creed, which is the defining statement of belief of mainstream Christianity, and a milestone in human history.

It is recognised by researchers that children's voices must be included in shaping knowledge and understanding of social life.

In an era where gender equality remains elusive despite significant strides, women's empowerment is more relevant than ever.

Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activities and occupations in which women were engaged in a transformative era that included depression, world wars, and dramatic changes in the role of women.

This book is the first comprehensive overview of the history of female-presenting AI and robots in US and UK live-action, science fiction films from 1949 to 2023.

How has it become possible for the Australian state to gain public acquiescence to develop one of world’s most punitive systems of processing asylum-seekers; one that not only contravenes Australia’s international humanitarian commitments, but that, in the words of activists, medical professionals, and the detainees themselves amounts to torture?

This book gives voice to an indispensable yet often overlooked group of care workers in China’s eldercare industry.

This book presents a new way of examining cities to reveal the many and varied meanings which are written into urban landscapes.

The field of employment law used to be called master-servant law.