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  • Evil Paradises

    Dreamworlds of Neoliberalism

    Edited by Mike Davis, Daniel Bertrand Monk ...
    A global guidebook to the "utopias" being constructed—in cities, deserts, and on islands—in a capitalist era unfettered by union and state regulations.A New York Times Art and Architecture Critic's PickAlthough they read like science fiction, the case studies are shockingly real. In Dubai, where child slavery existed until very recently, a gilded archipelago of private islands known as "The ... Read more

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  • Evil Paradises

    Dreamworlds of Neoliberalism

    Edited by Mike Davis, Daniel Bertrand Monk ...
    Evil Paradises, edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk, is a global guidebook to phantasmagoric but real places—alternate realities being constructed as “utopias” in a capitalist era unfettered by unions and state regulation. These developments—in cities, deserts, and in the middle of the sea—are worlds where consumption and inequality surpass our worst nightmares. Although they read like ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Global Shelter Imaginary

    Ikea Humanitarianism and Rightless Relief

    by Andrew Herscher, Daniel Bertrand Monk ...
    Series series Forerunners: Ideas First
    Examines how the humanitarian order advances a message of moral triumph and care while abandoning the dispossessedPrompted by a growing number of refugees and other displaced people, intersections of design and humanitarianism are proliferating. From the IKEA Foundation’s Better Shelter to Airbnb’s Open Homes program, the consumer economy has engaged the global refugee crisis with seemingly new ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Inheritance Matters

    Kinship, Property, Law

    Edited by Suzanne Lenon, Daniel Monk ...
    This book makes a compelling case for placing the social and legal practices of inheritance centre stage to make sense of fundamental questions of our time.Drawing on historical, literary, sociological, and legal analysis, this rich collection of original, interdisciplinary and international contributions demonstrates how inheritance is and has always been about far more than the set of legal ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Fifty Years of the Divorce Reform Act 1969

    Edited by Ms Joanna Miles, Daniel Monk, Professor Rebecca Probert ...
    The enactment of the Divorce Reform Act 1969 was a landmark moment in family law. Coming into force in 1971, it had a significant impact on legal practice and was followed by a dramatic increase in divorce rates, reflecting changes in social attitudes.This new interdisciplinary collection explores the background to the 1969 Act and its influence on law and society. Bringing together scholars from ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • “Who’s Afraid of ISIS?”

    Towards a Doxology of War

    Edited by Daniel Bertrand Monk ...
    "Who’s Afraid of ISIS?" eschews familiar debates about the status of ISIS as an existential threat to the West, with the aim of submitting those types of arguments to a reasoned examination of the political place of anxiety itself. This collection concerns itself with the doxologies that attend such arguments, or with that which, as Bourdieu wrote, "goes without saying becomes it comes without ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • An Aesthetic Occupation

    The Immediacy of Architecture and the Palestine Conflict

    by Daniel Bertrand Monk ...
    In An Aesthetic Occupation Daniel Bertrand Monk unearths the history of the unquestioned political immediacy of “sacred” architecture in the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. Monk combines groundbreaking archival research with theoretical insights to examine in particular the Mandate era—the period in the first half of the twentieth century when Britain held sovereignty over Palestine. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • From Civil Partnership to Same-Sex Marriage

    Interdisciplinary Reflections

    Edited by Nicola Barker, Daniel Monk ...
    The Civil Partnership Act 2004 and the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 are important legal, social and historical landmarks, rich in symbolic, material and cultural meanings. While fiercely opposed by many, within mainstream narratives they are often represented as a victory in a legal reform process that commenced with the decriminalisation of homosexuality. Yet, at the same time, for others ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Feminist Perspectives on Child Law

    Edited by Jo Bridgeman, Daniel Monk ...
    Series series Feminist Perspectives
    Feminist Perspectives on Child Law is a collection of interdisciplinary socio-legal essays which explore the complex relationship between childhood,gender and the law. Drawing on a wide range of feminist and critical theories and empirical research, these original essays challenge the gender neutrality of law; they explore the shifting constructions of childhood by law, legal practice and popular ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

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    Private Lives, Public Spirit: Britain 1870-1914

    by Dr Jose Harris ...
    The late nineteenth century and Edwardian era, suggests Jose Harris in this book, represent a sharp break with the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. Indeed, despite the intense upheavals of two world wars, it was the beliefs, social structures and oppositional forces established between 1870 and 1914 which dominated British life right up until the 1960s. ... Read more

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  • Family Law

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jonathan Herring ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is a family? What makes someone a parent? What rights should children have? Family Law: A Very Short Introduction gives the reader an insight not only into what the law is, but why it is the way it is. It examines how laws have had to respond to social changes in family life, from rapidly rising divorce rates to surrogate mothers, and gives insight into family courts which are required to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Forming Nation, Framing Welfare

    Edited by Gail Lewis ...
    Series series Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity
    This book introduces a historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the familiar ground of 'the family', it traces some of the crucial historical roots and desires that fed the development of social policy in the 19th and 20th centuries around education, the family, unemployment and nationhood. By aiming to discover the link between past and present, it ... Read more

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