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This open access book approaches self-destructive thoughts and behaviours as inextricable from supernatural belief. It sheds light on the multifaceted ways early modern people negotiated and responded to a range of suicidal thoughts and behaviours which they identified...
This open access edited volume provides an in-depth examination of the history of Turkish education and aims to make it visible at the international level. The educational instutions, different works, and philosophy developed by the Turks across different periods and...
Whilst much has been written on the macro- and meso-dimensions of policy design, far less attention has been given to the ways in which specific policy goals, objectives, and instruments are applied in reality. This book addresses this important oversight by examining...
This open access book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the political economy of legal and governance reform in Central Asia, with a focus on the interaction between formal institutions and informal practices. It addresses a central question: why decades of...
Online abuse in sport has become a pervasive global challenge, affecting athletes, teams, officials, and sporting communities across all levels of competition. Despite growing awareness, scholarly attention has largely concentrated on hate speech, leaving other critical...
In this open-access book, William J. Long argues that the Buddhist sa?gha—whose governance the Buddha modeled in part on the republican assemblies of his era—was not only a religious community, but a sophisticated experiment in deliberative democracy....
This open access book examines how Piedmont, in early modern Italy, developed silk production into a distinctive system of technological and social innovation. It explores the ways in which this fragile yet economically significant material shaped regional strategies of...
This open access book draws on unique ethnographic fieldwork carried out in four Quebec mental health courtrooms to examine the role courts play in the organization and implementation of psychiatric coercion. It provides a much-needed critical and empirical...
This open access book offers an elaboration on foodways as both a geographical concept and an area of study that recognizes local food systems as essential to social justice and long-term sustainability. Approaching food through the lens of foodways provides an...
This Open Access book starts with a thought-provoking question: are citizens in modern democracies becoming more like fans? With the growing fluidity of political identities and the rise of non-ideological political leaders presented as celebrities, it is worth...
This open access book is an innovative and comprehensive scientific resource for academics, practitioners, policymakers, educators, and advocates working in environmental law, climate justice, ocean governance, and sustainability. Its interdisciplinary approach offers...
This open access book sheds light on hydrogen energy transition on a global scale. Interest in hydrogen and its role in the globally ongoing energy transitions is surging. At issue are profound technological and infrastructural shifts in global fuel production and...
This Open Access book explores the intersection of multilingualism and dementia, bringing together previous research on language, aging and cognitive change. It offers an accessible guide to studying multilingualism and dementia, with a focus on interaction, ethics, and...
This open-access volume explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming STEM education and reshaping teaching and learning for today’s world. AI is no longer a distant promise; it is actively redefining classrooms, challenging educators to rethink...
PeaceTech: Digital Transformation to End Wars, second edition looks at how digital transformation is being used to support peace and transition processes, at a moment when war is on the rise. This Open Access book combines an overview of transformative...
This open access book develops a Marxist account of artificial labour. Using Marx’s definition of labour from Capital, Kelly proposes three possibilities for the future. The Standard Marxian Line denies that artificial labour is possible and instead predicts that...
This open access book explores the resilience of Jewish civil society organizing in Ukraine during the tumultuous early months of the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion. Developed in collaboration with Paideia - the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden, the...
This open access book and examines how far-right dog whistles fuel real-world colonial violence in Settler America. Contemporary attacks like the El Paso Walmart and Buffalo Tops shootings are not isolated acts of extremism—they are direct extensions of an...
This open access book offers a profound exploration of Bracha L. Ettinger's theory of the matrixial borderspace through the lens of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic teachings. By situating Ettinger’s work within a Lacanian context, this volume illuminates the...
Theatre in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995 provides a critical historiography of the activities of institutional theatres in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war of 1992–1995. Based on the assumption that different contexts of war lead to diverse forms and...
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