A critical exploration of the role and (in)effectiveness of prisons in contemporary society. It challenges popular misconceptions about what prison is and does, explains links between prison, social inequality and social power, analyses the limits...Loe edasi...
This book challenges the myths and misrepresentations that justify the existence of prisons. It traces the history and failure of prison reform over two centuries, addresses a number of key, contemporary issues and argues for the abolition of pris...Loe edasi...
An expert and accessible exploration of the scale and impact of global tax avoidance. This book lays out what we know about the scale, history and impacts of tax abuse. From profit-shifting by multinational corporations to the exploitation of...Loe edasi...
This book lays out what we know about the scale, history and impacts of tax abuse. From profit-shifting by multinational corporations to the exploitation of offshore tax havens. It sheds light on the people and organisations that enable tax abuse, an...Loe edasi...
An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to ‘autocratization’, the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow...Loe edasi...
An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to ‘autocratization’, the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow...Loe edasi...
In this short and accessible book, Ewa Luger explains what we mean when we talk about AI, explores how we got here, describes what we are doing about it, where the field is heading, and where we should go next. The idea of Artificial Intellig...Loe edasi...
In this short and accessible book, Ewa Luger explains what we mean when we talk about AI, explores how we got here, describes what we are doing about it, where the field is heading, and where we should go next. The idea of Artificial Intellig...Loe edasi...
This book reviews what is known about the issue of slavery, and argues that the concept of “afterlives” is more helpful than that of “modern slavery” to those seeking to challenge injustice, violence, inequalit...Loe edasi...
This book reviews what is known about the issue of slavery, and argues that the concept of “afterlives” is more helpful than that of “modern slavery” to those seeking to challenge injustice, violence, inequalit...Loe edasi...
The Irish border is a manifestation of the relationship between Britain and Ireland. When that relationship has been tense, we have seen the worst effects at the Irish border in the form of violence, controls and barriers. When the relationship has b...Loe edasi...
A must-read for anyone who is keen to learn what we should know and do about this highly complex and ever-contested boundary line. The Irish border is a manifestation of the relationship between Britain and Ireland. When that relationship has...Loe edasi...
The concept of Fake News has become widespread in recent years, particularly since the EU Referendum in the UK and Presidential Elections in the US, both in 2016. Voters need to be informed to make political decisions, but what if their media diet no...Loe edasi...
The concept of Fake News has become widespread in recent years, particularly since the EU Referendum in the UK and Presidential Elections in the US, both in 2016. Voters need to be informed to make political decisions, but what if their media diet no...Loe edasi...
A short, innovative book that outlines what we know about the declining state of social mobility in the UK and proposes what we should do to reverse this downward trajectory and make Britain a more mobile and just society. Britain ha...Loe edasi...
A short, innovative book that outlines what we know about the declining state of social mobility in the UK and proposes what we should do to reverse this downward trajectory and make Britain a more mobile and just society. Britain ha...Loe edasi...
What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Housing? Is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented or simplified in the mainstream media.In this book, Rowland Atkinson and Keith Jacobs, e...Loe edasi...
What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Housing? Is part of a new book series offering short, up-to-date overviews of key issues often misrepresented or simplified in the mainstream media.In this book, Rowland Atkinson and Keith Jacobs, e...Loe edasi...
